A number of slot game manufacturers have made their games available as “free play” versions now although a few, like Wagerworks, even restrict access to their free slots from countries like the USA, Canada, France and Germany to name a handful (minus the thimb!). It’s due to the grey online gambling laws in those countries if you are wondering. And the vast majority of online casinos will of course ask you to register before you can even play slots for fun.
However, there are a few websites that put these slot games up and if you know where to look, you can spin away for the hell of it. For example, in the USA, Realtime Gaming and Rival powered casinos are the only options left and RTG have a load of good 5 reel “free spins” bonus slots that can be played (without the need to register) on sites like Free Slots For Fun. Some of the games take a few seconds to load, but you get a $5000 starting balance and they are a great way to get a feel for the games in the real casinos.
Wagerworks make a stack of good slots, but got gobbled up by IGT some time back and the plus side is that this means they produce games like “Cleopatra” and “Wolf Run” for online players. Most gamblers can play the free play version of Cleopatra at places like Online Casinos Vegas but for other IGT games it will depend where you live. It’s slightly ironic that US punters will know IGT games better than anyone, yet they are banned from spinning them online.
One of the leading online slot game manufacturers is Microgaming and their free slots can be found all over the web. There are a few of the more popular ones at the basic but functional Free Slot Games site along with the previously mentioned Online Casino Vegas and a few more in the Slots On Fire Free Slots section, although this is just the tip of the iceberg. Microgaming make some 200 slots and you can dowload the software to play these slots for fun, although you will need to register a guest account. Once again however, US punters can’t open accounts at Microgaming casinos unfortunately.
For UK punters more used to fruit machines, some games like “Reel King” and “Rainbow Riches” have now been ported into the online world. A handful of casinos have these slot games now but you can play both for free on sites like Fruit Machine Games where you don’t have to sign up. The popular “Monopoly” and “Cluedo” fruit machines also feature here as does “Elvis Top 20″ and “Cashino”.