07.01.08
Posted in New Games, Slots, Free Casino Games at 10:11 pm by Mike
New new new…
Just a quick blog post to tell you about the latest casino slots game I’ve been playing in July. I personally love this slot - and I don’t often say that! It’s new at top Irish online gambling site Paddy Power Casino and you can play it for free or for real money. Your call. But do play it as it’s great!
Davinci Diamonds Slot Game: new at Paddy Power Casino
If the tasteful Davinci style paintings (of course including the Mona Lisa) don’t appeal, the glittering emeralds, sapphires, rubies and diamonds are bound to. Very stylish indeed. A nice change for a casino slot game.
When you get a win line, Davinci Diamonds slot machine triggers the tumbling reels feature that explodes (dissolves?) the payline icons and lets the reel refill to give you another chance of winning off the same spin. Excellent.
There are wilds galore it seems to trigger win lines and you can win up to 300 free spins, which in my view is pretty wow. Bonus spins are triggered by 3 or more gold filigree ruby encrusted bonus symbols.
About Paddy Power Casino: (Sorry, no real money USA residents)
Paddy Power Casino offers something really different! The no download instant play casino games are fun and all games not only display real expected payout rates (like 99.8%) - but you can also play them all for free without registering if you like!
In my view, Paddy Power Casino has selected only the very best casino games to offer and while there are great classics like 6 different roulettes and 7 Blackjacks - try the unique slots games. Amazing.
Paddy Power Casino’s games are powered by Wagerworks software. They are Flash animation games and play directly in your browser window. Most PC operating systems (like XP, Windows and Vista) are supported, Mac users are recommended to use Safari.
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06.24.08
Posted in New Games, Slots, Free Casino Games at 5:51 am by Mike
Here’s a quick heads-up on some new online casino games to look out for in early July…
Two new slots and an excellent new Roulette game will be released at participating Microgaming Online Casinos (including Spin Palace Casino and Blackjack Ballroom Casino) from July 8th:
Big Kahuna Snakes and Ladders Slot
If you like Big Kahuna (An ultra popular witch doctory themed game with sacrifices of fruit to the volcano gods - and an old favorite of mine!) the new Big Kahuna Snakes and Ladders Slot Game adds yet another dimension to what was already a great fun game. The new release is still a five-reel online slot in format, and as you’d expect it’s got bright and cruisy graphics… but the clever developer Monkeys at Microgaming have added a Snakes and Ladders style bonus game. You can use the ladder as a booster on your mission to collect Big Kahuna’s Gold Mask - just like the board game. Watch out for those snakes though! (Snakes can never be good…)
Jolly Jester Slot Machine
This new slot game looks a lot of fun, especially if you’re feeling down. The game is based in a medieval castle with a King and Queen, and you can enjoy the Court Jester’s antics while trying for that tidy profit along the way! The Jolly Jester Slot Game is another five reel, 25 payline online slot game (Microgaming’s most popular style of slots game)
French Roulette Gold
In addition to the new slot machines outlined above, you can also look forward to the release of French Roulette Gold. This sophisticated table game is the latest high tech version of one of the most popular table games in Online Casino history - French Roulette - and it adds some great play features along with Microgaming’s industry-leading photo realistic table styling.
Get ready to sign on to your favorite Microgaming Casino in early July - or if you’d like to try a new one for luck check out the latest Casino Reviews for June here at CasinoLabRat.com.
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06.04.08
Posted in New Games, Slots at 6:02 am by Mike
Well… time for more slots reviews as those busy beavers at Microgaming have been slaving to release June’s new slots.
