About Bally Slots Machines
Though the name ‘Bally Technologies’ is instantly familiar to any gambler who has ever walked into a Las Vegas casino, it amazed us to hear, on researching this page, that as a unified company it only became that in 2006. Sure Bally games were around well before, but usually under the umbrella of a bigger company.
We are not telling you this in order to be boring and get into stock ownership, but to try and give you an idea of where the Bally software company has come from and why it is as it is.
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride
Bally Technologies slot software is without a doubt, one of the big players out there. They have been around since 1979, under one name or another, making slot machines worldwide.
However, if you compare them to the global IGT who own 70% market share of the American market, Bally, though one of their closest competitors (if you can call it that), is always trying to catch up. They have had to pass several owners to try and get a slice of that market pie, before settling down in the last decade.
Online, the same thing happens. In terms of money and man power, Bally Technologies easily beats the likes of NetEnt or even Microgaming. But in terms of online slot software experience they are leagues behind, having only ventured into the market in 2013.
So the question becomes… are we making a fuss about Bally online slots because they’ve been around for a while? Or because they are actually good?
Breaking down Bally mobile slots for phone & tablet
The answer to the question above is simple: a little bit of both.
The slots are good, but yes, we are giving them the benefit of the doubt when it comes to their mobile slots range because they have a long and healthy history of creating great slot machines. The likes of Michael Jackson: King of Pop, Cash Spin, Playboy or even the recently released Grease: Pink Ladies are all great, wonderful land-based games.
What we get as mobile and online Bally slots is something a little different. The big names haven’t arrived yet, but that’s not to say we don’t get good video games none the less. If you only try one today, read our Quick Hit Platinum slot review as proof.
Let’s start with the negatives so we end on a high shall we?
The cons to Bally slots online
- The graphics usually lack a certain oomph. At best they can be sort of generic and simple, at worst they can be a little fuzzy and dated.
- The text box explaining the rules has tiny little text. When you play on the iPad or Tablet slots, that’s easily forgiven as it’s still readable, but their mobile phone slots are impossible to read. You are better off reading our mobile slot reviews and figuring out the rules before you play on your smartphone.
- On some phones, especially the larger Android screens, they don’t tend to use up all the space available to them. That’s because the games have clearly been created with the ratio for iPad / iPhone slots, so all they do with longer screen is put a generic background to the left and right. It would be great if, like NextGen slots, you could pull the screen down and the game graphics could expand to fit the screen at hand.
The pros to Bally video slots
- Oh what fun they are! They have been creating slot machines since the dawn of video slots and, when they became Bally Technologies, it was for the sole purpose of creating slots that were more “fun, more interactive”. Unlike IGT who don’t believe gamblers want entertainment, just the big hit wins, Bally games are all about the entertainment. Which, in our books, works nicely on the small screen when you usually play when you’re bored and want a quick rush of entertainment, rather than a serious gamble.
- Other than the the points mentioned above, their mobile slots platform has been well thought out with easy to understand buttons and functions.
- You wager with real cash, not complicated coins. The symbol wins are written in cash as well, and change depending on how much you bet, so you always know how much you can win.
- The autoplay function is easy to use and because you can only do 25 spins at a time, it doesn’t give the phone time to time out.
- The music for each slot is unique and usually quite fitting to the theme.
- The return to player rate for each slot machine is clearly written on each one.
- Particularly great on iPad, it has to be said. Looks good on other devices, but you can tell they created their games for iOS first.
So where can I play these fantastic Bally games?
On mobile and at the moment? A few Bally casinos we are comfortable recommending. We did say they were new to the game right?
Still, as choices go, here’s a good one, and one of our constant top 3 mobile casino sites. You just have to read our Vera&John mobile casino review to see that this casino is one of our favourites, and we are not ashamed to admit it.
Alternatively, you could simply head over to the casino now and try the slots for yourself.
