Slot Machines News

Thre third and final session of the big Summer Slots series at Superslots (and English Harbour) is underway. 

during the month of August, players will be taking spins in a tournament that makes use of the “Reel Deel” slot machine at the casinos.  there is $200,000 in prize money up for grabs, and whoever is at the top of the leaderboard when the tournament finishes at the end of August will take home $50,000!

that’s kindof news, but these days there are some pretty high cash tournaments going on at a couple of casinos, so it’s not completely earth-shattering.  what is great, and i may never get tired of smiling at this, is that the way this big name slots tournament is set up, just about everyone should win.

how?

here’s a snapshot of the tourney board from this afternoon, 10 days into the big event.  there are 2008 players who paid the entry fee of $10 to take thier spins.

 

 the top 1,500 places pay more than $10.  the top 8,000 places pay at least $10. 

well, it’s looking like out of those 2,008 players, 1,500 (or 75% of them!) have made $15 in profit. 

THAT is what’s so amazing about the Summer Slots Series at Superslots and English Harbour. 

and yes, both casinos have inviting sign up bonuses for new players.  you can visit their websites to see what the current bonuses are.  in fact, you should probably do that soon because this is the final leg in the big Summer Slots series and it all comes to a close at the end of the month!

i was on my way to check out the happenings in the third leg of the Summer Slots series at English Harbour (it’s also running at Superslots), and decided to check in on free slots tournament of the day.

today they are running a $0 entry fee tournament on the Funky Chicken slot machine.  and, since i have a little time to play with, and i’ve never played the Funky Chicken slot before, i thought i’d sit down, take some spins and a do a review of the game.

here’s what the reels look like . . .

you can see that the theme of the slot game is a cartoony farm setting.  the symbols on the reels are the basic “Ace through Ten” plus a half dozen characters taken from right off the farm.  before i get into those though, i need to mention that this 5 REEL slot game has a whopping 25 PAYLINES!

that bears repeating - 25 PAYLINES are available on the Funky chicken slot game.  and you can wager anywhere from a penny a line (which means each spin costs a quarter) up to $10 on each payline you activate.  i’m not sure exactly how many people are wagering $250 on each spin, but i suppose there are some pretty big bankrolls out there.

in order to land a winning combination you’ll probably need to line up three symbols in a row.  there are only two symbols that start paying out for “two in a row”, and they are the farmer and the house.  so, that’s how you can stick sooooo many paylines on a slot machine and still not be landing winners every single spin.

FEATURES - the Scarecrow symbol is the WILD symbol on the game.  he’ll help fill in the blanks on any potential winning combination. 

the FUNKY CHICKEN is the other symbol of note on the machine.  he acts as both a scatter symbol, and is the key to unlocking the  free spins session. 

so, if you land two funky Chicken symbols you’ll start earning payouts.  land three or more and you’ve unlocked the Free Spins!

during my time at the machine i managed to unlock a free spins session, and rose to as high as 300th place in the tournament.  but, that was as high as i got - so no money finishes today.

well, the month of June isn’t completely over, but we’re getting very, very close to flipping the calendar.  that means that the first round of the big “Summer Slots” series at English Harbour and Superslots is coming to a close.

So, i decided to check up on things tonight and see how it looks like it is going to wrap up. 

just as a reminder, the first part of the slots tournament has $100,000 in prize money up for grabs.  it takes place during the month of june (the entire month) on the “Right Prize slot machine“.

here’s a screenshot of the “vitals” of the tournament.  pay special attention to the number of players, because that shows how easy it is to make the money in Part One of the Summer Slots tournament at English Harbour.

 

so, there are 2,139 players in the tournament.  how hard is it to win?  well, there are well over 7,500 places paid out.  so it looks like everyone is a winner!  i knew it though - well, i had a strong feeling that everyone would at least get their money back. 

if you take a look at the next screenshot - the places paid snapshot - you can see that about 3 out of 4 players made a profit.  1,500 players earn $25 or more, while paying a $10 entry fee. 

 

that makes the Summer Slots tournament at English Harbour about the best deal in online slots that i know about. 

the following people are in position to land the b ig money prizes, with oliver799 looking at a payday of $50,000 by the end of the week if his score holds up as the # 1 slot player in the tournament. 

i’m not in the big money this time around :(  but, another round is starting soon - phase 2 of the Summer Slots tournament will be here in the middle of the week, and i’ll probably be trying my luck again in the next phase.

