Many online casinos have not yet posted any of their October online slots tournaments yet. This is rather frustrating because it does not allow for much planning ahead on the tournaments at the beginning of the month. And I cannot wait to see what everyone comes up with for the month with Halloween.

That aside, with no online tournament schedule posted for anything in October, VIP Slots has gotten a bit sneaky.

VIP Slots is hosting a Super Market Sweep online slots tournament from 12 am, October 8th through 11 pm, October 11th.

This short tournament has a prize pool of $5,000 with a breakdown like so:

1st place: $2,000
2nd place: $1,000
3rd place: $750
4th place: $500
5th place: $250
6th place: $100

There also is no entry fee posted, but the starting balance is $250 in tournament credits. The downside is that this online slots tournament is already full and entry is closed. For a tournament that is next month.

So how does this work that there is a freeroll online slots tournament with a high credit balance for next month when no other online casino has posted anything for October, yet this one starts on the 8th?

I actually cannot say why this tournament has shown up as what sounds like a really awesome freeroll online slots tournament. The only explanation that I can offer is that this tournament, with its high prize pool and high starting credits, is one of the perks of belonging to VIP’s player rewards club.

If that is the case, let this be a lesson in not avoiding player reward clubs—they just might gain you access to incredible freerolls like the Supermarket Sweep.

Often times players will play in online slots tournaments at the online casino where they already have an account. It is just easier that way. After all, they already have their player account set up and money deposited there.

But sometimes players want to see what is being offered at other online casinos. Often times they are looking for either a freeroll online slots tournament or a tournament with a large prize pool to play in.

And then there are online slots players who are new to the online casino world and who are still settling in. Perhaps they have not found an online casino to call home yet.

The point is that online casinos often use their tournaments—especially their freeroll online slots tournaments and big prize pool tournaments—to bring in new members to their casino. After all, nowhere is it written that players are only allowed to play at one online casino.

All that being said, it is important for online casinos to have their tournament schedules easily accessible. And the majority of online casinos do so. They will at least have the start and end times, the prize pool, entry fee, rebuys and game played posted. Some online casinos offer more about their tournaments than just those details, but it is accessible only after logging in.

But at least the basic information is there.

Unfortunately, Rushmore’s tournament schedule is only accessible when logged in to a real money account. This means that if a potential player does not have a real money account, he or she cannot view any information about the tournaments.

Granted, Rushmore just switched their tournament provider earlier this year so that online slots tournaments are new. I am hoping that they will make their schedule more easily accessible because it is a fine online casino to play at and is supported by Real Time Gaming.

Rushmore is offering their usual three online slots tournaments throughout the next week every day: Crystal Waters, Loose Caboose and Texan Tycoon. These three online slots tournaments have not changed in format since I wrote about them a few weeks ago. They are decent online slots tournaments and meet the needs of a range of players, from novices to high rollers.

Do you find yourself awake late at night? Perhaps you just cannot sleep. Maybe a little action will be enough to make you sleepy. If that is the case there is action to be had seven nights a week at Online Vegas. Online slots tournament action I mean.

One of the online slots tournament series that is hosted at Online Vegas is called the Red Eye Pot Percentage. And as the name suggests, these online slots tournaments go in to the wee hours of the morning.

Each one of these Red Eye online slots tournaments begins at 12:30 am and ends at 8:30 am the same day. And there is one every night. Or every morning depending upon how you look at it.

As also suggested by the name, players are playing for a percentage of the pot. So the more night owls that are up playing, the larger the post. Of course, the less there are the better your chances are of winning that pot. This might be an easy online slots tournament in which to pick up a bit of real money winnings.

To get in on the late night action players need to register for whichever Red Eye they want to play in and pay the $2.99 entry fee. That $2.99 gives players 250 tournament credits to play with. Rebuys are available for $2.99.

Online Vegas as selected seven of its Vegas Technology online slots games for this online slots tournament series, one for each night of the week:

Sunday: Eastern Dragon
Monday: Winter Wonderland
Tuesday: Parrot Party
Wednesday: Tiki Lounge
Thursday: Northern Lights
Friday: Butterflies
Saturday: Fire Hawk

Really it is clever of Online Vegas to offer such an online slots tournament series. Night owls will like what is most likely a diminished competition. And it does give you the chance of winning some real money when you happen to be up late.

Flying in the face of all schooling, VIP Slots is calling their month long online slots tournament $lot$ tember. Yes, all of my English teachers would be very not pleased too.

I am sure that the name of this online slots tournament is VIP Slots’ way of rebelling against the fact that schools traditionally resume in early September. Way to go, VIP!

$lot$ tember began back on September 1st and will run through the entire month of September, ending at 12:01 am on October 1st. So plenty of time for interested online slots players to join in the flouting of conventional English.

Entry into this online slots tournament is set at $10, which gives the player $75 in tournament credits to spin the reels with.

VIP is also offering rebuys to those players who find themselves in need of more tournament credits. Another $75 in credits can be yours for another $10. Players can each make a maximum number of 1,000 rebuys. Hey, there has to be a cut off at some point.

And of course with this being a month long online slots tournament, $lot$ tember is offering some nice cash prizes and bonus cash prizes:

1st place: $50,000
2nd place: $20,000
3rd place: $7,500
4th place: $2,500
5th place: $1,000
6th place: $500
7th place: $100 bonus cash
8th place: $50 bonus cash
9th place: $25
10th place: $10

You have got to love an online slots tournament that is awarding cash prizes, even if the hosting online casino is flying in the face of spelling conventions.

In all seriousness many online casinos are switching to awarding bonus cash instead of cash prizes. This is most likely due to a poor economy with less people gambling online.

Right now there are 801 players registered and spinning the reels on Beat the Bank, the online slots game being used for this tournament. This is a five reel online slots game produced by Vegas Technology with twenty five paylines.

There is still plenty of time to drop by VIP Slots and get in on this online tournament and to support the charming misspelling of September in their $lot$ tember online slots tournament.

Would you like a piece of that 100K for your labors?

Go Casino is pulling out all the stops for their Labor Day online slots tournament. Everything a slots player could want from an online slots tournament is here:

First the Labor Day online slots tournament is a freeroll tournament. There is no entry fee to get in on the Labor Day fun. And with $100,000 up for grabs, what is not to lose? Registering for this freeroll online slots tournament will get players 75 tournament credits for free to play with. Should anyone run out and wish to continue in the tournament, rebuys are available for $12.99.

Second this is no here and gone online slots tournament. Players have a whole week to play with their 75 credits—or with the credits they get through rebuys.

The Labor Day Freeroll will begin at 10 pm this Friday, September 3rd, and will run through 10:45 pm next Friday, September 10th. This gives players a whole week to take part in this freeroll and take their shot at a piece of that 100K.

Third, this freeroll online slots tournament has a prize pool of $100,000. Typically Go’s highest prize pool in a month is only $75,000, with $50,000 on their other tournaments. But this month the prize pools have turned. This month Go is paying out $100,000 on this freeroll tournament, and only paying out $30,000 for their other three weekend tournaments. So if you want your shot at a high prize this Labor Day freeroll is for you.

Go’s Labor Day freeroll is going to be played out on California Gold, a five reel online slots game from Vegas Technology with twenty five paylines. The strike it rich theme of this online slots game works perfectly with the Labor Day Freeroll that Go Casino is hosting.

Free entry, $100,000 up for grabs and a week to play—who could not ask for more from an online slots tournament?