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Microgaming Online Pokie Brings Winter Olympics Alive

Microgaming Online Pokie Brings Winter Olympics Alive

Added: January 6, 2016

2016 is the year of the Summer Olympics and there will be new online slots with this theme in the coming months. Meanwhile, if you are in the mood for some winter sports action there is a fantastic slot game based on the Winter Olympics. It is titled Winter Gold and is live at Microgaming online casinos like All Slots, Spin Palace and Platinum Play.

Winter Gold selects four popular events from the Olympics competition as high paying symbols on the reels. These are biathlon, speed skating, ski jumping and bob sleigh. The low paying symbols are the playing card icons with a winter touch. The Winter Gold logo is the wild symbol and awards the highest line payouts. The gold medal is the scatter symbol and awards scatter payouts. Being a sports themed video slot, you will expect win animations and you will not be disappointed. The high paying symbols exhibit sporting action with realistic backgrounds so that you seem to watching the Winter Olympics event live. The win animations are accompanied with falling snow.

Three or more scatter symbol landing anywhere on the reels trigger the Bonus Wheel Feature in which you can win free spins, bonus credits or entries to the second screen bonus games. These are randomly allotted through the Bonus Wheel that has eight sections. The most interesting are the bonus games on the second screen that are based on the Winter Olympics sports depicted in the symbols. The Speed Skating bonus game is set in a skating rink. You select one of the athletes that participate in a virtual speed skating race. Your payout depends on the position of your skater in the race. The Bob Sleigh bonus game is similar. The time taken for your team to complete the circuit is registered and compared with the times of four other teams. Again your payout depends on your place in the event. The sporting events are shown with different camera angles, commentary and the crowd cheering. It is like watching the event live on television.

Winter Gold allows a vast range of betting options. Though you can select less than the 15 paylines, you should always play with all paylines enabled. The coin size can be varied from 0.01 to 0.20 and you can wager up to 20 coins per payline. The maximum total bet per spin works out to 60 credits. This should be attractive enough for most high rollers.