The “soft version” is like a dry run of their casino without being able to bet. This will only be temporary and they should be accepting deposits in a matter of hours or a couple of days at the most. I was able to get a sneak peek at the newest RTG casino and I will show you what I have found so far.

This is slotsville’s homepage. It is currently available for anyone to log into now, but the homepage is less then a day old. Before that, you would have needed a username and password to log into this website. Some of the features are not completely ready yet, such as the progressive jackpots and the slots tournaments. But there are some things that I am able to show you.

Here is a screenshot of Slotsville’s casino lobby. I like how everything is well organized and there is no possibility of any confusion. Just pick your section and go.

You can see how the Table Games section is set up here. There are many different sub-categories that have casino table games of different variations. Each game has it’s own preview with a description of the game. Before you can play any of these games, the specific casino game must be downloaded from the server the first time you try to play. This doesn’t take more then 30 seconds.

Being Slotsville I figured I ought to show you the blackjack tables first. The only reason is because real money blackjack is my favorite game so of course it’s the first thing I will play. The one thing I like about Slotsville is that you have the opportunity to play for as little as $1 per hand. Many online casinos will have a minimum black jack bet of $5. So even if you aren’t good, you can play without worrying about losing a lot of money. (BTW – the dealer pulled a 16 out and hit a 5 for 21 – lol)

Since this casino is called Slotsville, you know that they specialize in slots. Here is a small sample of the different slot machines that are offered to players. The “Classic Slots” are the 3 reel slot machines that most people remember playing if you liked slots more than 10 years ago; some of these games do have special features to spice things up. The “Real-Series Video Slots” are the 5 reel slot machines that use visual icons and animations on the reels; these games often have completely unique rules that you will need to look at before you play.

Here is a quick look at a couple of games that are offered at Slotsville. There is a large variety of video poker games that you can choose from as well. The slot machine is a screenshot of the Progressive jackpot slots called Aztec’s Millions. This progressive jackpot will always be over $1 million dollars. The only way to win is by getting all 5 Aztec’s Millions symbols on a payline. Be careful though, at $5 per spin it can get pretty expensive very quickly.

If you have any problems at all with your experience or if there are features that are still not working, please get a hold of their customer support either by phone at 1-888-841-8091 or by email at one of these addresses:

General support – support@slotsville.com; Deposits – deposits@slotsville.com; Withdrawals – withdrawals@slotsville.com; Tech support – tech@slotsville.com; VIP support – vip@slotsville.com

Slotsville.com Bonuses

Any online casino worth their salt has to offer a good bonus in order to get new players, and Slotsville is no different. The main bonus that they are offering is a welcome package that can be worth as much as $4000 over your first four deposits. This is a sticky bonus, meaning the bonus money is used as a bankroll and cannot be withdrawn from your account.

The way this normally works is that you will make bets from your bonus money account. If you win on your bet, the wager is returned to the bonus money and the winnings are put into your real money account. If you lose on a bet or win only as much as your wager back, all of the money will go back into the bonus money account. If you decide to make a withdrawal, the remaining bonus money will be removed from your account.

You can claim a 100% match bonus worth up to $1000 on each of your first four deposits with Slotsville.com. In order to receive this bonus, you must use a coupon code at the Casino Cashier after you make a deposit, but before you make a bet with the casino. The coupon codes are 1000DOLLARS1, 1000DOLLARS2, 1000DOLLARS3, 1000DOLLARS4

There is a minimum deposit of $25 to be eligible for any of the deposit bonuses. That would give you $25 in bonus money and you would have $50 total in your bankroll to play with. There is a 20 times playthrough requirement – (deposit + bonus) times 20. If you deposit $1000, you will have to wager at least (1000 + 1000) x 20 or $40,000 before you can request a withdrawal.

For any blackjack/video poker fans, you too can use this bonus. However, the wagering requirement for blackjack, video poker and casino poker games is 60 times playthrough. This is about standard for most good online casinos.

If you decide to use a bonus at Slotsville, you are not allowed to play the following games with the bonus money: Baccarat, Roulette, Craps, Bingo and Pai Gow Poker.

Slotsville Special Bonus

Do you love slots? Then try the special slots bonus offered at Slotsville! You can get a 400% bonus up to $2400 when you use the coupon code SLOTS400. That means if you deposit $200, you will receive $800 in bonus money and start with a bankroll of $1000 to play slots! You must redeem this coupon code at the cashier after you make a deposit but before you make a bet.

If you would like to participate in one of these tournaments, you can download the casino here. It is a simple install and the only thing you will need to do is register with the casino and make a deposit with the cashier.

2011 January Showdown

This is going to be one of the hottest slot tournaments you will ever find. This slot tournament is winner take all – a $50,000 prize! This tournament will take place between January 3rd and 9th. The featured slot for this tournament will be California Gold.

Holiday Feast Tournaments

Like I stated before, there will be four rounds in the Holiday Feast. Each is a week long slot tournament. The first starts this Sunday, November 5 just after midnight and ends the next Saturday, November 11 just before midnight EST.

The first slot game to be played is called Fat Cat. Here is a screenshot of this video slot:

The prize pool for these four tournaments will be broken down by percentage of the pot. 1st place wins 25% of the prize pool, 2nd gets 15%, 3rd receives 10%, 4th and 5th get 5%, 6th through 10th get 3% and the next 190 players receive a portion of the remaining 25%.

Here is a great Millionaire Casino review to take a look at.

Check out this Rushmore slots post for more free slot tournaments.

