Slot Machines News

The programmers and designers at Rival Gaming must be working some overtime, or taking few breaks at the water cooler becuase they’ve just released another slot machine today.

This time, it’s another horror-themed (or should I say Halloween themed?) video slot - Scary Rich 2.

The slot is live at This is Vegas Casino, and I have to tell you, it does look scary!

The symbols on the reels are horror animations that go more in the direction of scary movies than towards simple Halloween decoration like images. Even the lettering used for the title of the slot machine has a horror film feel to it.

The basics of the machine are that it is a video style slot, complete with 5 reels and 20 paylines. Players can wager up to 10 coins per payline - and the size of those coins can be set between a penny and a quarter, so $50 spins are possible.

The features of the slot include a Free Spins session and a Multiplaying WILD symbol. The free spins session is unlocked by landing the scatter symbol.

What’s special is that during the Free Spins cycle, the WILD becomes an expanding WILD, which means that when the Wild symbol appears and helps to complete a payline, it expands to cover the entire reel - turning the entire reel into one big set of Wild symbols. That makes it even easier to create some winning combinations. So, the Free Spins are a HUGE part of winning on this slot machine.

Look for Scary Rich 2 to be listed amoung the slot machines at your favorite Rival powered casino.

Click here for a complete list of Rival Slots.

That’s right, this month they’ve rolled out not the typical one or two new slot machines, but a full half dozen new slots have hit the casino floors of Vegas Technology driven casinos like English Harbour and Superslots.

The Cherry Blossoms slot has an interesting theme, based on the mysterious Geisha. The game has a double Wild symbol that can push the value of your winning combinations considerably higher.

It is a video style slot that has five reels and 25 paylines - so there are plenty of ways to win on this game.

The Dolphin King takes players on an underwater adventure that includes Wild symbols and scatter symbols to help them along the way.

The Last King of Egypt is the third new slot this month. It has, obviously, an Egyptian theme, as well as five reels.

The Magic Monkey game is another of the new video style slots. It has a scatter symbol, 5 reels, and 25 different paylines.

Not “The Price is Right” - the Right Prize! This slot does seem to take its inspiration from a popular game show though. It is a video style slot with 5 reels - and a ton of Bonus Rounds.

And finally, Treasure Trail is the last of the six new slots this month. Unlike most of the others, this slot machine is a 3 reel game. It also has a progressive jackpot.

These machines are live in the casinos, so if you’re a regular at one of the Vegas Technology driven online caisnos, you may have already noticed them and gotten a chance to take some spins on them. If you don’t have any of the Vegas Tech casinos on your computer, just be aware that they’re certainly interested in giving their slot players a lot of machines to choose from if they’re rolling out new machines at this pace!

Well, today is the day. Rival Gaming has a list of progressive slot machines that they are ready to roll out to ther casinos, and today the spotlight is on the Strike Gold game.

The slot is the second in the line of progressives from Rival Gaming, and is a 3 reel slot that aloows up to 2 coins to be wagered per spin. Coin sizes are $1, so each try for the jackpot will cost $2.

The jackpot begins at $5,000 and grows from there until some lucky player lands the special winning combination.

Promotion:
This one is a little different than most. It’s not a “welcome to the casino” promotion, instead, it’s a “we’re glad you play slots here, and we have a new slot machine that we think you’ll like so here’s a pile of money to use on the machine if you’d like to give it a go” promotion.

If you’re a player at This is Vegas, check your emails because . . .

Players will get a 100% bonus up to $250 to play exclusively on the progressive slots. The minimum deposit will be $50 to activate the bonus. Any players who clear the bonus (bust or win) will get a $20 No Deposit bonus to play on the progressive slots games.

Not bad, huh?

Rival Gaming Progressives:

Right now, there only two. The new Strike Gold machine and the Major Moolah slot, which has been a hit with players.

The folks from Vegas Technology are certianly in the Halloween spirit this year, putting together a slots tournament that has a creepy air about it.

The Tournament:
This Big Money slot machines tournament has a prize pool of $100,000, which is a ton of cash. It starts October 26th and runs all week during the last week of october, finishing on November 2nd.

You’ll be able to enter the tounament at the casinos like English Harbour and SuperSlots.

The entry fee for the tournament is $10, and for anyone who busts out there are rebuys available for the same price. anyone who isn’t already a member of the casinos can take advantage of their sign-up bonuses when joining, and receive a 100% bonus at SuperSlots (up to $300) or a 150% welcome bonus (Up to $450) at English Harbour.

The Slot Machine:
The tournament is being held of the Black Magic slot machine, a video slot that has a whopping 25 paylines. And to go along with the pyalines, players can decide to wager as many as 25 coins per line, so if you’re looking for a slot where you can rack up the credits quickly, this is certainly one to put on the list.

The machine has a Wild symbol (the witch) and a scatter symbol (the blule moon). It also has a “pick’em” style bonus round that can be unlocked by landing enough scatter symbols on the reels. The player is given a handful of crystals from which to choose, and each of the crystals has a bonus attached to it.

How does this tournament rate?
Well, AllSlots and company have been running the World Series of Slots, and the semi-finals there are $100,000 slot tournaments. So, as far as the prize pool goes, this tournament lands right there, equal to the semi-final of the World Series of Slots.

I don’t want to guess how many people will be involved, but I like my odds better in this tournament than in the WSOS because I just don’t see the field getting as large. So, less players, same amount of money = pretty good set up, in my eyes.

All in all, especialy if you’re a new player in the room and will be getting a bonus to open an account, it’s worth a look and a couple of spins.

1998 is a long time ago. Mark McGwire was breaking home run records with arms the size of oak trees, Monica Lewinski was the talk at the water cooler, and Slotland started operations for their new online casino.

Now, Slotland is celebrating their 10th anniversary of doing one thing, and doing it the best they can. They offer a handful of custom-made slot machines that you cannot find anywhere else in the world. They attach them all to a casino-wide jackpot that usually creeps into the low six-figures before paying out. And, speaking of paying out, they set the machines to payout at 98%.

And the checks come on time when you cash out. All told, that’s a nice package.

And now they’ve been doing it for 10 years. So - Happy Birthday Slotland!!

How are they celebrating?

Well, as expected (kindof), they are offering some promotions to their existing players (of which I am one) and also some promos to new players who want to see what’s going on at the casino.

NEW PLAYERS will receive $10 FREE for registering a new account.

EXISTING PLAYERS will be rewarded with a Loyalty Bonus equal to $10 for every year they have been registered with Slotland.

ALL PLAYERS will be rewarded with 20% bonuses for every deposit during our birthday celebration, along with SPECIAL ADDITIONAL 100% deposit bonuses for their first and fourth deposits made during the birthday celebration.

ALL DEPOSITORS - all players who make a single deposit of $100 or more will ALSO be entered into our special $5,000 VACATION PACKAGE.

What does this mean to an online slot player?

If you’ve never tried Slotland, here’s a Free $10 to do so. Make a small deposit and get an entry into the vacation drawing, and a bonus on your deposit, so that’s a thumbs-up, and a chance to do some spinning at a room where any machine can pay a jackpot, and the jackpot is just shy of $100k.

I think it’s worth a look - and it only lasts for a week, so look sooner rather than later