I love Absolute Slots. To start with, they're run by Silverstone Overseas Limited, so although they're a relatively new site, the company that operates it has a long history with online gambling and is well respected in the industry.

Which gives me a certain amount of confidence – I like to know who's behind any new online casino that I'm checking out. Also, it's a British company with 8 other casinos in that territory, and most importantly, they welcome American players. So that's another box ticked.

Trusted Payout Percentages

Along with that comes the news that they've had their random number generators certified by CertainKey Inc, a company that specialises in assessing software to make sure it's fair. Even though they're British, Absolute Slots adhere to the Curacao Gaming Board's standards for payout percentages, and you can actually check these yourself at any time by clicking the Help button for any game you happen to be playing.

Down to the actual casino experience itself, they run on software from Rival Gaming, which means they have some of my favourite slot games of all time. If you've never tried it, you owe it to yourself to check out iSlots.

iSlots at Absolute Slots

iSlots is no ordinary slots game. It comes in a number of different flavors, and the basic idea is that as you play, you're taking part in an animated, interactive adventure game. Completing certain rounds of slots or getting certain combinations lets you advance the story line; it's just so much cooler than your standard multi-line slot. This is what I always end up playing, anyway.

The games aren't the only good thing about Absolute Slots' software; there's some pretty comprehensive history features that let you track your past action at the casino, and not just the past month or so – it goes back to the time you joined.

Any self respecting online casino player will be saying, yes, the games are good, but what about the bonuses? They're actually pretty good.

Generous Bonuses

To start with, they don't require you to play for real money – you can actually log on and just play for fun, without getting hassled.

If you do decide to deposit real money, that's when the bonuses get really sweet. It's spread out over the first 4 deposits, but if you do it right you can get up to $1,300 in match bonuses. That's not pocket change; I can't believe that they'll maintain that level of free money for long.

On the subject of money, when it came time for me to request a withdrawal, the money was in my account a day a later. I've read on some Internet forums that some people had to wait up to two days, but even so that's quick for this kind of operation.

All in all, I have fun playing at Absolute Slots, and the real kicker for me was the the one time I did run into difficulty, I got a real person on the other end of the phone who sorted it out for me, not just some faceless email service.