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I was doing some more thinking about one of the online slots games that I wrote about yesterday, Cashapillar. And while it is visually speaking a lovely online slots game with all the graphics and style that players come to expect from a Microgaming online slots game, there was still something about the game that bothered me.

Finally I realized what was bothering me so much. The paylines. All of them. There, to me at least, are too many paylines.

Think about it. Cashapillar has one hundred paylines. If a player is wagering only $0.01 per payline that still makes the cost of one spin $1. For some online slots players $1 is a lot for a single spin.

For other online slots players, the nickel and quarter players, the cost is even more. For the nickel online slots player the cost of a single spin is $5; and for a quarter player the cost is $25 per spin.

Compare that to what they would be paying per spin if they were playing a standard twenty five reel online slots game: $1.25 for the nickel player and $6.25 for the quarter player.

When comparing the two that is quite an increase.

What bothers me is that with those one hundred paylines, players can expect to run through their bankroll a lot faster, and potentially wind up wagering money that originally had not intended to just so that they can keep on playing.

And players do stand to lose more money faster when playing a one hundred payline online slots game than they would if they were playing the standard twenty five payline game.

Slots games are designed to take your money over time. Some take faster than others, but that is usually a result of the game’s payout percentage and odds. An online slots game with one hundred paylines is definitely going to take your money faster purely because of the paylines alone.

So while Cashapillar is a fun online slots game to play and visually amusing, it will be an online slots game that I play for fun since I do not want to spin my money away too quickly.

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Yes, you read that correctly. This online slots game has one hundred paylines for players to play on.

The online slots game is called Cashapillar, named after the caterpillar that stares in the game. Though oddly enough, it is the centipede that has one hundred games. But I guess online slots game developers can be lax on their entomology.

Cashapillar is being launched today at Virgin Casino, which is owned by Virgin Games. Although this online slots game is new to Virgin Casino, it is not by any means a new online slots game. Cashapillar was created a couple of years ago by Microgaming. It can be found in many Microgaming powered online casinos.

Other than the one hundred paylines, this is a five reel online slots game with an insect party theme. Apparently the Cashapillar who is really a centipede is celebrating his birthday, and has invited all of his little bug friends to help him come celebrate. I hope they help him blow out the one hundred candles that would be on his cake.

Like any good Microgaming online slots game, this one comes with some good features. There is a Wild, a Scatter, free spins, multipliers and a Stacked Wild.

A Stacked Wild is when the Wild symbol is stacked, in this case five high, on the reels, making it more likely to have a Wild completing a combination. The Stacked Wild can be found on all five reels of Cashapillar.

As for rewards, the potential is definitely there. Players can win up to 2,000 coins in regular play and up to 6,000 coins in the free spins feature. That is on a single payline. Now factor in all one hundred paylines and there is the potential to win two million coins in regular play and six million in the free spins.

In regards to the paylines and Stacked Wilds, Warren Eloff, Head of Products at Virgin Games, had this to say:

“With 100 paylines, this latest release from Microgaming is certainly a unique addition to our game portfolio. The plentiful paylines together with the stacked wilds makes this slot enormously rewarding and fun.”

While the theme and the bonus features definitely add to this online slots game, the only thing that actually worries me is the paylines themselves. Even wagering at the minimum amount per payline, a single spin can still cost $1.

Cashapillar can be found at just about any Microgaming powered online casino, such as All Jackpots. And now it can be found at Virgin Casino as well.

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In light of my discovering 9 reel online slots games yesterday, I decided that I would take a closer look at them to see just what it was like playing them.

One in particular 9 reel online slots caught my eye, perhaps due to lunch plans centering on sushi. Granted this online slots game is not about sushi, but it is about cuisine from the right part of the world.

This online slots game features Fish, Ducks, Caterpillars, Octopi, Snails, Frogs and Turtles. The symbols and graphics are in bright yet subtly subdued colors so as not to hurt the eyes.

This morning’s online slots game is called Chinese Kitchen. And obviously it is a 9 reel online slots game or I would not be playing it today. Like the majority of 9 reel online slots games, Chinese Kitchen only features eight paylines: three horizontal, three vertical and two diagonal.

Wagers per payline can range from $0.01 up to $5. With only eight paylines that means the cost of a single spin can range from $0.08 up to $5. All in all, that is inexpensive for the cost of one spin. The popular twenty five payline online slots games have spins that cost from $0.25 up to $125.

All payout examples are assuming only $0.01 is wagered per payline.

So the lesser cost per spin in Chinese Kitchen is quite nice. I like knowing that I can sit back and enjoy spinning the reels without having to worry that I am spinning too much money away in short period of time.

The payouts are multiplied by your line wager. So say you land three Fish, which has a payout of 40x, your payout is then $0.40.

Like any good online slots game of today, Chinese Kitchen does feature a Scatter: the Crab. This rather surly looking fellow will payout no matter where he lands on the reels. A player could land only one of him and still receive a payout.

