Finally a BIG Win

I had the urge to gamble a few quid the at Jackpot Party online casino. I began with £50 and couldn’t win anything. In my experience with them it takes a while for it to warm up. The big attraction for me is the amazing games that I’ve played many times in the land based casinos. When I go home to the USA for a visit I see all the best WMS slot games on earth all in one place. I get the same experience with Jackpot Party.

The random progressive jackpots are also a major attraction. They may be won by anyone, at any time and any stake. This couldn’t prove truer because while I was playing, someone took the Mega Jackpot of just over £43,000 while betting at 40p per spin. They were playing Hearts of Venice and boom all of a sudden the progressive came up. The casino uploaded the big win to their youtube page. It was a huge deal because this was the highest amount that the jackpot reached since they launched in November 2010.

I was a little bummed that it wasn’t me but I kept spinning. At this point I had made several £50 deposits and bounced between the Bruce Lee slot and Fortunes of the Caribbean. I decided to give up on them and move to Temptation Queen. Within 3 or 4 spins I triggered the feature which gave me 8 free spins. What’s great about this game is that it offers expanding wilds. Those are amazing. During one of the free spins a Temptation Queen symbol was on reels 1 and 5 with expanding wilds in the middle. It was a spin worth just over £600.

I didn’t quite hit the Mega jackpot but it felt like it to me!

Finally 50 Lions Online

I have had a love affair with the 50 Lions slot game in the land based casinos for years. I have spent the better part of a trip to the casino gambling on this slot. I searched the internet for online casinos that may have this game. The software is Aristocrat and I haven’t seen much of them online. One afternoon I struck gold! Mecca Bingo had it. I had to check it out to make sure it was just like I remember and it was.

I first played for free then I deposited a total of about £80 trying to hit it big. The exciting aspects of this slot are the free spins bonus, the stacked symbols and the diamond multiplier. The lion symbol is stacked and it’s a sight to be seen when they fill your screen. Throw in a diamond multiplier and the win is even greater. This was exactly the same 50 Lions that I remember. Even the same bells ring when you get three flowers on reels 1, 2 and 3 for the bonus.

I managed to trigger the free spins a couple of times but I wasn’t getting anything amazing. The lowest bet is 50p but I was spinning at £1. I was so excited and in awe that this was finally online. I wondered how long it had been there and I thought back to all my experiences planted in a chair at the land based casinos.

As I was reminiscing, the first three reels were filled with lions. That won me about £30 if I recall correctly. Even with a mini win, I still needed to make another deposit. My cash was going so quickly. It did cross my mind to drop my bet down to 50p but I had high hopes of a big win.

I think I let the excitement get the best of me because several deposits later and I had nothing to show for it. What game were you most thrilled to find online?

Cats Galore

My husband and I discovered the sweetest little cat outside our door. We fed her and took her in since the weather is so treacherous. Little did we know, she was about to give birth. We now have 5 cats running around. Not to worry, they won’t be staying but they are so darn cute! In their honor I decided to play the Cats slot game at Kerching Casino.

Cats is a great slot game by IGT. The symbols are various big cats, wilds and letters. I deposited £100 and hoped for the best. Online casino gambling was a nice break. The bonus round consists of 5 free spins unless you get 6 bonus symbols, then you get 10 free spins. That is so common with IGT. I love the games but I don’t love the minimal free spins offered. You wait forever to get them and then they don’t pay very well. I began to wonder why I chose this slot and why I continue to play IGT slots.

I was down a good portion of my bankroll and I was getting annoyed. The big payout is the panther symbols.  The payout goes all the way up to 10 symbols for 2,500 coins. There are two panther symbols, one includes two panthers. The “two panther” symbol counts as two so the payout can be doubled when you receive 5 symbols. Hope that makes sense. I would love to know someone who has managed to win that. The panthers are hard to come by.

I had a couple of good payouts with lions in the winning combo but I started to get that sinking feeling that this was going to be a total loss. I managed to get 6 bonus symbols for 10 free spins. I won £127 so I took that as my queue to call it a day.

At the last second I had a touch of luck. What games have you played that have pulled you out of a bad situation at the last minute?

Bingo Business

Yes, throughout the holidays I have spent some time at bingo with my mother in law. She took me to a VIP session. I had no idea that our club had a VIP session. This was just before Christmas and the New Year and they held a meeting and spoke to all the patrons. Ya can’t get this kind of personal treatment online can you?

They discussed changes to the diner and the food. They discussed a brand new smoking section to be added including a heated balcony and games available for play during breaks. This was all fabulous news but I couldn’t help but think to myself, let’s get on with the gambling. We were just about to begin but not before they dropped a bomb on their VIP’s. It turns out that free bingo days will soon offer reduced prizes. Instead of the £25 full house prize, it will be reduced to £15. Apparently they claim to be attracting the “wrong type” of people to free bingo. Management went on to tell a story of a man that took a piece of the bathroom countertop with him in an attempt to steal a vase worth £1.50.

Finally, we got on with the bingo. I was all set with my electronic machine loaded with 33 tickets. I was so sure that I had a good chance to win some cash with my fancy machine. The only trouble was that many people are now using the fancy machine. It costs more but you are given more tickets than you get with the regular paper book.

The house prizes were set at £100 and there is a big money game worth a whopping 20 grand. Me and my hubby would kick our heels up and take a luxury holiday with a fabulous win like that. One woman has won it so far at our club. I found it odd that she was at bingo the following week. How greedy can you be? Maybe it wasn’t greed but a love of the game.

If you won a major jackpot, would you be back at the bingo hall or casino right away?