this is going to be a biggie! just got off the phone with the fellas at English Harbour, nice chaps, and they let me know that they will be bumping up the focus on their free slot tournaments by offering a slot tournament on the Wheel of Chance 5 reel video slot in the month of October.

most of the free slot tournament action at the Harbour has been on the three reel machines, and the whole tourney runs a couple of days. if you’ve been reading about my slot machine adventures there, you know what the payouts have been a little under a grand for the tournament.

well, this upcoming Wheel of Chance slot tournament is scheduled to have $5,000 in prizes. that’s some big stuff, considering it’s free.

none of this action starts until october (so i can hit up the new microgamings when they come out at the end of the month, then go over to EH to take some spins in the tourney). the other interesting thing is that it runs all of October.

oh, and they’re planning on capping the event at 10,000 players, which is fine. i know that between myself and the other regular tourney players at the casino, there’s about 1,000 or so of us. so, that leaves plenty of room for newcomers.

if you’re interested in getting in on this though, i’d play it safe and at least register sooner rather than later. once you register, you’ll have all month to do your playing.

if you don’t already have English Harbour casino on your computer, i’d suggest taking a free crack at their Wheel of Chance  before signing up. they have a regular deposit bonus for newbies (which is a lot more now than when i signed up ), but the bonus game adds some extra cash to your account on top of that, so it’s worth taking a spin.