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Slots players hear a few times a month about how casino game developers create and launch new online slots games. But they do not often hear about an older online slots game that gets revamped.

Think of it as making the online slots game in question new and improved.

Such is the case with Rival’s recent revamp of For Love and Money. This five reel, fifteen payline online slots game has been a staple at Rival powered online casinos. Even the launch of new online slots games, including the newer iSlots, cannot take the fans away from For Love and Money.

Well, Rival has finally recognized the draw this online slots game has, and has given it a facelift and relaunched it as a new online slots game.

But fans of the original game will not be disappointed. The same features that were loved in the original are there still. Mostly it was the graphics of this ‘new’ online slots game that have been given a going over: symbols have been cleaned up and animation smoothed out.

The story—and attachment—to this particular online slots game can be found in the opening:

A poet is contemplating love. He sees an older couple, obviously married for money, who are not all that fond of each other. Then he spies a young woman who is set upon by two nasty men; she is then saved by a Fabio-esque man—huge muscles, trim waist and lace up pants (which are kind of funny actually). The poet, I am assuming, believes this couple to be together for love.

Symbols include both couples, the nasty men and love symbols such as Love Birds, Chocolates, Roses and Poetry.

The Poet is the Wild and will substitute for any symbol other than the Scatter. He must be a good poet as he carries a 2x multiplier.

Cupid is the Scatter. A minimum of three Cupids landed will trigger ten free spins with a 3x multiplier.

So as players can see the favorite older features of For Love and Money are still there, just with cleaner graphics and better animation. I have to say that Rival did well with this ‘new’ online slots game. I would only have added a bonus game in which players helped Fabio rescue his girl, or one in which the players helped the unfortunate money man escape his woman.

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If there is one thing that Microgaming is good at it is creating hysteria about their new online slots games. The good kind of hysteria.

I do not think that the hysteria generated by the launch of Microgaming’s launch of Thunderstruck II back in April was quite like the mad dash to offer promotions for the launch of their new online slots game Lord of the Rings.

Of the select Microgaming powered online casinos, Platinum Play, All Slots and Gaming Club have are hosting some incredible slots promotions and bonuses to lure in fans. Here is what is being offered and where:

Platinum Play:
This is one online casino that is trying to pull out all the stops in terms of slots promotions for this new game.

First they have set up a leader board to track who has won the most while playing the Lord of the Rings slots game. Top players will win prizes of course. And the best part is that there is nothing a player need do to enter this—all a player needs to do is play the game.

Platinum Play is also giving away 1,500 credits and a set of International Casino Games tickets to the player who wagers the most on the new online slots game each week.

Finally, Platinum is also doing a ‘spotted’ slots promotion. Random players who are spotted playing can win twenty five credits or a boxed DVD set of the Lord of the Rings.

All Slots:
All Slots has set up a secret three digit code in connection to the new Lord of the Rings slots game. The player who can correctly guess what the code is will win $100,000. The number of opportunities to guess depends on how much you play. In other words, the more a player spins the reels, the more chances they get to guess.

Gaming Club:
This online casino is giving away forty five free spins on the Lord of the Rings to entice players to spin the reels at their online casino.

And those are only three of the Microgaming online casinos that were selected to launch the new Lord of the Rings online slots game. There are plenty of slots promotions and bonuses being offered with the launch of this online slots game.

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Today is the day. The big day as far as players at Microgaming powered online casinos are concerned. Today is the day that the Lord of the Rings new online slots game is released.

The official name of this new online slots game is The Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring, but I think fans and slots players will simply refer to it by the first portion of its name.

Players who are familiar with Microgaming online slots game will remember the release earlier this year of the Thunderstruck II slots game, and how that slots game did not feature paylines. The new Lord of the Rings online slots game is the same.

That is right, there are no paylines to worry about and still 243 ways to win. Winning combinations are created when the same symbol is landed on consecutive reels.

Graphics-wise this is truly a cinematic online slots game. All nine members of the fellowship are in the game, and when a winning combination is made of a character, a shot video clip from the movie is shown.

Clips from the movie are also shown while the reels are spinning, giving some entertainment while waiting to see what has been landed.

To go along with the epic tale, Microgaming has given its new online slots game an epic Expanding Wild: the Eye of Suaron. When landed the enemy’s dreaded eye fills the reel and the sound of his voice saying, “I see you,” fills your ears. Very cinematic.

And who could forget the One Ring, the object of the entire trilogy. It is the Scatter and landing at least three One Rings will trigger fifteen free spins.

Unfortunately the Eye of Suaron is not available during the free spins, but players should not lose hope. Instead one reel is chosen at random to become an Expanding Wild for that free spin. Each free spin Expanding Wild plays a short video clip as well.

