Slots Adventures

this is one of the new games that microgaming released in the middle of December this year.  i wonder if that means there will be no new games come new year’s eve, or if they simply work a little overtime and double the games output for the holiday season?

anyway, it’s a three reel slot game, with 5 different paylines.  this is the same configuration as the Golden Dragon slot and the Jackpot Express, both slots that i really like.

here’s a screenshot:

i just love the graphics and the colors of this game.  the green, red and gold, LOVE it!

as you can see, playing more than one coin activates a payline, so if you want to be able to land winners on all five paylines, you have to play five coins per spin.  the top payout for each line is different as well, so hitting the bells and holly on the diagonal pays better than across. 

i’m currently playing at All Jackpots (since they game me that $15 no deposit bonus for being such a nice customer) and the minimum coin size for this machine at that casino is a quarter.  which, i wish it was lower, but i might just be being a bit of a cheapskate because of the holidays.  i’m not sure.  i know quarter slots are really reasonable. 

i dig this machine a lot.  heh, i do wonder though if i’ll feel odd about playing the Jingle Bells slot at say, Easter time.

in keeping an eye on the jackpot total over at slotland i noticed their cheery disposition with this version of the casino website.  it’s like Christmas came to slotland.

and, it’ll be coming to someone shortly.  i was wrong about tht jackpot going off by the 17th.  today’s the 18th and the thing is still climbing.  it’s up to over $108,000 right now, so maybe it’s poiised to hit right before the holidays (i can hear the chant now “it’s rigged!” - heh, it would be nice public relations though, slot player wins a truckload of cash on Christmas Eve).

i’m not sure that i won’t spend the last of my bonus money i have there chasing this thing, but i am sure it won’t be done today.  i’m just curious on where things stand, but if say, Christmas Eve comes around, and i open that bottle of champagne on the shelf, i’d say that a couple of spins shooting for $110 grand or so might be a fun thing to try  

before turning in for the night, i just had to check and see if the new games were actually going to be released mid-month, on schedule, and right at the stroke of midnight.  so, i opened up All Jackpots for a quick look into the casino, and sure enough, they were already being downloaded!

i had one of those “well, i’ll be . . ” chuckle moments.  so the official word, yep, you can go play them now.  they are definitely up and running.

i took a couple of spins on the Jingle Bells slot, just because i think it looks awesome in the same way that i think the tunzamunni machine looks awesome.  it’s just great colors and crisp artwork and the old fashioned “reels” spinning.  call me goofy, but i like the looks of those slots just like i am drawn to the looks of certain muscle cars.  the lines appeal to me, even if they aren’t the ferrari’s of the scene.

i came out even with my play, so there are no great tales to tell. 

it is late, and i really was just being curious in the same way that old ladies look out the window to see when their neighbor’s teenage kids come home, so i’m shutting it down and heading off to bed.  hopefully i’ll get a chance to play a little over the weekend.

if i do, i’m sure i’ll take these new games for some test runs, and i’ll post up my thoughts on them when i’m finished.

that’s right, instead of the usual beginning of the month release for new slot machines, microgaming is breaking the mold this holiday.  they are planning to release several new slot machines tomorrow!

the new games include several video slots and a holiday themed reels machine, aptly title Jingle Bells. 

the holiday themed video slot is, get this, Santa Paws. 

other slots include the Lady of the Orient 20-line machine, the Inca Gold slot, and the Crazy 80’s 9 payline video slot.

since they’re coming out tomorrow already, i decided to skip the usual upcoming slots overview for each machine, and just tell you all about them as i do my traditional “test drives” on each. 

so, that’s something to look forward to, a couple of holiday tournaments from the folks at English Harbour, and a full-scale release of new games that i can play at the microgaming casinos!

that’s the new offer that 7 Sultan’s Casino just released.  I’ve seen plenty of no deposit offers before, and they usually max out at about $15.  most are ten bucks.  the one from RiverBelle with the $25 for the Tunzamunni machine has been the nicest i’d seen in quite some time.

this offer puts things at the next level.

i’m not sure if i have a player account at 7 Sultan’s to be honest.  i know that it’s a microgaming, so you’ll find all the regular slot machines that you’d find at All Jackpots or Roxy (like Tombraider, Tunzamunni, the new Age of Discovery and Mega-Moolah).

i did see that they have an asterisk on the offer when you look at their website.  there’s a max cash-out of $100.  that means you can’t just plunk the cash into a progressive jackpot machine, and then walk away after hitting the major millions, never having to work again. 

still, it’s hard to complain about something like that when they’re handing over $50 to everyone that signs up.  anyway, that’s the new news on the “hey, where can i get some free money to play the slot machines?” front.

just checking in at slotland, i saw that the jackpot is over $100,000.  i called it last time, that when this thing gets up over $100k, it’s ready to go.

in fact, i had done some posts while i tried to hit the thing.  but, i came up short.  if you want to know what mahcines they have, and how much each jackpot qualifying spin costs, here’s my Slotland Jackpot Review.

i’m not going to make it my week’s mission, but i get curious, so i’ll be checking in from time to time to see how the jackpot is making out.  if i get lucky enough i’ll figure out the total when it goes off.

so let’s see, today is december 13th, about 7 at night.  a little over $100,000 in the pot.  hmmm.  if this thing lasts until christmas i’ll be amazed.  i’d say by the 17th it’ll be gone. 

