The slots above are mostly manufactured by
IGT and released online under
their Wagerworks brand while the Video Pokers are courtesy of Action Gaming and LED.
Unfortunately for
USA players, Wagerworks do
not accept US residents to play for real money, although selected games are available for free
here at
Online Casinos Vegas (
see below). Look out for the new
Multiway slots like
Treasures
of Troy and the familiar names of
Cluedo
and
Monopoly both of which
also come as free spin slot games. For US players, there are still a good
variety of similar Vegas slots and casino games available at online casinos using the
Microgaming casino software platform. Most notably I'd point you to the
newer
Hellboy slot although my personal favourites are the
Thunderstruck slot and
the newer incarnation of the original
Tombraider slot,
originally dubbed
Tombraider 2 (OK, they added "Secret of the Sword"
on the end to be fair!).
Above is a selection of slots and card games that are also popular in online casinos. Unlike the
IGT Slots here, these slot games aren't
yet available in land-based casinos, but I have seen a kiosk version of some of the games at a
trade show recently, so you never know. Anyone can play the free versions here on Online Casinos
Vegas, but because of grey legislation, players from the USA can't play many of these for real money. There are exceptions - for example both
Cleopatras Gold and the
Gladiator slot
you'll find here are available at online casinos that take US players. If you want to see which
online casinos accept players from which States, then there is a long list at
Online Casinos USA which I put together
some time back. For UK players, the
Casino UK
site has detailed reviews and ratings of all the big name online casinos that serve the UK and European market.
The inspiration for the
Online Casinos Vegas site came in 2006 on a trip to Las Vegas.
I stayed at the Golden Nugget downtown on Fremont Street but I spent most of my time playing at the Wynn Casino
on the Strip and I've since been back in 2009, staying this time at the excellent Encore, sister hotel
to the Wynn. Being a slots and video poker enthusiast, the
Multi-Strike
Video Poker games - along with the two
Cleopatra slots - grabbed most
of my money, so when I got home I decided it would be fun to set up a website featuring a range of
the popular
free slots that cross the boundary between the
casinos of Vegas and online casinos. Until Harrahs recently started dabbling online with Caesars Palace, there
have not been any Vegas casinos online but the world is changing (slowly!). For UK players I also write
reviews for
online casino UK which goes into
a lot more detail on various online casinos including Caesars.
It is worth noting one interesting development when it comes to the topic of Las Vegas and the
perhaps obvious tie-in with the world of online casinos. Until recently, because of murky US
laws, no Vegas casino has wanted to risk the online market. But at the end of 2010 we finally
have Harrahs taking the plunge, launching the first
Las Vegas
casino online. Whether this will pave the way for more Las Vegas online casinos, we shall see.
So here it is - my shrine to the slots of Las Vegas! All the games on the site can be played for free
here without the need for registration. I should extend my thanks to
Wagerworks and IGT for agreeing to allow me to hack in and set up their games on this
site so that Americans can enjoy some of them in free play mode too. I hope you enjoy the games at
OCV and don't forget to bookmark the site to catch up with new Vegas slots that you can play online as
they are released. For UK fruit machine addicts, then you might like to check out the sister site to OCV
over at GFM where you will find a number of
fruit machines including Reel King, Rainbow Riches & Book of Ra that will
probably be familiar!