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Novomatic’s Indian Spirit slot game has a strong Nativ American theme. The design is simple, but nicely done. Graphics and details aren’t done too realisticly, but this production is bringing some old class among the slots. Cowboys and Indians – who did not like them as a child? The world of this people, their way of life, and their fighting spirit have always fascinated us with freedom and justice. In the Indian Spirit Slot of Novomatic, you can also prove your fighting spirit and be a member of the Redskins at Indian Spirit Online. The Indian Chief brings you the best chances of winning during your exciting adventure. This slot is similar to Columbus Deluxe.

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Inside the domed, tent-topped casino, bright lights flash, chimes ring and drums spin on 1,600 slot machines with names like 'Blazing 7,' 'Movie Star' and 'Winning for Dummies.' A 25-cent slot lists a $1,198 jackpot, while the $1-a-play progressive slot 'Megabucks' shows a jackpot of $7.8 million and counting upward right before players' eyes. In general, though, it appears that the table games are more generous, while slots are a bit tighter at Indian casinos. The vibe is different at your local casino. Image Credit: linkedin.com.

Themed Icons

Players are going to see symbols that include the Chief, the Soaring Eagle, Dream Catcher, a canoeing Brave, fire symbol and so many more other Native American themed symbols. This machine also offers the standard playing cards symbols: 9, 10, J, Q, K and Ace. The Dream Catcher icon behaves like the Wild icon, which can replace all other icons, except fot the Soaring Eagle. The Soaring Eagle is the Scatter, in the case of this game.

How To Play?

Indian Spirit slot machine game has five reels and 20 paylines. The number of lines can be changed, so you are betting per line. Betting goes from one to 500 coins, wich means that the max bet is 10.000 coins. This is a medium to high volatility machine so wins won’t be very frequent and will mostly be of a small size. Autoplay option is included. Just click and hold on „spin“ and autoplay is going to activate. Hitting it again will stop the reels from spinning. You can set the number of rounds, loss limit, or you can select a value that will stop autoplay when a single win exceeds or is equal to. Both spin and autoplay will set the reels in motion. I recommend players to set winlines to the full amount. That way you can’t miss out on any potential winning combos.

Scatters and Wilds

The earring style Dream Catcher symbol is the game’s Wild. It can substitute for every other symbol except Scatter, in this case that is a soaring Eagle. It doesn’t offer any payouts, but making winning combos is so much easier with it.
The soaring eagle is the Scatter. If you land three of these anywhere on reels two, three and four, Free Games feature will be activated and you will be awarded with ten free spins. The added extra here is the addition of extra Dream Catcher Wild symbols throughout the feature. Hope to see those eagles fly onto the reels too as they can re-trigger more free spins, with up to 20 available. By placing the maximum bet during the game, players also have the option of attempting the double up gamble game.

While the free spins feature is running for free online Indian Spirit slot machine, Dream Catcher Wild will be enabled. You can earn as much 600 times your bet.

Who Can Play This Machine?

Play Indian Spirit free slot online. It is available for iPhone, Android, and Blackberry users, as well. You can download the ‘Free Slots’ app, powered by Slotozilla, by using the Play store. Before playing a real money version, you need to check if this version is allowed in your country.

If allowed, you have to make a deposit into your virtual account. When you have your real money coins, try to win real money jackpot! But this version can only be used by adults. Minors cannot play for real money.

CASINOS: Sovereignty keeps financial reports from state, public

November 24, 20033

By GUY KOVNER THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

© The Press Democrat

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Patrons at California Indian casinos are pouring about $130 million a day into 52,600 slot machines. How much they are reaping in return and whether the payoff is better across the state line in Nevada is one of the central issues in the competition for the gambling dollar.

Nevada pays almost 95 cents of every dollar dropped into slots back to players, and it must account for every nickel in reports to the state. California has no such records, leaving gamblers at the state's 54 tribal casinos guessing and state policy-makers in the dark.

Indian casinos are located on sovereign territory, with most rules and enforcement handled by the tribes themselves. Their financial reports go to a federal agency, which doesn't share the details with the state or the public.

Tribal leaders say their casinos pay out as much as Nevada's. A Nevada gaming expert maintains the return is probably lower, but there is no independent verification for any claim.

'There's no way to know,' said Bill Thompson, gaming expert and professor of public administration at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Millions of gambler dollars are at stake because slots, from nickel-a-pull games to progressive machines with multimillion-dollar jackpots, account for the bulk of casino gaming revenues: 67 percent in Nevada; 80 percent to 90 percent in California.

Some Nevada gaming analysts say their state's 185,000 slots are more generous -- 'looser' in gaming parlance -- than California's, contending that stiff competition drives Nevada's odds in the player's favor.

