Tournament Information
If your new to slot tournaments you may think that they are all the same. Enter the tournament, spin the machine for a time, win as much money as possible and then wait to see who wins. While all those are true there are a few differences that you will want to consider. Slot tournaments can be broken down into three categories Free and Invitation tournaments, tournaments that require an entry fee and tournaments that profits the casino.Some casinos offer free tournaments to attract new players to their casino. These casinos are held on a weekly or even daily basis. Free tournaments are an excellent way for a new player to find out if playing in a slots tournament is of any interest to them. It is pretty clear that free tournaments offer great value.
Invitational tournaments are slot tournaments that require an invitation to enter. These tournaments are run as a reward to high rollers and loyal customers. These tournaments are not open to the general public and there is usually no entry fee required by the participants. If you are interested in being invited to a slots tournament make sure you join the slots club at your favorite casino.
Whether you play in an open tournament or an invitational slot tournament, anytime you can play for free it is an experience with a positive expectation. Nothing beats being able to enter a tournament for free, playing the slots for a few hours and possibly take home a prize. Even if you don't win, having the chance to play some slots for free is a great value and a lot of fun.
The second type of slots tournament is one which requires an entry fee. Typically these tournaments return all the entry fees as prizes, which means the prizes offered will be larger than those in free tournaments. The reason for holding these tournaments is the same as holding the free tournaments. To attract new players to their casino. Beside the chances of you not playing some slots while you are waiting for your session in the tournament is pretty slim. Every casino will post the tournament rules and the prize structures which will allow you to decide if the tournament is worth entering. Along with higher valued prizes most casino's offer a package for slot tournament players. These can include, a discount on hotel room, a party to welcome the players, free meals (lunch and/or dinner), tickets to a show, Awards banquet, door prizes and raffles. One slot tournament that was recently advertised had a draw for $1500 even before anyone had a chance at spinning their reels.
When deciding on whether to pay an entry fee for a slots tournament you will need to look at what they are offering and decide if it is worth the entry fee. Lets look at a recent slot tournament. The entry fee for the tournament was $275. This entry fee got you the chance to play in the tournament, an entry in a draw for $1 500, Breakfast, two lunches, a cocktail party and a dinner-show for yourself and a guest. Lets assume that breakfast would cost you about $10, each lunch would run $20 and the diner show is $80 per ticket (this was verified). So in extras you have gotten are worth about $190. So the tournament cost is about $85 and if you can finish in at least 60th position you win $250. All in all not bad value for the fun and excitement you will receive for this multi day tournament.
The last type of tournament is a casino profit tournament. These tournaments are held by a casino to make money. They take a substantial portion of the entry fee and usually will not offer any bonuses like discounted rooms, free meals etc. It's a good idea to avoid these tournaments. With free slot tournaments and pay tournaments that offer great prizes and extras there is no reason to accept a sub-standard slot tournament.
Slot tournaments are fun. Give it try.
