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Remember the 1989 quirky hit movie “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure”? The team at Microgaming has just released their brand new no download slot game that’s based on the movie. (And, as Ted would say…Awesome!)
Join a Keanu Reeves (Theodore Logan), and Alex Winter (Bill S. Preston Esq.), two dodgy teenagers, as they travel through time encountering notable figures in history to help them graduate high school – and pursue their real dream – The Wyld Stalyns band.
Despite the truely bogus nature of the lead characters, this is game actually a highly advanced, interactive pub slot with a host of win features such as multi-line cascading reel wins (you know, where a win line vanishes so the reels reset potentially giving you more wins), two bonus feature games and a Wyld (wild) symbol. The game offers fixed win lines, so all 5 lines are permanently in play. It’s easy to play and fun.
Watch out for the time travelling telephone box (no, not the blue Dr Who one!). In this new slots game three phone boxes in view triggers a feature game, where you choose to target planets to shoot either manually or on auto-play. This “Circuits of Time Bonus round” pays 10 to 1000 times your original bet. The second bonus game is triggered at random (any spin can do it) and you get to choose to play the guitar or let Rufus do it for you. The notes determine your free spins and payout. You win WinSpins that can pay from 8x to 500x your original bet.
If you’re a Brit, bets between 10p and £10 are accepted on this medium volatility, 96% – 97% percentage average payout game, which can deliver a maximum payout of up to £70,000. (If you play in USD or CAD that’s like 10 cents to 10 dollars, paying a max of $70,000)
The New Bill and Ted Pub Slot requires no casino software to be downloaded and you can play it for free or for real at these 2 great online casinos:
Ladbrokes Casino (sorry, no US residents)
Strike it Lucky Casino (Players from around the world including US residents from 39 States are welcome)
For more on these two popular Microgaming-powered online casinos check out the detailed independent reviews at CasinoLabRat.com and Gooners Guide to Gambling.
>>Ladbrokes Casino Review
>>StrikeItLucky Casino Review
July 25th, 2008
The game of Roulette as we know it today was played in Paris as far back 1796 and is believed to derive from a fusion of the English wheel games ‘Roly-Poly’, ‘Ace of Hearts’, ‘E.O.’ and a French board game already known as ‘Roulette’. Named after the French word for “small wheel”, Roulette is often known as the ‘King of Games’, associated as it is with the glamour of the Casino.
It is easy to play and we think offers enough betting options to suit the tastes of both the serious player and those just looking for the thrill of a quick lucky bet.
This item explains the bets available on Roulette, and looks at some of the betting systems which exist around one of the most popular of all online Casino games.
European Roulette plays on a standard European Roulette wheel and one which is found in casinos all over the world. The numbers are ordered clockwise round the wheel as follows:
0-32-15-19-4-21-2-25-17-34-6-27-13-36-11-30-8-23-10-5-24-16-33-1-20-14-31-9-22-18-29-7-28-12-35-3-26
This will be the wheel most instantly recognisable to most players outside of North America. This wheel has 36 numbers and a single zero.
The American Roulette wheel uses 36 numbers, the same as its European cousin, but adds an extra option with a ‘double zero’. The clockwise sequence of numbers changes to:
0-28-9-26-30-11-7-20-32-17-5-22-34-15-3-24-36-13-1-00-27-10-25-29-12-8-19-31-18-6-21-33-16-4-23-35-14-2
The extra ‘double zero’ option and the different sequence of numbers open up whole new bets for the player to make.
Roulette Pro or French Roulette has a wheel layout identical to the European one; the only difference is that a selection of convenient ‘French bets’ become available to you. These special bets are highlighted for you in the diagram (left) and are very popular with many players who like to play sections of the European wheel.
Voisins du Zero: This bet, meaning ‘neighbours of zero’, covers a total of 17 numbers with nine units of currency. Players placing this bet are hoping that the ball lands in the section of the wheel surrounding the zero. Any winning bet will see a return of at least twice the original stake.
Tier: Also known as ‘Tiers du Cylindre’, this bet covers the third of the wheel roughly opposite the zero. 12 numbers are covered, with just six unit stakes. Any winning bet will pay the player three times their initial stake.
Orphelins: The ‘Orphans’ bet covers the two sections of the wheel not included in either the ‘Voisins du Zero’ or ‘Tier’ bets, and consists of eight numbers played with five unit stakes. Any win on ‘Orphelins’ is guaranteed to pay out at least double the original wager.
Selecting numbers and Roulette Betting systems
If you’re new to the game then it’s best to keep your betting simple. There are many straightforward bets available that allow you to enjoy the Roulette experience while you become more confident in your play. Try sticking to straight up numbers or placing even money bets such as red/black and odd/even.
