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Top Game is a new software developer when compared to how long others have been in the online slots industry. But that does not mean they are without merit. Indeed, in a time when most software developers are pulling back on bonus features, usually only offering free spins, Top Game is holding on by offering players a bonus game and a free spins feature in their online slots games.

Just check out Top Game’s newest online slots game to their lineup: Bee Land.

This new five reel, twenty payline online slots game offers players both a free spins feature and a bonus game in addition to the fun, bright, comical graphics that depict the lives of bees. Some graphics have worker bees doing jobs other than making honey, such as painting, dancing and even a policeman.

Players landing three or more Honey Makers anywhere on the reels will trigger the free spins feature. Three Honey Makers will award twelve free spins with a 3 xs multiplier; four symbols will change that multiplier to 5 xs; five will give players a 10 xs multiplier.

But it is the Wild Flower that triggers the Honey Queen Bonus Game. Land three or more Wild Flowers on the reels and players are whisked away to the first stage of the three stage bonus game. In the first stage the player chooses a flower from which a bee will collect pollen. The second stage has the player choosing the honey maker the pollen is put into. The third stage has the bee taking the honey one of three hives. If the player chooses wisely, the bee will give the honey to the Honey Queen and receive a kiss and receive an extra bonus prize. But both in stage two and three the wrong choice could end the game. A bonus prize in a random amount is awarded at each stage if the player does not choose a booby trapped item.

To top off this new Top Game online slots game, the Queen Bee’s crown is the jackpot symbol. Landing five of them will bring out the Queen Bee herself and award the 5,000 jackpot.

Considering that Top Game owns all of the online casinos that their software powers, such as Rome Casino, players will find Bee Land.

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Is it just me, or maybe just you, but does it seem like there are more and more new online slots games that offer players the chance to trigger a free spins feature instead of a bonus game?

No, none of us are imagining it. There are more and more new online slots games with free spins features and no bonus games. Some believe that this is allows online casinos to not have to pay players as much as they would if a player won in a pick your prize bonus game. But those in the industry say that is not so. So what gives?

Actually the change over in the bonus feature has to do with the shift to lower stakes wagering in online slots and the RNG. It always comes back to the RNG!

There is a greater volatility in a free spins feature than in a pick your prize bonus games. A greater volatility allows for larger bonus payouts than the pick your prize bonus games. The possibility of greater bonus payouts is a result of that volatility.

Free spins bonus features offer a greater range in prize amounts; there are a lot of smaller payouts than can be found in a pick your prize bonus game. By offering smaller payouts in free spins features, an online casino can offer larger payouts from free spins. Paying out lots of small payouts means there is more left over for really large payouts. In a pick your prize bonus game the moderate payouts take up more of the bonus prize potential so that the larger prizes are not as large.

More and more players are switching to wagering low stakes, and the volatility of lower wagering compliments that switch because players can win more from free spins than they can from the pick your prize bonus games. The downside is that the smaller prize payouts are smaller, but those smaller payouts make the really large ones possible.

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Okay, well perhaps Microgaming is not literally going to the Riviera, but they have used it as the inspiration behind their latest online slots game: Riviera Riches.

This newest member of Microgaming’s online slots lineup is a five reel with fifteen paylines, and a theme that exudes the rich and affluent life. This can be seen in the swanky men and women, flashy casino, sweet car and bottles of alcohol—all the callings of a ritzy night on the town in some of the richest casinos in the land.

Microgaming has given Riviera Riches two bonus features and a jackpot of 1,500 coins when landing five Wilds.

One of those bonus features is a free spins feature. Online slots players must land three or more of the scatters to trigger the free spins. Once triggered players will be awarded 12 free spins each with a 3 xs multiplier. Free spins are retriggerable from within the feature with no limit on the number of total spins. However, there is a coin limit that can be won: no more than 190,000.

