Most people learn to play Monopoly when they’re very young, usually in the confines of their own home, taught how to trade property and charge fees by their parents. Is Monopoly really a family game however, as it teaches people the cut-throats practices of ruthless business in order to squeeze a player out of the game with bankruptcy and sky high rents. Whilst many may argue that this is how the world works is it really a suitable game to teach our children?

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There are many big slot games about these days. You really have to ask however, what do people mean when they talk about a ‘big’ slot game? Are they asking about prizes and how much money can be won from any particular game, or are they talking about the physical size of the actual game, looking at factors like how many reels does it have or how much space does the game occupy?

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Everyone remembers Star Trek as the classic show of space exploration starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Whilst these two guys might not have ever reached the starlight successes that they had during the Star Trek years, the show has gone on to much greater things, spawning a number of spin off series including The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine and a new film that recasts new actors in the roles of Scotty, Spock, Jim Kirk and Lt Uhuru. It’s this new film that’s been used for the basis of a new IGT reel game unsurprisingly named the Star Trek slot.
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New York is a big pond with some pretty big fish swimming about in it. When you look at the combined value of all the property in this beautiful city it’s an unimaginable amount. This city is home to two of the biggest players in its property market, Donald Trump and Uncle Pennybags (or as he’s sometimes known, Mr Monopoly), but which of these two tycoons is the biggest?

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If you love gambling then you’ll love the TV gameshow, Who wants to be a Millionaire? It was the game show that brought big money quiz shows into the public eye and made all other shows seems tight-fisted by comparison. Since it’s heyday in the early 2000’s the show has dropped off the radar a little, especially as many other shows have now caught up with their big budget prizes, such as The Million Pound Drop. However, one place you can still experience all the thrills and spills of climbing the money ladder to the million is on the Who wants to be a Millionaire slot.

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