Logging onto that online casino and seeing the banner for a slots tournament may be a little confusing if you’ve never thought about slot machines in that way. However, they’re incredibly simple to understand and, if you’re a fan of slots, tournaments are a great way to increase your chances of winning without risking a lot of your money.

Slot tournaments essentially operate the same as poker tournaments. In poker, you buy into the tournament with X amount of players. At the tournament’s start, you’re handed a specified number of chips to bet with. Win chips and keep playing; lose them all and you’re out. It’s common sense, right? Well, a slot tournament works the same way.

When you’ve bought into a slot tournament, you will be given a specified number of coins or credits (depending on the online casino). The object is to play a certain amount of time. You’re free to use any strategy you want. There are no special restrictions on betting here. When the time ends on the tournament, the person with the highest total of credits wins. So, no matter what, there’s always a winner here.

Why is it lower risk? Let’s say you receive 1000 credits to play with for a buy-in of $10. This is your starting stack – your stake. In a non-tournament format, that $10 may only buy you 50 credits, so you’re greatly increasing your odds of not only winning, but not losing!

Just remember to read the rules of the site, and if you’re not familiar with online slots, you may want to learn your way around the slot machines before you buy-in for the big game. Use our online slots guide to see screenshots of the paytables and read on all the bonus features before you play.

Tournament	Description	Casino	Game	Prize Pool	Entry Fee	Starts	Ends
$3k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $3K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Jackpots Casino	Tomb Raider	$360	FREE	07 Feb	11 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 07/02/2012 09:00:00 End 11/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 0 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$3k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $3K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Slots Casino	Tomb Raider	$360	FREE	07 Feb	11 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 07/02/2012 09:00:00 End 11/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 0 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$3k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $3K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Slots Casino	Tomb Raider	$360	FREE	08 Feb	12 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 08/02/2012 09:00:00 End 12/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 0 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$3k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $3K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Jackpots Casino	Tomb Raider	$360	FREE	08 Feb	12 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 08/02/2012 09:00:00 End 12/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 0 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$1k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $1K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Jackpots Casino	Break Da Bank	$120	FREE	08 Feb	12 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 08/02/2012 09:00:00 End 12/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 0 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$1k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $1K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Slots Casino	Break Da Bank	$120	FREE	08 Feb	12 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 08/02/2012 09:00:00 End 12/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 0 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$3k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $3K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Jackpots Casino	Tomb Raider	$360	FREE	09 Feb	13 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 09/02/2012 09:00:00 End 13/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 0 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$1k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $1K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Jackpots Casino	Break Da Bank	$120	FREE	09 Feb	13 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 09/02/2012 09:00:00 End 13/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 0 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$1k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $1K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Slots Casino	Break Da Bank	$120	FREE	09 Feb	13 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 09/02/2012 09:00:00 End 13/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 0 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$3k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $3K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Slots Casino	Tomb Raider	$360	FREE	09 Feb	13 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 09/02/2012 09:00:00 End 13/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 0 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$10k Midweek Moolah Q1	Qualification Tournament This is a 4 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $10K MIDWEEK MOOLAH	All Jackpots Casino	Avalon	$450	FREE	10 Feb	13 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 10/02/2012 End 13/02/2012 20:00:00 Current Signed Up 598 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$10k Weekend Whopper	$10k Weekend Whopper	All Slots Casino	Loaded	$10,000	$15	10 Feb	13 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 10/02/2012 End 13/02/2012 Current Signed Up 3 Buy In $0 Min Players 29 Max Players 1500 Rebuys 5 Add Ons 5
$10k Weekend Whopper	$10k Weekend Whopper	All Jackpots Casino	Loaded	$10,000	$15	10 Feb	13 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 10/02/2012 End 13/02/2012 Current Signed Up 3 Buy In $0 Min Players 29 Max Players 1500 Rebuys 5 Add Ons 5
$10k Midweek Moolah Q1	Qualification Tournament This is a 4 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $10K MIDWEEK MOOLAH	All Slots Casino	Avalon	$450	FREE	10 Feb	13 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 10/02/2012 End 13/02/2012 20:00:00 Current Signed Up 598 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$3k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $3K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Slots Casino	Tomb Raider	$360	FREE	10 Feb	14 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 10/02/2012 09:00:00 End 14/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 494 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$1k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $1K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Slots Casino	Break Da Bank	$120	FREE	10 Feb	14 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 10/02/2012 09:00:00 End 14/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 463 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$3k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $3K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Jackpots Casino	Tomb Raider	$360	FREE	10 Feb	14 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 10/02/2012 09:00:00 End 14/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 494 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$1k Survivor 'Q1'	Qualification Tournament This is a 5 Day FREEROLL Event The Top 30 Players Win Entry to the $1K '3-DAY' SURVIVOR	All Jackpots Casino	Break Da Bank	$120	FREE	10 Feb	14 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 10/02/2012 09:00:00 End 14/02/2012 21:00:00 Current Signed Up 463 Buy In $0 Min Players 30 Max Players 12500 Rebuys 10 Add Ons 5
$3k '3-Day' Survivor	A 3 Day, Multiple Round, Knock-Out Tournament - Battle through each round this weekend to find out if you are a SURVIVOR!	All Jackpots Casino	Avalon	$3,000	$12	11 Feb	13 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 11/02/2012 End 13/02/2012 23:50:00 Current Signed Up 0 Buy In $0 Min Players 12 Max Players 750 Rebuys 8 Add Ons 4
$3k '3-Day' Survivor	A 3 Day, Multiple Round, Knock-Out Tournament - Battle through each round this weekend to find out if you are a SURVIVOR!	All Slots Casino	Avalon	$3,000	$12	11 Feb	13 Feb	Timezone GMT Start 11/02/2012 End 13/02/2012 23:50:00 Current Signed Up 0 Buy In $0 Min Players 12 Max Players 750 Rebuys 8 Add Ons 4