Then there is the other bonus feature, the Roulette Bonus game. Once players land the necessary bonus symbols to trigger the Roulette Bonus—I know, roulette as the bonus game in an online slots game—players will be taken into one of the swanky casinos to the roulette table. There they will choose a number, which will then select all of the spaces that are a part of any winning combination that involves the chosen number. Players have two spins to win their total bonus winnings, which is capped at 30,000 coins.

For the time being Riviera Riches will only be at select Microgaming powered online casinos. A little bit later it will go live at all Microgaming online casinos, such at All Jackpots. With a theme such as this that highlights the glamour that casinos and gambling are known for, this is sure to become a popular online slots game.

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With their new status as the most well-established software developer that is US facing, I am happy to share the latest online slots game release from Real Time Gaming.

Previously Vegas Technology powered online casinos dominated the US market when it came to online slots. But with what seems like their withdrawal from the US market, Real Time Gaming came to the front of the US market.

Remember that there is still no official word on what happened with the Vegas Technology online casinos, but with multiple online casino groups who were all powered by VT pulling out of the US market, the logical conclusion was that it appears VT themselves pulled out.

But on to better, happier things. Such as Real Time Gaming’s newest online slots game: White Rhino.

White Rhino is a five reel with twenty five paylines, and it is also a part of the Real Series which means that players will see it showing up in RTG powered online casinos, such as Slots Jungle, in a timely manner. This is because the Real Series is RTG’s most popular slots feature.

White Rhino is a safari themed online slots game with apes, elephants, lions, antelope and ostriches. There are also human safari components like canteens and the like, but I like the animals more.

There are three special symbols: the White Rhino, the Guide and Mt. Kilimanjaro. And all three trigger special features.

The White Rhino, when landed on reels two, three and four at the same time. This means a minimum of three White Rhinos are needed to trigger the free spins. The feature starts with three free spins with three more awarded for each White Rhino on the reels; this means a maximum of thirty free spins.

Land three or more Guides and ten free spins are awarded. Landing a White Rhino in a Guide triggered free spin will result in a 3x payout for that winning combination.

For Kilimanjaro, players must land at least two on the first two reels. Those reels are held while the other three are respun three times.

Plenty of free spins in the new Real Time Gaming online slots game. Since White Rhino is a part of the Real Series it also offers the Win Win feature and the major and minor random jackpots.

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Here we go with another new online slots game for June, this one to do with tennis. But then Playtech is a well-known software provider in Europe and it is the height of the tennis season in Europe, so the tennis theme makes sense.

Tennis Stars is a five reel online slots game with forty paylines. Rather than only showing three symbols per reel, Tennis Stars shows four; and naturally the symbols revolve around tennis. Playtech has given this new online slots game both a free spins feature and a bonus game.

The free spins feature is tied into this online slots game’s wild symbol. The wild symbol is the Trophy and it only appears on reels 2, 3 and 4. The Trophy has to appear on all three reels at the same time in order to trigger the free spins feature.

The feature begins with the player being awarded a payout of 10x the triggering bet, and then commences with fifteen free spins, each with a 3x multiplier on it. The free spins feature can be retriggered on a free spin to be awarded fifteen more free spins. There is no limit to the retriggering.

With the free spins tied to the wild symbol, it makes sense that the bonus game is tied to the scatter, which is the Tennis Rackets symbol. Landing three or more of the Tennis Rackets will take players to a second screen where they will play the Championship Bonus Game.

Slots players first choose to be represented by the male or female tennis player. Once a choice is made, the slots player then opens a singles tennis match against the game’s computer; players may start the match with a flat serve or a slice serve. It is okay for the slots player to lose points during the match, but must win the match, which will additionally reward players with an extra payout of 50x the triggering bet. Points won during the match will determine how much of a bonus prize the slots player receives.

It is unsurprising that a new tennis themed online slots game sprang up. This is not a bad thing. I repeat, not a bad thing. I am happy to see it because it means movement forward in the online casino industry in the wake of the indictments in the US. Not that Playtech software was available to US players, but the indictments shook up the whole industry. Anyway, bravo to Playtech for the sporty new online slots game.

