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I have learned of two new slots games that will be available from 5th August 2008 at most good Microgaming powered casinos (such as Jackpot City or Vegas Palms).

Galactic Gopher Slots Game - I have been told that this game is aimed at beginners, and should be 'low volatility'. The game has an impressive 30 paylines and a minimum coin size of 1 cent (so it is indeed a penny slot machine) and you can thus bet on all 30 paylines for just 30 cents per spin! The game images are quite cute, and the game also has free spins and a gamble feature.

Stash of the Titans Slots Game - I have been told that Stash of the Titans is better geared towards expert players and has a high volatility, however in the Microgaming brief of the game (yup I get sent these how important do I feel now), they state it is suitable for all player levels. This game can also be classed as a penny slots machine as it allows bets from just 1 cent, you can activate all 20 paylines for just 20 cents per spin. The game does have a free spins mode and a few special symbols (wild, scatter etc) but does not have a bonus game or gamble feature.

My moving image below shows the reels of both of these games, as usual our full reviews of these games will be live on this site shortly after the games are released.

Labels: Galactic Gopher, Jackpot City, Microgaming, New Slots, Stash of the Titans, Vegas Palms

# posted by Andy @ 2:26 PM 0 Comments

I've just realised that I haven't yet posted a blog about the fantastic Cashapillar slots game. With over 100 paylines the cashapillar online slot has twice as many paylines as any other slots game we have reviewed. For example, the game we have reviewed previously with the most number of paylines was Gladiator slots game with 50 paylines. Both of these games can be played at most Microgaming casinos., such as the recently revamped Jackpot City Casino or Lucky Nugget Casino which currently has a $1000 free offer.

The Cashapillar slots game has a really good video intro, telling the story of a cash rich caterpillar's 100th birthday party, in addition to the massive 100 paylines, this game also has a free spins feature, where you can win up to 6 million coins, and a bonus gamble feature. On top of all this, it has wild, multiplier and scatter symbols and some great video symbols. The bonus feature is slightly unusual for a Microgaming gamble game in that it only has a red or black options, usually there is a suit option as well.

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# posted by Slots Jam @ 2:07 PM 0 Comments

I have just heard that next months new slots will be Jolly Jester & Big Kahuna – Snakes and Ladders, both will be released on 1st July 2008. These games will be available at most microgaming casinos including Lucky Nugget Casino (with the $1000 Free offer) and the recently revamped Jackpot City Casino.

Big Kahuna – Snakes and Ladders is a 5 reel video slot that has a very similar theme to the existing Big Kahuna slots game and as the name suggest's it has an interesting Snakes and Ladders style bonus game. Big Kahuna also has free spins feature which offers players a chance to win up to 200,000 coins!

Jolly Jester is a 5 Reel Video Slot, with free spins, a jolly jester bonus game and a gamble feature, as the game can be played for as little as 1 cent per spin it can also be classed as a penny slot machine.

Labels: Big Kahuna, Bonus Game, Free spins, Gamble Game, Jackpot City, Jolly Jester Slots, Lucky Nugget Casino, Microgaming, New Slots

# posted by Andy @ 10:53 AM 0 Comments

If you have not looked at Jackpot City Casino for a while you will not have seen their new website make over, now I have to confess, as a slots player, I used to really like the flashing sky search lights, tall towers and general Las Vegas look and feel of the 'old' Jackpot City website. All of that said the new site is slick and does conform to a more modern professional look. Although I personally do wish they would have kept the old vegas style brightly colours logo, instead of changing it for again a much simpler (and admittedly nice looking) new one, that to me just looks like a little purple play button with words.

