Pedal Power: Online Slots for Cycling Fans
Friday, July 24th, 2009The Tour de France is the most popular and most grueling cycling race in the world. In fact, it’s probably the only cycling race that your average person, especially Americans, know about. And if not for Lance Armstrong, we probably wouldn’t know about that race, either. Online gambling software developer Microgaming is taking advantage of that popularity and released a new online slot based on the Tour de France.
The game, called Pedal Power, is a 5-reel online slot with 15 paylines. Coin denominations are from a penny to ten cents and the maximum payout is $4,000. The online slot has many cycling-themed symbols, such as a cyclist who looks a lot like Armstrong triumphantly crossing the finish line, a trophy, bikes, water bottles, and a map of the Tour de France. The trophy is the wild symbol and a watch is the scatter symbol, which unlocks a free-spin round. The game can be found at any of Microgaming’s affiliated online casinos.
Microgaming’s Pedal Power should be a fun experience for anyone who has watched the Tour de France or anyone who has ever gotten an uncomfortable chafing after a long ride. For added enjoyment, you can always squeeze into some bike shorts, speak in an obnoxious French accent while you play the slots and then throw a fit when an American wins the race. That’s what I would do. Since it’s online slots, you don’t have to worry about getting kicked out of the casino for being annoying, so go for it.
