A number of casinos host a variety of slots, blackjack and even poker tournaments for VIP players and those lucky enough to either register in time or win seats in the various competitions held online during the course of the year.

Generally it’s difficult to distinguish one slots tournament from another but the International Slots League hosted by the Fortune Lounge Group of casinos including Royal Vegas, Platinum Play, 7 Sultans and Vegas Palms, really stands out from the pack. 

With both scheduled and sit’n'go tournaments held onboard as well as handsome prizes of up to $40,000 per week and the opportunity to win tickets to the annual Fortunate Lounge Casino Cruise, it’s no wonder so many people get excited when they hear the name.  So make sure you don’t miss out, Click here for more details!

It seems like online casinos are everywhere these days, and seem to be more present in the offline environment than ever before! Not only are they sponsoring a variety of sports teams in the UK but are also more and more visible on outdoor advertising media such cabs and billboards and more recently on TV.

In June of this year, Party Casino embarked on a global advertising campaign and aired ads entitle “Feel it“, where “it” can only be described as the unrivalled anticipation, excitement and adrenaline rush one experiences at the spin of the slots reels on a million pound jackpot machine or as the roulette when begins to wind down or the river card is turned.  The ads which were displayed in a number of media including print, billboards and television, featured a variety of casino players being swept up in a whirlwind of excitement where the games literally come to life and were exceptionally well produced making one instantly want to be a part of it all!

There couldn’t be a better way to display Party Casino as it really is a venue that draws players in and keeps one intrigued and entertained with a vast variety of games and promotions that make for a superb experience every time one visits.

After the phenomenal success of the original campaign, Party Casino will again be flighting its advertising campaign across a variety of television channels in the UK for the month of August, so make sure you don’t miss out!  If you aren’t based in the UK however, never fear, the ad does appear on the Party Casino Website and you’ll be able to view it there for the foreseeable future.

The month’s biggest announcement came from the likes of Microgaming powered casinos within the Fortune Lounge Group who, along with the software provider’s other casino properties will be hosing The Grand Slam of Slots tournament, which is the web’s richest online slots competition…ever!

Not only will slots enthusiast have a shot at the first prize of €1,000,000 but will also stand the chance to win a number of cars and additional prizes to the value of $415,000 while playing slots online. Never in the history of the online casino industry has there ever been a slots tournament of this extent been held across a casino network, but one thing is for sure, it is definitely turning heads across the globe!

While this seems like the most exciting promotion ever launched, before you get caught up in the hype, there are a number of issues to consider before entering this type of tournament.

To start off with, remember that casinos are businesses and as such everything they do is strategic and have a business related orientation.  So they will never give away over €1 million in prizes, cars and cash without ensuring that they will cover the costs of those and make a profit.  Within this tournament schedule there are vast numbers of qualifying rounds which will be played by huge numbers of people from all over the world and of course each round will feature re-buy options which add to the pot.

Then of course, as anyone who has ever participated in a slots tournament will tell you, these things tend to take a great deal of time, especially if you don’t have an invitation to the later stages of the competition and you have to start off in the initial Freerolls.  From experience we can tell you that each Freeroll round takes approximately 5 minutes, often with up to 10 re-buy options in each, meaning that you can spend up to 50 minutes per round.  In addition, you are bound to a single slot for the duration of the tournament and those spin quite slowly as there is no “quick play” option which can be engaged to speed up the game play.  Not only do  Freerolls taking time, they also present you lower odds of winning, this is due to the fact that these tournaments are held across the entire Microgaming network with hundreds of thousands of slots players taking part and competing against you.

Although we’ve highlighted the negative aspects above, of course there are a number of positive aspects with these kind of tournaments too, otherwise they wouldn’t exist at all! The biggest plus is that the tournament is relatively cheap to enter and participate in.  Another positive point is that you get to play for long periods without paying too much which is not the case with progressive jackpot machines which are able to offer this kind of prize.  Then there is the event that you may get lucky enough in the tournament to win, and just like buying a lottery ticket, imagining what to do with the money can make for a great deal of entertainment in itself.

