Grease Slot Machine
It was the musical that created a rage among teenagers and high school kids back in 1978. It is back now to create a different kind of excitement among casino goers and slots fanatics. You got it! We are talking about the hit musical blockbuster- Grease, which starred a young John Travolta and Olivia Newton John in the lead roles. Developed by Daub, the Grease slot machine has features to impress fans of the movie and those who are not too.
The game includes several images, clips and songs from the movie, taking back the players to the good old seventies. Undoubtedly, Grease slot machine is one of the most entertaining and highly rewarding games you will find on the casino floor, be it in Nevada or Macau. It is also the first double play game released by Daub. And if you enjoy playing this game, you'll surely enjoy play other Grease slot machines online such as Grease Danny & Sandy and Grease Pink Ladies & T-Birds.
Brief Overview of Features
Grease slot machine has two sets of 5-reels each (10 reels in all) and 50 paylines (25 for each game) in all. The players have one game for each character and can play both the games in the machine at once. One game is for Sandy (Olivia Newton John) and one is for Danny (John Travolta). This also means your chances of winning are way higher in this movie-themed slot that they are in any other free slot machines.
The symbols in the game include images of the characters from the film, the title of the movie, high card values including K, Q, J and A. The game also has a WILD feature and 7 other bonus rounds. Not only that, Grease slot machine also has 5-level progressives, which can be won only when the player bets the maximum amount on all 50 paylines. For a penny slot, that comes to around $3 per line.
How to Play & Real Money Versions
The real money version of the game can be played at local and global casinos that feature this slot machine by Daub. To play the game, you have to bet a minimum of 60 credits and the wager per line can be as low as $0.01. Grease may be a penny slot machine but it sure does offer some great prizes to the players. The highest payout in this game is 40, 000,000 times the wager, which can fetch you a really big cash prize. This progressive, however, is offered only when you bet the maximum on all ten paylines in the slot and when you get ten grease symbols in a row. The remaining 4 progressive jackpots can be triggered on any bet you place.
Besides the usual slot game, this machine also features several other internal games that improve the chances of your win. Grease is also linked to 5-external, near area or wide area, progressive jackpots. The hit frequency of the slot is 54.48%.
Bonus Rounds
Grease slot machine has a number of bonus rounds that fall under the U-spin and U-choose categories. In all, players can benefit from 8 bonus features, including one mystery wilds feature, in the game. Here is a note on each of them.
U-Spin Bonuses - The U-spin bonus in Grease is called the Yearbook U-Spin bonus, which is triggered when you get the yearbook symbols on reel 2, 3 and 4 of either game. This feature will have the reels replaced by a huge red-colored Rydell yearbook, accompanied by Grease background score. To know what your reward is, you need to flip the pages of the yearbook by touch.
The smooth spin of the pages is enabled by the U-spin play mechanism developed by Daub. The yearbook bonus awards you one of the other bonuses, including the To be Pure or Pink, How Cool are You Racing, T Bird Mystery Bonus, Your Pick Bonus and the two game bonuses called - The One That I Want and the Dance Off.
U-Touch Bonuses - Players have to make a choice in the Rydell High Your Pick, To be Pure or Pink and How Cool are You to get instant free rewards. In the T Bird Mystery Bonus feature, players get to play with a mystery wild symbol that betters their chance of winning.
Game Bonuses - The One That I Want bonus game gives the players 5 free spins for both the games and the expanding wild moves right to left to increase the chances of winning. The Dance Off bonus is also triggered when Vince Fontaine symbol appears on the middle reel. This game enables the interactive iDeck touch screen feature, and player has to tap on a foot print that leads to the rewards.
Grease - The Movie
Grease is a musical blockbuster that was released on June 16, 1978. The story revolves around two teenagers in the 1950s, who meet and fall in love during the summer, only to later find that they both go to the same high school. The movie, directed by Randal Kleiser and produced by Paramount Pictures, Allan Carr Production and Robert Stigwood Organization (RSO) starred Olivia Newton-John as Sandy and John Travolta as Danny, in the lead roles. Stockard Channing and Jeff Conaway were among the others in supporting roles. The movie is about high school life n general and a group of high school kids who deal with love, competition and friendship among other things during their last year at school.
The movie soundtrack was one of the biggest hits in Hollywood. It was the second best album sold in the US in the year 1978. Olivia Newton-John's single, "Hopelessly Devoted To You" was also nominated for an Academy Award in the Original Song category. Needless to say, the catchy and infectious "The One that I Want" was released before the release of the movie and topped the charts in no time.
To date, Grease is the highest grossing musical in the US. Made with a budget of $6 million, Grease earned a whopping $394,955,690 at the box office. The movie was an instant success and grossed $8,941,717 during the opening weekend. During the year, Grease was at number two on charts, while Jaws remained in the top position. The movie was filmed in less than 5 months in and around locations in California, including a couple of high schools. The movie also features in the top 50 best high school movies, as rated by Entertainment Weekly.
