Keeping games and casino promotions topical is a good way to increase business and keep the interest level high. For that reason, Microgaming has released two new online slots relating to the month of October. Both can be found at River Belle Casino, a popular site that carries games with the Microgaming license.

The first online slot is called Monsters in the Closet. This game is clearly meant to coincide with Halloween, the last day of October that is filled with ghouls, ghosts and, most importantly, candy corn. The game plays off of the old phobia that every child has: the belief that there are monsters hiding in their closet just waiting for the lights to be turned and for the parents to close the door. Once the kid is in bed, alone and defenseless, they’ll attack!

The Monsters in the Closet slot features symbols of various monsters, including a dragon, some blue thing covered in eyes, a purple blob, creatures with sharp teeth and big, creepy eyes and more. It also features a skeleton key, presumably to that closet, that looks like a bone with a skull on it. Monsters in the Closet is a 5-reel video slot that allows you to play up to 50 paylines. It has a jackpot of 20,000 coins.

The other topical online slot for the month of October is the new Oktoberfest slot. For those not in the know, Oktoberfest is a festival held in Germany every year that celebrates Bavarian culture by driking, eating food, drinking, dancing and drinking. I think lederhosen is somehow involved as well.

In honor of Oktoberfest, River Belle has launched the Steinfest slot. That is referring to a type of beer mug (a stein), not some type of Jewish festival. Steinfest is a 5-reel video slot that has symbols of Bavarian accordion players, drummers and dancers as well as mugs of beer and traditional food. Players can bet on up to 9 paylines and the jackpot is 45,000 coins.

To play either of the topical October online slots, visit River Belle Casino.

Earlier today I told you about the new slot tournaments at Platinum Play Casino as part of the International Slots League, but what if you’re not a Platinum Play member? What if you don’t like those slots? The good news is that if you like slot tournaments, there is no shortage of options. Take the regularly held tournaments at River Belle Casino, for example.

At River Belle, you can choose between a midweek tournament, a weekend tournament and a bigger week-long tournament. The first is the Midweek Moolah, which takes place over a two-day period during the week. That slot tournament has a $10,000 prize pool and rewards the top 19 players with prizes. The first-place finisher will win $2,000 and even the player who finishes 19^th will walk away with $250. Not bad considering the entry fee is $15.

If you want to play in the tournaments over the weekend, River Belle Casino also regularly holds the Weekend Whopper tournaments. Those slot tournaments are the same as the Midweek Moolah, with a $10,000 prize pool and the top 19 players winning prizes. The difference is that this tournament is played on the weekend.

If you like your slot tournaments bigger, then there is the Monthly Monster. This is not a month-long tournament, as you might guess from the name. This tournament, which takes place every month (hence the name) is a week-long tournament. It begins on the final Monday of every month and runs for seven days. The Monthly Monster has a $25,000 prize pool and the top 25 players in the tournament will each get $1,000 as a prize. The tournament has a $25 entry fee and you can re-buy up to 5 times for $15 each.

To take part in the various slot tournaments held regularly at the casino, visit River Belle Casino.

For fans of online blackjack, it can be hard to find some good tournament action. Fewer and fewer online casinos are holding blackjack tournaments, as they continue to focus on the more popular slot tournaments. River Belle Casino, though, has a good number of blackjack tournaments every month.

The online casino holds scheduled and Sit n’ Go blackjack tournaments. The scheduled tournaments last longer, have more contestants and larger prize pools. They usually have larger entry fees, though. In the Sit n’ Go blackjack tournaments, they will start any time that there are a specified number of players entered in the tournament. Some of the Sit n’ Go tournaments are freeroll tournaments, which you can join for free.

The scheduled blackjack tournaments, on the other hand, start at a specified time and you must register in advance if you want to play. Right now, River Belle Casino is running scheduled blackjack tournaments that kind of feel like the Sit n’ Go variety. They are short and have low prize pools and entry fees, but they are multi-tiered.

There are several tournaments scheduled each day and those small tournaments continue until the end of the month. They can be thought of as a multi-stage tournament. The blackjack tournaments have small prize pools, entry fees and numbers of participants. The largest blackjack tournament in this promotion has an entry fee of $10 and a $126 prize pool. Only 250 players can enter the tournament and only the top three players in the tournament will win prizes, with the top player winning $63. That may not be an exciting amount, but players have the opportunity to win multiple tournaments during this promotion while paying only a small  buy-in.

If you like fast-paced blackjack tournaments, this is a good promotion for you. More information can be found on River Belle’s website.