Performance data captured from 29 of the best online casino sites across Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and West Virginia show some interesting shifts in the past month for the top ranked slot games.
The data is compiled monthly by research and consulting firm Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, LLC (EKG), based in Irvine, California. Known as Eilers-Fantini Online Game Performance Report, EKG released a page from the September 2022 report recently. The full report can be purchased on their website.
Focusing on the top five on the list for September (using data through August), 88 Fortunes from Light & Wonder remains the top-ranking real money slots app option, followed by Design Works Gaming's 10x Fortune (previously ranked 15th), Evolution's Bonanza (previously second) and Extra Chilli (remained fourth), then IGT's Kitty Glitter (up from 144th).
Six unique suppliers are represented in the top 10 showing continued variety in the segment: Light & Wonder, Design Works Gaming, Evolution, IGT, Reel Play and AGS. The ranking are based on theoretical win, or a player’s expected house win based on the amount bet.
In the top 25, the following manufacturers are represented: Light & Wonder 5; IGT 4; Design Works Gaming, Evolution and Greentube 3 each; Everi and Reel Play 2 each; AGS, Bragg Gaming Group and Gaming Realms 1 each.
88 Fortunes is a Far East Asian culture themed slot game that gives you a good chance at hitting big jackpots. Ranked No. 1 in the August and September reports, 88 Fortunes is not only one of the best casino slot games to play, but also a fortune symbol in Chinese culture.
Originally produced purely for an Asian land-based casino, the game has four progressive jackpots you could hit. Minimum bet starts at $0.88 and goes to a maximum of $88.00. The grand jackpot tops out around $200,000.
Line up the “Fu Bat Jackpot” symbols for big wins as this is where the four progressive jackpots can be won on the best casino apps available in states with iGaming.
The 10x Fortune game is a classic slot with three main reels and one multiplier reel. When you play the slot online, you can trigger up to 10x multipliers with the additional reel.
If you can land the bonus symbol on the first three positions of a line, you’ll get 10 free games to play. Minimum bet is $0.25 with maximum at $500. The jackpot comes in at $150,000.
The developer behind this slot is Design Works Gaming. The red lucky 7s take center stage and act as the highest paying symbols on the reels, except for the wild symbol of course.
Down one spot from the previous month, Bonanza will test your luck at striking gold in a rural mining theme slot game backed by some very entertaining music.
This game will have you busting rock after rock as cascading reels fall to make a winning combination. Minimum bet is $0.20 with maximum $20. The game has a great collection of emerald, sapphire and ruby gemstone symbols, along with numbers and letters to match for small wins.
Maximum jackpot is in the range of $200,000. Scatter symbols are represented as gold bars with the letters G O L D written on them. Spell out GOLD and you will trigger the free spins round which changes the background.
Ranked No. 4 for August and September, Extra Chilli offers players a chance to spice things up. This is a six-reeled slot game. Collect scatter symbols to trigger the free spins round for unlimited win multipliers, or buy the free play session with the Feature Drop Buy button.
The game background sits in the middle of a Mexican flea market. The highest-paying symbols are the chilis, dishing out wins in purple, red, blue, and green. Typical card symbols of letters and numbers are low paying wins.
This game’s minimum bet is $0.40 with a maximum of $25. Spell out HOT with the golden letter scatters for free spins.
Ranked No. 144 the previous month but now at No. 5 is Kitty Glitter. This is a 5-reel, 30-payline slot game with a feline friendly theme that features all the cool cats. The game includes Persians, Siamese, Tabbies, and Calico cats pictured on the tiles.
A Bowl of Diamonds is the scatter symbol. You will trigger the free spins by getting three or more Bowls of Diamonds scatter symbols. You will be rewarded with 15 free spins. Free spins re-trigger can reach a maximum of 225.
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