New Online Casino Games January (Week 1) 2024 – Happy New Year from CasinoBonusPlus!

Happy New Year 2024 – Get in the spirit of the New Year with the Casinoplusbonus team’s Top 5 New Year-themed slots reviewed below! (Images courtesy of Casinobonusplus)

Welcome to the first ‘New Online Casino Games’ update of 2024.

As most software providers shut down for the holidays, only a couple of new slot releases exist.

So, rather than pick the top 5 best new online slots from the past 7 days, we’ve decided to get into the spirit of New Year’s Day with 5 mini-reviews covering the best 5 New Year’s Day online slot titles!

Playn Go, Belatra, Spinomenal/Retrogames, Habanero, and Playtech made it into our top 5 list.

As for new casino games to look forward to, after the mini-reviews, we’ll give you a few spoilers for upcoming slots in 2024. That includes the newly released BetSoft roadmap, a new Pragmatic Play slot, and a couple of titles from BGaming.

Check out the highlight box at the end for the lowdown on the latest online slot releases from the past 7 days. The software providers still working hard to release new online slot titles between Christmas and New Year are the prolific 3 Oaks Gaming and the industry-veteran-led Expanse Studios.

As there are so few new casino games this week, which is understandable, we’ll dive into those two slots in more detail at the end of this report rather than list them.

So, let’s pop the champagne and start celebrating the year gone by and the potential of the year ahead. We’ll start by giving you our view on some of the best New Year-themed slots you can power up and play before, during, and after your new year celebrations!

Last Week’s Report: If you’re desperate for more new casino games to play during the festivities, you’ll find another 19 in our New Casino Games December (Week 52) report here. Titles include Mega Moolah Megaways from Gameburger Studios, Oxygen from Elk Studios, and BGaming’s Hottest 666.

Top 5 New Year Online Slots to See in 2024!

Whatever you’re doing on this special day, whether it is spending precious time with your family and friends, sitting on a beach as part of a festive holiday, or nursing a hangover after seven drinks too many celebrating the turn of the New Year, you might feel like playing a few New Year-inspired slot games. Well, to save you the trouble of hunting some down for yourselves, we’ve come up with some of our favourites.

Just to make sure they’re the right fit for your preferences, we’ve provided a short review of each below!

• New Year Riches (Play’n Go)

Play’n Go’s New Year Riches is a fantastic choice to open up our top 5 New Year-themed video slots to play before, during, or after the clock strikes midnight on December 31. By the way, this list is not in any particular order, so while New Year Riches is an amazing slot, it doesn’t mean it is better than any of the rest. The backdrop of this slot, as you’ve probably guessed, is the night of New Year in a bustling city. The champagne corks are popping, the fireworks have set off, and the hugs and cheers have begun. New Year Riches is a 5-reel, 3-row, and 20-payline slot with a generous RTP of 96.48%, a medium variance, and a max win that tops out at 5,000x the stake.

As for the bonus features, this is what you can expect:

• Wild Symbols: When wild symbols hit the reels on the New Year Riches slot, they substitute for regular symbols. This only happens when a winning combination is possible.
• Free Spins: 3 Scatter Symbols anywhere in view will deliver a free spins bonus game worthy of any New Year celebration. You receive 10 free spins with a global win multiplier that starts at 2x. Each spin will increase that multiplier by 2x, meaning your last spin is guaranteed to have a 20x win multiplier!
• Re-Spins: For an extra special New Year treat, that free spins bonus can also deliver re-spins. When you land a scatter symbol during the bonus, you receive 2 re-spins of the reels. Land 2 or 3 scatter symbols on a single spin, and that increases your re-spins to 4 and 6, respectively. The wins you pick up during these re-spins are multiplied by the current global multiplier.

This is a slot that will definitely be on my playlist today, along with the others on this list, as it captures the true beauty of New Year, as celebrated around the world. It’s not just the theme, either, as the slot, as you can see above, has some fantastic features. The free spins feature, in particular, is great because of the 2x increases of a multiplier that will reach 25x by the time the final spin comes around. Hit a win on that spin, and you’re looking at a nice little bonus to kick off 2024! By the way, if you’re unsure if you want to spend your money on this slot just yet, you can check out the New Year Riches slot demo here instead.

Combination Spin Bet Multipliers: To create winning combinations on the New Year Riches slot, you’ll need to land 3 or more matching symbols across the 20-fixed paylines. if you land 5-symbol combinations, that’s where the best payouts will come from. This is what you can expect: Wild Symbol (250x), Statue of Liberty (50x), Big Ben (25x), Chinese Temple (15x), Taj Mahal (10x), Indian Temple (5x), Diamonds/Hearts (2.5x), Spades/Clubs (2x).

