Online Slots with a Free Spins Bonus

Every slot player that I know loves to play for free with the chance of winning real money. While this sounds too good to be true it is in fact a reality with games that have a free spin bonus feature. In this article we take a look at the best online slots with this type of bonus feature.

It was not until late 2003 that we saw the first game with a free spin feature appear online. Since then there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of games. Today there are so many games that we have given them an entire category in the bonus feature slots section.

Top 7 Games with a Free Spin Bonus

Thunderstruck (Microgaming)
The first Microgaming slot to offer free spins. Thunderstruck was an instant hit with players. It comes in coin sizes as low as a penny and offers a wide range of betting options. Three scattered rams triggers 15 free spins with all wins paid at triple the pay table value. Top jackpot is 150,000 coins.

20,000 Leagues (Wagerlogic)
20,000 Leagues is a five reel, nine line game that gives you the opportunity to win up to 40 free games on a single spin. All wins are tripled and the free games can be re-triggered an unlimited amount of times.

Cleopatra's Gold (Real Time Gaming)
Identical to the Queen of the Nile video slot from Aristocrat. The Cleopatra's Gold video slot awards 15 free spins when you hit three or more scattered pyramids anywhere on the reels. The feature can be re-triggered and the game is also connected to a random progressive jackpot link.

Desert Treasure (Playtech)
Featuring the widest betting limits on the net. Desert Treasure lets you get in on the free spin action for as little as 20 cents a spin or as much as $1000 a game. Three of the scattered princess symbols award 15 free spins with all wins tripled. Top jackpot is 10,000 coins multiplied by your line bet.

Avalon (Microgaming)
The Avalon five reel, twenty line video slot offers an additional bonus on the free spins. Get three or more scatters and you win 12 free games with all wins tripled and extra wilds added to the reels. The addition of the extra wilds make the free spins an even more profitable bonus.

Tomb Raider (Microgaming)
Based on the video games and motion pictures. The Tomb Raider video slot has two bonus games one of which is a free spin bonus. Hit three or more scattered Lara Croft symbols and you win 10 games with wins tripled. Top jackpot on the free games is a staggering 112,500 coins.

Harvey's (Microgaming)
The Harvey's video slot ups the ante in terms of free spins and multipliers. Hit the scattered champagne bottles on reels two and four and you win from between 5 and 30 free spins. At the end of each spin you get a random multiplier of between 2 and a massive 25 times.

Some Quick Tips for Free Spin Slots
As always we suggest that you become familiar with the game rules and pay table of the slot your are going to play. This way you know what you are looking for to get the bonus round and / or the different jackpot pays.

You will find that all slots offering free game bonuses will play the free games at the bet level you were playing when you hit the feature. We highly recommend playing one or two higher spins than your usual bet every so often. This way if you are lucky enough to hit a feature your wins will be huge.