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There is a new place to look for Doug.

International Game Technology is the company giving Hangover fans that new place: the new Hangover slots game, which recently debuted to time with the release of the Hangover II sequel. However there is only one place to find the slots game right now, and that is at Caesar’s Palace.

Caesar’s Entertainment was one of the key filming locations for the first Hangover movie. As a result they have an exclusive agreement with IGT in regard to the new slots game. Caesar’s will be the only casino to offer the Hangover slots game for the first several months. Of all of the Caesar’s Palace casinos, only 37 will be offering the new slots game for the time being, including Las Vegas. A total of 150 of the slot machines will be dispersed among the 37 Caesar’s casinos.

As far as the slots game itself goes, it offers players four different bonus games: hitting Alan with the stun gun; taking a trip to the wedding chapel, finding the right Doug (as opposed to the drug dealing Doug), and collecting poker chips for Mr. Chow.

Speaking of Mr. Chow, he will pop up from time to time on the reels giving players his own anecdotes with quotes from the first movie. I am kind of hoping that includes his Too-da-loo fashion of saying good bye.

The Hangover slots game is expected to do well. IGT is known for the movie and TV themed slots games. Sex and the City is their highest ranked slots game to date, although it is possible that Hangover may knock it down to second.

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Everyone knows who Bruce Lee is. Even I, who cannot concretely remember if I have seen any of his movies, know who Bruce Lee is. It is kind of like how everyone knows who Chuck Norris is…minus all of the jokes.

Well now a software developer has immortalized the martial arts actor who in turn immortalized Kung Fu in an online slots game. WMS created the online slots game with a unique reel layout that actually might prove to be quite nifty.

The Bruce Lee online slots game featured five reels. I know, that sounds ordinary but here is where it gets a bit different:

Reels one and two only show two symbols apiece while reels three, four and five show four symbols each.

The benefit to this is in allowing players to play sixty paylines while only paying for thirty. All from eliminating the top symbols and bottom symbols from reels one and two.

For example the top two symbols of reels one and two can be used to complete a winning combination with each of the top two rows of symbols on reels three, four and five at the same time, which is something that would not be possible in an ordinary online slots game.

Different reels structure aside, the Bruce Lee online slots game also offers players three different chances of triggering the free spins bonus, which gives players five free spins.

Now Bruce Lee aside, I have to say that I find the reel restructure on the interesting side. It makes me wonder if other software developers will pick it or something like it up and work it into future online slots games.

So now the world has Bruce Lee, cultural Kung Fu icon, in his very own online slots game. Next will be the Bruce Lee jokes like the Chuck Norris ones.

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Playtech is known as the software developer of online slots games with the fun themes based on popular movies and culture icons. Earlier successes include online slots with themes from Gladiator, Rocky and the first Iron Man movie; earlier this year Playtech launched an online slots game for Iron Man 2.

Now they are bringing forth another online slots game from a blockbuster movie hit. And I do mean block buster: King Kong. This big guy has been entertaining millions between movies, video games and theme park rides.

A piece of side trivia: the King Kong ride was so iconic that when Universal Orlando replaced the ride with the indoor Mummy roller coaster, they put a gold King Kong statue in the treasure room of the Mummy ride as a tribute to the beloved giant gorilla.

While it is based on Peter Jackson’s 2005 variation, the new King Kong online slots game bears the name of the original hit movie made by Universal Studios in 1933: Kong, the 8th Wonder of the World.

The online slots version will offer players five reels and twenty paylines of Kong sized fun in an attempt to snag the $15,000 jackpot.

Players have not one, but two bonus games that they can trigger. Yes, two, this is a King Kong themed online slots game after all—it needs more.

One of the bonus games is the Skull Island game. This one takes place on the island that King Kong was discovered on. The bonus game gives players Sticky Wild resins to help increase bonus prize wins.

On the other hand there is the Big City game. This one puts you and King Kong in the big city where he goes on a rampage and climbs the Empire State building with Ann Darrow in hand.

The new Kong online slots game will be available at Playtech powered online casinos.

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Back in 2000, CBS launched what would become one of the world’s hit prime time TV shows, CSI. The show followed a team of forensic investigators as they worked their way through solving murder cases.

Now the hit TV show that spawned to spin off shows, CSI: Miami and CSI: New York, has spawned a online slots game, CSI: Slots

The new slots game will be coming from GTech G2, a division of GTech, who made the deal with CBS Consumer Products. More specifically, GTech G2signed a multi-year licensing agreement.

