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The Year In Slots: Our Bottom Ten (4 of 4)

2: Curry In a Hurrry: We like spicy foods, but hated this obnoxious parody of an Indian take-out business, brought to us courtesy of Microgaming. We apparently missed the memo that bigoted caricatures are now supposed to be amusing and hilarious! The leering, be-turbaned Indian chef was a cringe-inducing blackface parody. Too bad that the rest of the slot game was also a snore, with lousy graphics and a piddling jackpot. Have we also mentioned our complete dislike of the concept of using letters and numbers to fill in the empty spaces on the reels? In our mind, it’s pretty lazy. In this case, it was just the tip of the iceberg. We declined to tip for excellent service on this one!

1: Chinese Kitchen: Managed to inch out “Curry In a Hurry” as our choice for the most odious online slot of the year. For some reason, slot designers fail to understand that racist humor is simply not entertaining to the vast majority of the population – and that includes the percentage of the public that play online casino games. The bucktoothed, cross-eyed coolie chef of Chinese Kitchen had us literally recoiling in disgust. A buncg of terrified-looking fish also added to the general discomfort we felt with playing this title, and took away what little shred might ahev remained of our desire and/or inclination to play it further. We are not one hundred percent politically collect by any stretch of the imagination, but this was really too much. Playtech earned itself the Worst Slot of the Year prize single-handedly with this stinker… we can tell you that it left a worst taste in our mouth than rotten fish!

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