Playtech Soccer Themed Online Slots

Published: April 25, 2014

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The 2014 FIFA World Cup is just round the corner and all soccer fans are gearing up for this greatest spectacle on earth. Over the next few months the leading software providers to online casinos will release new soccer themed slot games. Alongside, the existing games will also started drawing traffic. This article traces how the soccer themed online slots from Playtech have evolved.

Football Rules was among the earliest soccer themed online slots. Various aspects of soccer are used as symbols on the reels. Win animations were not that common then, but being a sports based slot game of Football Rules has some. The goalie dives to stop the ball and the referee flashes the red card. There is a bonus game on the second screen that simulates a penalty kick. You select a spot in the goal and kick the ball there. If the goalie concedes the goal you will be awarded free spins with a multiplier.

Playtech Top Trumps changed the landscape of soccer themed online slots by introducing the exact likenesses of well-known players as symbols on the reels. Playtech offers two online slots in this series Top Trumps Football Legends features superstars of yesteryears like Charlton, Platini and Beckenbauer. Pele is the wild symbol. Top Trumps World Football Stars features the popular players at the time of the release of the game. World Football Stars has another feature that was considered innovative at that time. You can choose two competing teams from the list provided. The players of one team pay left to right and those of the second team pay right to left.

Because of the popularity of this feature, Playtech repeated it in another soccer themed slot machine titled Football Fans. The high value card symbols are then painted with colors of that country’s flag. The features in this slot game are more exciting and innovative. In the bonus game, after every respin a penalty kick randomly turns up to three symbols on the reels into wilds. The Grab A Beer feature requires you to place a golden circle on any of the 15 spots on the reels. If the beer symbol appears under the circle after the reels stop, you win three times the total bet.

Gender equality rules, and the latest soccer themed slot from Playtech features sexy girls in skimpy outfits. The title is Benchwarmer Football Girls. In the bonus game on the second screen you pick footballs and the girls will appear and award bonus credits. The free spins round introduces the innovative Benchwarmer feature. You select one of the girls, which will appear full length on the first reel. The other girls will be replaced by the chosen one on the remaining reels.

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