The nice thing about receiving a payout for one Crab is that you are guaranteed at least to receive two lines worth, as the horizontal and vertical lines will both intersect him. So you can win $0.02 for one Crab.

The more Crabs that appear on the reels, the more you are paid. Two Crabs is 2x your line bet. At minimum these two Crabs will intersect at least four paylines, giving you a $0.08 payout.

On the whole, I find that I like playing 9 reel online slots games. The fewer paylines cut down on the cost of each spin, yet the paylines cover the entire face of the game. And the Scatter payouts are easily gotten and multiplied.

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While floating around looking for online slots information to share I stumbled across a type of online slots game that I had not heard about before: 9 reel online slots games.

The most reels I have ever heard of on an online slots game before is seven reels, and those can hit your bankroll fairly hard since you need to land seven symbols on the paylines rather than only three or five.

Based on that you would think that I would say that online slots games with nine reels should definitely be avoided. You would think I would say that if seven symbols are hard to land, nine must be next impossible.

Well, you are wrong. Nine reel online slots games are not too bad to play.

This can be owed to their format. The nine reels do not run across the game, nine in a row. Instead they form a cube of three spaces by three spaces, much like the numbers (minus the zero) do on a telephone pad.

When the reels are spin, each of the nine squares spin on their own and stop independently on their own. So while there are not nine vertical spinning reels, there are nine cubes that spin all of the available symbols.

This makes it easier to land symbols on a payline since, because of the cube layout, players only have to land three of the same symbol on a payline.

And speaking of paylines so work a little bit differently too. Again, because of the three by three square layout of the reels, there are not nearly as many paylines as there are on most of the five reel online slots games.

Nine reel online slots games will generally only have up to eight paylines: three horizontal, three vertical and two diagonal. That covers all possible lines of three symbols on the three by three layout of a nine reel online slots game.

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BetSoft has created a new 3D online slots game that has been released with their partner online casino, Party Casino.

Heist is a five reel online slots game with thirty paylines. But Heist is being called the latest in 3D online slots games, that is its claim to fame for Party Casino.

But what is a 3D online slots game? I mean, it is played on a computer with a 2D screen, so how can it be 3D? Do players play it with those red and blue 3D glasses?

These 3D online slots games are not as complicated as you might think. What makes them 3D is graphics that look three dimensional, meaning they have been created to appear to have depth and shadows, etc.

But we are not here to go on about what makes 3D online slots 3D. We are here to talk about the new online slots game Heist.

Heist centers on Neil Quailand the master mind behind seven years worth of thefts. And for all seven years Detective Albert Kowalski has been chasing him, always one step behind though.

This online slots game does come with a fun little Wild for players. In this game players takes on the identity of Neil Quailand. When it comes to those Wilds, players (as Neil) can take some explosives and blow up the reel to create an Expanding Wild. And that just sounds entertaining.

But the bonus game is where the real fun is. Blowing up reels for Expanding Wilds is one thing, but robbing a bank is another.

In the bonus game, players have to outsmart Detective Albert who is right on your tail and succeed in cleaning out the bank’s vault. If you can make it without Detective Albert catching you then you win the bonus game’s prize.

All in all, BetSoft has given players a new online slots game with a heighten thrill because the player is cast in the role of the thief. It is a thrill like when you were a kid sneaking cookies out of the cookie jar behind your mother’s back. Except this an online slots game that is encouraging you to rob a bank vault. And you can win money instead of cookies.

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Join Ferris Bueller, Sloane Petterson and Ed Rooney in the third new online slots game to be rolled out recently from Cryptologic.

The Ferris Bueller online slots game is a five real with twenty five paylines. It is also a part of the Cryptologic Hollywood Progressive Jackpot series. And when playing this new online slots game do not forget your popcorn as there are a bunch of clips from the 1986 John Hughes’ movie.

While the traditional symbols are present (9, 10, J, Q, K and A), characters from the movie and other relevant symbols are there too. And by relevant I mean the car.

And speaking of cars, one of the bonus games in the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off slots game is called Kick the Car. Guess what you do in this bonus game. That is right, you will be destroying a Ferrari right there on the main playing screen, recreating that cinematic moment when the Ferrari was destroyed in the movie.

If demolishing the Ferrari is not enough to satisfy your bonus game needs there is another one called Fake the Parents. This is the bonus game that yields some rather nice payouts. The better you can fake your way out of going to school, the more money you can win. After all, this is an online slots game based on the infamous Ferris Bueller, and there is no way to avoid playing hooky.

This online slots game has got to be the best way to ‘play hooky’ as an adult. Spend a day at home on your computer enjoying Ferris Bueller and winning some extra cash.

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Recently Cryptologic released three new online slots games to their partner online casinos. One of these three is making his debut into the world of online gambling. This new online slots game is called Conan the Barbarian, and it is indeed his first time showing up on the reels.

This new online slots game features five reels and nine paylines. But these are not just your ordinary paylines. Each payline has its own Crazy Jackpot and each is triggered independently from the others.

