Online Pokies an Aussie Look at Pokie Machines

Online Casino Pokies Forum

2009-11-22T05:12:00.002+11:00

At last Australian pokie players have a place they can call home at Australian Pokies Forum an online casino pokie community that is aimed at pokie machines players in Australia. This is suited to both new and seasoned seasoned players alike. Offering a selection of good topics and valuable information for playing bonus features and free spin pokie games.

It also inlcudes member competitions, online casino news, reputable online pokie casinos and helps to safe guard players with a rogue online casino list.

No Deposit Casino Pokies

2008-07-14T16:07:00.003+10:00

Thought I'd add a collection of no deposit pokie offers that will give you free cash to play online pokie machines. All of these offers are for playing online pokies at reputable and trustworthy online casinos. Although most are 100% free, some offers do require you to make a min deposit to cash out your pokie winnings. I've chosen a selection of online pokies that I've found to be good for their pay-outs and from the online casinos that offer the best services to pokie players.

$7 No Deposit Pokie Games

$2008 Free Pokie Cash

$50 Free No Deposit Online Pokies

$15 free play Mega Moolah Jackpot Pokie Machine

$10 Free Play Pokie Bonus

Free Pokies

2008-05-27T04:35:00.003+10:00

Well another month is almost over and I'm now looking forward to the latest release of Microgaming online pokies. I should have the list of new pokie machines that will be available for play in June 2008.

Considering the last couple of months pokie game releases I'm seriously wondering if Microgaming can possible produce any more exciting pokie machines. Though I'm sure they've still got some pretty hot online games to come.

Have you played Tomb Raider Secret of the Sword yet?

What about Cashapillar?

The other thing to keep in mind and sometimes it can really pay well, is to play the older type aussie pokies at Microgaming casinos. I had a pretty eventful win a few weeks ago whilst playing at Casino Share if you've not played there yet they're giving away $2008 free, I mean totally free for 1 hours play. What you win you keep.

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New Player Online Pokie Bonuses

2008-05-19T20:22:00.002+10:00

If playing online pokies is a new thing for you, then you really should take advantage of the excellent new player deposit bonuses and no deposit bonus deals that are available to new online pokie players. Over at Free Aussie Pokies there is a great list of recommended microgaming casinos that offer some super sign-up bonuses.

With the addition of the Pokies Forum you'll find some hot no deposit bonuses that are sure to motivate you into giving online pokie machines a try out online. This is free casino cash it wont cost you a cent to claim these bonuses offers. We don't recommend any online casino if we'd don't play there. So although we don't have a mountain of new player online pokie bonuses, we can assure you that the free cash we have listed is from trustworthy online casinos.

As I've said before playing at aussie pokies venue is a mugs game, how on earth can you possibly expect to win anything decent when the pokie machines are wound up tighter that a fish's (you know what). However when you play online pokies with their average pay-out return percentage sitting at 95% then you have a good chance of hitting a nice pokie win. Even if you win, your cash is going to last a damn side longer than at any aussie pokie venue.

these days $50 at a Tatts Pokie Venue is lucky to last 15 min. Whereas online I've turned a $50 casino deposit into many $5,000 online pokie wins. Remember I used to play at pokie venues too, so I know what I talking about. It's my opinion that Tatts Pokies and Tabaret Pokies are no longer fair and will only drain your cash with little hope of a decent win, ever.

Why waste your hard earned money, when you can play online pokies and not only increase your chances of winning on the pokies but receive free bonus cash and ongoing loyalty bonus offers.

Online Pokies Forum

2008-05-19T05:35:00.004+10:00

Thought I'd make mention about the new pokie forum that is now attached to the Free Aussie Pokies web site. Although I've been playing online for years, it occurred to me that maybe other pokie players were not as familiar with what online casino are trustworthy and which are just plain rogue casinos.

Because the web site has limited space and because I want to keep this focused more towards free pokie games and other information like that, I decided to spend the day setting up online pokies forum. Of course I have other topics that are not just about blacklisted casinos.

I've also add some of my favourite places that I like to play online pokies and have added some super hot no deposit bonus offers to these casinos as well. Adding to that I'll be setting up some informative forums that will allow pokie players to interact with each other via the community forum. Swap tips and guides about online slots, pokies and just generalised information about playing online.

Anyway you should swing past and check out the online pokie forum when you have some spare time. Join the forum while your there. Of course like our free aussie pokie games the forum is free.