I’m looking through my email today and I come across this . . .

it turns out that English Harbour casino is having a fit of generosity this weekend.  i’m not sure if this applies to everyone, or how it works in conjunction with thier other bonus offers (they already have a generous welcome bonus set up in place for new players). 

i am sure that i’m not a new player though.  i must be on the list because i moved from one computer - that if it isn’t dead, it’s on life support - to a new computer.  and when i did i visited the casino’s website and downloaded the casino games again.  i’m sure they have me down as being “new” on their email list because of that. 

it doesn’t matter though.  a 200% bonus is nice for those people who may have signed up and played in some of the tournament freerolls and maybe played for fun, but haven’t made a deposit for any real money playing yet.  so, if that’s YOU, and you didn’t get this offer, email customer support at English Harbour and show them this blog post - and tell them you’d like the same treatment

 

you know how i usually “stumble” into English Harbour (and i know some of you like the sister site - Superslots because you want the same games, but more bonuses).  this time, i knew it was happening.  the summer is bringing a summer-long slots tournament with $700,000 in prize money!

 

that, is a ton of cash.  and of course it won’t all go to one person, but i’m up for just a share of it.  i don’t need the whole thing.  enough to take care of a house payment and put some lobsters on the grill would do me just fine

So . . . the “Summer Slots Series” comes in four parts.  The first part is a 20 day (June 10th – June 30th) tournament that takes place on the Prize is Right slot machine.  I have that one downloaded already, and have spent some time playing it, but i thought it would be a good time to write a review on it since it is the key to the cash during Part One of this Summer Slots Series.

 

the Right Prize is a video style slot that is loosely themed on a popular game show.  the features of the machine include . . .

SCATTER SYMBOLS - which isn’t really a surprise on a video slot.  the fun thing about them though is that they are the key to unlcoking a FREE SPINS session.  you’ll need to land three or more scatter symbols.  if you land two scatters, you’ll get credit for a winning combination.

WILD SYMBOL - there is a wild symbol on the reels.  it doesn’t act like a doubling wild, but it does fill in the blanks so to speak to help create winning combinations.

BONUS SYMBOL - is the fast track to unlocking a “pick’em” style bonus game.  You have the opportunity to choose a prize that is either displayed, or one hidden behind a door, depending on which version of the bonus game you unlock. 

it doesn’t really matter though, the idea is the same.  pick a prize from the screen, and you’ll find out what the value of that prize is in slot credits.  so i may pick the grandfather clock and find out it’s worth $25.  i can then try to upgrade my prize by returning it and picking a different prize from the screen.

the trick is, i may pick a prize of lesser value.  so, you really want to think about how much you “ought” to win by unlcoking the bonus game, and be willing to settle for a fair prize amount.  of course if you pick an inexpensive prize the first time out, there’s no reason to hold on to it when there’s a lot better to be had.

once you’ve chosen a prize that you’re satisfied with, keep it and return to the slot game.  it’s that simple!

Here’s a table of the Payouts for the Slot Tournament:

 

I’m figuring that i’m probably going to be lucky enough to land somewhere in the Top 8,000!! :)  The Summer Slots series is not a free event.  there is an entry fee, of $10.  but, considering they pay out the top 8,000 players a minimum of $10, it looks like it will be an event where everyone gets their money back.  so it’s about as close to being a freeroll as you can get!

if you’re playing at English Harbour for the Summer Slots Series, you might run into me - on the leaderboard

I found a chance to do some slot playing this afternoon, and out of habit i opened up English Harbour to see what was going on.  And this is what i found . . .

