I’ve said to Brian Christopher multiple times in recent years that given how much he’s betting per spin nowadays, I’ve been mildly surprised that his highest handpay jackpot in the casino was only a bit over $20,000. Sure, he’s won more while conducting group pulls. And sure, he’s won more while playing games online. But his casino high water mark had been stubbornly holding firm for more than a year. That finally changed earlier this month during one of his live streams, while playing the first game of the night, Dragon Link. Even today, many players don’t realize on both Lightning Link and ..read more

High limit Dragon Cash has captured many players’ attention, with the ability to have more lines than on a lower limit version for bigger denominations, as well as the opportunity for bigger Major and Grand jackpots. When the stars align, it can get quite exciting, as was the case in this week’s Slot Moments video. We join Slot Queen in this video playing some big bets (eek – $25 a spin!) on that higher denomination and she’s got a hold and spin bonus with a jackpot handpay right out of the gate. While she’s waiting for her handpay, she gets another hold and spin bonus, and the second pays ev ..read more

Articles about Lightning Link and its sequels, Dragon Link and Dollar Storm, have been a popular series here on the site. As part of celebrating one year, if you’re new to the site and haven’t seen all of the write-ups on the game, here’s a round-up to help you find it all! Lightning Cash vs. Lightning Link The games look identical, but they have a difference in name so something must be up. What’s the difference between Lightning Cash and Lightning Link? It’s actually quite simple. Ways to #landthegrand or a Major There are actually two ways to win a Grand progressive jackpot on Lightning L ..read more

I rarely write about Incredible Technologies games – for whatever reason they all feel a bit same-y to me. But I did have multiple sessions on Ultra Rush Gold during my recent cruise, one of their games with their version of a Hold and Spin bonus. The version I played had a Tiger and Phoenix set of themes; there are others that work a bit differently, so this is focused on those themes. The game is in 50 credit betting increments; the progressives are the same across the bet levels in a denomination, so your chances of winning the prizes/progressives are higher with a bigger bet. They are awar ..read more

If you’ve played enough Aristocrat games, especially ones with Hold and Spin type features, you know that some of them have the ability to award a random jackpot. The most prominent of these are the random Major and Grand on Lightning Link and Dragon Link. However, Aristocrat likes to bring out various elements into other games as well, which Slotaholic learned while playing the Grand Star slot machine. Grand Star features a variety of features including free games and a star bonus, where you can win cash on reels prizes if you get those and stars on every reel of the slot. The game features a ..read more

In a previous post I showcased Queenie, a game that took a wheel upgrade format I had seen in a social casino app and made its way into physical casinos in what is a fun game format. A sister machine is today’s highlighted game, called Dreamy Genie (which I’m sure rhymes with Queenie on purpose). Like Queenie, this game features quite accessible 50 credit bet increments, for a 50 cent minimum bet on penny denomination. I’ve seen the bet panel traditionally be 50, 100, 150, 250 and 500 credits, yielding a good array of bets and a not out of line top bet. The main difference here is a 5×4 reel s ..read more

Aristocrat has introduced a variety of formats that have stood the test of time and proven popular with players. Its Hold and Spin has been copied by everyone and has evolved within Aristocrat itself, starting with games like Lightning Link. And its three upgrade bonus structure was popularized on Fu Dai Lian Lian and has been too copied by others. But Aristocrat is also comfortable mixing and matching formats in ways that push things forward, and Coin Trio takes a different tack from other three upgrade bonus models by attaching it to the Hold and Spin format instead of free games. The game ..read more

It was a great pleasure to get to join Mike and LInda at Everithing Slots! once again to tackle another round of myths as part of their videos on the channel. Last time, we had the Super Seven Slot Myths, so this time we had to up the ante with the Awesome Eight Slot Myths, which again drew from the very deep well of posts found here on the site from over the years. This time, we covered the following topics: Does a machine pay or play differently using a ticket vs. cash? Is it better to play at the end of the row vs. the middle of a row? Licensed games vs. non-licensed games – do licensed g ..read more

During a recent Facebook live, NJ Slot Guy experienced some old school mechanical reel magic. NJ Slot Guy started the video with $200 in Triple Jackpot Gems Deluxe, committed to $9 spins, and with the help of some nudging wilds went on one heck of a (profitable) ride.  Like some other mechanical reels, this machine features nudging symbols that have arrows that indicate which way the symbol is going to move once a spin concludes. These roaming symbols offer huge potential when it comes to landing one of the five progressives Triple Jackpot Gems Deluxe has to offer.  Before landing so ..read more

Everi has been the holder of the Press Your Luck license for awhile now, and their pair of video slots, Whammy Bucks and Whammy Wilds, carry forward from their previous Whammy Riches edition, by offering two new brand extensions. For this post I’ll be focusing on Whammy Bucks, but Whammy Wilds is similar. The new game takes advantage of their taller cabinet, and manages to keep the theme going with what has made it successful – multiple bonuses and that mischievous Whammy. There is a lot of symmetry here to the Wicked Wheel series. The Whammy can act as an upgrade mechanism, and the two theme ..read more