These Crazy Jackpots are triggered when five of the triggering symbol are landed on a payline. And that triggering symbol? It is none other than the barbarian himself, Conan.

In other words, land five Conans on a payline and the Crazy Jackpot for that payline is yours.

The amount of each Crazy Jackpot will vary and is determined, in part, on which payline’s jackpot you have triggered.

And what other feature do players of online slots games want? A bonus game of course. And Conan the Barbarian does indeed come with one. Conan’s bonus game is triggered when three or more of the Scatter symbol appear on the reels.

Players are then whisked away to a second screen for the bonus game. Yes, it is a ‘Pick Your Prize’ type bonus game. But a bonus game is better than no bonus game. In Conan’s bonus game players choose between the skulls to find their bonus prize payout.

While the bonus game on this new online slots game might be on the ordinary side, those Crazy Jackpots certainly make up for it. And on that note, well done, Cryptologic on your new online slots game.

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You have heard of the Wonder Woman online slots game. You have also heard of the Superman online slots game. Both are the creation of Cryptologic, one of the online gambling industry’s top software developers known for their incredible graphics.

Recently Cryptologic released another DC Comics superhero out into the world of online gambling. The Green Lantern has finally made his debut in an online slots game.

This new online slots game was given, not twenty, not twenty five, but fifty paylines for players to wager on. Not to mention the Green Lantern’s online slots game also features a Bonus Bet option, but I will discuss that a little bit later.

First the Green Lantern comes with the requisite free spins and bonus game for players to spin for. But there is a special free spins and bonus game out there to trigger in this online slots game.

The special free spins feature is triggered when the Green Lantern symbol is landed on reels 2 and 4 at the same time that his battery is landed on reel 3. This special feature awards twenty four free spins with a 4x multiplier. But remember you must have the Green Lantern on reels 2 and 4 and the battery on reel 3 in order to trigger it.

As for the special bonus game, remember that Bonus Bet that I mentioned? This is where it comes into play.

Players must make the Bonus Bet in order to trigger this online slots game’s special bonus game, the Ring Battle. In this bonus game players help the Green Lantern fight against his nemesis Sinestro and his yellow ring. Defeating Sinestro can award players a multiplier of up 100x their triggering bet.

The Green Lantern is only one of three of the new online slots games recently released by Cryptologic. Keep your eyes open for news on the other two.

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While perusing a Microgaming online casino, I happened across what I would have to say is the world’s most ironic online slots game.

Scrooge is a five reel online slots game with fifty paylines. The irony of this online slots game is that Scrooge is too miserly of a character to ever play slots himself. On other hand, I could see him running his own online casino.

Joining the old miser himself on the reels are Tiny Tim and Jacob Marley along with all of the Ghosts of Christmas: Past, Present and Future. The graphics are fantastic which is par the course for a Microgaming online slots game.

And like all Microgaming online slots game, this one does offer bonus features.

The Logo, representing Scrooge, is the Wild, transforming into any of the symbols other than the Scatter. But in a rare show of generosity, he will double the winnings of any combination that the Logo completes.

Remember that infamous door knocker on Scrooge’s front door? Well, it is here too and plays the part of the Scatter. Land three or more and you will be transported to the table where Christmas Dinner is to be served.

And you are doing the serving. To earn your bonus game prize you must feed Scrooge and his guests, Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

Finally there are the free spins. You could add to your free spins when you click on the winning symbol. Or you could use that click to mark a day off of your Christmas calendar. Once you hit Christmas there is another bonus prize waiting for you under the tree.

While it may not be the holiday season yet, there is nothing wrong with getting started early. And this is the Christmas online slots game of choice from Microgaming, what with all its bonus features. So catch Scrooge while he is in a generous mood.

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The more and more online slots games I see being released, the more I see with an increased number of paylines.

When I first started writing about slots many of the new online slots only had twenty paylines.

Then within the last year or so I have seen the number increase to twenty five. And really that is not too big of an increase. If you are wagering $0.01 per payline, it makes a spin cost $0.25 instead of $0.20. So you get four spins per dollar instead of five.

But with the release of some of the new online slots games in July I noticed that several had forty paylines and there have been a couple with one hundred paylines so far this year. Again, at $0.01 per payline, that makes a spin cost $0.40 and $1 respectively.

This is where you online slots strategy comes in to play.

The point of strategy in the case of online slots is to keep you from losing money too quickly. Key points in online strategy are to do a little research and find the online slots game with the highest payout percentage. Also, stop spinning the reels as fast as you—this is not a race! Unless you are racing to lose your money.

So, online slots strategy for paylines. Obviously the more paylines a game has the more it costs per spin. Oh sure, you could choose not to play all of the paylines but that defeats the purpose of having all those paylines.

The best that you can do in terms of slots strategy and paylines is stick to the online slots games with twenty or twenty five paylines.

Such games still offer the features players like to see in online slots games (bonus games, free spins, wilds and scatters), but the number of paylines will not eat into your bankroll too quickly. And that is the point of online slots strategy—to save your bankroll so that you can keep on enjoying the game and maybe hit it big.

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