First up is Days of the Tsar Slot. It’s a 25 payline slot machine with an Imperial Russian theme - the Tsar symbol of course is the substitute for all other images (except the Faberge Egg… but we’ll come on to that…). The top win results from 5 Tsars, and if you stake 20 coins/line (bet max) you can win 200,000 coins. Nice. I haven’t so far but am hopeful 
The Days of the Tsar free spins feature triggers when 3 or more Faberge Eggs appear (and if you’ve been watching Antique’s Roadshow you’ll not only know they’re stylish but valuable too!). Each egg reveals a number and you add them together to get how many free spins you’ve won. All wins are doubled during free spins and an additional free spin is awarded for each F/Egg symbol that shows up during your free spins (which is far better than just not giving you anything as some of the more mean slots do!)
We like slots with a gamble feature like Days of the Tsar as you can turn a medicore win into something quite pleasing if you’re canny enough to quadruple it!
Overall, the game is very reminscent of Glory of Rome (funny that as I suspect it was from the same designer’s desk!), right down to a fairly sour looking Tsaress? Empress? and the Tsar waving regally when he deigns to pay out. The annoying clicketa clicketa noise is back (but can be turned off as a background sound option) The was seal icon is interesting (I originally thought it was a cookie with crumbs or a pretty naf coin. Doh! )
I like this new slot, but not nearly as much as….Bomber Girls Slot!
Bomber Girls slot is a completely different style of game. With very jazzy sound track and six different animated girls that wave flags, salute and giggle. (Or wave stethescopes if they’re a nurse, or money wrenches if a mechanic, etc) The “good time girl” in red with a hibiscus in her hair is the highest paying in a payline. Most symbols animate when in a payline (like the bombs drop and the spitfire plane flies, even the goggles reflect the action in the sky! Excellent and way better than a string of (9,10,J etc).
I’m not so sure about the whole “glorifying war” thing that this slot reeks of, but hey, it’s fun - and you can win up to 150,000 coins. You can win up to 14 free spins with a x3 payout (3 or more compass symbols triggers free spins). There’s a scatter Pay Bonus (win up to 20,000 coins) and a High-Low Bonus plays like a game of cards and you can gamble to double the payout. The bonus game can be triggered during free spins (yay!).
Lastly we have Lucky Shot Slot. They’re billing this one as ”Out just in time for the US Open” and Lucky Shot is Microgaming’s first golf themed slot machine.
The stylised people in Lucky Shot are not to my taste (kinda remind me of Prime Property for people who know their slots!) I personally prefer either the photo realism of games like Hitman or Tomb Raider II or the cheerful colourful style of Bomber Girls.
You can win up to 60,000 coins on Lucky Shot and the Gopher Bonus triggers with 3 or more of the little critters and can pay up to 300x your total bet! There is also a Free Spins bonus triggered by 3 or more adjacent golf carts which also pays out up to 50X your total bet. 5 Lucky Shot game symbols scores you a cool 15,000 coins in one spin.
Be one of the first to play these fun new slot machines at your favorite Microgaming Casino. They’re download games (ie not instant Flash play - but you can join up as a guest to play from free if you like)
If you’ve not got a favorite Microgaming casino, popular and highly recommended casinos include:
Blackjack Ballroom Casino and Zodiac Casino as they welcome players from around the World including US residents from 39 States. Ladbrokes Casino is also very popular at present (Sorry, no US players).
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>>READ Ladbrokes Casino Review
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05.24.08
Posted in Uncategorized, Gambling News at 10:26 pm by Mike
Hi LabRats, your casino reviews are cool – I’m currently playing slots at Blackjack Ballroom. Can you suggest a decent Bingo site? I’m Welsh, but currently based in Australia. Thanks Gr8_28.
Is there a BingoLabRat.com in the pipeline? (We like your Poker and Casino sites)
BallsUpBob.
Can you guys please include some Internet Bingo in your reviews. It’s all pretty confusing choosing a bingo hall. I hear some are not safe or have cheap prizes compared to others. Help!. Bingofan.
At CasinoLabRat.com we occasionally get asked about Online Bingo. (Some recent examples above). We’re not experts on Bingo and none of our team plays regularly - so we won’t be launching a BingoLabRat site any time soon (no no-it-all rats here!).
