Eclipse Casino Review

Picking the best Rival pokies in Eclipse Casino

The casino catalogue presents the collection of Rival games that has rolled out 264 titles by the time this review was being drafted. They launch new products for both desktop and mobile on a monthly basis so players always have latest game options to keep themselves engaged.

The lobby is intuitive, because it has only five self-explanatory sections such as All Games, Slots, Table Games, Video Poker and Specialty (the last section contains arcades, bingo and instant lotteries). Pokie fans should navigate to the Slots section and pick from three subgroups: I-Slots, 3-Reel Slots and Video Slots. Everything is clear and straightforward like that.

Very creative and smart pokies are produced as part of the i-Slots lineup (not updated by Rival any more, sadly) that comprises around 15 titles such as Sherwood Forest Fortunes, The Back Nine and Japan-O-Rama. Technically, these are five-reel pokies that are on par with other video pokies at first glimpse. But looking closer at i-Slots, it becomes evident that they do have something up their sleeves. In terms of graphical solutions, they are nothing extraordinary but feature-wise, almost each of them is a small masterpiece. The point here is that an i-Slot has a multi-tiered system of bonus features that deploy gradually in the course of playing. The first thing that Australians with an inquiring mind should do in Eclipse Casino after signup is head to the i-Slots tab and try one or more pokies of this type.

The Video Slots tab features several dozen “regular” pokies produced by Rival. All of them are playable in mobile casinos because they have been designed in HTML5. Many Rival pokies strike imagination with unexpected themes, like Nuclear Fishing with quirky mutant fishes, Zombiezee Money with scary zombies and skeletons as pokie symbols, and Astral Luck where all symbols depict zodiac signs.

Most pokies in the Rival casino suite are simple as they only contain a wild, scatter and free spins. That “essentials kit” is sometimes complemented with bonus features but most pokies are nevertheless basic in bonus content. More complex pokies with a few bonus features are:

• Alien Spinvasion: a wild, sticky wilds, respins and Random Win bonus with 11 free spins and Drop Icons. A funny alien pokie with good animations
• Jack Frost: a wild, scatter, free spins and a bonus round where a player needs to melt ice blocks in order to win free spins or cash
• Shamrock Isle: a wild multiplier, scatter, free spins and a bonus round. This is a regular pokie with an Irish twist
• Windy Farm: a wild that expands up or down (not in both directions).

As a general note, AU players should not expect something extraordinary from Rival pokies, except for unique i-Slots that are like no other on the global market. As for payouts, the best winning combination normally generates up to 5000 coins.

Classic pokies in Eclipse Casino

Rival is one of the few providers still to produce three-reel pokies. As the rest of their collection, classic pokies gravitate toward simplicity. They are designed in accordance with the principles emerged back in the last century, meaning they have lots of fruit symbols, a small number of paylines and no – or very few – bonus features. Big Cash Win, Diamond Cherries, Midas Touch and some other three-reel pokies are truly classic, because their symbols include only bars, sevens and fruits. Australians seeking for more advanced but still classic pokies are recommended to play Global Cup Soccer, Firestorm 7 and Pistols & Roses. As for payouts, they are around equal to video pokies and are very generous.

Bonuses for regular Australian punters in Eclipse Casino

On Saturday and Sunday AU players are offered to get entertained with a 305% pokie reload bonus on deposits of $99+. The wagering requirement is determined at x40 and max cashout is x10. In addition to the above, the player receives 43 free spins on Ten Times Win. It is worth remarking that all free spin promotions in Eclipse apply to one particular pokie and have max cashout x5.

A so called Monthly Bonus is actually valid on each deposit of $25 unlimited times per day. For players to get full satisfaction from the casino experience, Eclipse developed a Pokie bonus and Cards bonus, each available in four variants depending on the deposited amount, for example, all deposits of $150 and higher are covered by a 215% match on pokies or 150% match on card games. Anyway, Australian players are entitled to receive a reload on actually every deposit, if desired.

Eclipse Casino: Key findings

Eclipse is a legal online casino with a middle-sized collection of Rival games (around 250 titles in total). It has a good bonus program, unconventional space-themed visual design and a perfectly good mobile casino version with the same game content as desktop. Along with a typical set of banking options that are suitable for Australians, Eclipse Casino also operates with bitcoins.

Reviewed by Josh Zboncak