So far it is known that there will be three online slots games in the CSI: Slots series, one for each TV show. So long as the development goes smoothly, the first of the three slots games could see its release by the end of this year.

From the mouth of GTech G2’s vice President, Gaming Products, Dominic Mansour, the agreement is one that has GTech g2 excited about its new licensing agreement:

“Everybody loves a great mystery complete with fingerprints, DNA traces and characters with shady alibis. No wonder CSI is an international sensation. Thanks to our agreement with CBS Consumer Products, we can incorporate the intrigue and suspense of CSI within our interactive games to thrill game players and CSI fans throughout the world.”

Insert maniacal laugh here. No, I am kidding. No maniacal laughter.

Mansour’s statement does read that they are hoping to bank on the wide spread popularity of the show to not only hook current online slots players, but pull in a few new ones through interest in the franchise.

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Playtech is a software developer known for their creation of online slots games based on movies, both current and old. This month sees the launch of the second online slots game in the Iron Man slots series.

Unsurprisingly it has been dubbed Iron Man 2.

The key to making a successful sequel to an online slots game is to keep what works, perhaps improve it and to introduce something new. And if something did not work in the original release, remove it.

In regards to the Iron Man 2 online slots game, slots players can look forward to more stacked symbols than in the original Iron Man slots game. The original boasted only two stacked symbols, while its sequel offers several.

Players can also look forward to triggering an improved free spins feature.

The free spins in Iron Man 2 are triggered by landing three Iron Man symbols—nothing new there. But how the free spins work is a bit different. Ten free spins are awarded but the multiplier is not fixed. Rather is increased by 1x for every two spins. So by a player’s last two spins the multiplier will have increased by 5.

It is reported that the variance on the new Iron Man 2 online slots game is on the low side. But that should not be surprising. The original Iron Man slots game had a low variance as well. True, a low variance does make it harder to trigger the higher payouts, but the good news is that online slots players can ride out their slots bankrolls for awhile, thus giving their playtime some longevity.

Considering that it just launched, time is going to tell if Playtech’s latest interpretation of Iron Man will be as successful as the first. Hopes are high since Playtech has been doing marvel comics and movie themed online slots games for quite some time.

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Probably the most anticipated new online slots game from Microgaming this month is the third installment in their Sneak a Peek slots game series.

The Sneak a Peek slots game series, now with three slots games, present players with hunky guys who’s call of duty make them heroes or sexy doctors and nurses; this new installment gives players other worldly sexy alien babes.

The whole point and draw of the Sneak a Peek is to land the bonus game.

The bonus game bears the same name as the slots series, hence where the name of the series comes from. The Sneak a Peek bonus game is triggered by landing the Sneak a Peek symbol on the first reel. A box appears in the corresponding position on the fifth reel. The fifth reel will spin and if one of the alien babes lands in the box, the Sneak a Peek bonus game is triggered for that alien babe.

In the bonus game players choose portions of the arch above the alien babe. Each portion of the arch that is removed helps slots players in their quest to remove the alien babe’s clothing. Naturally bonus prizes are awarded when arch potions are selected and clothing pieces removed. Slots players can win up to 12,000 coins in the Sneak a Peek bonus game alone. So there is money to be won and peeks to be sneaked.

It is this clothing removal in the bonus game that makes the Sneak a Peek slots series as popular as it is. And it does put an entertaining spin on this slots game.

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Today might be the end of January, but just because it is the end of the month is not a good enough reason for Rival to not release the last of their online slots games for the month. The final offering of slots games for January is a 3D offering called the McMurphy’s.

This five reel, twenty payline online slots game follows the dream of the McMurphy family—who are all represented on the reels by name. The graphics are bright, which is to be expected when you have a whole extended family excited about a trip together. There’s the mom and dad, brother and sister, the grandfather and uncle, and of course the family dog. There is going to be color!

Unlike most Rival online slots games, this one does not feature a bonus game. However, there are free spins to win.

The free spins are triggered when three of more of the Bonus symbols are landed on the reels. A random number of free spins ranging from three to nine will be triggered.

There is not a multiplier on the free spins. However when a winning combination happens on a free spins the winning symbols drop off the reels and the symbols above them cascade down, potentially creating more combinations.

Now, while this is an entertaining online slots game, I have to admit that I am a bit disappointed not to see a bonus game. Typically Rival will load their online slots games up with a bonus game and free spins, not one of the other.

