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There really isn’t a multitude of major slot manufacturers out there, but one of them has been recognized as “Slot Provider of the Year” as one of the industry’s leading magazines had its awards ceremony at the Chelsea Football Club.

At the eGaming Review B2B Awards in London, International Game Technology won the honor for the second straight year. Essentially, the “competition,” if you will, is for companies that provide business-to-business solutions, which means that they are sold to either land-based or online casinos, and IGT’s WagerWorks division, which went through some re-branding, was incredibly successful. That much was reflected with the laurels from eGaming review last year.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that the online purveyors of slot games were left out in the cold. Microgaming, a major company in the industry, was recognized for their innovation in slots, and Playtech was named the “best casino supplier.”

Slot games are often connected to celebrities or well-known brands, and now Caesars Entertainment has come up with a new slot game that tries to capitalize on one of the great movie successes of last year.

This summer, Caesars will introduce “The Hangover” slot game, branded with what it says is the #1 R-rated comedy of all-time. And with the sequel coming out in theaters (and who knows – possibly more to come), the franchise promises to be as hot as ever.

The lead characters in the movie will all be featured in different themes of progressive bonuses. All the licensing was done through Warner Brothers, which distributed the picture and will do the sequel as well. There are various bonuses that reflect the more iconic moments in the movie, including the stun gun scene and the encounter with “Mr. Chow.” In fact, Mr. Chow will appear on the screen and convert the regular game symbols into wilds instantly and randomly.

Let’s not forget that in the movie, the characters stayed at Caesars Palace for the night, and the hotel-casino figured very prominently into the film. The company will be rolling the game out starting in June, and through the summer it will appear at all 37 properties.

Can you imagine a better present for a mother on Mother’s Day than to hit a monster slot jackpot?

That’s what one woman experienced at one online casino recently. She was certainly no high roller, but she took advantage of one of the many massive progressive jackpots that can be found when playing online slot games.

Her precise identity is not known, but then, that is not something that is uncommon when it comes to people playing online slots. There is a screen name she is known by, which is “Cameeeq8,” and if you can believe it, she started out her slots adventure by depositing just $50.

It wasn’t actually that long before she hit one small jackpot to bring her bankroll to $4500, and that would normally be enough to satisfy someone. But she didn’t stop there, not by a long shot.

When she hit the second jackpot, it was a much bigger one – in fact, a progressive, which compiles monies that are gathered among many online slots along a network, and that, when all was said and done, brought her total winnings up to $1,986,161, which is not bad for a day’s work and especially gratifying as a Mother’s Day present.

Saturday night my wife and I headed up to Choctaw again, this time to see Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. My wife received the tickets for free from Choctaw as one of the benefits of joining the players club and sticking that club card in the slot machines when she plays. The seats were fantastic! And they were free! Third row center, right in front of the stage. Sweet! This is a good example of why you must join the players club at every casino you play at, the perks. Continue reading →

Here’s an interesting story about slot games – are you aware that there are some states that operate their own “gaming labs” that test the machines before they are allowed to go out onto the gaming floor? One of those states is Pennsylvania, as it is detailed in this story.

The purpose is multi-fold; the machines, which come direct from the manufacturer, have to comply with all the state’s laws. But the operatives working for the state also have another idea in mind – they want to make sure they have a good idea of what the casino is going to win from these machines, so that they can compile an expectation of what they can collect in taxes from them. They make sure that the random number generator (RNG), which really makes these games go, is working as it is supposed to. Their responsibility is also to protect the consumer.

Or course, the cost is not borne by the taxpayers; instead, they pass the cost of the regulation onto the casinos which will be installing the slot games. The man who runs the facility is Michael Cruz, who explains that you could actually go into a slots casino in Pennsylvania and play the same game at two different machines, but get different payback percentages. Those percentages are not displayed, so the customer would never know.

Maybe the title to this post should have been “The Slots Guy is the Black Hole of Luck!”. Sunday, May 8th we drove up to Choctaw around 5:00. I felt lucky as I had won on Friday and thought to myself “maybe you are on a roll for a change”. Well it turns out maybe I’m not on a roll at all. I tried a new slots strategy. I would sit down at a machine and play until I had five spins in a row without winning anything. If was to have a winning spin, I would start the count all over again. The object of this strategy was to keep me from dumping a lot of money into a cold machine.

Confidence was high as I approached the first purported victim of my new slots strategy, a product of my new evil slots genius. Continue reading →

Friday was my wife’s birthday. When I asked her what she would like to do on her special day she replied “let’s go up to Choctaw and play some slots”! So, we did. We arrived around 6:30 and started out playing some of the VGT red screen machines. I hit $700 on a Crazy Cherries slots game early on. We ate supper at the buffet. After supper my wife found a Monopoly slots machine and she put a $300 ticket into. Continue reading →

Went up to Choctaw last night with the wife. I ate the buffet, which was better this time. The prime rib was better and they had a chocolate mousse cake that was to die for. My wife never really could get on a roll. I was down for a while, then hit a few good spins on Star Spangled Sevens Slots and Gems and Jewels Slots. Continue reading →

Hal went up to Choctaw last night around 10:00. Did not leave until 7:00 and drove straight to work. What an animal! Says he won $2,300 last night playing our favorite slot game, Star Spangled Sevens. He was playing both the $1 and $2 machines. Man! He and my wife have been on a tear lately. We did not go with Hal last night as we were still gambled out from four days at Harrah’s in New Orleans. But, we are headed up there this after noon. Continue reading →

My wife and I went to Harrah’s in New Orleans earlier this week. They sent her an offer for three free nights. So, we figured what the hell? Why not? We arrived in New Orleans about noon on Sunday. One thing to keep in mind when you visit New Orleans and want to stay at Harrah’s is that Harrah’s New Orleans does not have a hotel that is attached to the casino. The casino sits down by the river at the end of Canal Street and is bounded by Canal St, S Peters St, and Poydras St which runs along two sides as it takes a turn down by the Hilton. Continue reading →