 

the freeroll of the day was being held on the Solomons Mines slot machine.  the fun part, there was just under $4,000 up for grabs.  I think they were paying the top several hundred spots, so it really looked like the very top winners would be getting a decent prize, and lots (and lots) of other players would be landing a little something. 

i was ok with a little something, so i signed up - and paid my $0 entrance fee. 

i didn’t already have that slot machine loaded onto my computer, so i had to back out of the tournament lobby and go the “regular” lobby of the casino to download it.  it’s not that much of a bother, but i figure if i keep mentioning it, sooner or later they’ll change that!! (probably wishful thinking).

here’s a little bit about the Solomon’s Mines online slot machine . . .

it’s a five reel video slot game.  and there are 20 paylines!

the coin size (and you can only play one coin per payline, btw) ranges from a penny to $10 per coin.  i’ll probably never be wagering $10 per line, but i’d imagine that should keep even the highest rollers happy.

i set the coin size to $.25 per line, so each spin was taking $5 out of my tournament credits (i started with $100). 

the symbols on the reels are the basic “card ranks” - Nine through Ace, plus some treasure hunter themed images.  the big ones to look for are the scatter and the wild symbols.

the scatter symbol is a treasure hunter’s Journal, and like all scatters you don’t have to land them in a row on a payline to get credit for a winning combination.

the WILD symbol is the “penelope” symbol.  It only appears on the middle reels (two, three and four), and will substitute for anything but a scatter symbol. 

the Solomon’s Mines slot is a straight forward machine.  there is no bonus game, no free spins session, no doubling wild.  there are a lot of paylines though, so you’ll be spending a lot of time racking up winners on the main screen instead of watching the bankroll drop hoping to unlock the big hit on the bonus game.

it’s a neat game.  pretty basic.  to be honest, i’d probably play other slots at the casino, but this was the tournament game, and i had a good time playing it.  i never got high enough to be in the money in the tournament, but i always had hope, lol!

Rival Gaming, who I already like, is adding to their line up of slot games that have a Progressive Jackpot attached to them. The Money Magic game is the newest slot machine to find it’s way into any of the Rival Powered casinos. And, if you’re looking for the best offer from a casino where you can test drive the Money Magic slot, “This Is Vegas” is the best I’ve found out there.

 

Here is a screenshot of the slot machine itself . . .

You can see from the snapshot that the slot is a 9 Line Game.  Many of the new slots that come out have more paylines, some as many as twenty-five, so it’s sometimes (well . . .  often) hard to follow the symbols and keep track of the paylines. 

The Money Magic Machine turns the “visual noise” down a notch, so I have a chance to at least try to keep track of the action.  Of course, like all slot machines, even if i don’t spot a winning combination when it lands on an active payline, the machine knows - and i’ll get credit for it!

The coin size is fixed, at a nickel.  So, yes my friends, not only can you find nickel slot machines online, they’re still making more of them!  And while I’m on the coins, you can decide to wager up to 5 coins per payline. 

In fact, if you’re hoping to win the Progressive Jackpot total, you have to be playing all five coins.  Like almost all other Progressive slot machines, the only real strategy is to make sure you unlock a chance to win the jackpot by Playing Max Coins!

The Symbols on the Reels include “magic themed” images.  There is the Magician’s Top hat, and his Lovely Assistant.   There are the usual trick props in the form of a rabbit, a pigeon, and of course a set of cards for the card tricks. 

You’ll also find a few more magical images, and two powerful symbols as well.  There is a levitating woman who is the image on the SCATTER SYMBOL.  The scatter symbol on the Money Magic slot is very simple, you can land scatter symbols anywhere on the reels to create a winning combination.  They do not have to fall on a payline. 

The Scatter on this machine does not unlock any bonus round or additional games.

The last symbol to mention is the most important one - The Jackpot Symbol.  The Jackpot symbol acts as a doubling WILD symbol on the Money Magic slot, so even if you don’t land a full row worth of them, they are powerful symbols that can really help the credits rack up quickly. 

And of course, landing five of them in a row while playing max coins will win you the Progressive Jackpot.

The Money Magic is a traditional five reel, nine payline video style slot machine.  They symbols on the reels come to life in animation when you land a winning combination, and there’s always a chance for the “Big Win” on this game.  So, if those are things you like to see in your favorite slots, visit “This Is Vegas“, or one of the other Rival Powered Casinos to test it out!

i knew it.  English Harbour just had to be coming out with something for Mother’s Day!!

 

so, this little gem just landed in my email box . . .

remember, i’m a continuing player at the casino, so “new player” and “first time deposit” bonuses do not apply to me. they’re nice for other people, but they kind of make me feel like “odd man out” because i’m already a player.

so when i kept reading and saw this . . .