Other than the lack of a bonus game, The McMurphy’s does carry the standard Rival is known for: bright, well-executed graphics and smooth game play. Not to mention an entertaining theme. The McMurphy’s is a fun take on the concept of a big family vacation.

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There is a growing trend in online slots games. And that trend is the doing away with paylines in favor of a type of feature called Ways to Win.

The way this feature works is that in order for a player to receive a payout, he must land the same symbol on consecutive reels.

This translates to a symbol, say Symbol Q, landing first somewhere on the first reel and then somewhere on the second reel, and then at least somewhere on the third reel. Now those symbols may not have lined up on a payline if the example slots game had been a traditional online slots game, but in a Ways to Win slots game, the player would receive a payout.

In short, a Ways to Win online slots game increases the player’s chances of creating a winning combination.

And even though the Ways to Win online slots games are still relatively new, they are already evolving. They started out with only 243 different ways to win. But some of the recent Ways to Win slots games, as recent as this month when looking at Microgaming’s Hot Ink slots game, offer players 1,024 Ways to Win.

But how do Ways to Win slots games work in terms of wagering?

It is based on a single coin which can have a value of $0.01 up to usually $0.25. Players can then wager multiple numbers of coins per spin. Usually players can wager anywhere from one coin per spin to up to twenty. This gives the slots game a broad range of wagers per spin, making the same online slots game suitable for players looking to play more for fun and for players who are high rollers.

With more and more online slots games being developed to offer players the Ways to Win and no paylines, it is indeed looking like this will become the latest trend in online slots games. Which to my thinking is better than the number of paylines steadily increasing.

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The original Retro Reels was one of Microgaming’s most popular online slots games. It gave players the look of a classic one armed bandit from the comfort of their home. Or players could go online with their mobile devices and have a slot machine style game on the go without the large clunky machine.

Similar to the Hollywood trend of late in which remakes of everything under the sun have been made and revamped, Microgaming has done the same with Retro Reels. The latest and greatest in new retro Microgaming online slots games is Retro Reels—Diamond Glitz.

Retro Reels—Diamond Glitz has the look of a snazzy, shiny classic slots game but instead of only three reels and one payline, Diamond Glitz offers five reels and twenty five paylines—plenty of ways to play there and win.

Going along with the old-school yet shiny theme, players will see 7’s, Bells, Cherries, Dollar Signs and the classic Bar symbols. Naturally there are Diamonds on the reels too.

Also present on the reels is a 5 Free Spins symbol. For each one of these symbols landed you will be awarded said five free spins, but you must land a minimum of three symbols to trigger the the free spins feature. This makes the minimum amount of free spins fifteen in number, but players can win up to twenty five. All free spins have a 2x multiplier on them and can be retriggered.

There is also a reel respin feature—bet you the old one armed bandits did not have that!

Players can, for a small fee of course, respin an individual reel for a shot at creating more new combinations while leaving the other four reels as they are. This helps if, say, you have reels two, three and four with symbols lined up on a payline but reel one is off. You can respin reel one in hopes of landing the needed symbol in the right spot.

The smooth, yet shiny look of Retro Reels-Diamond Glitz makes it a testament to Microgaming’s graphics, and the overall game play should prove to be a refreshing break from the online slots games as we know them.

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Guess what is packed into another of Microgaming’s newest online slots games.

An immortal monkey king that is what. According to the Chinese tale of morality, the Monkey King was born of a boulder on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit. He is known for his strength and wisdom, which is apparent when he does battle with gods and mortals alike.

And that is why slots players will find depictions of Buddha, Lao Tzu, Siddhartha (who actually ‘grew up’ to become Buddha), Kwan Yin, Yama, Bodhisattva and Subodhi on the reels of the Monkey King slots game.

For players who have the good fortune to land the minimum of three Monkey King Logos anywhere on the reels, they will be whisked away to a Chinese village where he or she will then pick from three items, three times. The first pick reveals the number of free spins, while the second pick reveals the strength of the multiplier, and the final pick reveals the number of stacked Wilds that will appear on the reels during the free spins.

If the top three items are revealed in the Chinese village, the slots player will have twenty five free spins with a 4x multiplier with six stacked Wilds on those free spins. The possibilities of reward are great.

Microgaming has done an exceptional, if humorous, job of giving new life to the Monkey King Chinese morality tale as well as to the personalities of the gods and mortals of Chinese legend brought to these reels. The colors are rich and the animations smooth.

With the free spins feature being the main bonus feature of this online slots game, players are likely to enjoy this online slots game while bringing honor to their bankrolls.

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