Coming 23rd May: The Highly Anticipated Football Champions Cup Slot By NetEnt

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Big championships usually mean big online slots. And no, we’re not talking about the upcoming Jimi Hendrix slot on April 22nd.

This is the Football Champions Cup slot coming at the end of May 2016, of which we already know plenty about.

This is mostly thanks to Net Entertainment’s happy disposition and their inclination to post slot videos of their upcoming games months in advance.

Sure, a month and a half is a little long to get over excited about a game, but with a few surprises in store, we think you’ll find this more than worth reading.

The Football Champions Cup video slot preview

This should be obvious but… if you’re not a fan of football (or soccer depending on where you’re from in the world), you probably won’t enjoy this NetEnt slot machine.

If you are a fan of football, then welcome friend. Because we are about to show you the exact slot machine you’ll be playing whilst watching the EUFA Championship this Summer.

Because, you know what? Not all matches will be that exciting. So during those dull moments, there’s a little 20 payline game that might just liven things up.

Let’s talk about the theme first

Look, it’s a football slot. There’s only so much you can do with that at the end of the day.

Unless you stick with a specific time and place, like the Football Carnival slot celebrating the last World Cup in Brazil, you end up with… this.

A beautiful green pitch, set in a massive stadium, with thousands of fans peering at you from on high. It worked for Microgaming’s Football Star, and the Champion Goals slot, so we’re sure it will work for this NetEnt machine.

It’s pretty generic, but it gets the whole theme through as best it can.

The only thing that did annoy us after a while, were the crowd sounds. Whilst a fun way to create an atmosphere to begin with, we suspect that after a few spins it will get really tedious, really quickly.

What we know about the Football Champions Cup slot

Lets have a quick recap, shall we?

• 5 reels, 3 rows, 25 paylines
• Between 2 to 5 random wilds can appear after any spin on reel 1 to 4
• Click me Bonus game penalty shout out
• Unlimited… free spins tournament?
• Pick your team at the beginning of the game
• 1051 times your bet max win

It’s actually quite a refreshing line up, after the multi-features of the expected Jimi Hendrix slot, and the multi-bonus games of the like of Guns n Roses slot, NetEnt are back to something fairly simple.

Our concerns about this NetEnt slot machine

Several. The penalty shoutout, although short in the video, will probably last a little longer than a couple of goes.

Much like a real match, it will probably only end once either you, or the computer, beat each others score, rather than you failing on one penalty shot.

So that’s not our problem. Whether it ends up being worth our while, we won’t be able to tell until it comes out.

What niggles in the back of our heads is the free spins.

And endless tournament? Or a finite number of spins?

It’s hard to tell from the slot video whether you’ll end up continue to play the free spins until you lose against a team, or you have a finite number of free spins to beat the other team.

Either way, those wilds better be frequent, otherwise you could end up being out of the tournament before you’ve even started.

Which, depending on which country flag you pick, might be an accurate representation of your teams progress through the real UEFA European Championship, but not necessarily what you want whilst playing on mobile slots.

Why is that concerning?

Because, the top amount you can win isn’t actually that big. Which tells us that this is probably not a hugely volatile slot.

So whilst a game like the Drive Multiplier Mayhem slot game can afford to frustrate you with free spins that doesn’t get you to the very top of its winning capabilities, because when it does it’s insane, small win slots can’t.

You end up hating the free spins, if they never take you far enough.

That said, we could be wrong

Again, until you get to play, it’s hard to say exactly how easily the free spins are going to trigger, and how much the wins will be.

We do know that if you get far enough into the championship, you win a big multiplier on top of your free spin wins.

The first place will give you a x500 bet multiplier, second place a x100 bet multiplier, and the third place a x20 bet multiplier. So it’s worth getting that cup.

The special NetEnt promo Giveaway teaser

Again, it’s a little early to get too excited about this, but there are rumours in the mill about the fact that NetEnt will be giving away over £€$70,000 worth of prizes during the UEFA European Championship.

Including, and we kid you not, a VIP football experience of a lifetime, where you’ll get to go to 3 matches in 3 different countries, all in one week.

Now, wouldn’t that be quite the prize to fight for?

That doesn’t sound like £€$70,000 worth of prizes

That just the top prize. Other prizes include a surround sound gaming chair, console and and games, Go Pro Hero 4, and cash prizes.

If that won’t tempt you to take a couple of spins on the Football Champions Cup slot, then nothing will.

The fact that NetEnt are prepared to put such a huge prize on this game is certainly promising – it seems to be imply a big confidence on this new mobile slot game.

Until then, how about getting yourself a great big bonus to play on some of the best NetEnt slots around?

Our choice? Casumo Casino, who give you 20 free spins no deposit on Starburst, £€$1,200 over 4 deposits, and 180 free spins.