Game, Set And Match At Centre Court

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This weekend Roger Federer won the French open at Roland Garros and created history. He not only equaled Pete Sampras' record of 14 grand slam titles but also became only the sixth person in the open era of tennis to win all four grand slam titles. The scene will now shift to the grass courts of Wimbledon later this month, where Federer will have the opportunity to exhibit his expertise at the centre court and overtake Sampras' record. The Wimbledon is the grandest of all grand slams and the only one to be played on grass. On the occasion of this popular tennis event Microgaming has released an online video slot with a Wimbledon theme, called Centre Court.

Centre Court is a five reel and nine payline slot game. The coin denominations range from $0.01 to $0.25. A player can wager up to 10 coins per payline. The reels are set in the background of the green grass of the Centre Court. The symbols on the reels are typical icons from tennis. There are four different tennis players, two male and two female. The tennis players can be seen executing various forehand and backhand strokes. One of the symbols depicts the Match Point logo. High value card symbols from nine to ace are also present. These symbols show tennis accessories like the cap, the wristband and the tennis ball. The main symbols however are the Centre Court Trophy and the Tennis Ball. The Centre Court Trophy symbol is the wild symbol and it substitutes for other symbols in order to make up winning combinations. Five of these symbols in an enabled payline offer a payout of 1,000 coins. The Tennis Ball is the scatter symbol. Two or more Tennis Ball symbols anywhere on the reels offer scatter payouts. Five Tennis Ball symbols offer scatter payout of 500 coins. This is multiplied by the total bet to convert to credits. Three or more Tennis Ball symbols also trigger the free spins bonus round. 18 free spins are offered at a mystery multiplier that can vary from 2x to 5x. The free spins can be retriggered. A novel feature of the free spins round is that the wild symbol often appears as a stacked symbol across the entire reel. This increases the possibility of payouts. Centre Court also offers Microgaming's popular gamble game. In this game players have the option to try to double their winnings by guessing the color or quadruple their winnings by guessing the suit. If they fail however to guess correctly then they will lose the amount won in the spins.

Some of the symbols in Centre Court show animations. The Centre Court Trophy zooms to a close-up and its lid lifts. The letters of the Match Point logo symbol also dance around. The best animation however is with the Tennis Ball symbol. When triggering the free spins bonus round the Tennis Ball starts bouncing. There is an opportunity lost in creating animations for this online slot game. With tennis players as symbols on the reels there could have been animated tennis strokes. Another lost opportunity arises from the absence of a bonus game on the second screen. Any sporting event based slot is perfect for this kind of bonus game. Center Court can be played at all Microgaming online casinos.

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