Multiplayer Online Slots From Microgaming

• Published: July 12, 2013
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One of the disadvantages of wagering at online casinos is that the player usually cannot interact with the other players. His interaction is restricted on a one to one basis with the online casino. In online tournaments the player does compete with other players but does not interact with them. In order to foster interaction between players software providers like Microgaming have introduced multiplayer games at their online casinos. Multiplayer table games like blackjack and casino poker were introduced quite some time back. Multiplayer online slots are of a far more recent time. This article reviews the multiplayer online slot games from Microgaming.

The first Microgaming multiplayer online slot game was Wheel of Wealth. Just as a table in a casino can seat a given number of players, Multiplayer Wheel of Wealth is played in rooms, with up to six players in a room. To start with players wager independently on their online slot games, but can see the screens of other players and can chat with them. When a player gets two or more scatter symbols on his own reels his multiplier is increased. At any point of time a bonus round can be randomly triggered. Then every player selects a spot on the Wheel of Wealth. After the wheel comes to rest, the amount on the spot chosen by each player is multiplied by that player’s current multiplier and credited to his account.

In Multiplayer No Worries, Microgaming allowed players to choose the rooms according to bet amounts. This meant that high rollers could play with high rollers and low rollers could play with low rollers. The room size was also increased up to 30 players. In this multiplayer online slot game, players cannot see the screens of other players. However they can see a common leader board that displays the situation of each player. When three or more points indicators appear on any enabled payline in a particular player’s reels, that player is awarded points. The leader board displays players in order of the points that they have earned till then. The Aussie Windmill Pump bonus round is triggered randomly. It displays a wheel with 18 segments. Each segment has an Australian animal that corresponds to a percentage of the jackpot amount from 10% to 100%. When the wheel comes to rest the animal at the pointer if indicates the percentage of the jackpot won. This amount is shared by the top ten players on the leader board.

In Multiplayer Isis Microgaming went back to the basic format of Wheel of Wealth. However, this online slot does not have a randomly triggered bonus game. The Isis symbol simultaneously appearing on reels 1 and 5 on any player’s screen activates the free spins round. Then 12 free spins are awarded, which are common to all players. The free spins payout for each player is multiplied by his total multiplier. In Multiplayer Avalon, Microgaming changed by method of accumulating multipliers. A different concept called the bonus thermometer was introduced. As players wager more the reading in their bonus thermometers will rise and this will result in a larger multiplier. Free spins activated on any one player screen are for the benefit of all and each player has the payout multiplied by his multiplier.