Favourite Numbers
Over time, players often develop their own system of betting based on a strategic plan. However, each new spin of the wheel produces a random result, and no system is absolutely guaranteed to make a profit over a period of time. Using favourite/significant numbers is as good a strategy as any other if you want to enjoy playing Roulette.
Betting Systems
Many players like to employ betting patterns that steadily increase the size of their bets until a winning spin comes along. The most well-known example is the ‘Martingale System’, in which you double your bet every time you don’t win. Many players believe this to be a sure-fire winning system, but the risk of the Martingale System is that a player invariably starts to bet ever increasing amounts of money to do little more than break even. Even when starting with a stake of one unit of currency, a losing run of seven straight spins using the Martingale System will mean that the eighth bet needs to be 128 units to return a profit of just one unit.
To discourage this betting pattern many casinos set table limits. Long sequences of numbers and colours can and do occur at the Roulette wheel, and it is not extraordinary to see a sequence of, for example, many reds. You should enjoy sustained winning streaks when they happen, but be wary of wagering ever greater numbers of chips when the spins are going against you!
Our favourite casinos for roulette offer a great range of different Roulette games:
1. Playtech-powered and ultra-popular bet365 Casino – European Roulette, American Roulette and Roulette Pro (French betting options) Sorry, No USA residents as real money players.
2. Microgaming-powered Blackjack Ballroom – With 6 Roulette games including the new Gold Series photo realistic French Roulette for gaming connoisseurs. (Players from around the world are welcome including USA residents from 39 States)
3. Irish gambling site Paddy Power Casino (Wagerworks software) No download roulette games including one with a great ‘Hot Streak’ bonus for bigger payouts – if the luck of the Irish is with you! (Sorry, No US based real money players)
>>Detailed reviews to each of these online casinos are available at CasinoLabRat.com.
July 14th, 2008
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.
>>Read a Detailed Review of PaddyPowerCasino and it’s latest offers
July 1st, 2008
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.
>>Popular US-friendly casinos compared
>>A-Z Casino Directory of popular, reputable online casinos
June 24th, 2008
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).
>>READ Blackjack Ballroom Casino Review
>>READ Zodiac Casino Review
>>READ Ladbrokes Casino Review
June 4th, 2008
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)
Find out more about this Casino in a detailed review of PaddyPowerCasino.com
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!
Play Dubya Money slot at Wild Jack Casino NOW – Play for Free or for real. (Players from arund the world including 39 States of the USA are welcome)
Read a detailed review of Wild Jack Casino (part of the popular Jackpot Factory group of online entertainment sites)
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.
May 21st, 2008
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:
>>Ladbrokes Casino (Sorry, no US players – lots of currencies and a wide variety of payment methods are accepted at this popular and safe global gambling specialist)
>>Wild Jack Casino (Players from around the World including those from 39 States of the USA are welcome to become members at stylish Wild Jack Casino. Wild Jack is a member of the Jackpot Factory Group of online entertainment sites)
For more information on where to play this new online poker table game check out the latest detailed Casino Reviews at CasinoLabRat.com:
>>Ladbrokes Casino Review
>>Wild Jack Casino Review
May 12th, 2008
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)
May 9th, 2008
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.
>>To Ladbrokes Casino (sorry, no US residents)
>>Want to know more about Ladbrokes? Read the May 2008 Ladbrokes Casino Review
May 6th, 2008
Now here’s a fun casino game that’s worth a look if you’re a slots fan – especially if you are in dire need of a holiday! Railway buffs will also find this game fun.
Jackpot Holiday features a cruise ship and a train zipping around a map of Europe as you spin bonus icons on the slots reels.
The bonus features accumulate as you play, triggering the “plan your cruise” feature game (choose from 5 destinations, 4 activities and a prestige, adventure or leisure tour) or “pick your journey” train trip feature game (seaside or mountain journeys) for bonus payouts.
Very cool. It’s an ‘Instant no download’ casino game and you can play for free with a 500 Euro balance each time you click or you can deposit and play for real money. (To fund that real holiday?)
Jackpot Holiday can be played for free or for real money at Eurobet Gaming. (Sorry, no US players)
About Eurobet Gaming:
Eurobet are safe and secure with a big brand & years of online experience behind them… and with statistics like ‘over £1.8m paid out daily’ you can have confidence that you’ll enjoy the experience.
The team at Eurobet Gaming offer a select set of casino and arcade style games from Chartwell, Net Entertainment and Wagerworks so there is lots of variety. Examples of ultra-popular casino games at Eurobet Gaming include Elvis multistrike, Monopoly and TV gameshow themed slot machine, Play Your Cards Right. They’ve also got some of the best Blackjack on the net!
For more on this popular UK and European online gaming site check out the latest Eurobet Casino & Gaming Review at CasinoLabRat.com.
April 27th, 2008
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