For a while players at Cryptologic online casinos had to wait patiently for the software provider to sort out its problems. Now they are being rewarded for their loyalty through continuous releases of new games of high quality. The latest in the list are the slot machines Lucky Lager and Dam Rich.

Lucky Lager is a beer themed slot game set in a pub with symbols on the reels like waitress, beer vats and the six pack. The high value card symbols are shown on beer crowns. The glass of beer is the expanding wild symbol and it appears on reels 2, 3 and 4. The wild symbol and those above it get filled with beer. The dart board is the bonus symbol and it triggers the bonus game when it appears scattered on reels 2, 4 and 5. The player throws three darts on a board and collects bonus credits. If the player hits a bull’s eye in the first throw then he will advance to the next round that offers higher multipliers. This can be done twice. The free spins are triggered when the free spins logo appears scattered on reels 1, 3 and 5. 10 free spins are awarded in which one reel is held wild in each spin. During the free spins the wild symbol does not expand.

Dam Rich is a comical slot game based on the dam building abilities of beavers. The symbols on the reels include beavers, beavers at work sign, dam plan, hard hat, saw and hammer and nails. The Dam Rich logo awards the highest line payout of 1,000 coins. In addition there are two wild symbols. The horizontal log symbol is like the usual slots machine wild symbol. Then there is a hidden expanding wild symbol, which is a vertical log. The log can fall on any reel and turn all the symbols in that reel into wilds. The scuba diver beaver is a scatter symbol that awards a payout of two times the total bet. The free spins game in Cryptologic Dam Rich is triggered by the bonus symbol appearing simultaneously on reels 1, 3 and 5. The player can win up to 20 free spins. The hidden expanding wild symbol becomes more powerful during the free spins. It first falls vertically on a reel as before turning the entire reel wild. Then it falls horizontally to the right making all those symbols wild as well. During the free spins when the hard hat beaver appears simultaneously on reels 1 and 5, the beavers build a dam. The number of beavers collected determines the bonus credits the player will receive. The free spins cannot be retriggered.