Another thing I find really annoying about the website is that it geo targets, what this means for any of you who may not heard of the term 'geo target' is that the site looks at your ip address to try to figure out where you are and then gives you a landing page which is in a currency and language which is relevant to that location. This may sound clever and indeed is, however I can inform you it does not work. It does not work for a very simple reason, ip address locations are not an exact science, I am in the UK (about 70 miles north of London) and yet when ever I visit this 'clever' geo targeting website, I get given offer in Euro's. Now as a Brit I don't have any Euro's, I buy things in Pounds and when I gamble online I tend to do that in Dollars and I like to be able to look at all the offers so I can take up the best one (some times casinos will give a better offer to people joining via their US sites and other times via their European or British sites). So this cyber second guessing does annoy me, in fact I would go as far as to say it is my pet hate. Please do not misunderstand me, I can see the benefits and in 'theory' geo targetting should be great for any site, but in practice it annoys more people than it helps (in my humble opinion) so if you ever go abroad and visit a site that would normally be in english and suddenly find it is not, you will have just fallen victim to geo targeting at work, any webmasters reading this, please please do yourself and your sites visitors a favour and put flags on the site so people can choose what they want to see and never ever have a script guess where they are from and what they want.

Ok so enough moaning, the casino is however great, clear and easy to understand and they still have all the same games, plus all the latest additions (yes that includes the very latest Tomb Raider Secrets of the Sword Slots Game and Hitman).

I see they also have a banner / promo thingy on their site in the bottom right hand corner of the page which has Lara Croft shooting and says, 'Join our Treasure Trail' It then goes on to say 'New Feature Slot' and finally 'Tomb Raider Secrets of the Sword'. Now the new game parts makes perfect sense to me, a great game, probably the best game of the year (although I will reserve judgment until the year is out). But it is the words 'Join our Treasure Trail' that intrigued me, I click on the flashy area and seem to land right back at the same page only a little grey box pops up wanting me to installed the casino. There is a banner I found which matches the promo area I put below click on it to visit Jackpot City's website.

So I installed the casino and had a look around, the casino lobby is a very nice take on the standard Microgaming look and I like the purple and white, with clean lines. But I could not for the life of me see anything else about this 'Treasure Trail'. So now I am on the trail, I want to know what the tease is about, me being me I know all the right kind of people, so I am going to find out and then I will post in hear and let you all know. If any of you figure out what it is before I do please do let me know.

Labels: Hitman, Jackpot City, Microgaming, Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider Slots Game, Treasure Trail

# posted by Andy @ 10:46 PM 0 Comments

So Today was pancake day and I tried to find a pancake based slots but came up with nothing sorry guys. I did go to a geat little pancake party at my sisters house and ate way too much so I will be at the gym first thing in the morning.

Today is also the day that Microgaming release 5 new slots games, we will of course have full reviews of them all very soon but in the mean time here is a sneak preview.

Big Break - A 15 line video slot, with right to left wild, free spins and a skill-stop bonus with a monkeys and Summer theme.

Happy New Year - Classic 3 Reel slot, where the “Happy New Year” symbol can pay 2x or 4x a winning combination when completing a win. The sybmols on the game are a dead give away that this games theme is Chinese New Year.

K9 Capers is a five-reel game based on a Canine theme with a second screen feature and a special substitute feature.

Mardi Gras Fever is a 5-reel video slot with 20 paylines, 2nd screen bonus game and free spins (cannot be re-triggered).

Shiver Me Feathers is a five-reel game based on a Comical Pirate theme with a Free Spins and Second Screen Feature

Labels: Microgaming, New Slots, pancakes day

# posted by Andy @ 10:24 PM 0 Comments

Today I added 16 Free Video Poker Games to Slots Jam including popular video pokers such as Aces and Faces Poker and Deuces & Joker Poker plus a range of multi hand video poker games. All of these games are Flash versions of Microgaming video poker games so you do not need to download them in order to be able to play. We have a Flash help page which should help you with any technical issues you may have and if you need any further help simply post your request in the Technical Assistance section of our forum and we will be happy to help you.

I would like to say thank you to the guys at Riverbelle casino who provided these free flash games for us all to enjoy.

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# posted by Andy @ 9:32 AM 0 Comments