By Samantha Williams

There are some brilliant online slots games, and most of the slots that you find online, you will find in land casinos too – the only difference is, and this is big; you don’t have to wait for a seat to vacate to play online slot games!

One of the favorite themes of slot games is the Ancient Egyptian theme; this is simply because of the lure of the mystery, adventure, danger, history and of course the gold involved with the theme. What many people may not know is that Egyptian Kings were never buried inside Pyramids, they were interred in the Valley of the Kings. The pyramids and the Valley of the Kings are completely different sites.

The Necropolis is part of ancient Cairo, and Crocodopolis believe it or not, was an actual city on the West Bank of the Nile. It is also the name of a brand new slot game which comes from PartyGaming. Based loosely on the theme of the Egyptian Crocodile God; you must have seen pictures of man with the crocodile head? This was one of their most important deities, the God; Sadek! So the game captures, history, adventure, intrigue and danger as well as the promise of treasure – or more importantly gold, and the possibility to win up to 100 000 x the online slots players maximum bet!

Playing in the realm of the Crocodile King, makes this one of the most intriguing slots games, but perhaps what is more intriguing is the use of some ingenious technology. It is in the 5-reel, 25-line genre of slot games which is without doubt entertaining and original, but the “Slide a Wild” feature is what really makes it hot! When Crocodopolis opens up it gives you the option of choosing the Slide a Wild feature and this means the player gets to choose which reels the wild icon lands on, as well as the size of the prize in multiples of double, triple, etcetera. The wild symbol is of course Sadek and this game will appeal to all pockets, players and treasure hunters alike.

Slots games online have come a very long way in a very short time; the selection is nothing short of amazing and with brilliant developers such as Partygaming, Microgaming and Net Entertainment, the competition to develop new technology is massive. There are other developers of course, but not even Playtech is in the same league as far as quality, technology and sheer gaming guts is concerned. With high quality slots games such as these and more sophisticated bonus and play features, it is actually easy to be transported into a whole other world when you play slots. Gone are mind numbing pub-frutie sessions and bring on the sklot. “Sklot” is the marriage of a slot with a skill game and this is what we are seeing much more of online.

By Samantha Williams

The slot machine is the most aggressively changing market in the entire online gambling industry. This is readily seen by the fact that virtually every month some online casinos receive new games, while others receive these games every week. One of the software companies which offers the most hard-hitting rollout of slots, is without a doubt the massive Microgaming, but you could be in for some surprises this Halloween, and so could Microgaming – they should be afraid, very afraid. You on the other hand, may remain calm.

One – meaning me, should never be complacent regarding knowledge of the online gambling industry and what games are available for play, one little discovery made last week had me cringing in shock and horror.

Every Halloween season a spooktacular slot machine is released, sometimes there are more than one, but very few fall under the heading “spooktacular”. When I saw that Microgaming had released Bitten™ I immediately threw caution to the wind and assumed that this would be the slot machine, to end all slots machines for the witching season. My narrow-mindedness had me declaring to myself “this is a Microgaming offering, it is obviously the best!” I was dead wrong in this assumption, because then I discovered Blood Suckers™.

There are a ton of sites sporting the Microgaming slot machine, and after Lord of the Rings, how could they possibly be wrong about anything?

Net Entertainment I discovered quite by accident, is the software provider for Victor Chandler Casino. I had kind of heard of it, but not thought much about it. When scanning the games at Victor Chandler and getting in to the spirit of things, I suddenly came upon Blood Suckers™ and gave the game a play. This game offers blood pumping action and fabulous prizes too, and the graphics are so much more “graphic” and more original than Bitten™. These vampires are vying to be the best and I know this is a matter of opinion, but if Blood Suckers™ is kept a secret, you won’t know what you are missing.

The other thing that is of so much importance, and this so much more than an undead themed slot machine; is the fact that Net Entertainment has been granted the first Category 2 License from the Alderney Gambling Control Commission. Now this should get Microgamings’ blood running cold, it means Net Entertainment are the first Alderney Licensee which may sell disaster recovery to their online casino clients. Add this to the fact that they are licensed in Malta to also provide these services, and the fact that online casinos have massive values at stake if; the good Lord forbids, a disaster should strike, or a bat should fly into the works; and Net Entertainment now has massive value as a selling point for their technological expertise.