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Mexican Themed Online Slot Games For Cinco De Mayo

 

Cinco de Mayo or the fifth of May is not too far off. It is celebrated with gusto all over Mexico to commemorate the victory over the French forces. At online casinos, players head towards the Mexican themed slot games. These exhibit the vibrancy of the Mexican culture with song and dance, costumes and food. This article recommends two such video slots.

A very popular Mexican themed online video slot from the portfolio of Realtime Gaming is Jackpot Pinatas. It can be played at online casinos like Club World, Lucky Red and Aladdin’s Gold. Pinatas are typical Mexican toys designed to look like various animals. They are usually filled with sweets. The high paying symbols in this slot game are different pinatas. Other thematic symbols include Mexican lady, Mexican hat and fire crackers. During the win animations you will hear peppy Mexican music. One of the main highlights of Jackpot Pinatas is the progressive jackpot. It seeds at $250,000 but usually pays in millions of dollars. In order to hit the jackpot you have to land five bull pinata symbols in an enabled payline. The donkey pinata is the wild symbol and substitutes for other symbols to make winning combinations. The dog pinata is the scatter symbol. Apart from awarding scatter payouts, it triggers the Pinata bonus game. You have to select two pinatas to win bonus prizes that include up to 200 times the bet amount and up to 25 free games at doubled payouts.

Wager Gaming Technology offers a Mexican themed slot game titled La Cucaracha at its online casinos like Liberty Slots. La Cucaracha actually means the cockroach, but this video slot refers to a popular Mexican folk song. Behind the reels you can see the Mexican desert with blue sky, cacti and red sands. La Cucaracha is the scatter symbol and the chili is the wild and also the bonus symbol. Other thematic symbols include the traditional musical instruments the maracas, the cactus and the tequila. The symbols are crafted in comic style. The free games bonus awards 10 free games at tripled payouts. The bonus game on the second screen is called the Chili-OW-Meter and is a reflection of the spicy Mexican cuisine. You have to select three chili stands from those displayed. Each stand raises the Chili-OW-Meter reading by one to five points. The final meter reading is multiplied by the total bet to give the bonus prize.

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