We can suggest, however, that you take a look at a new Bingo Guide onsite at popular online gambling site GoonersGuide.com. In addition to rating and recommending bingo sites to play it also covers questions like:
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- Is Internet Bingo safe?
- What if I disconnect?
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Best regards,
Mike
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05.21.08
Posted in New Games, Slots at 11:04 pm by Mike
If you’re sick of reading headlines like “U.S. crude oil futures rose $5.12 to $134.10 a barrel in post-settlement trade on Wednesday” and “high crude oil prices have been behind the run up in gasoline prices and pump costs could keep climbing through June”.
Here’s a couple of oil-themed slots games that you might enjoy as a distraction from the realities of the surging world oil prices and cost of living.
TEXAS TEA - a Treat at top Irish Casino, Paddy Power
First up, Texas Tea is billed as “a gusher of entertainment with barrels of bonus game action!” The Oil Dividend Bonus of this 5-reel slot can earn you a big fat dividend check and the Big Oil Bonus lets you drill for huge bonus awards (up to 100x your original bet)!
This slot game has funny little animated critters (a crazy armadillo and a feisty steer) and some “perty” bits like flowering cacti, rock roses and lupins among all that desert dust. The top dude, Texas Ted, has a private jet and an awesome “long horned” open top car to git about his oilfields.
I especially like the “epic western” sound track to Texas Tea (I keep expecting Wild Bill or a band of In’juns to come galloping by or someone to get shot while playing poker…)
This game has a long term expected payback of 97.35% (this info is given with all of Paddy Power’s Casino games). You can play this game for free with no registration or download required.
Visit Paddy Power Casino (sorry, no US players)
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DUBYA MONEY - US Electioneering is steeped in barrels of oil
Next up is Microgaming’s Dubya Money slot. On oldie but a goodie (launched mid 2006). This fun slot machine is also ‘no download required’ and has a US election theme centered around, as usual, the oil crisis. It is a AWP game (amusement with prizes) - a special type of 3 reel slot that is ultra-interactive - more like a UK pub fruity - and with nudges and a range of other prize selections and bonuses you can spend hours playing without feeling hard done by as you really can influence the payouts from your spins!
If you like President Bush, electioneering US-style, Stetson hats, oil crises, the liberty bell, maps of good old Texas - and of course lots of red white & blue - then this game’s for you!
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CASHVILLE - oil riches, great wads of money, cigars, jewellery and furs
Cashville slot is another great distraction from day to day cash crises! This game is lots of fun and one of the bonus billionaires is of course a cigar smoking oil baron called Bill Bullion. The bonus game lets you chose from 4 billionaires….and each billionaire then offers you a different game in which you can win up to 45000 coins with the main game offering a top return of 500,000 coins. It’s actually quite a fun slot and should be tried at least once!
If you can relate to ultra wealthy inbred toffs - oil riches, great wads of money, cigars, jewellery and furs (or would like to be able to) then you’ll probably find this game rewarding!
You can also play this slot game for free (no download required) as a registered guest at Wild Jack Casino (US players welcome from 39 States)
Find out more about Wild Jack (part of the popular Jackpot Factory group of online entertainment sites) in the Wild Jack Casino review on site at CasinoLabRat.com.
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05.12.08
Posted in New Games, Gambling News, Free Casino Games at 12:25 am by Mike
Ladbrokes Casino and Jackpot Factory’s Wild Jack Casino are among the first on the Internet to launch the latest game in the hugely popular Microgaming Gold series table games.
New Multihand Hold’em High, like all Microgaming Gold Series games, has outstanding photo realistic graphics that add dimension to online play. This sophisticated, top-of-the-line game really does set the benchmark for other casino software developers to attain in terms of smooth, fast realistic card action and generous gambling opportunities.
Designed to appeal to both casino and poker players, this new game combines in our view the best features of each, mixing stylish table game action with classic Texas Hold’em Poker.
