The 2014 World Cup is finally about to begin! Tonight sees the first match of the tournament with hosts Brazil, who are the heavy favorites to win the tournament, facing Croatia.
The whole world has been counting down the days for the tournament to begin and several online casinos have been running incredible promotions to celebrate the event – such as Mr Green’s World Cup promotion which rewarded one lucky player with a package to the final simply for playing on the Football Star slot machine, which you can learn more about below.
With World Cup fever in the air we thought it would be a good time to look at some of the best football-themed online slot machines you can play while watching the World Cup – and hopefully winning some money as you do. We consider Football Frenzy, Soccer Safari, and Football Star to be the top football-themed slots and you can learn more about each one below.
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Football Frenzy
Football Frenzy is one of the latest football-themed slot machines to be released and it is powered by Realtime Gaming meaning USA players can also enjoy it. It is actually one of the more complex RTG slot machines as it has so many symbols and features but it contains 5 reels, 50 paylines and can be played for just $0.50 per spin up to a maximum of $250. Interestingly there are two modes to select from, either Lucky or Striker, which increases your chances of winning. Whichever mode you select will determine how the ‘Free Kick Free Spins’ feature is activated but our favorite feature is the Penalty Kick bonus round. This sees you take a penalty and for every one scored you move up a multiplier ladder. It begins at zero and goes all the way up to 100x your bet for 8 penalty goals, though combined with the other features it actually has a maximum payout of 900x your bet.
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Soccer Safari
The Soccer Safari slot machine from Microgaming was released back in 2010 for the World Cup which was based in South Africa, hence the animal theme in Soccer Safari. Like most Microgaming slots it contains 5 reels and 30 paylines, with coin value from 0.01 up to 0.20 and up to 20 coins can be bet meaning a potential total of €120 per spin is available. As the title suggests, animals are used as symbols with an Elephant, Lion, Zebra, Rhino and several others all featured. It’s the ‘Go for Goal’ bonus feature which Soccer Safari is so popular for – an exciting bonus game which can reward players with up to 60,000 coins. You will be one-on-one with the goalkeeper with four options on where to hit your penalty (bottom left, top left, top right or bottom right) and should you manage to score you will win lots of coins and your team mates will throw you in the air in celebration.
View our Soccer Safari slot machine review
Football Star
The Football Star slot machine was recently released by Microgaming in anticipation for the 2014 World Cup and has been very popular amongst real money online slots players. Football Star has a 5×3 grid design and is a 243-ways slot game – just like the new Terminator 2 slot. The symbols contain basically designed football players performing different actions (for example a Goalkeeper diving to make a save, and Defender heading the ball) but don’t let the appearance fool you – this is a very rewarding slot machine which contains a maximum win of £105,000. The most exciting and rewarding features in Football Star are the collapsing reels (when you land a winning combination the symbols will disappear and be replaced by new ones giving you another chance of landing a win) and the free spins feature where you can get 15-25 free spins and there are multiplier levels of 1x up to 10x which proves to be really rewarding.