Progressive Online Pokie Jackpots

2008-05-17T23:31:00.006+10:00

On the 18'th April 2008 Klaus E. of Finland won an amazing $5.5 million dollars playing Mega Moolah a progressive online jackpot pokie. Even more amazing, Klaus was wagering only 50 cents a spin when he hit the record breaking $5.5 million on the Micograming jackpot slot.

The first online progressive jackpot slot Cash Splash was released by Microgaming in 1997. It was single line jackpot slot machine and was networked between all Microgaming powered casinos. Cash Splash now also offers a 5 reel 15 pay-line bonus jackpot slot version. With the average progressive jackpot being around $30,000.

If you enjoy playing online slot or aussie online pokies then you should consider giving the Microgaming progressive jackpots a spin. It's not an unusual event to see one of the smaller jackpot slots such as Cash Splash, Fruit Fiesta, WoW Pot or LotsaLoot being won by a very happy online pokie player.

Microgaming Bonus Slot - Tomb Raider Secret of the Sword

2008-05-16T17:04:00.003+10:00

In 2003 Microgaming released their version of the popular PC game Tomb Raider. With 5 reels and 15 pay lines this video slot machine grew popular among online slot players. The original bonus slot offered free spins and a pickem bonus feature.

After 5 years Microgaming has now released the new Tomb Raider bonus slot, Secret of the Sword. Offering 5 reels and 30 pay lines with a minimum bet of 1 cent a line. However this slot machine is anything but boring. The innovative animated reels produce action packed cut scenes for each bonus feature. The free spins are activate by the scatters and offer a super hold bonus which can escalate you wins 2x, 3x, 4x and up to a massive 5x your original pay line bet.

The passport feature round is activated by obtain 5 passports. In the bonus round you pick a destination on the globe and if you find the Tomb Raider artefact before busting you move onto the next destination. Pick a mystery bonus and you enter a secondary bonus slot screen to fight it out against an enemy.

In addition to these exciting bonus rounds there is also a random shootem up wild spin. When the Tomb Raider slot activates this level your given 5 free slot spins. Lara Croft swings through and randomly shoots a reel icon and this turns to a wild. 5 free spins and 5 wilds later your sure to be rewarded with some nice bonus slot wins.

What Microgaming have been able to do with the latest version of the Tomb Raider slot is amazing. I'm sure you'll also find many hours of action packed entertainment with Secret of the Sword.

Move Over Aristocrat 50 Lions Microgaming Cashapillar 100 Pay Lines Slot is Here

2008-05-15T23:22:00.010+10:00

The latest Microgaming online slot machine Cashapillar was released in May 2008. It surpasses even the monster 50 lions pay-out lines aussie pokie by 50 lines. Cashapillar has 100 pay-out lines and with its multi stacked wild featured and bonus round is sure to find many online pokie players trying this new Microgaming slot out in the weeks of May 2008.

Having played Cashapillar myself within hours of its online release, I must say I'm not overly impressed. To play all 100 pay lines will cost you a minimum bet of $1; that's 1 cent a line on all 100 active pay lines. My biggest concern is this online pokie machine can suck your bankroll in no time if you don't acquire a decent win. Because each pay line is only 1 cent at a $1 bet, it's not unusual to only get wins that amount to 20 cents or less. So each spin if your not losing your entire $1 bet your losing 80% of it or more.

The stacked wild feature is about the only way your going to have a decent win on Cashapillar.

Although the new Microgaming slot boasts a win up to 2,000,000 coins, that's at $20 a spin and I'd assume in the bonus round and by having all the wilds drop on all 100 pay lines.

Although I dropped $50 playing Cashapillar I did not get the bonus round once. In fact I these win I achieved was $12.50 . In my opinion spreading that win over 100 lines at $1 a spin to receive only $12.50 is not going to impress too many slots players. Although Cashapillar is a first for Microgaming, I think they could have done a lot better, or at least made a online pokie machine that was a little kinder to online slots players.

The closest aussie pokie that comes to mind is the Aristocrat pokie 50 Lions.
Although not one of my favourite pokies, it's possible to get a decent pay out even if your only betting 1cent or 2 cents a line.

Maybe Microgaming should go back to its bonus slots drawing board and design another super line slot fashioned on the 50 Lions pokie machine. Because although Cashapillar is a 100 line bonus slot it really doesn't offer any value to a slots player.

Winning at the Pokies

2008-05-15T21:05:00.004+10:00

If you must play at an aussie pokie venue then you need to maximise your winning chances. To do this there are a few simple pointers that will probably increase your chances of winning at the pokies.

