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MAC users have been woefully under-supported down the years, but the winds of change are blowing. When it comes to online casinos, Apple Macs have always been ignored…and guess what…they still are when it comes to “download casinos”, but thankfully a raft of decent, reputable online casinos now have online offerings using Flash which Apple Mac users can enjoy.

Below are some of the better online casinos for you Apple Mac fans. When you get to the site, hit the “instant play” option to launch the casino and quick-register an account. If you are thinking about taking a casino “bonus” Read the rest of this entry »

Frequent any of the player forums out there and you’ll often see debate over which online casino slots are the best. There are four primary sofwtare providers powering most of the “reputable” online casinos, notably RTG (Realtime Gaming), Microgaming, Playtech and Cryptologic. However, with the latter two not accepting US players, the big battle comes down to RTG and Microgaming. So who has the best slots?

Options & Selection

RTG have two sets of slots: The “Real Series” and their standard 3-reel or 5-reel video slots. As with all providers they add new ones from time to time, but nowhere near as frequently as Microgaming who usually release 2 a month. You could argue that this is overkill and many are simply clones of existing slots, and you’d be right, but every now and again, a gem pops up Read the rest of this entry »

A common complaint on online gambling forums questions the fairness of online slots and more often than not, the poster has just gone through a bad session at an online casino or a land-based one and is just ever so slightly pissed off. The thing is though, if you are playing one of the reputable online casinos, the chances are that the slot is perfectly fair, perfectly random and the you have just become victim to one of the common mistakes that slots players make.

This article deals with the most common mistakes slots players make. One or two might seem obvious, one or two less so, but knowing where you are going wrong is 90% of the battle. Read the rest of this entry »

The online casino industry has been around since 1996 and has had plenty of time to start sorting itself out. Until October 2006, it was doing a pretty good job with many of the “rogue operators” confined to small corners of the web, and those that did manage to get noticed were up against some seriously good competition.

Unfortunately, in October 2006, in their infinite wisdom, the US decided to pass through the “Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act” (UIGEA). While stopping short of making online gambling illegal, it aimed at restricting banks and financial institutions from authorising payments to online gambling companies. The effect of this was that many of the top operators pulled out of the US to avoid being arrested or deemed to break a law that is at best, grey.

This left the USA open to abuse from the less ethical outfits Read the rest of this entry »

For new players, knowing which slots to play and which online casinos to play them at can be a daunting prospect - or at least, a time consuming one. So to make things simple, this article points you in the direction of a handful of the most reputable online casinos and the most popular slots to get started on. Of course it will depend on what type of slots you like, but these slots here are entertaining and aside from giving you a good idea of what’s available are among the most popular - in fact probably ARE the most popular - slots online today.

Legal Situation

All the online casinos mentioned on onlinecasinosslots.com accept US players as well as players from around the globe, however you should check the legal situation in your country or State before playing, as online gambling isn’t legal everywhere.

Introduction

Before I start, I’d like to make it clear to any online casino newbies that most online casinos use software provided by one of 5 or 6 high-profile casino software companies: Microgaming, Realtime Gaming Read the rest of this entry »