The pundits are already predicting the winners of the 2009 Oscars. Movies that are expected to do well are The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Australia, The Reader, The Changeling and Revolutionary Road. Sean Penn and Angelina Jolie are being tipped for the top individual honors. It is time to get into the Oscars mood with a popular Playtech online slot, Cinerama.

 Cinerama is a 5 reel 5 payline online video slot with a maximum bet of 5 coins. The game can be played with a fixed coin denomination of $0.05. Hence the maximum bet is only $0.25, which is great news for low rollers. There are eight winning combinations. The game offers both a progressive jackpot and a fixed jackpot of 300,000 coins. The cinema theme is evoked by movie related symbols on the reels such as star, director, director’s megaphone, films script, films reels, headphones and cameras. Cinerama has its own Oscar-like awards statuette as well.

The film camera is the wild symbol. It can replace all other symbols in order to make a winning combination. Players need to get five camera symbols on any active payline in order to hit the progressive jackpot. The jackpot starts at $1,500 but has paid out as much as $288,887. The average payout has been $66,000 and on an average it is hit every two months. The jackpot currently stands at $47,770. Cinerama does not have any scatter symbols or multipliers.

Cinerama offers two bonus games on the second screen and therefore does not offer a free spins round. Bonus Game 1 is activated by a pair of headphones anywhere on the first reel. This bonus game takes players to the CineRama theatre where they get to watch a movie from those running. They just have to select the movie they want to see and are awarded bonus credits according to their choice. Bonus Game 2 is the exciting one as it simulates an Oscar style awards function. This game gets triggered when the player gets three director symbols on any active payline. The player then takes the role of the director and gets to choose his leading man and leading lady from the list provided. Once that is done the scene shifts to the awards night. How well the movie and the actors have performed in the awards night determine the bonus credits.

Cinerama can be played at Playtech online casinos like Tropez Casino, City Club Casino, Del Rio Casino, Golden Palace Casino, Grand Casino and Europa Casino.

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