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New month, new online slots games. And after the exceptionally slow month of May, it is nice to finally have some new online slots games out there. This is a good start to a new month.

The new online slots game is called Gold Factory and it is a five reel with fifty paylines. The theme is something similar to a forge but for the purpose of handling gold and turning it into bars and coins.

What really makes this newbie from Microgaming stand out is its multi level bonus game. The initial bonus game begins when players land at least three of the Bonus Coin symbols.

Players are taken to a second screen where they will see twelve iron pots of melted gold. Here they must pick four of those pots. There are two second levels that can be triggered, a Reactor Bonus or a Free Spins Bonus. If players reveal one of the second level symbols the Boiler Room Bonus is halted so that the slots player can play the second level bonus. Once the second level bonus is over, play resumes on the Boiler Room level. Once the Boiler Room bonus concludes players are given their bonus prize and regular play resumes.

Pretty easy to follow for the Gold Factory slots game. Now, let’s take a better look at those second levels.

The Reactor Bonus is a simple pick a prize bonus game. Players will see twelve reactors on the screen and will be able to reactors, which will reveal bonus prizes, until they have either chosen the ten safe reactors or until they have chosen one of the two hot reactors. Choosing a hot reactor will end the second level and send players back to the Gold Factory Boiler Room.

The Free Spins Bonus for Gold Factory. Players must press spin on this screen in order to discover how many free spins they win, from 10 up to 35. All wins during free spins are doubled. Once all the free spins have been used, players are returned to the Gold Factory Boiler Room to complete the first bonus.

Wow, that is a lot of bonus in an online slots game. But it is what will mark Gold Factory as a good new comer to the Microgaming lineup. Gold Factory will be finding its way to Microgaming powered online casinos, such as All Jackpots, through the month of June.

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May is almost over with but finally a new online slots game has been released. This is the first new online slots game of the month from the major software developers. I will say that I am not disappointed considering that Vegas Technology always releases towards the end of the month. But the rest of those developers might be getting the stink eye from me.

The new online slots game that Vega Technology has put out is called Hot Roller and it has nothing to do with hair rollers so banish images of steaming hot curlers from your mind. This is a five reel with a Las Vegas Strip theme—all of the glitz and flashing lights.

While the graphics that frame the reels are all outside of a casino themed, the symbols on the reels are meant to bring the slots player into the casino. Symbols include a drink, chip stacks, a Roulette wheel with croupier; but the biggie symbols are the pretty lady who is making it big in Vegas and a pair of dice. Naturally the high card symbols are also present; it would not be a Vegas Technology game without them.

The lady Craps player is the wild. Landing five of her is not only the biggest payout for her but for the slots player too: 10,000 coins. Whenever she completes a winning combination she will double the payout of that combination.

Vegas Technology no longer seems prone to creating bonus games, but they do offer slots players the chance to trigger some free spins. Landing three of the dice symbols will trigger the free spins round.

The round begins with the slots player rolling a white dice and two red dice. The white dice represent the multiplier on the free spins, which could be 1x up to 6x. The two red dice are multiplied together to get the total number of free spins, which could range from 1 up to 36. Landing three or more dice on a free spin will retrigger the free spins but the same multiplier and number of spins in the current round will be applied—no redetermining.

Hot Roller should be up in Vegas Technology powered online casinos, such as Go Casino, now. Yay for VT for being the first this month to give online slots players something new.

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Remember yesterday when I said that football is in season right now overseas? European football that is. As in the football the rest of the world plays, not American football. The European football craze is spreading. The new online slots game that Playtech has rolled out this month is themed with football.

The name of this new online slots game is Top Trumps World Football Stars. It is a five reel with fifteen paylines to play on. When it comes to the symbols players can find six of the top players from two of the most popular teams out there. And the online slots player gets to pick which two teams they have on their slots game. In a way it is like having your own semi-custom online slots game. In a way.

