Tag Archive: Wild West

The American Wild West was certainly wild. Settlers moving westwards across the US would stake land claims and then defend them against all comers. In order to maintain some semblance of law and order, US Marshals kept an eye on frontier towns. One of these was a larger than life character, Wild Bill Hickok. Though immortalised thanks to Hollywood, he's probably best known today among gamblers, thanks to the hand of cards he was said to of been holding when he died playing poker in Deadwood.

All in all, wild west themed slots have taken the gambling industry by storm. What’s more, you don’t have to worry about missing out on all of the fun. At this time, we’ve handpicked the most popular wild west themed slots to play online today.

First becoming popular in 17th century France, the game of Faro quickly spread over the European continent. Then, thanks to the French colonist, the Americas fell to this addictive and easy game. By the 1800s it was probably the most popular card game across the US, with huge sums of cash changing hands every day. But soon the casinos and gambling halls started to cheat the players. And in so doing, the game grew a reputation of being unreliable. By the mid 1900s, the game was forgotten.