this morning i decided to open up All Jackpots, and do a little playing with the bonus they sent over.  so, i had a starting bankroll of $15, and a desire to take a couple of spins on the Tunzamunni Machine.

i’m not sure what drew me to this game this morning.  it’s a progressive, and i think the only progressive i really get a kick out of is the new Mega Moolah.  well, at least with microgaming progressives that is.  but, the Tunzamunni is cheap to play at a quarter a spin.

heh, maybe that’s it!  at a quarter for a five coin pull it’s still cheaper than playing some slots at 2 cents a coin.  plus, it’s a progressive that has a jackpot of over $60,000!!!!  well there, put those tow things together and i may have found my answer. 

the Tunzamunni is a good machine that is currently a great deal

so, on to the playing . . .

i set the thing on autopilot for the first 50 or so spins, and nothing came out of it.  i’d hit just enough winners to cover some of the cost of playing, but not all.  so i was down a little bit.  and then, blammo, i hit a line of three mixed 7’s, which turns out to be the big winner for the session.

that took me over where i had started from, money-wise.  and i didn’t look back.  after hitting a few more small winners, i’ve built my bankroll to over double where it was when i started!  yee-haw!

that’s the great part.  the “down to earth” part is that when you start with a $15 bankroll, even when you double it you’re not going anywhere fancy for dinner.  still, it’s fun to win, even when it’s not a life-changing win.  plus, now i have plenty of quarters to take chances on the jackpot with.

walked into english harbour this morning, and thought that the $1 buy-ins might be up and running, but i checked and they aren’t rolling yet.  so, i’m writing up an email.  i’ll let you know what’s going on with them when i find out.

> ta-da!  throught the modern miracle of the tele-phone, i’ve gotten a quick and reasonable answer. seems the $1 buy-ins are short-lived events that run from 9:00 till midnight.  so, every day when i log in in the morning and sit down to play, they’re not active. 

now, that’s an answer i can live with.  anyone playing in these tourneys can feel free to shoot me a heads up and let me know how they’re going.  i seldom get any playing in at night, although it has happened before.  i’m just usually much more of a morning/daytime player.

while at the casino i noticed an extra $14 in my bonus account.  i’m figuring $10 for placing in the last tournament.  where the other $4 came from i don’t know.  might be a comp of some sort. i’m not sure, but i’ll take it.  in fact, i’m taking it to the slots right now

i tested out one of the slots i hadn’t played before.  it had an asian theme, but for some reason i was a bit restless so i headed on over to the video poker machines.  i should mentinon that i need to learn to play video poker some day because i really don’t know what i’m doing.  add to that that i like the multi-hand games (hey, if i can get a winner out of the gate, i can collect on all the other hands!). 

i think i got lucky and managed to turn my bonus money straight into casino cash without losing anything.  i may have won a buck or two actually.  so now i have plenty of cash for buy-ins on the tournaments, and even for the occassional trip to the slots outside the tournament room.

And on the Existing Player Bonus Front . . . .

over the weekend, after my cashout hit my neteller, All Jackpots sent me an email saying they put some bonus money in my account.  sure enough, i checked this morning, and they did.  so, a big thank you goes out to those guys for the $15, which i’m sure i’ll spin off in the not too distant future.

move over cleopatra’s pyramid, the next festive freeroll kicked off today.  this one takes place on the Mermaid’s Quest machine, and there is another $5,000 in the prize pool.

actually, there’s at least $5,000 in the prize pool.  the tournament allows rebuys, some once players have run through their starting credits, they have the chance to buy back into the event.  and those fees go striaght to the prize pool to. 

this free slots tournament will be running for a week, so there’s plenty of time to get in on it.  right now there’s 4,756 players involved, and i’m sure that number will climb over the weekend.  they’re all competing for one of the top 90 spots.  actually 90 is a lot of payouts.

top prize gets at least $1,000 in bonus money, while 90th (and 89th ) get $10.  heh, it’s more for the honor than the cash when you’re sitting in 83rd place.

today time is really running on me, so i won’t be sitting down and taking any spins, but i did want to post up that things are under way with the next freeroll in the holiday series.

i did see that EH would be running a string of $1 buy-in events on the ReelDeal slot machine, but i’m not finding that in the tournament lobby.  so, i’ll put in a call to those guys and see what the “deal” is on that.  i’m so used to having at least two tournies to choose from that the idea that busting out of the Mermaid’s Quest Festive Freeroll and having to sit on the bench for the week is almost scary!

the cashout hit my neteller today at about 9am.  so, let’s see.  if i pushed the button at the casino at noon on the 6th, and the money hit my hand at 9 am on the 8th, we’re looking at just shy of 48 hours, right?

well ladies and gentlemen, that’s the answer to that.  in case you’re curious, it takes just shy of 48 hours to get your winnings (in my case i broke dead even.  errr, actually i’m up like 29 cents, but neteller won’t let you cash out cents).

i haven’t cashed out of a casino in a while, i’ve been banging away at the slot tournies at the Harbour and haven’t really been worried about cashing out. 

heh, ok, enough for the thinking out loud section of the blog, i just think that things like knowing how long it takes to get your money are kindof important parts about playing slots online, and i just wanted to get a post up about it so you’ll have an idea of what really happens when you hit the “i want my money, thank you” button at the casino.