No matter what you do, if you decide to take part in the tournament that is taking the industry by storm, bear in mind this one final tip: if possible, try to enter the tournament in a later stage and buy-in to the qualifying round.  And one more thing…have fun!

After receiving news that Intertops Red’s first winner won $200,090 on the T-Rex Slot machine earlier this week after starting with just $300, we decided it was time to take a look at just what this slot is all about!

T-Rex Slot was launched in March this year and is a 5 reel, 25 payline dinosaur-themed slot complete with T-Rex (of course) which is wild, a large egg (the scatter) which activates free spins, Stegosaurus, Triceratops, as well as a fiery volcano, and the characters A, K, Q, J, 10, and 9.  The animation on this game is truly superb and the characters seem to come to life before your eyes, of course the one to look out for is the T-Rex which breaks out of the symbol box and roars ferociously when it substitutes in a winning combination and in the free spins round actually eats other dinosaurs! The Egg also dances to appropriate music when it results in a payout or feature which is quite delightful given the circumstances!

With a betting range from $1 to $5 and a maximum of 25 coins, the game can get expensive quickly, but one generally finds that you are able to play for quite some time on less than $100 thanks to the features.  In fact the most recent winner on this game started off with $300 and played an entire evening!

Add to this RTG’s Random Jackpot feature which can be triggered on any wager, is not dependant on specific payline combinations AND enables you to win $1000’s in cash, and you have a game that keeps you entertained, really gets you excited and is definitely worth playing as Christopher T found out at Intertops Red this week.

Incredible Technologies (IT) made their debut in 1985 when they designed operating systems and programming for pinball games. Four years later in 1989, they released Golden Tee Golf, which catapulted them to the top of the coin-operated video games development charts affording them acclamations of being a leader in online tournament systems in the United States. Today, two decades later, IT is on the cusp of branching out onto casino floors with a line of revolutionary electronic gaming devices. A lot of the accolades should go to the very creative team of artists, engineers, and animators at IT whose creative juices produced a patented Breeze gaming cabinet featuring a 19-inch LCD with over 16 million colors and created “Magic Touch” gaming software. The creative juices. These state-of-the-art games include Magic Touch Keno, Fruit, Cars, Magic Touch Poker, Fish Store, and Money. Some of their unique gaming features include a patent-pending “Sidewinder” horizontal spinning wheels and “Angle Pays”. We can expect to see these amazing slot machines in land-based casinos in the United States by the beginning of autumn 2009.

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Be transported back in time to the 60’s and 70’s with a slot that pays tribute to the legends of the day and combines swing music playing rats and some generous features that are sure to make it all the more memorable when you play at Roxy Palace.

Based on the famous Rat Pack you’ll be delighted at the 3 rat characters which resemble the great Ol’ blue eyes, Frank Sinatra, and his two bosom buddies Dean Martin and Sammy David Jr, especially because this trio represent big coin wins on the reels.  But this is only where the fun begins, the game also features Wild symbols in the form of The Rat Pack logo and the “X2” symbol both which yield even more coin wins as they replace missing symbols to complete winning paylines. These “Wilds” are wild in every sense of the word and can be boosted as the giant “X2” doubles your coins on any win it completes.

In addition, the game also boasts a Golden Record scatter symbol and these payout no matter where they appear, giving you even more coins and triggering the thrilling free spin feature as well as a nudge feature that shifts certain reels down to reveal brand new symbols. All of which means more chances for you to win big!

Bonus features and progressives aside, this machine, with the possibility of 31,495 coin payouts makes it one of the highest paying alternatives around, where the fun never stops and the surprises keep coming.  As if all of the features mentioned aren’t enough, the game is loaded with added features, including a popular gamble option to take any win and double or quadruple it, which is sure to get your pulse racing!

So join The Rat Pack at Roxy Palace now, relive the memories and experience the thrill of one of the most decadent slots experiences around, and who knows, if you’re lucky enough you just might have a bank balance to rival those of the original members themselves.