Dubya Money

Dubya or George W. Bush is possibly the most unpopular president in US history. Following on from the intellectual Bill Clinton, his policies have created wars and financial crises that simply won't go away and are real problems on the world stage. As these are global events that the small man on the street can do nothing about other than take the mickey out of Bush, and boy how we've baited, roasted and ribbed this half witted politician over the last 7 years. Someone however had the bright idea to ask those cunning fruit machine craftsmen at Microgaming if they could make a fruity that combined both poking fun at the ex-president with great game play and prizes. They got the answer back, “yes, we can', and so the fantastic fruit machine Dubya Money was borne into this world.

The game, as with all Microgaming presentations is a slick, smooth affair featuring cartoon-like graphics caricaturing the big chinned ex president. The audio is everything you'd expect from this great fruit machine and even has audio samples from the less-than-great man himself. This fruit machine is presented in a 3 reel format with a one coin, one pay line win available from every spin. Reels feature symbols such as fruit, oil and gold and there's even a bonus symbol on the reels which will give you extra chances to advance towards the feature/bonus games simply by spinning them in on any reel stop. All the classic fruit machine features are available here, including the legendary hold feature every fruity player has become so used to, they've forgotten it's a feature, as well as nudges and a trail held feature to nail down those numbers. The game also features a bank hold, where nudges can be slipped into a bank (that's presumably more secure than Lehman Bros.) and used on a subsequent turn. The maximum prize available from Dubya Money is a pocket-busting 500 coins.

With all the excellent comedy and fun features on Dubya Money perhaps a little less invention went into the bonus game. To access the game simply fill up the bonus trail and off you go. Fruit machine players of all kinds will be familiar with this type of bonus game entry system, so we won't explain it in any depth here. The actual bonus game however is an incredibly basic affair where players simply have to stop a fast moving light on one of five prizes. This is possibly one of the least thought out sub games we've ever come across on a fruit machine but don't let this lack of complexity mask the great prizes on offer and you can always do well to remember that a fruity that makes it both effortless and easy to win is a very good thing from a player's point of view.

Dubya is an excellent fruit machine that differs enough from the pack to make it hugely attractive to every single player out there today. People keep asking us what we really think of this funny fruit machine, and if it's got more lastability than the pure comedy novelty factor, so we say in the style of Dubya's daddy “read our lips...it most definitely has...!'