The recently released Bullseye branded slot game drew the attention away from major sports like soccer, golf and tennis to more niche events. Another such activity is bowling and Microgaming has two slot games on this theme in its portfolio. These can be played at Microgaming online casinos like Spin Palace, Lucky Nugget and All Jackpots.

Bob’s Bowling Bonanza is the earlier of the slot games as is indicated by the styling of the graphics. But it has a stronger bowling theme. The reels are set in the background of a series of bowling lanes. The highest paying symbols are the male and female players. They start paying from two of a kind combinations. The jackpot payouts are 5000 coins and 3000 coins respectively. The other thematic symbols are the trophy and the sneakers. Then there are the usual playing card icons. The strike symbol is the wild symbol. It depicts the 10 bowling pins arranged in the triangle. In the win animations the ball knocks them all down for a strike. When these symbols appear anywhere on reels 1, 3 and 5 at the same time, the Perfect Game feature is triggered. Each of the triggering reels turns into a bowling lane and one ball is bowled down each of them. The total number of pins knocked down is multiplied by the triggering bet. If you hit a strike then the payout is doubled. The bowling ball is the scatter symbol. Bob’s Bowling Bonanza includes the Microgaming gamble game.

Alley Cats is about alley cats with a sub text of bowling. The symbols are more sophisticated with a touch of the comic. The win animations are awesome. The Alley Cats logo awards a jackpot payout of 10,000 coins and the cat with the bowling ball awards 5,000 coins. These symbols pay out in mixed combinations as well. The other symbols include the trophy, a number of cats with one of them holding bowling pins, fish bones, trash can and a pup tied to bowling pins. The Strike logo is the scatter symbol and it awards scatter payouts. It also triggers one of two bonus features. In the bonus game on the second screen you choose three from six objects displayed on the screen to win bonus prizes. The free spins feature awards 20 free spins with doubled payouts. The free spins cannot be retriggered. Alley Cats is a 9 paylines slot game and this further enhances the variance.