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August 2011: Finally, Aristocrat have bought their popular 50 Lions slot online and released it exclusively at MoneyGaming (initially) Above is a video I just made of the game and it not only incudes a demo of the free spins feature but also a really neat 300x multiple stacked lions hit! Pure luck it should happen while making this video but a nice cashout to end the day with!

I’m also told that the 50 Dragons slot will be online by the end of 2012. Aristocrat have been pretty busy this year with Queen Of The Nile, Red Baron, Where’s The Gold, Choy Sun Doa, Werewolf Wild (all at Bet365 Games) and several other of their popular land-based slot machines paving the way for 50 Lions. It is slightly ironic however that the two biggest markets for Aristocrat games - the USA and Australia - are both banned from playing their games online but I have no doubt that will change as soon as online gambling becomes regulated in those areas.

Meanwhile, the Slotjunkies site has plenty more info on the 50 Lions slot and other Aristocrat slot machines. Aside from playing 50 Lions for real at Money Gaming, you can also play a variety of Aristocrat slot games at Bet365 Games online. 

Soon after coming online with a number of their slot games, the Aussie-based Aristocrat slot machine manufacturer has decided that Aussie players will be blocked from 22nd June 2011 due to the grey legislation and impending changes in the laws regarding Aussie online gambling. US players are already blocked but that’s nothing unusual right now and may change in 2012 the way things are headed anyway.

Bit of a shame that if you reside down-under but the few Aristocrat games that are online (Queen Of The Nile 2, Where’s The Gold, Red Baron and more) will still be available to Europeans and players in New Zealand via the Bet365 Games website.

I will update this article if things change again.

Footnote, November 2011: Although the online versions of Aristocrat slot machines remain blocked to customers in Australia and the USA as I write, there are a few games such as Choy Sun Doa, Queen Of The Nile 2 and the popular Where’s The Gold available to play in fun-mode on the Games & Slot Machines website and it would appear that no country blocks are in place presently.

It seems that Aristocrat are in the process of porting some of their land based casino slots into the online environment. I noticed yesterday that two of their games, Queen Of The Nile II and Zorro are now both available at Bet365 Games (see 2012 update below). And I’ve heard that Lucky 88 and Where’s The Gold are due at any time too

Both of these games are true to the land-based originals. Aristocrat slots have a certain old-skool charm about them and they are instantly recognisable by the uniue 10-J-Q-K-A symbology they use along with the sounds and that familiar bell when the bonus feature triggers. Read the rest of this entry »

You might be intererested in a new search engine dedicated to online casino slots that recently launched. The Slotseek slot games search engine looks and feels similar to some of the everyday search engines we use except it searches a database of over 500 online casino slot games and returns a mixture of videos and online casinos that carry the game you search for.

The Slotseek database currently holds slot games from IGT (formerly known as Wagerworks), Novomatic, Barcrest, WMS, Microgaming, Playtech and RTG with Net Entertainment and Rival slots planned to be added in 2011. It also searches the Slotjunkies video slots site for videos of the slot games and displays matches.

The search engine will return partial matches and make suggestions for alternative slot games when an exact match isn’t found in the database. It also provides an “index” page containing direct links to all the slot games in the Slotseek database for fast access.

Check it out at www.Slotseek.com

December 30th, 2010: As I write, many American online casino players will be only too well aware that IGT have a block in place on their online slots for residents of the USA. Although this means online IGT slots for Americans playing for real money is not currently an option, not quite all have been blocked for free-play - more on this in a bit!

Update December 27th 2011: An early Christmas present from the DoJ saying that they no longer believe the 1961 Wire Act blocks online gambling with the exception of Sports Betting means things could start getting interesting in the US market. This effectively removes one of two barriers to online gambling legislation on a State By State basis, the other being the UIGEA which prohibits banks from allowing online gambling transactions. Will be interesting to see how this develops and I’d suggest that online slots players can look forward to a rosier future, if not for a little while!  Read the rest of this entry »