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The Lord Of The Rings Slots [.com] website is in no way endorsed by or affiliated with New Line Cinema, New
Line Productions Inc. or Warner Bros Digital Distribution and is a totally independent fan site dedicated to bringing you
the latest unofficial news regarding the Lord Of The RingsTM slots trilogy from Microgaming and the land-based version
developed by WMS. You must be Over 21 to view this site and play the LOTR slots.
There have been two Lord Of The Rings slot franchises granted to date.
Stop Press: September 6th 2011: The Lord Of The Rings "Fellowship" online slot by Microgaming has
now been de-commissioned and replaced by a new progressive jackpot version. Check out the video below. Unfortunately, because of the
progressive jackpot element, the free-play version of LOTR is now no longer available.
Lord Of The Rings Slots Online (Microgaming)
One LOTR slot franchise was issued to the online casino software provider Microgaming who are bringing the
LOTR slots online, the first of which was released in 2010,
then pulled and re-releasd with a progressive jackpot in 2011! Don't ask me why LOL.
In January 2010, Microgaming announced the licence to release a trilogy of Lord Of The Rings slots (based on the movies
which seems to becoming a more common theme what with Playtech's King Kong Slot and
the amazing Gladiator) through a deal
with Warner Bros Digital Distribution who are responsible for licensing deals for New Line Cinema as I understand
it. September 2010 saw the release the the first of these games, "The Lord Of The Rings -
The Fellowship Of The Ring".
The online version of the Lord Of The Rings isn't just exclusive to Microgaming casinos as it turns out. Because they
produced a Flash version too, it is now also part of the games suites at Virgin Casino and also available in the Games section at Bet365.
Lord Of The Rings Land-Based Slot Machine (WMS)
The other licence was issued to WMS Gaming who make massively popular land based slot games like Zeus,
Wizard Of Oz and Star Trek and they subsequently issued a PR stating their
Lord Of The Rings slot game would be released in Q4, 2010. In fact, the first WMS Lord Of The Rings slots started appearing
in land-based casinos at the start of July of the same year, slightly ahead of schedule. The WMS LOTR slot is based on their superb
Star Trek vibrating-seat slot concept which you may have seen in Vegas. I played that one myself and it is awesome
with it's special chair rigged up with surround sound in the headrest! Read More:
WMS LOTR Slots.
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About The Casinos
The online casinos selected above all have the Lord Of The Rings slots from Microgaming.
I've selected these because I have played at each of them myself and know them to be safe,
reliable casinos each using the excellent Microgaming software platform available as both a download version
or in Instant Play (Flash) mode via your web browser. Please note that, as at the time of writing, American
players are not accepted at Microgaming casinos and consequently are unable to play the LOTR slots online.
If you choose the download option rather than the Instant Play casino at each of the above, it will take
longer to instal but will give you two benefits: firstly the download version has around 100 extra slot
games (both versions have the Lord Of The Rings slot) and you'll also get the Microgaming module for playing
slot tournaments. I expect the LOTR slots will
play a part in these at some stage. There are several freeroll and sit 'n' go slot tournaments every day.
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Apart from imagery, there do appear to be similarities between the WMS version being released into
land-based casinos and the online version from Microgaming. Each contains stacked wilds and a range
of bonus features including free spins along with footage from the New Line Cinema film itself. The
WMS slot machine in fact contains 8 unlockable bonus rounds which should be interesting.
Microgaming's LOTR online slot game (well, actually there will be 3 eventually as they are developing a whole trilogy of
Lord Of The Rings slots) is a 243-line slot (pays all ways basically) and is based on their Thunderstruck 2
engine. Again it features bonus rounds and free spins. Although side-by-side, these two slots
look substantially different, there are obvious similarities in graphical and audio elements.
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