Dealing from a single deck you can play up to 5 poker hands at once, using the community cards to complete your hands. The original 2 cards dealt must form part of the final hand for payout and the minimum win hand is 2 pair, Jacks or Better paying out at 1:1. The unlikely but occasional Royal Flush rewards you handsomely with a 500:1 payout. The side bet option in new Multihand Hold’em High can top up certain wins too (King & Ace of Spades pays 50:1, King & Ace suited 25:1, and any 2 cards of the same suit pays 5:2).
All in all, we think this makes for one of the more entertaining casino games - the team at CasinoLabRat.com has declared new Multihand Hold’em High a ‘gotta try it’ game.
(BTW: Our casino game ratings start at “not even with a long pole”, “don’t bother”, “yawn” and “they’ve got to be joking!” through to “fun, but not for long”, “yep, can get into this”, “gotta try it”, “you’ll love this” and ”why play anything else?”).
Check out new Multihand Hold’em High - for free play for real money - in the “New Games” section at these two popular Microgaming casinos:
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05.09.08
Posted in New Games, Slots, Free Casino Games at 3:50 am by Mike
On May 6th, Microgaming’s new Cashapillar, Sure Win, Alley Cats and Quest for Beer slot machines were released and we’ve been playing them ever since. HoldEm High, a cool new table poker game also has succeeded in taking up way more of our time (and money!) than we’d initially anticipated (and we’ll blog on this game separately soon, as it’s worth a detailed look).
So, what do we think of these new Microgaming slot releases? Well… overall, not as good as last month’s new slots - but still well worth a look, aand we’re damned fussy…and they are finally enticing enough to break the Tomb Raider II addiction I’d developed!
First up, Cashapillar - it’s gotta go first as it’s just so different! With like, a quizillion paylines this slot game is a bit weird (100 paylines and a 5×5 reel game grid) - and max bet is 1000 coins a spin. So you can win big - but also lose big really quickly! The max wins of up to 2 million coins when betting max and 6 million coins during free spins is amazing and in all our test play we always ended up with more money than when we started! Unusual.
Cashapillar’s game graphics depicting friendly insects all decked out for the catepillar’s 100th birthday party are a little odd. Sort of “Through the Looking Glass” stuff - rather trippy. I’m also not too sure about the New Orleans style birthday tune that plays on win lines. Annoying after a while. 3,4 or 5 bonus birthday cake symbols activates the free spins - and free spins can be retriggered during free spins! Yay!
So if you like snails, bees, butterflys horned beetles and catapillars…and the chance to win big - give Cashapillar slot game a whirl. If the very thought of bugs has you reaching for the bug spray - and a 100-payline line slot fills you with panic as you like to follow the payouts, then this one’s not for you!
The next new slot, Quest for Beer, features an axe throwing bonus game that is triggered by 3 or more scraggly but somehow comely blonde pigtailed girl (beer wench!). When a tankard of beer appears on reels 2,3 and 4 the free spins feature triggers. (10 free spins with winnings doubled - and in this game they can be retriggered within the free spins win! Yay! The bonus game can also be triggered within free spins - an even better yay!) Overall I dod not think much of the graphics and found this slot a bit boring after a couple of bonus games… yawn.
The Alley Cats Slot - you guessed it - features ten pin bowling cats! In the bonus round you do get to bowl over objects like a lava lamp, broken bottles and even a tied up little puppy. (I could not choose the dog, so don’t know if the folks at Microgaming reward or penalize you for being cruel to animals). You can also score 20 free spins (with winnings doubled). Unfortunately neither the bonus game or free spins can be be retriggered during free spins which I always think is a bit miserly! This new slot has colourful graphics and is a bit of fun. Worth a look.
