Slots that offer cheaper wagering options

It is not surprising that one of the most popular forms of online entertainment at the moment is online casino gaming and online slots.

However, it is also a time for individuals to be prudent with what they spend and as such, I can see slot games that can be played for micro stakes being among the most popular games over the coming months.

Fortunately, there are a wide range of games that offer people precisely this. In this article, we are going to take a look at some of the games you can play relatively cheaply per spin, with the proviso that you would have just a small amount of money to spend per day and you want to get the best value for that possible.

• Demo games

The first place to start, if you want to play slots but are not bothered about wagering your own cash, is to understand that at all of our casinos (see the Where to Play page), you can play slots for free without having to spend a single penny of your own cash. Many casinos will offer players the chance to play top slot games for free using a Free Chip, or Free Spins. We don't promote such offers on MegaMoolah.com because no casinos offer any Free Chips or Free Spins on the Mega Moolah. However you can find plenty of such offers on SureWinner.com.

You can also play the new Wheel of Wishes slot in free-play mode. We have setup a page here for you to do just that, or you can visit WheelOfWishes.net. Of course, the down side to playing in free-mode is that any payouts you win are also only available in the pretend casino cash you are using to play the slot, but if you are a keen fan of slot games and want to play games but you are stuck at home, this is by far the best option.

• Retro-styled slots

Retro styled games are slots that are designed to resemble the look and feel of games that were particularly popular in the 1970s, 80s and 90s, at the dawn of the Microchip age. That means they tend to be three reel games (although not exclusively) and some only have a couple of pay lines in play. This does make them relatively inexpensive to play as fewer pay lines need to be covered.

The retro gaming arena is a huge one now for companies and there are a huge variety of games available, some designed to play like a retro slot, or ones that celebrate a retro theme, such as the recent release Attack on Retro.

Some other retro styled games you can try, if you can find them at your choice of casino include:

• Royal 777
• Diamond 777
• 1 Arm Bandit
• Fruit Salad
• Megaspin 7
• Pub Fruity
• Bars and Stripes
• Retro Reels
• Seven 7s

It should be pointed out that retro slots do not necessarily mean cheaper slots to play. Some retro games can be as expensive to play as a modern slot, however if you can find one with selectable pay lines then the chances are it will be an affordable one to play.

• Low Pay Line games

With the introduction of 243 Ways to Win slots, some ears ago, there's also slots with 512 Ways to Win and even 1024 Ways to Win. However, at the other end of the scale, there are slot games that have just a small number of pay lines in play.

There are an excellent selection of older games that have just 9 pay lines in play and some of those also have very low variance, which means that you can win relatively frequently on the games too, which will help you maintain your balance on the slot for more spins than a 5.00 budget would ordinarily allow.

Some of the games in this genre to take a look at that are still available to play today include the following:

• Break Da Bank Again Respins
• Deco Diamonds
• Thunderstruck
• and many others.

In addition to those 9-pay line slots, there's also Agent Jane Blonde Returns, which has 15 lines, but is playable at 0.05 per spin. There's also a number of recent games that offer just 10 pay lines in play and which can be played from 0.10 per spin, this includes the games Aurora Wilds, Attack on Retro, Book of Oz, Book of Atem, Ancient Fortunes Zeus and Banana Odyssey.

• Cheap progressive jackpot slots

If you are willing to stretch to a little more per spin than the numbers quoted in the articles above, then one option for you is the new progressive jackpot slot Wheel of Wishes. This latest slot game allows players to play for just 0.10 per spin, which is one of the cheapest progressive jackpot games around. Certainly with a massive top jackpot prize of over 2 million it is quite appealing.

Admittedly, for your 0.10 spin, you won't be able to access Power Mode in the Wheel of Wishes slot at the minimum bet for this is 1.00 per spin, but given that you can activate a Power Spin relatively frequently, your 5.00 worth of spends on this slot would give you 50 base game spins, where you stand a chance of at least netting some other wins to help boost the bank balance.