SLINGO
Slingo was a big hit a few years ago on the casino floors of Atlantic City. Caesars in particular had a large number of the nickel version of the popular bingo-like game. The machine was pretty basic with 9 line 5 coin, 45 max credit bets. The design was comic/cartoonish styled characters. The base game was a little tough to get used to at first, the coins were all gold colored and were stacked in 1, 2, or 3 and payed off like the single, double and triple bars on reel slots. The other characters were easy to follow and the base game played ok. The real catch on Slingo is the bonus game. You need 3 Play Slingo symbols to go to the special Slingo bonus round. Here, similar to the Slingo bonus on the 3-reel slot machine, one would have a Slingo board filled with numbers and some marked off. You get 10 spins to win your Slingo lines and hopefully a full board. Each spin can get you a single number of bonuses in the form of extra spin or any space. Watch out for the devils, as they will stop the credits from growing. The game is probably popular with its built-in audience of Slingo fans. For outsiders without knowledge of the game, it is worth a session or two, however it will likely leave the patron with a sense of not being that thrilled as the game is simple and basic, great for some, boring for others. 3 cherries.