Also available are Stacked Wilds. The Stacked Wild symbol is the Lord of the Rings Logo, which offers an epic payout for the player who can fill the screen with all Stacked Wilds.

The new online slots game Lord of the Rings has definitely lived up to the excitement and hype surrounding the countdown to its release. Online slots players will truly enjoy this new online slots game, and US players will wish more than ever that they had a Microgaming online casino that would welcome them.

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September promises to be an exciting month at Virgin Casino. Between four of the online gaming software developers that Virgin works with, nine new games will be launched this month, and eight of those new games are online slots games.

Yesterday I talked about how the Fortune Lounge Group will be launching the new Lord of the Rings online slots game this month with promotions to go along with it. They are not the only Microgaming powered online casinos to receive the new online slots game.

Virgin Casino, part of Virgin Games, will also be launching the much anticipated new online slots game. How is it that Virgin got their hands on the new Lord of the Rings online slots game when only a select number of online casinos will be receiving it? Warren Eloff, Head of Products at Virgin Games, has the answer:

“With our multiple partnerships allowing us to cherry pick the best of breed games we now offer unrivalled entertainment for players.”

It seems the secret is all in who you know.

While Virgin is going to be one of the first to receive the Lord of the Rings new online slots game, there are other online slots games that they choose not to launch right away. One such game is the Tomb Raider The Secret of the Sword online slots game.

This particular online slots game was released last year, but for whatever reason Virgin decided not to offer the Tomb Raider online slots game until this month.

The other new online slots games that Virgin will be launching this month are:

Loaded and Tally Ho from Microgaming
Bitten from WagerWorks
Alice’s Wonderland from Ash Gaming
Fruity Burst and Sacred 7s from Virtue Fusion

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Last year Microgaming announced that it would be developing and creating an online slots game based off of the three Lord of the Rings movies: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

Now the online slots game is almost here, due to be released this month to a select number of Microgaming powered online casinos. Those online casinos belong to the Fortune Lounge Group.

The Group has created a mini site that allows fans who are looking forward to the release of the Lord of the Rings online slots game to check in with the countdown clock, which gives the days, hours, minutes and seconds until the release.

You would think that fanfare is for a much anticipated movie rather than an online slots game, but the Lord of the Rings online slots game is predicted to become quite popular quite fast.

The Fortune Lounge Group has also prepared a number of promotions to go along with this online slots game’s release. There is $50,000 worth of prizes being awarded during September.

To whichever player that wagers the most on the Lord of the Rings online slots game, he or she will be the recipient of 1,500 credits with the Fortune Lounge Group online casino that they are playing at, as well as International Casino Games tickets.

There are also ‘spotting’ prizes. If you are online playing the Lord of the Rings online slots game on a Sunday or Monday you could be ‘spotted’ and receive 25 credits with the online casino you are playing at. Or you could win one of the five Lord of the Rings DVD box sets that the Group is giving away.

Finally, players who spin the reels of this much anticipated online slots game can earn quadruple reward points.

The Fortune Lounge Group has certainly put a lot of time, effort and money into the launch of the new Lord of the Rings online slots game. Hopefully their launch will go off well and perhaps other Microgaming powered online casinos will see this online slots game.

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Do you remember a few days ago when I reviewed two of the WagerWorks online slots games?

One of those online slots games was Monopoly, which featured a very rewarding bonus game called Pass Go. And the other online slots game was Cluedo, which was based on the Clue board game, but for some odd reason needed –do tacked on to the end of its name.

Well both of those online slots games are two of the four that have been launched at BetFred Casino to begin their partnership with WagerWorks. Four online slots games were chosen to kick of the beginning of the partnership.

The other two online slots games that were chosen were Cleopatra and Wheel of Fortune, the Hollywood Edition. Guess what those two are based off of.

WagerWorks is reported to be quite happy with the new partnership. Their Director and General Manager, Oliver Lofthouse, has this to say on the subject:

“I am delighted that BetFred Casino has chosen to include WagerWorks titles as part of its online games development strategy. As a key operator with a long established reputation for value and customer satisfaction, this agreement allows it to leverage the best games in the market…I am confident that WagerWorks games will add incremental value to BetFred and continue to give its players best-of-breed game content.”

So obviously WagerWorks is pleased by the arrangement.

As for BetFred’s opinion of the arrangement, they also have nothing but nice things to say about this partnership. BetFred’s Operations Director, Nick Mounteer, said:

“The decision to integrate WagerWorks games was, in that respect, an easy one. WagerWorks is widely regarded as one of the top games suppliers in the market and it makes perfect strategic sense to utilize its availability via the Finsoft platform.”