• New Year Monkey Jackpot (Belatra Gaming)

What a game this is, and who knew it was out there! A tropical Christmas theme is just what is needed to turn a cold New Year winter’s day into a warm session on the reels. Free spins, jackpots, wilds, and high-paying symbols are rolling over 5×3 reels with 25 pay lines. The game then turns into a classic 3×3 slot with 5 pay lines for free spins where you’ll land sizeable multipliers for symbol combination wins. Plus, you will have a shot at 5 jackpots!

Let’s take a look at the bustling features this Belatra New Year slot has to offer:

• Monkey Wild Symbol: The Monkey wild symbol substitutes for regular symbols. The Monkey is also the New Year Monkey Jackpot online slot’s highest paying symbol, giving you 4x, 12x, 40x, or 100x your total spin bet when you land 2, 3, 4, or 5 on the reels.
• Low Count Symbol Combinations: For the Monkey, Tuco bird, and Pineapple/Banana symbols, pay when 2, 3, 4 or 5 land on a pay line.
• Free Spins (3×3 Reels): Land 3, 4 or 5 scatters to trigger 3, 4 or 5 free spins, respectively. You’ll then change to 3×3 reels with 5 pay lines.
• Triggering a Jackpot Win: The jackpots are available on the 3×3 reels in the free spins bonus—line up Bars, bells, fruits, and jackpot symbols for big wins.
• Fixed Jackpot Payouts: Coconut (20x), Banana (50x), Pineapple (100x), Tuco (500x), King (1,000x).
• Risk Games: New Year Monkey Jackpot has 2 risk games you can trigger each time you land a winning spin. Line up 3 symbols and win the same amount you would for a 5-symbol win in the base game.
  • Risk Game 1: One face-up card and 4 face-down cards appear. You have to pick one of the 4 face-down cards. You double your bet if your card is higher than the face-up card. You can collect or continue. FYI – if you enter this risk game and the face-up card seems too high, you can exit without gambling. This is perfect because it means you can choose your battles!
  • Risk Game 2: Choose whether the next card is red or black for x2 on your bet. For x4 on your bet, guess the suit of the next card.

What a cool game. I’ve never encountered it before, but I am happy this New Year I had a good look around at what’s on offer. Usually, there are the Chinese New Year slots, which are great. However, the idea was to look for New Year slots representing something closer to the festive season. New Year Monkey Jackpot looked a little too tropical to begin with. Yet, even in warmer climates, Christmas is a thing. It doesn’t have to be all snow and reindeer. When I saw the monkey with a Christmas hat, I thought, why not escape that cold winter climate and get spinning on the reels with a hot vibe?

If you are looking to play this slot title, I played it at Nine Casino. You can connect to the casino to play the free-play mode, and if you connect via Casinoplusbonus, and decide to make a deposit, you’ll also have our support team behind you if you ever need assistance.

Combination Spin Bet Multipliers: All symbol combinations wins must start with the first symbol on reel 1. Therefore, 2-symbol, 3-symbol, and 4-symbol combinations must land on reels 1-2, 1-2-3, or 1-2-3-4, respectively. Fill all 5 positions and you get the top 5-symbol payout, which are as follows: Monkey (100x), Tuco Bird (20x), Pineapple/Banana (20x), Coconut (16x), Maracas (16x), Drums (8x), A (8x), K, Q, J (6x).

• New Year’s Party (Spinomenal/Retro Gaming)

New Year’s Party by Spinomenal and Retro Gaming comes just in time for the celebration of the new year. And what better way to celebrate a New Year, than winning it big? The party and celebration theme will put players in the right mood.

New Year’s Party is a fun but basic slot game with a classic 3×3 reel layout and only 5 fixed paylines. Both the RTP and the win variance are unknown, but the game often wins big. The only feature is the Retro Bet Feature, and with it, players stand a chance at winning the slot’s maximum payout multiplier of 3,000x.

• Retro Bet Feature: The Retro Bet Feature can be enabled anytime by clicking on the Retro Bet bar. When enabled, the feature will increase the payout multiplier of the highest-paying symbol from 300x to 3,000x. The cost of having it active equals the original bet, so your bet size will double when Retro Bet is on. The payouts will be according to the original bet amount, excluding the amount charged for the Retro Bet Feature. When the feature is active, the highest paying symbol (triple 7s) will show blue boxes behind the sevens.

Spin Bet Combination Multipliers: To get a winning payout, matching symbols need to be combined 3 times on one of the 5 fixed betting lines. The payout multiplier is applied to the set bet of a spin, and it differs from symbol to symbol. When 3 of the same symbol land on a payline, the payout multiplier will be the following per symbol: triple 7s with Retro Bet Active (3,000x), triple 7s (300x), DJs (150x), cocktails (120x), A/K/Q/J (40x), 10 (20x).