They start out with an April Fools $1,500 Freeroll where the top 5 prizes are reversed. The person who comes in 5th place will get the top prize and the person who comes in 1st will get the 5th place prize. This should make for a crazy finish to this one-day tournament. Entry is free and re-buys only cost $1.25. This tournament starts on April 1st at 1PM ET and runs until midnight.

The next slot tournament at Online Vegas is the massive Easter Week-Long $77,777 Freeroll Slot tournament. This tournament starts on Friday, April 2nd at 8PM ET and goes until April 9th. The featured game for this tournament is the 5 reel wheel of chance. Again, entry is free and if you bust out early, you can get back into the tournament for $14.50.

After that, there are three (3) 50K Weekend Madness slot. The games start on Friday the 9th, 16th and 23rd at 8PM and each one runs until Tuesday of the next week. Entry fee to these tournaments is $12.99 and the re-buy is the same price. The video slot on April 9 is Bangkok Nights, Reel Deal is the game for April 16 and Monster Money is the featured slot game on the April 23 tournament.

That’s not all, there is also an Earth Day 24 Hour $2500 Guaranteed Freeroll. Like the other freerolls, this slot tournament is free for anyone to enter. The tournament will start on Friday, April 22nd at 8PM and will run for 24 hours. Re-buys cost only $2.50 and the featured slot game is Love Bugs.

Finally, to round out the month, Online Vegas is offering a $70K Guaranteed April to May Flowers tournament that will start on Friday, April 30th at 8PM and runs until May 4th. Entry into this slot tournament costs $13.99 and it cost an additional $12.99 for rebuys. This slot tournament also features the Reel Deal.

Here’s a great article I found that gives a step by step instruction on how to create an account and sign up for a freeroll tournament with Online Vegas

Video Slot Tournaments

Here’s a quick introduction to slot tournaments: You start out with a set amount of coins in your balance. The goal is to get the highest score in your balance by the end of the tournament while playing the featured video slot game of the tournament.

Usually when you play a freeroll, you will start off with a small balance, say $50-100. If you bust out, you can re-buy into the tournament, you will be given something like $200 – $300 in your balance. The paid entry tournaments don’t generally do this.

Most of these slot machine games have bonus rounds and free spins modes. What these signify are the big wins on the slot machines. Generally speaking, any video slot that has bonus rounds and free spins pays out less on paylines overall then those that don’t. Also, any progressive jackpot slot you play will usually not have either bonus rounds or free spins and will still pay out less overall.

The general strategy you should play with is betting little when the paylines are not paying out and wagering higher when the paylines begin to hit again. It’s a lot of luck and some skill, but the ideal thing do to is time your betting right so you get a larger bet on the free spins or bonus round, which pay out (usually about 20 – 40 times your bet) based on the amount that you bet.

William Hill Casino have just released two new slots games:

Iron Man

This great new online slot  is a five-reel 20-payline slot that has special innovative features. It has a  Missile Attack Bonus, an expanding wild feature, and a top prize of 5,000 times the line bet.

Incredible Hulk

This fast moving five-reel online slot has rapid-fire action and a special Hulk Smash Bonus Round which lets you take out cars and helicopters for large wins and a top prize of 4,000-times the line bet.

These are sure to be big favourites for those who love to play slots online with some fast paced action and big payouts.

If you are new to William Hill Casino, you can get £30 free, no deposit required, so head on over now and claim your great free casino bonus!

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London Hippodrome to become a casino

The London Hippodrome, one of the British capital’s most historic live entertainment venues is to become a casino. The first attempts to secure a gaming license were turned down, but one has now been granted and plans for the new casino are steaming ahead.

The Hippodrome building was built in 1900, and resides on the corner of Charing Cross Road and Leicester Square in the City of Westminster, London. It was first used to host water circuses and variety performances, giving its first circus show on 15th January 1900. In 1958, the original interior was demolished and it was converted into the cabaret restaurant ‘Talk of the Town’ which featured many popular artistes of that time, and lasted until 1982 when it was renovated again and reopened as a nightclub/restaurant called ‘The London Hippodrome’ by nightclub tycoon Peter Stringfellow. The current re-development plans for a casino are set to be completed by 2010.

Audrey Lewis, the Westminster City Council’s cabinet member for customers and neighbourhoods was quoted as saying “We support the gaming justices granting of the gaming license to Hippodrome Casino Ltd. We would be happy to see a casino established at the Hippodrome as we feel that a casino will provide visitors to the venue with a more integrated night out, rather than encouraging people to drink heavily on the site, as might happen if it were to become a bar or nightclub. In the past, when the venue was run as a nightclub, there were a series of problems on the premises, which included fights and even a shooting and we feel that the venue will serve people better and be safer as a casino.”

Free Online Slots Tournaments

Ladbrokes casino offer all kinds of amazing tournaments at their online casino. If you are unsure about tournaments, or don’t know how to play them, don’t worry, because there are tournaments available for new players for FREE! Ladbrokes offer multiplayer and sit n go tournaments, as well as the freerolls which are the perfect way to experience how these types of games work.

There is no entry fee but always a prize. That can either be money or entry to a bigger online casino tournament. You really can play free and win big! In the multiplayer tournaments, Freeroll Tournament players have a specific amount of time to play as many credits as possible and rack up even more credits. The player with the most credits at the end of the time window wins either a large cash prize or entry to a larger multiplayer tournament. This works much like the pay structure of a poker tournament, guaranteed prizes are given to the top finishers in the tournament.

This adds a whole new excitement factor to playing casino online games, give it a try, its free, so go and play in the Free Slots Tournaments now.