But the ultimate winners are the players as they are the ones who get to play the four new online slots games, and any other online slots games that WagerWorks releases.

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Microgaming is one of the top producers of online casino games in the online gambling industry. Slots players have come to associate state of the art graphics and game quality from Microgaming online slots games.

And today Microgaming releases another little treasure into the sea of games offered by Virgin Games at their Virgin Casino.

Mermaid’s Millions is the new five reel online slots game to come out of the Microgaming creative pool. This new slots game features fifteen paylines of play. The standard wagering ranges per payline are available. Players can also adjust the number of coins they are waging on a payline from one to five. This makes the maximum coins per spin seventy five.

As for the graphics that Microgaming is reputed to give players, they do not disappoint. Players are given Neptune, Lobsters, Treasure Chests and more. Naturally there is the starring character: mermaids.

Players will find that this new online slots game foes off free spins with a 3x multiplier, triggered by landing three or more of the Scatter symbols.

And of course there is a bonus game which sends players to the sea floor in search of treasure in the barrels, clams and chests on the bottom.

Mermaid’s Millions comes on the success of the Tomb Raider online slots game that Microgaming created and released several months ago. Executives at Virgin Casino are hoping for a repeat performance in popularity.

“Following the enormous success of Tomb Raider launched a few months ago, this latest offering from Microgaming is set to be another big hit with our customers. Like Tomb Raider, Mermaid’s Millions offers the best online game functionality and great graphics—it really is a fantastically fun game to play and is of the quality and high standard that our customers have come to expect from Virgin,” said Warren Eloff, who is Head of Products at Virgin Games.

While Mermaid’s Millions carries the graphics and hallmarks of a good Microgaming online slots game, it does not have the already familiar characters derived from a movie like Tomb Raider does. The coming months will tell if this new online slots game will be as strong as Tomb Raider.

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I know, it is practically half way through August and school will soon be back in session, but regardless Microgaming has released a new online slots game called Spring Break.

Spring Break is a five reel new online slots game with nine paylines and lots of fun in the sun. Symbols include guys and gals in their bathing suits on the beach or at the pool, a Sun Set, some Barbecue (yum!), Burgers, Pizza, Chips and Beer.

But the spring fun does not stop there. Players will be spinning the reels to win some money to bring home from their spring break antics—it is not all about partying and the beach, souvenirs are needed too. And what better souvenir is there from this online slots game than some money.

To help players rake in even more winnings, Microgaming has given its new online slots game a Wild, but it is a Wild with a 2x multiplier on it. The Logo will substitute for any symbols other than the Beach Party Scatter, but then nothing substitutes for a good party.

Get ready to have some fun. Landing three or more of the Beach Party Scatter will set your reels to spinning. Fifteen free spins are awarded for landing those Scatters. And each of those fifteen free spins has a 3xmultiplier attached to it. Quite the party.

Even better is that more free spins can be triggered during a free spins. All it takes is another three Beach Party Scatters to be landed for fifteen more free spins to be awarded.

Like all Microgaming online slots games, Spring Break does offer a gamble feature. It is the standard ‘Guess the Color or Suit’ type of gamble features. Guessing the correct color will double your win; and the correct suit will quadruple your win.

Despite the odd timing for this new online slots game’s release, Microgaming did not go wrong in its creation. Think of it as the last fling of the summer.

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Seems that the Pharaoh is done being the King of Egypt and he is liquidating his treasure trove.

Okay, perhaps he is not leaving Egypt but the new online slots game created by Ash Gaming certainly is putting players in the position to cash in.

Ash Gaming has given this little slots gem quite the decadent treatment in terms of design. Symbols and graphics are rich in detail and lay out the land of ancient Egypt for all who wish to venture forth to claim some treasure.

Pharaoh’s Treasure is a five reel online slots game with twenty paylines. It carries the standard features of a Wild and a Scatter. Players can trigger multipliers on their Scatter payouts as well as free spins.

But the crowning feature is also what makes this game on the exclusive side. The Tutankhamen’s Tomb bonus game gives players a chance to win the progressive jackpot that this online slots game features.

I know, that does not sound so exclusive. Pharaoh’s Treasure is not the first online slots game to use the bonus game as a way of possibly winning the progressive jackpot. The exclusivity part comes into play in that only players at Virgin Games can win the progressive jackpot.

Seems Ash Gaming has made another online slots game that is, for the most part, only for Virgin Games.

Should this new online slots game ever become available to other online casinos, players will probably be able to trigger and win something in the bonus game, but that progressive jackpot is only for players at Virgin Games.

But for now the new online slots game Pharaoh’s Treasure, complete with its exclusive progressive jackpot, can be found at Virgin Games.

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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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