“To celebrate Mother’s Day this Sunday we’re offering all our players a special bonus! - 100% up to $500 on your first deposit this Sunday, May 10th*

English Harbour is pleased to be able to say that our bonuses can now be redeemed on any game in the casino! “

i was pretty happy to see the “all our players” part. Yay!

now, it’s just a matter of time. finding some time, that is. Mother’s Day is a pretty hectic time in the house. Maybe after things settle down for the evening on Sunday I’ll be able to visit the casino, and take a stab at the slots!

sometimes you come across something that is completely over the top.  it’s kind of like walking through Las Vegas the first time.  you know, there’s what i usually think of as “big”, and then there’s Caesar’s Palace and the Bellagio, and the Venetian.  hell, there are more rooms in those hotels than there are houses in my home town!!

well, that sensation hit me again today.  i think of a $300 welcome bonus from a casino as very nice.  i think that an $800 welcome bonus - like what they’re doing at English Harbour -  as BIG!  and then there’s this . . .

the new welcome bonus from ROME CASINO is completely Over-The-Top!!

it’s a 100% matching bonus - so whatever you decide to deposit into your player account is matched by the casino, dollar for dollar.  that’s pretty standard.  the fact that they’ve set the maximum for the bonus at $1,000 per deposit is not so standard. 

still, I don’t have $5,000 kicking around to gamble with.  BUT - they stretch this offer out over your first five deposits!  THAT, i like.  a LOT.

so, i can make a regular sized deposit the first time around, and get a 100% matching bonus.  cool. 

and then if i like the games and i’m feeling like i’m happy at the casino, i can really take advantage of the free cash by making whatever size deposits i feel like and still pulling in that matching bonus on my second deposit.  and my third.  and my fourth.  and my fifth.  hehe. 

nice.  very nice. 

and Rome Casino has been doing well as far as being able to process credit cards and actually take deposit from players.  that’s a plus.  getting all excited to play some slots, and then finding out i have to make four different phone calls to get the deposit to go through is a bother. 

so, when my friend at work asked me what the new news was with playing online, i told him that the Rome Casino Bonus was definitely it!  Definitely worth checking out!  now, with any luck i can turn that bonus cash against the casino and land a couple of nice winners before Mother’s Day!

hey everyone!  today i had some time because Easter vacation is upon us, and i wanted to see if there was any Easter slot machine tournament action taking place.  so, per usual, i head on over to English Harbour.

 

well, it turns out that there really wasn’t anything happening that had an Easter theme to it.  other than the bonus i just listed, but i already have money in my player account there, so i won’t be taking advantage of that this time.

of course, there is some slot machine tournament action taking place.  one of the tournaments is using the Fat Cat slot machine.  so, i thought after playing it for a while, i’d put up a review of the slot.

Fat Cat Video Slot Machine

the slot is a five reel, video slot game.  and, like most of the video slots, there are plenty of paylines.  in fact, there are 20 PAYLINES.  you can activate all twenty if you’d like, or you can choose to just activate a few of them.

of course you need to wager a coin on each line in order to activate it.  the game only let’s you wager one coin per line, so you won’t ba able to say, set the coin size at a nickel and then wager 3 coins per line.

speaking of coin size, you can change the coins from one penny up to $5 per coin, which at 20 paylines means wagering $100 on each spin.  of course that’s beyond my bankroll for playing for cash.  but, it’s nice that the machine let’s you “swing deep” like that in a tournament.

the machine has some basic symbols on the reels (”card ranks” of 9 through King), and a few more powerful symbols.  the WILD symbol is the FAT CAT symbol.  it’ll substitute for all but the scatter symbol.   

the Scatter Symbol is the Dollar Sign, and if you land three or more of them you’ll unlock the BONUS GAME.

I’m not sure how to describe the bonus game.  it’s a screen with 8 money bags, and you pick bags to reveal the prize behind them (in them?).  but when i unlocked it, i simply chose one bag at a time until i picked  them all.  so it’s not like there was some game-stopper symbol that i was trying to avoid.  or as if i could only choose three and was hoping to find the ones with the really big prizes.

i’m ok with it though because when i unlocked the bonus screen it turned into really quite a prize haul, so that was nice.

here are some picts of the machine . . .

and one with the reels . . .

i tend to play Vegas Technology games at English Harbour, but you can play them at Superslots or V.I.P. Slots as well.