What can online casino offer to fans of slot machines? Well, practically everything, that real halls can, plus something more than that. But before we look into online slot machine halls, let's give a meaning to several notions. "One-handed gangsters" happen to be divided into two categories called slots and video slots (meaning a slot of a coin-receiver). Classical slots represent three mechanic barrels with a possibility to play on 1-5 lines. Video slots are a video screen 3x5 with the game on 9-30 lines with rich additional bonus possibilities.

You can find both kinds of playing machine within an online casino. From the viewpoint of the games quantity and their functional possibilities online games do not yield (and to some degree they can exceed) to offline ones. The doubtless leader within the slots quantity and quality will be the "Microgaming" software. The downloaded versions suggest up to 180 kinds of different slot machines, classic ones and video slots in about equal parts. The classic slots suggest a game from 1 to 5 lines. There may be up to 10 plays with progressive jackpots which average sums vary from 5 thousand to more than one million dollars. The first 9-line video slots appeared several years ago. The play "Tomb raider" (that's known because of the computer game and the film "Lara Croft, tomb plunder") still holds much favour. Lara's picture of 4 floors height can even be seen within the company "Microgaming" office. There after 20- as well as 30-line video slots appeared. The video slots provide with an opportunity to win free of charge bonus rounds including prize multiplication, additional bonus games, the possibility to risk and double the win, jackpots of hundred thousand dollars. The maximum prize of such games is generally $40-200 thousand. You will find of course "wild" and bonus symbols, animation which is all the variety of possibilities for just what the players love video slots. Besides, the player can set the amount of games and after that games start will be conducted automatically.

The second place would be rather given to the casino with the soft of the company "Criptologic". Recently they have concluded a treaty with a popular comics publisher - the company "Marvel" and also have already created more than ten video slots with popular comics heroes (we know, by way of example, such personages as Hulk and Spiderman). All in all, the casino suggests more than 50 classical video slots, covering 9-20 lines with the abundance of possibilities. Another unique possibility, provided for payers of the British casino "William Hill" will be the alternative of English "fruity" slot-machines that function having an opportunity of "pushing" the drum as a way to make it move for a little while giving a player the winning combination. At the moment when I am writing these lines jackpot on the video slot "Millionaires' Club" exceeds $3,5 ml., which is two times just as much as the previous record for the on-line casino. When you get a current issue of the journal, the jackpot will either reach the sum of $4 ml. or it will be hit and consequently it shall constitute its original sum of $400 thousand.

Such producers of slots as "RTG" and "Playtech" yield just a little as to the diversity of slots (but not as to their functionality). You'll find classical slots and video slots with diverse functions and jackpots including the ones at one million dollar. Only the "Boss Media" out of 5 provider leaders yields just a little its competitors as to the quality of best slots online, but they too possess video slots, at least for nine lines and without having a full abundance of possibilities.

While evaluating slots online, it is essential to consider such a burning question as the number of payment. Unfortunately, in spite of the numerous players' requests the absolute majority of casinos do not show the laid into the game number of payment. On the contrary, it's possible to try to estimate it. For example, the casinos with the software from "Microgaming" and "Criptologic" publish monthly common payment percentages, notarized by auditing company PricewaterhouseCoopers. So the standard payment portion of all of the slots usually varies in the range of 94-96 %.