Ok so this isn’t strictly slots, but nonetheless for all you online poker players out there, you might find this multi-room daily poker tournament feed useful. It is updated every hour and shows a full list of poker tournaments that are avilable at Full Tilt, Bodog, Pokerroom, Pokerstars, Absolute Poker and a whole load more of the top online poker rooms.

Click on any of the links in the list below to see more details on each tournament and to visit/download the poker room: Read the rest of this entry »

Hot on the heels of the new Slot Tournaments from Microgaming (MG) is a new concept - the “Freestyle Slot Tournament“. While the new MG built-in slot tournaments have certain features, the freestyle tournaments allow the player more freedom and choice over the games and style of play, and offer larger monthly prizes rather than regular small ones. Don’t forget to check out my article on their new Freeroll Slot Tournaments either!

While the regular MG slot tournaments only allow the player (at present) to play on the Thunderstruck or Tombraider slots and keep to strict 5 minute competitions, the Freestyle tournaments take a different approach. Based on wagering, with 1 point allocated for every dollar wagered, the player can play at any of the MG slots at one of the allocated casinos at any time throughout the month. The points are accumulated and the Top 10 players are awarded prizes.

Another difference is in the number of players - because the competitions Read the rest of this entry »

With such a plethora of online slots out there, finding the best online casinos to play them at can be a bit of a chore. So, being pretty well versed in this sort of thing, the following list of online casinos are the ones I would recommend players from the UK and Europe.

• Spin Palace (Microgaming Software) - As I write, they have an excellent freeplay slots promotion where you get a bankroll and an hour to play all your slots with a chance to win up to £200. Over 140 slots to choose from.
• Roxy Palace (Microgaming) - Not the quickest online casino to pay out, but definately the best ongoing loyalty bonuses if you stick around. As a VIP, I often receive 2 or 3 bonuses every week of varying amounts. 
• 32Red (Microgaming) - My personal favourite online casino. Another that rewards loyal players more than newbies but excellent slots again and excellent support. Also run the very popular slot tournaments on “Tombraider” and “Thunderstruck“
• All Jackpots (Microgaming) - Accepts USA players too and runs the slot tournaments as above. Good reputation but better for US players by all accounts. Read the rest of this entry »

Play the River Belle $30,000 Freeroll Slot Tournament

(Starts May 9th 2008)

Microgaming have recently introduced online slots tournaments to the software and these are now available at 32Red (for non-US players) or Jackpot City, River Belle and All Jackpots for anyone. There are daily freeroll slot tournaments and sit-and-go tournaments with small buy-ins ranging from $2 upwards.

This article describes how to get involved and take part in an online slot tournament. It’s a very easy process and even newbies will have very little trouble. There are several slot tournaments every day, most lasting 5-10 minutes at scheduled times. Read the rest of this entry »

Many experienced online casino and poker players outside of the USA will have heard of, and probably use, the Neteller eWallet (WikiPedia) service, a free online banking service that pretty much every online casino makes use of to receive deposits and send out cashouts. For those that don’t, it’s relatively easy to set up and once you are accredited (requires scans or photos of ID being sent), you can use this to send and receive money to and from online casinos, poker rooms and sportsbooks. It also comes with a Mastercard prepaid card and the ability to Read the rest of this entry »

Chasing the jackpot is one of the more common pastimes among us slots players. Whether that be the “high pay” lineup on a video slot, a progressive jackpot or one of the newer “random jackpots”, it’s what we all aim for from the jackpot slots.

The primary difference between a “progressive jackpot” and a “random jackpot” is simple enough: with the former, the slot jackpot is awarded for lining up 3 or 5 of a ceryain symbol on a payline. The latter is more common among video slots and unsurprisingly is awarded randomly. Below are examples of the more popular jackpot slots with rogh indicators of what to expect and some of the recommended online casinos that carry them. Read the rest of this entry »

As a slots afficianado and having played most online slots, I thought it would be fun to create a list of what I consider to be the Top 10 online slot machines. While a lot of this input is personal, I have also taken into account general opinions gleaned from the player forums that I particpate in, moderate, or simply read.

I’ve limited the list to the main software providers - those that I know provide a fair Read the rest of this entry »

Most 5-reel slots are termed “bonus slots“, meaning that they have a feature, normally triggered by a certain combination of symbols appearing. In standard video slots, these tend to be “pick ‘em” style bonus rounds where the player uses the mouse to reveal hidden prizes. However, a more entertaining bonus round comes in the form of “free spins“, where the player is awarded X spins, normally with multiplied payouts.

For example, the most popular online free spins slot is Thunderstruck, a Microgaming slot which is available at [32Red], [King Neptunes] (USA), [Mummys Gold] and [Roxy Palace] to name a few of the better online casinos. When playing Thunderstruck Read the rest of this entry »

Variance. It’s a word that experienced slot players bandy about a lot, but one that many players may not have heard, or don’t understand. Loosly speaking, variance is a gambling term for “risk”. It’s not quite as straight forward as that, as that might simply imply one game’s house-edge was significantly lower or higher than another, when in fact a high variance slot can have better odds of winning than a low variance slot, or indeed vice versa. And variance doesn’t just apply to slots - it can be applied to any game: video poker, even variations of Blackjack have different variances. Read the rest of this entry »

Welcome to OnlineCasinoSlotMachines.co.uk - I prefer “OCSM”, but the domain wasn’t available!  The idea behind this blog is to share my playing experiences of various online slot machines. I’ve been playing online for around 3 years and am fairly up on all slots, but there are some casinos which are better than others and some games which are better than others. Hopefully this blog will help you to find the right slots at the right casinos.

I have played at all of the online casinos mentioned at OCSM and can vouch for the fact that they provide a good service, fair games and are trustworthy. Read the rest of this entry »