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HOT
SLOT
PREVIEW New
Slots You’ll REALLY Want to Play
by Maya Winkler
This time of the year, every year for over 10 years, the professional gaming world heads to Las Vegas for a look at the newest slots and casino technology at the annual Global Gaming Expo, known as G2E. is year the show, held in early October, was buzzing about a variety of new
technologies — games and gaming for the iPod, iPad and other tablets, mobile apps, and online — plus the possible legalization of online poker in the U.S. But to player/writers like me, the big draw every year at G2E are the new and recent games: the slots. ere was an extraordinary variety of new games this year, making it di cult to choose those to highlight. e six slots previewed here are just a sampling of the exciting, hot — and a few already released — slots that Southern California casino players will really want to play.
Tarzan® The Adventures ReturnTM e award-winning Tarzan® Lord of the JungleTM, currently one of the most popular slots in North America, is a huge
Southern California casino player favorite. e journey continues now with Tarzan® The Adventures ReturnTM, complete with incredible, all-new features, including an expanding Reel Power feature with 7,776 ways to win! Like Tarzan® Lord
of the JungleTM, this amazing new multi-
progressive game has four levels, with a wide-area progressive top jackpot that starts at $250,000. Plus, ve unique bonus features, containing the popular wheel, add to the new game’s thrills.
Housed in Aristocrat’s award-winning futuristic VERVEhdTM cabinet with a huge 31.5-inch portrait monitor, this new penny
slot has a minimum bet of 50 cents and a maximum bet of $1.50, making it one of the best value wide-area progressive plays on casino oors.
JAWSTM
Bounty Hunter
One of casino players’ most popular slots, the thrilling Aristocrat JAWSTM slot series now introduces its third title, JAWSTM Bounty Hunter. Based on one of the all-time most terrifying action lms about the giant great white shark terrorizing a summer resort town, this newest JAWSTM game has pulse- raising action with four bonus features, three mini features, a Bounty Jackpot, a
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e game’s fun, high- In the Progressive Wheel feature in $50,000 top jackpot,
frequency bonus features
include Crocodile Free
Games, that can give
players 7,776 ways to win; Tarzan Bonus, where Tarzan swings in to award wild reels; Fire Bonus, where one random symbol spreads across the reels; Stampede
Bonus, where all symbols pay scattered in
any position; and the Progressive Wheel. is feature is where players can win one of the four progressive jackpots, including the top jackpot, the Grand, which requires the maximum bet, and starts at $250,000! All other progressive jackpots can be won on any bet. With its thrilling progressive jackpots, fantastic high-hit frequency bonus features, and low maximum bet, all delivered on one of the most
innovative and stylish slot machines, Tarzan® e Adventures ReturnTM delivers an awesome experience. I know I can’t
wait to play it here in Southern California.
and an amazing new ichair complete with surround sound for
an unbelievable audio experience.
Housed in the sleek Viridian 22-inch lcd widescreen with a 32-inch top box, JAWSTM
Bounty Hunter will be hard to miss. e mini features include a Random Multiplier, a Random Credit Prize, and a Nudge. e nudge feature can nudge the Buoy symbol
Tarzan® The Adventures ReturnTM, players can win a $250,000+ jackpot!
In the Random Credit Prize mini-feature in JAWSTM Hunter, if the sh burst a bubble, players win extra
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