Let’s face it. Despite words from the government that the economy is looking up most of us are not feeling it. This means that most online slots players are not looking to invest big bucks in online slots tournaments. So the option is to either not play in tournaments or to put more money than desire on the line.

Or you can look for some cheap online slots tournaments to play in. Thankfully I have a couple here from Online Vegas for you to check out if they catch your eye, and both are under $2 and both are on the weekends.

First up is the Bonus Bucks weekend tournament series. This particular tournament series is the cheapest online that I have found bar freeroll tournaments, but those are a whole other ball game. Players can play in the Bonus Bucks weekend tournaments for only $0.99 per tournament. The less-than-a-dollar entry fee gets players 225 tournament credits to start out with on whichever Vegas Technology online slots game was chosen for that weekend’s Bonus Bucks tournament.

Each Bonus Bucks tournament begins at 9 am each Saturday and play continues until 10 pm on Sunday. So essentially a 37 hour tournament that gives players the opportunity to win a portion of the $2,500 Bonus Bucks prize pool.

If Bonus Bucks is not your cup of coffee but you still want to keep the tournament investment to a minimum check out Online Vegas’ Frugal Friday tournaments. As you might have guessed this tournament series takes place on Fridays. Every Friday. This is a twelve hour online slots tournament that begins at 9 am on Friday and ends at 9 pm the same day.

This cheap online slots tournament only requires a $1.99 entry fee, which gives you 150 tournament credits, but has you competing for a portion of the $1,500 cash prize.

So there you go. Two cheap online slots tournaments to check out at Online Vegas to give you your tournament fix without breaking your bankroll.

VIP Slots is a slots game oriented online casino. While they do provide other casino games, the main focus is on their Vegas Technology online slots game lineup. So it is no surprise that most of the tournaments they offer are slots tournaments.

Right now this week’s Slottery is underway. The Slottery is a mid-week tournament that runs during the week to give players the chance get in some tournament action between weeks and maybe win a few bucks. The Slottery always begins on a Monday and runs through each Thursday. Instead of playing for a set prize pool, the top forty players on the leader board will receive a percentage of the pot. Each week’s Slottery carries an entry fee of $5 which gives players a $200 tournament balance.

Then comes the weekend and with it VIP’s weekly Weekender. The Weekender is the tournament series that takes place every weekend. Essentially it is just like the Slottery except instead of having a four day run, the Weekender only lasts for three days. The entry fee is still $5 and slots players are still playing for a portion of the pot.

Both the Slottery and Weekender offer a different online slots game each week, so it is never the same tournament twice.

Also happening right now is a special holiday online slots tournament called the Great Egg Hunt. This is a month long tournament with an Easter theme. Entry into the Great Egg Hunt is $10 and pits players against each other on the Funky Chicken slots game in an effort to top the leader board and win the largest portion of the $50,000 prize pool. This is a networked tournament with players at VIP not only playing against each other but against members at VIP Slots’ sister casino Slots Galore.

All three tournaments are open for the registration at VIP Slots—even the Slottery is still open for players to join.

Another online casino has jumped on board the Easter online slots tournament train. And tickets for this train ride are free.

Online Vegas is hosting a Countdown to Easter Freeroll. And its starting date is not too far off. The Countdown begins at 10:30 am on Sunday, April 17th. Players will have a week to spin the reels and climb the leader board. The Countdown to Easter ends at 11:30 pm on Sunday, April 24th.

As you probably noted in my title, this is a free online slots tournament. There is no entry fee, and all players who register will start off with a $50 tournament balance. If necessary rebuys are available for those players who cross the low balance threshold and need to recharge. Each rebuy is $4.99 and will give a slots player $250.

Now on to what everyone wants to know: what is Online Vegas doing for a prize pool? The answer to that question is $25,000. In Bonus Bucks. I know that every slots player wishes that all prize pools were cash, but when you stop to think that this is a weeklong free tournament with rebuys set at $4.99 each, a bonus money prize is not unreasonable. With some prizes going to multiplier players, the prize pool ranks break down like so:

1st place: $1,000
2nd place: $460
3rd place: $350
4th place: $300
5th place: $260
6th place: $150
7th place: $140
8th place: $130
9th place: $115
10th place: $100

And the bonus money prizes continue through the top thirty nine finishes.

The Countdown to Easter Freeroll at Online Vegas will be played out on the Funky Chicken online slots game from Vegas Technology, as it is the only online slots game in their arsenal that can be related to Easter; the slots game has chickens and eggs and Easter has baby chicks and colored eggs. There is a relation.

Finally we are in a new month and online casinos have finally posted their online slots tournament schedule for the month of April. It seems that online casinos have begun to celebrate a new holiday.

For the most part online casinos will leave Easter alone. It is a highly religious holiday after all. Yes, I know Christmas is also a religious holiday, but its commercialism often overpowers the religious side. Just ask Linus. Now online casinos are finally tapping into the Easter holiday. While I have not seen any slots games with an Easter theme, there are online casinos out there who are adding Easter themed online slots tournaments to their holiday tournaments.

One such online slots tournament is being hosted by Slots Galore and it is called the Great Egg Hunt.

The Great Egg Hunt began on April 1st, but this is a month-long online slots tournament so there is plenty of time to still get in on the action. The tournament itself will end at 12:01 am on May 1st. As I said, plenty of time still.

The prize pool is totaled at $50,000 but only part of it is cash while the other part is in bonus money: $37,750 and $14,250 with the larger figure being the cash portion of the prize pool. The break down looks like this (remember that some places are awarded to multiple players):

1st place: $25,000
2nd place: $5,000
3rd place: $1,500
4th place: $750
5th place: $250
6th place: $100
7th place: $25
8th place: $10 in bonus money
9th place: $5 in bonus money

As I said earlier, there are no Easter themed online slots games…yet. So Slots Galore is using the Vegas Technology slots game Funky Chicken. This five reel, twenty five payline slots game has plenty of eggs, but the theme is more about chickens on a farm with a crazy farmer.

Entry into the Great Egg Hunt is only $10 which will provide players with a $200 tournament balance. Yes, there are rebuys, each $10 for another $200. There is still lots of time to bounce over to Slots Galore to get in on the Easter tournament action.