Top 5 Online Pokies We Recommend Trying
Unfortunately, Australian players can’t access the full array of pokies that they might like to or indeed used to. Major Australian providers such as Aristocrat may be popular in the land-based venues, but their titles are mightily tough to find online due to regulations and restrictions.
Fortunately, there are plenty of other great pokies to play. Some of these come from providers who offer a similar gaming experience to Aristocrat. We’ve put together a list of five top online pokies which Australians love, and which we highly recommend you have a punt on.
Wolf Treasure
Wolf Treasure is a pokie which debuted in 2019 from IGTech. This release has become something of a success story since it debuted, and is remarkably similar to the Aristocrat pokies you can find in land-based venues.
Stakes cost between AUD$0.25 and AUD$125 a pop in this wolf-themed release, which offers up the usual scatters and wilds.
Up to 5 free spins can be won if scatters appear on the reels, with the second, third and fourth reels locked together with colossal icons in this round. Players will also note that three fixed jackpot prizes can be won, too, when “money symbols” appear on the reels of a “money re-spin” bonus.
Caishen’s Fortune
Caishen’s Fortune is an Asian-themed release and one which focuses its gameplay on a 243 ways to win payline structure. A lucrative RTP (return to player) rate of 96.25% is appealing, and so, too, is the decent non-progressive jackpot the game carries. Affordable to play and with relatively medium-low variance, Caishen’s Fortune is a game which is open to seemingly all.
A few features are worked into the pokie’s design, too, not least a free spins bonus round. That round is preceded by a click and win feature, where players could snap up a handful of multipliers (and further spins) to help them finish the job of landing a fair and modest non-progressive prize.
Sakura Fortune
The legendary Sakura Fortune pokie is famous the world over and has become a particular hit with many Australian players. Played over 40 lines and 5 reels, the pokie is themed on a Japanese princess. It costs as little as AUD$0.20 and has an impressive return to player rate of 96.5%.
Special mention must be made of the princess wild, and she appears stacked on the reels. This is a pokie which offers Aussies both re-spins and free spins. Stacked and expanding icons play an essential role in assisting players in winning a non-progressive haul which is worth over 100x a line bet. When pokie features are as prosperous as this, it is little surprise to see that Sakura Fortune is a big hit down under.
Panda Panda
This 243 ways to win pokie is one of the cheapest pokies you can play, costing between AUD$0.01 and AUD$20 a game. Suitable for low-rollers, the 3D pokie is naturally panda-themed and packs a punch with stacked wilds, and randomly triggered splitting wilds which can count for two symbols. There is also a free spin game which can see wilds appearing in place of scatters, before travelling across the reels.
Panda Panda is designed to mimic Aussies’ favourite land-based games, and to that end, there is a gamble feature included. It can be triggered following any win. A simple “guess the card” feature follows, which can potentially double your winnings.
FarmVille 2
You may be familiar with FarmVille and FarmVille 2 as iconic Facebook games, which were launched a few years back by Zynga. They have since become leading online pokies. FarmVille2 features plenty of imagery from its social media-based predecessor, but dishes out a fair few new and original goodies, too.
The pokie is played over 5 reels and 25 lines. The free spin feature in the game can see symbols collected upon the reels. Those collected symbols then deliver further features, based on how many are in the kitty, and these can include wild reels. The popular pokie also promises a gamble feature amongst its goodies.
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