Don't keep feeding a pokie game in the hope it will start to run hot. If it's cold then it will probably stay cold. If you you bet $1 a spin don't drop any more than $20 - $30 through a pokie machine if it is not paying. Also don't get suckered by lots of small wins either.

Depending on your normal bet size, drop $20 through the pokie and then either drop your bet or raise your bet and spend $10, then return to your normal betting. Keep following this method. If after 5 cycles the pokie machine goes cold move to another machine.

However the best way to really increase you pokies pay-outs is to use the gamble feature. I'd only use this option on smaller wins say $20 or less. You maybe feel comfortable with a less amount of a higher amount. That call is up to you.

When using the gamble feature of an aussie pokies machine keep in mind that the gamble goes in sequences, it's not as random as you may believe. Once you figure out the sequence you can generally win about 70% to 80% of the gamble wins you activate.

Lastly if you have a decent win or on the other hand have a shocker and end up winning back your loses of the day, do not be moron and pump it all back into the pokie machine. Collect your winnings and go home.

Aussie Pokies Pay Back Return Percentages

2008-05-13T12:00:00.002+10:00

There seems to be a misconception among some people that think because a pokie machine has say a 78% pay back return that it will return 78 cents for every dollar put through the pokie. Well that's just not right. The pay back percentage return on an aussie pokie is derived from two sets of data.

The data used to work out the percentage return of a pokie machine is as follows:

The total amount of cash put through a pokie as apposed to the amount of cash paid out. When I speak of total amounts I mean everything that is won, played, lost or money placed into each pokie machine.

To determine a pay-back percentage for an aussie pokie over a 24 hour period would deliver a false figure. So pokies normally have their pay-back percentages evaluated over a longer period of time. In so far as online pokies their pay-back return percentages are audited on a monthly basis. Least in the case of trustworthy online casino venues.

For now I thought it best to give a simple explanation of how an aussie pokie has its pay-back percentage figured out. I'll leave this by saying that just because a pokie machine may have an X% payout return, this does not mean that for each dollar placed through that pokie the play will receive X amount of dollars returned.

Aussie Pokies not The Great OZ Dream

2008-05-12T23:47:00.003+10:00

I can remember when pokie machines were first introduced in Victoria, they had a buzz about them, something like a kid with a new toy. It seemed this was the new meeting point of friends, a place to grab a couple of drinks and to sink a few bucks into these shiny new, brightly lit, colourful boxes that our NSW neighbours had been enjoying since 1956. Yes 1993 in Victoria the 1 arm bandits hit those streets in a big way. At the time I'm the Government were rubbing their hands with glee. After all they stood profit a nice tidy sum in tax revenue from the pokies.

A few years passed and the internet, though not as we know it today, had relatively just hit our shores. Like most things new it was labelled a fad. although by 2000 this fad was turning into a lucrative business for some, whilst for most it held high expectations & prospects of these rode high on the back of world wide web.

For the previous 3 years to 2000, online casinos had taken advantage of this new medium and were spreading like wild fire through the world wide web. Like most good things Governments seem to hold the opinion that citizen are mindless morons and can't make adult choices. So in 2000 the Federal Government of Australia introduced a Moratorium on Internet Gambling.

What I found most perplexing about the Internet Gambling Moratorium was at the time there was already a number of Australian Companies that held online casino businesses. There was also Lasseters Online Casino which was officially registered by the Northern Territory Government to operate an online casino. The problem is that no Aussie was legally allowed to gamble online at Lasseters Online Casino. The same set of rules applied to any online casino operated on Australian soil.

Fast forward to now 2008. As long as your 18 years of age you can walk into any pokie venue in Australia and place a bet of the pokies. However in retrospect you not allowed to place any bets on any pokies at any aussie online casino. Is it me or is there something wrong with that picture!

I used to play the aussie pokies heavily. Although I'm not a mathematicians, I realised that the percentage pay-back returns on pokies in clubs, casinos and pokie venues I was playing just didn't add up. I used to be able to make $50 last hours, but, in later years $50 would be lucky to last 15 min. Pokies, 1 arm bandits, slots call them what you will we all know they are a game of chance. More so you should know that is exactly what they are.

Still if an aussie pokie machine by law must be set to a minimum pay-back return of 78% and online pokies; online casino slots average a pay-back return of 95%, then I know exactly where my entertainment money is going to go. I've often wondered what the real reason is behind not allowing aussies to play online pokies at an aussie online casino. Of course I have my theories and yes they all have to do with tax.