Playtech has given this football themed online slots game two bonus features: a free spins feature and a bonus game.

The free games feature is can be triggered in two ways since there are two teams on the reels. Players must land matching team Free Games symbols on reels one and five at the same time. And with two teams on the reels, players can activate the free spins for one team or the other since there is a Free Game symbol for each team. Players will be awarded twelve free spins with only the members of the triggering team on the reels.

The Pass the Ball bonus game is triggered two ways: players must land the Soccer Ball on reel 2 with a left side player on reel 1, or by landing the Soccer Ball on reel 4 and a right side player on reel 5.

Once triggered a soccer ball is passed from player to player who are a part of the triggering team and who were on the reels when the bonus game was triggered. The more players the ball passes between means more money for the player. Each player is worth 3x the trigger bet.

This is the third football themed online slots game that Playtech has made, but it promises to become quite popular, especially given the football mania going on overseas right now. Keep your eyes peeled on Playtech powered online casinos for when Top Trumps World Football Stars goes live.

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Better late than never. Vegas Technology is finally releasing their online slots game for the month of April.

Fairies Forest is a charming five reel online slots game with twenty five paylines full of flowers, birds, magic potions and toadstools, giving it a spring feeling and making this a highly appropriate release to their online casino partners.

I also have to be honest and admit that I am glad to see Vegas Technology launching a spring themed online slots game as opposed to an Easter themed one. For one thing spring will last longer than the Easter holiday and that gives Fairies Forest more longevity.

Like all Vegas Technology online slots games of late there is no bonus game, but Fairies Forest does offer players the opportunity to trigger free spins and an expanding wild.

Let’s start with that expanding wild. Naturally it is a Fairy and she is only found on reels two, three and four. I like the animation given to this expanding wild: when triggered the fairy flies out of the frame and then magically transforms the other two visible symbols on the reels into wilds, resulting in more winning combinations.

Then there are the free spins. The Forest is the scatter symbol and the symbol that players need in order to trigger the free spins. Landing three or more of the Forest will award the slots player with twelve free spins. A special feature in these free spins is the Fairy again. If landed on a free spin she will serve as a 5x multiplier for any wins she helps complete.

I must admit that I am rather impressed with this latest online slots game offering from Vegas Technology which can be found at partner online casinos, such as Go Casino.

Now if only they would do away with their high value card symbols. I know they are their trademark, but it really throws off the themes, especially a theme like Fairies Forest.

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Grab your sword, shield and helmet before you sit down to play the newest online slots game coming from Real Time Gaming this month.

Why all the medieval battle gear? The latest from Real Time is a knight in shining armor themed online slots game with five reels and twenty five paylines of play. And the name of the game is Coat of Arms.

Coat of Arms, with its knights and castles, with two scatters: the White Knight (not played by Christian Bale) and the Golden Shield.

The White Knight, when two or more are landed, will trigger the respin feature. This is not an ordinary respin feature; this is a bonus respin feature. The triggering reels with their White Knights are frozen while players can spin the other reels up to 10 times to land more White Knights. The frozen reels are not ever frozen during the feature, only the triggering reels. The more White Knights collected the more payouts received.

The Golden Shield triggers a free spin feature when landed on reels 1, 2 and 3 at the same time. The trick with the Golden Shields though is that they only randomly appear in the right corner of the other symbols. So landing them is a bit harder.

The free spins have multipliers in 3 tiers. The first tier is a 2x multiplier on the first 5 free spins; the second tier has a 3x multiplier on the second set of 5 free spins; and finally the last 5 of the 15 total free spins have a 4x multiplier on them.

Another feature of the free spins it the Purple Crown. It is added to reel 3 during the 15 free spins and serves as a second wild.

Coat of Arms is a part of the Real Series of online slots games from Real Time Gaming. This means that this slots game also has the two random major and minor jackpots too.

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