Sure Win Slot has a horse racing theme complete with Psssst! Tipster. It’s been available a few months exclusively at Ladbrokes Casino (with jockeys wearing special Ladbrokes livery!). Sure Win is a stylish slot that gives you a chance to win up to 560,000 coins. 3,4 or 5 scatter “tipsters” trigger the free spins feature for 12 free spins at x4 multiplier, (16 free spins at x3, or 24 free spins at x2). Sure Win includes a Gamble feature so if you’re really lucky you can quadruple your winnings.
Check them all out in the “New Games” section at these two popular Microgaming casinos: (You can play these games as a guest for free or join up and play for real money)
Yukon Gold Casino (a wild west gold rush theme that welcomes players from around the world including those from 39 States of America)
Ruby Fortune Casino (a stylish UK owned casino offering you 750 real money chips without a deposit to try the games for free for an hour - you can keep your winnings. Sorry, Ruby Fortune cannot accept USA residents)
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05.06.08
Posted in New Games, Slots at 4:06 am by Mike
A new no download slot Microgaming slot at Ladbrokes Casino really does combine the fun of a pub fruity style slot machine with a bingo game as the bonus round.
Called Bingo Bango Boom this 3 reel UK Pub Slot has a minimum bet of just 30p and maximum bet of £10. Not bad when you consider the jackpot on offer is a cool £50,000.
Similar to a number of recent AWP (Amusement with Prizes) slot machines (like Stallionaire, Geegees, Abra-Kebab_ra and Apocalypse Cow) the basic Bingo Bongo Boom game involves accumulating bingo balls on an 8-step trail ladder - as you play standard 3 reel slots with nudges, holds, etc.
Complete the trail of bingo balls to trigger the main bingo game feature. The Bingo Bango Boom feature can be won by matching up 4 numbers on one of your bingo cards based on the balls drawn. Lots of feature games are involved with stoppa, selector, Nudge Mania and more as win options to determine your payout.
In our play testing having started with £200 we regular reached £350-450 based on bonus game payouts. Fun.
Enjoy Bingo?…try new Bingo Bango Boom slot for free (no registration or download is required) or for real money at Ladbrokes Casino.
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05.02.08
Posted in Uncategorized, Casino Bonuses & Promos at 10:30 pm by Mike
Experience the atmosphere surrounding top European Football events in amongst some stunning scenery!
Popular Australian online sports betting and gaming site Canbet is offering punters a trip to EURO2008.
Canbet’s May Giveaway is a £1,500 travel voucher to Austria & Switzerland and you can use it while Euro2008 is on
To enter you need to register by entering Promotional Code: EURO before June 15 and you earn an entry into the lucky draw each time you bet £50/€65 at Canbet Casino or Canbet Sportsbook or Racing - or by playing 50 raked poker hands at Canbet Poker! The winner is drawn 17 June 2008.
The prize does NOT include EURO2008 Match Tickets
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Posted in Casino Bonuses & Promos, Blackjack at 9:52 pm by Mike
Popular Irish online casino and card room DublinBet has a great player competition now on. You can win a trip to one of two amazing Grand Prix events just by playing your favourite casino games - like early payout Blackjack!! (our favourite) - and you get a entry to the lucky draw for every €50 deposited.
LUCKY GRAND PRIX DRAWS IN MAY (Silverstone) and JUNE (Monza)
For every €50 deposited between now and May 31, 2008, you will earn one entry* into a draw for a trip for 2 to the Grand Prix at Silverstone!
For every €50 deposited between June 1st and June 30th, 2008 you will earn one entry* into a draw for a trip for 2 to the Grand Prix at Monza!
Each trip includes race tickets, accommodation, transfers, and €1,000 total cash for air travel and spending money.
Watch the Live Draws from the Fitzwilliam Card Club in Dublin on June 9th and July 4th, 2008.
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*Note: Maximum 10 entries per player account per draw. One times play through required (€50 in action per €50 deposited for each draw entry.) Please see the DublinBet website for full bonus terms and conditions. Promotion ends June 30, 2008 at midnight GMT.
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