Added: January 8, 2015
Though it has been quite some time since an Australian has won the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament, this sporting event draws a huge following. Australian online casino players can enjoy some tennis themed pokies games while waiting for the tournament to begin at Melbourne on January 19.
Tennis Stars from the software provider Playtech is a 40 payline pokie machine with four rows of symbols across the reels. The main symbols are the male and female tennis players. Other symbols associated with the sport are tennis shoes and tennis balls. The trophy is the wild symbol. If it appears on reels 2, 3 and 4 at the same time then you win a bonus payout of 10 times the triggering bet and also 15 free spins at tripled payouts. The tennis rackets symbol triggers the Championship Bonus round. You first decide whether you want to be represented by the male tennis player or the female tennis player. Your chosen player will play against the computer. You then choose the type of serve you want the player to execute. Your player will always win, but your payout multiplier will depend on the game score and on the number of aces served. Tennis Stars is live at all Playtech online casinos like Mansion Casino and Omni Casino.
The Microgaming tennis themed pokie game at Australian online casinos is Centre Court. This is a 9 payline slot game. The thematic symbols on the reels are the Match Point logo and four tennis players in action. The trophy is the wild symbol in this tennis themed slot game as well and it also offers the largest line payout. The tennis ball scatter symbol awards 18 free spins. Before each free spin a multiplier is revealed, which will multiply the payouts won in that spin. The multiplier will be at least 2x and can go up to 5x. The wild symbol will appear stacked during the free spins further enhancing the payouts. The free spins can be retriggered. Centre Court also offers the Microgaming gamble game. After every payout you can activate this game if you want to. You can opt to try double the payout by guessing the color of the next card dealt or quadruple the payout by guessing the suit of the next card dealt. However, if you make a wrong guess then the payout will be lost. Centre Court can be played at Microgaming online casinos like Royal Vegas and Ruby Fortune.
