By Jerry Whittaker

Free casino games are great fun to play; It is my job to write about them regularly, so I play a lot of games free. But then, I am a writer not a gambler! One thing needs to be borne in mind when playing free casino games, while these games are great fun to play free, when you win it is also not real. Sods Law tells us; that when playing for free we will win! Fortunately when playing gambling games online, there is also a ton of free money given away. This means many players; play free and win real money.

Virtually every gambling game one can imagine is available online. This means all casino table games, poker, slots, bingo, sports betting, financials, arcade and Asian games, scratchcards, Global lotteries, and even live casino games. Live games are brought to the online space, in real time through live video streaming, while being filmed in TV-type studio settings. Even live bingo makes a popular choice for many players. But, let’s talk a little about free money with which to play these games.

Every online casino and almost every gambling activity website, gives away what they call bonuses when a player makes a deposit. In most instances these bonuses must be earned by making wagers, but once they are earned, it boost the funds that the punter has available to play with. Some online gambling sites even give away a few free bucks, real money play time or free spins, to allow gamers to try before they buy. These are obligation free trials, and quite honestly if you take advantage of them, you really have nothing to lose. Do bear in mind if you win, you will be required to make a deposit, and meet terms and conditions before winnings may be withdrawn. Some sites offer better terms than others and my general rule of thumb is, stick to the brands that you recognize. In this way, you can be pretty darn sure that they won’t get tricky with you.

Amounts vary quite widely from website to website, but when looking at recognizable brands; bonuses are kept pretty standard. Special bonuses are also available for high-rolling players, and for players who only take a gamble on specific games. For example, roulette, blackjack and slots regularly feature their own special bonus amounts. The beauty for the slots lover is that regular freeroll tournament offers are also up for grabs, and sites often give away cash-back and tons of free spins; particularly when they are promoting new games. There are many great deals to be had to play free casino games, but also pays to be pragmatic about this, and realize that everything still comes at a price. Certainly new members of a live casino will never be offered deals such as these; although even these businesses are waking up to the way things are marketed online.

By Jerry Whittaker

If you are looking for the best casino payout, you really do have to play slots online. In fact you hear more about big winning players in this gambling genre, than you do of any other games. Online gambling can be highly lucrative, and the biggest and best casino payouts by far are from the Microgaming networked online casino progressive jackpot prize slots. These are fun and exciting to play – just look at the size of the prizes – to date the biggest payout by far was won by a Greek small business owner.

This player won a mahooooosive € 6 374 434.00 ($8.69 million, or thereabouts) prize!!

Judging by the size of this prize, and the fact that Microgaming has made more than one online millionaire, it stands to reason that this PJP network is one of the best places to play. It includes games such as Mega Moolah, which is seeded at $1 million and was indeed the game being played by the winner we mentioned. Currently the PJP for Mega Moolah stands at $/£/€3 061 664.88 and this prize money may be played for over four different slots. These are Mega Moolah (MM), MM 5 Reel Drive, MM Summertime and MM Isis. Other games on the network are; Major Millions- not as big a prize as MM, but still with over a million as a cash prize, Treasure Nile, King Cashalot, Poker Ride, Cyberstud and various others. In fact there are 37 different PJP games, and they can be played at more than 120 of the most profitable online casinos.

Mega Moolah is unique in that it carries a guaranteed single cash payout, which made the win, the single largest ever online casino payout – literally history in the making! If you want to know where this player won – it was the River Belle Online Casino, on the 12th May 2009, for a single €5 bet. Imagine paying out €5 and getting nearly €6.4 million back – I’ll wager some bells and whistles went off! But that is the beauty of playing the online slots, the probability of winning is low, but the change of winning very big for a very small wager is always randomly there. You just won’t know if you don’t at least try.

While this particular prize was one of the best casino payouts ever, it is not the only ‘biggie’ to come from the Microgaming network of progressive jackpot prize games. In another turnout for the books; more than $5.5 million was won – actually $5,556,753.68 million for a 50c bet on 22nd April 2008. A player from Turku, Finland was playing at Blackjack Ballroom and became one very lucky player after winning this incredible prize – also on Mega Moolah. If there was ever an online game to play for slots players, this one is definitely it.