Casino Player September 2022

FAVORITE VIDEO POKER This category has been a toss-up most years—the top choice varying between classic Jacks or Better, Deuces Wild or one of the four-of-a kind bonus video poker games. This year, readers chose Double Double Bonus Poker from IGT. Offering more potential jackpot payouts for premium hands than games like Jacks Or Better, Double Double Bonus Poker draws players in with the potential to turn a nice win into a major event, and even a hand pay. Yes, you give up a little elsewhere on the pay tables, but our readers think it’s worth it. And without a doubt, one thing our readers know is video poker. They know that picking the right pay schedule and learning perfect strategy is essential to lowering the house edge. Add in cash-back and with perfect strategy it’s a terrific game for players who want the best shot at walking away a winner.

FAVORITE PROGRESSIVE SLOT The top of this category belongs to the slot-maker IGT, the company that invented the wide-area progressive slot. And your favorite progressive slot comes as no surprise: Wheel Of Fortune, quite possibly the most popular progressive game of all time. Players will often choose a slot they feel a connection to, which historically made this machine a popular choice. For many, the Wheel of Fortune machines conjure up images of winning big money. The slot machines themselves are similar to the popular TV game. Players “spin the wheel,” each time in hopes of winning the jackpot, and lifelike effects of people chanting the name of the game create a nice ambiance. In more than two decades of reel spinning, Wheel of Fortune slots have made more than 1,100 millionaires, awarded more than $3.3 billion in jackpot prizes, seen more than 250 versions of the game, and paid out a record-setting $14.4 million jackpot in 2009 to a lucky player in Biloxi, MS.

❶ Double Double Bonus Poker, IGT ❷ Ultimate X, IGT ❸ Triple Double Bonus Poker, IGT ❹ Deuces Wild, IGT ❺ Ultimate X Gold, IGT

❶ Wheel of Fortune, IGT ❷ Lightning Link, High Stakes, Aristocrat Gaming ❸ Dancing Drums Explosion, Light & Wonder ❹ Dollar Storm, Aristocrat Gaming ❺ Buffalo Diamonds, Aristocrat Gaming

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