• New Year’s Bonanza (Playtech)

Playtech has made it possible for slot-paying enthusiasts to celebrate the new year in the best possible way – by winning big in an entertaining New Year-themed slot.

New Year’s Bonanza has a 3-4-4-4-3 reel layout and operates on 50 fixed paylines. The RTP is 95.99% and the win variance is medium. Both are Wild symbols and Scatter symbols which both only appear on reels 2, 3, and 4. The slot comes with tons of great bonus features including Free Games, Expanding Wild symbols, Sticky Wild symbols, and Wild multipliers.

• Free Games: The Free Games feature is triggered when 3 Scatter symbols land on the screen. During the feature, it is also possible to land more Scatter symbols and retrigger the feature.
• Wild Symbol: The Wild Symbol in this slot game is a rocket symbol and it can only land on reels 2, 3, and 4. When it lands, it can stand for any of the other symbols, except for the Scatter symbol.
• Sticky Wild Symbols: All Wild symbols in the Free Games feature will become sticky and remain in place for the duration of the round.
• Expanding Wild Symbols: When a Wild Symbol lands, the rocket will rotate in a random direction and will expand in that direction leaving Wild Symbols in its track.
• Wild Multipliers: When a Wild expands across the path of another wild, its meeting position will turn into a 3x multiplier wild. If another Wild travels over the 3x Wild, it will turn into a 10x multiplier Wild. Wild multipliers are also active during Free Games. When a wild becomes sticky and another wild lands on top of it, it will give a multiplier Wild. The multiplier will increase for every additional Wild that lands on that position.
• Scatter Symbol: Scatter symbols trigger Free Games and they only appear on reels 2, 3, and 4.

Spin Bet Combination Multipliers: Spin bet combination multipliers are awarded when 3 or more of the same symbol land on one of the paylines. The multiplier that will be awarded will apply to the chosen bet per line. Each of the symbols will get you a different multiplier depending on how many times it lands. The highest multiplier is when 5 of the same symbol lands. The following are the 5-of-a-kind multipliers per symbol: Male character (150x), female character/saxophone (80x), champagne/ champagne glasses (60x), A (50x), K/Q (40x), J/10 (20x).

 

• New Year’s Bash (Habanero)

Habanero has given slot fans a great way to celebrate the new year, by playing their New Year’s Bash video slot game. The New Year celebration theme is filled with excitement and rewarding opportunity. The world’s biggest landmarks make up the symbols in their New Year celebration versions.

New Year’s Bash has a 5×3 reel layout with 25 fixed paylines on which combinations can be made. There are both Wild and Scatter symbols present which will help trigger the Free Games Feature. In the Free Games feature you also have the opportunity to collect light bulbs to retrigger the feature.

• Free Games: A free Games Feature of 15 free spins will be unlocked when 3 or more Scatter symbols appear on the reels. During the free spins, every high-value symbol that lands will activate a light bulb for that symbol. Once 10 light bulbs are activated for a symbol, an additional 15 free spins will be awarded.
• Wild Symbol: Wild symbols may fall on the reels at any time. Wilds serve as substitution symbols and can count as any of the other paying symbols to complete winning combinations. The only symbols that wilds cannot substitute are Scatter symbols. Wilds can also be combined on a payline to unlock big payouts, 5 wilds on a payline will get you a 120x payout multiplier.
• Scatter Symbol: Scatter symbols not only trigger Free Games, but they are also the only symbol that can land on any position, regardless of the paylines, and still secure a winning payout. Landing 5 Scatter symbols anywhere on the reels will trigger a 200x payout.

Spin Bet Combination Multipliers: As the symbols land, the screen is evaluated to make symbol combinations on the set paylines. By landing 3 or more matching symbols on a paylines (or 2 or more of the two highest-paying symbols) you will unlock a payout. The payout multiplier per symbol is the following for 5-of-a-kind combinations: Scatter (200x), Wild/Empire State Building (120x), Opera House (50x), bridge (32x), Statue of Liberty (20x), Big Ben (16x), A (8x), K/Q (6x), J/10 (4x).

New Online Casino Games Coming in 2024!

Just yesterday, we published the BetSoft 2024 roadmap, so you already have PLiNKO RUSH, Rock Star™ Word Tour Hold & Win (Bonus Buy), Take the Vault™ Hold & Win (Bonus Buy), Tiger’s Luck™ Hold & Win (Bonus Buy), and Coins of Ra™ Hold & Win to look forward to over the course of January through to March. Plus, We know BGaming will launch Capymania Yellow tomorrow and Wild Tiger on the 4th, while Red Tiger Gaming will release Clover Craze.

We’re sure there will be plenty more to come as well, so make sure you tune in again next week for our first ‘real’ new casino games report of 2024!