Halloween is not that far in the past, but the holiday online slots tournament season has only just begun.

From Halloween until St. Patrick’s Day, online casinos will host a slew of online slots tournaments to celebrate the holidays. It is a perpetual party in the industry for the players. But some online casinos seem to be more excited than others. One such online casino is Go Casino. They are so excited about Thanksgiving that they are hosting a slots tournament to count down to the feast.

The Countdown to Thanksgiving Freeroll is offering players not only the chance to play in a tournament for free, but the chance to win part of the $200,000 prize pool. Here is the breakdown of the prize pool:

1st place: $40,000
2nd place: $12,000
3rd place: $7,000
4th place: $5,000
5th place: $3,200
6th place: $2,000
7th place: $1,200
8th place: $1,000
9th place: $860
10th place: $700
11th place: $600
12th place: $550
13th place: $450
14th place: $400
15th place: $350
16th place: $300
17th place: $265
18th place: $250
19th place: $225
20th place: $200
21st place: $180
22nd place: $170
23rd place: $150

And that is only the cash prizes. There are Bonus Bucks prizes for places 14 through 38.

The tournament started back on November 14th and will continue through November 25th, Thanksgiving Day itself. So after you are all done with your turkey and mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie, you can pull yourself up to the computer and spin the reels on Funky Chicken.

Yes, the Vegas Technology online slots game chosen for a Thanksgiving tournament features a chicken. But then there does not seem to be any turkey online slots games in the Vegas Technology arsenal—they need one!

Players start out with 80 tournament credits in this freeroll—not too bad considering there is no entry fee. Rebuys go for $12.99 for 350 more credits.

So if you are looking for something to do with your time leading up the Turkey Day, spin the reels in the Countdown to Thanksgiving Freeroll at Go Casino. It is free after all.

I love the holidays. It is the time of year that online casinos go a little wild with their online slots tournaments. Halloween was a blast with its tournaments, and now we are moving on to Thanksgiving, turkey and some online slots tournaments to be thankful for.

First up on our list of tournaments to be thankful for is the one being hosted by VIP Slots. They are calling it The Big Turkey. And so it is.

The Big Turkey is a month long online slots tournament that began this past Monday, November 1st and will continue through November 30th, with registration closing at 11:01 pm on the 30th and the turkey coming out of the oven at 12:01 am on December 1st.

But the duration of is not the only thing that makes this tournament a big turkey—there is also its prize pool to consider. The Big Turkey is stuffed with a $100,000 prize pool. The breakdown looks like this:

Prize 1: $50,000
Prize 2: $10,000
Prize 3: $5,000
Prize 4: $2,500
Prize 5: $1,000
Prize 6: $500
Prize 7: $250
Prize 8: $100 bonus money
Prize 9: $50 bonus money
Prize 10: $10 bonus money

Some of those prizes will be awarded to multiple players depending on which prize it is. Obviously the $50,000 prize will be going to only one player. But if you are that player than the $10 entry fee was well worth it.

Because that is the entry fee for The Big Turkey. The $10 will give you a $500 tournament balance to spin the reels of California Gold with. Think spinning the reels as being like shoveling yourself full of mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and yams to see if you can be the first to the pumpkin pie.

I have to say that I like Thanksgiving online slots tournaments. It is nice to see online casinos like VIP Slots celebrating a holiday that the mainstream consumer market ignores. Here’s to the Big Turkey slots tournament!