Nevada casinos advertise as much as a 97 percent payback, with some machines set above 100 percent, Thompson said. Casinos advertise the rates to draw customers, and the 100 percent machines are scattered on the casino floor.

Nevada's Gaming Control Board polices casino advertising and constantly checks slot machine performance, said Joanie Jacka, administrative coordinator for the agency.

The state won't allow anyone to claim the 'loosest machines in town,' Jacka said, because individual casino payback rates aren't made public. Nevada reports slot payback by area, such as Las Vegas, Reno and Tahoe, and by type of machine, from 5 cent to $100 games. 'Our machines pay the most of any in the United States,' Thompson said.

Atlantic City slots return 91 percent to 92 percent to players, and New Jersey doesn't allow casinos to advertise their odds, he said.

In contrast, California's 54 casinos enjoy what Thompson calls a 'local monopoly,' sheltering them from competition and allowing a slot machine payback he estimates at 85 percent.

A tribal casino executive says there's no way the payoff could be poorer in the Golden State. 'You'd have a big empty room,' said Anthony Miranda, who runs the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Riverside County, one of California's largest gaming halls.

Tribal casinos pay back an average of 95 percent to 96 percent, keeping only 4 percent or 5 percent and depending on high volume, meaning heavy play at the machines, to make a profit, Miranda said.

'If we had 80 percent payout games, our customers would be flocking to Nevada,' he said. Miranda declined to cite Pechanga's payback, but said it was 'comparable to Nevada.'

A computer chip in every machine controls the payback rate. In Nevada, state officials test the machines before and after they are placed on a casino floor, assuring they meet the state's 75 percent minimum payback. Competition forces casinos to sweeten the pot considerably.

The payback varies, from 93.8 percent last year on the Las Vegas Strip to 95.35 percent in Sparks, one of the best rates in the state, according to Nevada Gaming Control Board reports. Reno casinos paid back 95.02 percent; South Shore Lake Tahoe, 94.23 percent; and North Shore, 94.62 percent.

Payback rate improves with the stakes: Nevada's nickel slots returned 92 percent to players, while $25 machines paid back 96.7 percent.

Patrons dropped $115 billion into Nevada slots last year, and the casinos kept $6.3 billion, about 5.5 percent. Keeping another 1 percent of the total would have added more than $1 billion to the casinos' coffers.

California tribal casinos do not make public how much they are making and paying back from slot machines, but state officials and other experts say slot machines earn casinos $250 a day, or $13 million a day statewide. If that represents 10 percent of the money put in by players, assuming a 90 percent payback, then $130 million a day -- $47.5 billion a year -- is pouring into the machines.

Tribal casinos submit annual independent audits, including slot machine payout, to the National Indian Gaming Commission, a federal regulatory agency.

The agency doesn't share the financial data with states, said Greg Bergfeld, who works in the national commission's Sacramento office.

California casinos' slot payback rate is 'very competitive with Nevada,' he said.

'There is no verification,' said Cheryl Schmit, director of Stand Up for California, a gambling watchdog group.

The only statistics released by the national commission are tribal gaming revenues by region, including one region that essentially covers California. Gaming revenue for fiscal year 2002 in California was $3.6 billion, up 24 percent, or more than $700 million, from the previous year, according to the national commission.

Critics say the tribes are too conservative in calculating their revenues. The state says tribal gaming revenue is $5 billion to $6 billion a year.

River Rock Casino, which opened amid controversy last fall in Alexander Valley, offers a payback 'similar to those in Nevada,' said spokesman Dave Reiseman. He didn't cite a specific figure.

Two players said they think Nevada offers better odds.

'I think they pay better in Nevada,' said Pedro Fernandez of Santa Rosa, who said he puts about $50 in the slots on his visits to River Rock.

James King of Santa Rosa said he has 'done pretty well' at River Rock, including a recent $1,700 jackpot. But he used to go to Reno once a month 'and it always seems I did a little better there.'

Even if River Rock slots are less generous, King said there's a big difference in time and money between a four-hour, 170-mile drive over the Sierra to Reno and a 20-minute trip to Alexander Valley.

Convenience is a significant economic factor, which may erase the difference in slot payback between distant Nevada and casinos near a Californian's home, Thompson said.

No matter how high the payback, there's no guarantee a player will profit from pumping money into a machine. By continued playing -- a process known in gambling parlance as 'the grind' -- machines will usually take it all.

If the experience lasts long enough, it may not matter. 'People tend to put in all their money anyway -- they're just buying time,' Thompson said.

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King said that when he hit the $1,700 jackpot, he left while he still had $1,200. 'In the long run you always end up losing more than you win,' he said.