Size-wise, the 11 New Jersey online casinos may be small, but even so, one feature you can always look forward to when you play is lots of slots!

On those days when the same old, same old absolutely won’t do and you are clamoring for a slot game that is new, exciting, and different, look no further than 1 Can 2 Can by NextGen Gaming.

Who can play 1 Can 2 Can? You can if you fit any of the following descriptions:

• A small player on a budget.

• A medium stakes player.

• A high roller.

• Prefer slots that are simple to play but highly entertaining and full of surprises.

• Wild about winning.

As long as you are any of the above, you should enjoy 1 Can 2 Can immensely. The one catch is that the only way you can play this game online in New Jersey is if you have an account at Mohegan Sun online casino or Resorts Casino online (click on the links to read our reviews and to learn more about these sites).

Surprisingly, none of the nine other New Jersey online casinos offer it. Of course, if you don’t have an online account at MoheganSunCasino.com or ResortsCasino.com as yet, you can fix that situation in minutes. Follow the simple instructions after clicking the links above, make your first deposit, collect your generous welcome bonus, and you can start playing 1 Can 2 Can along with more than 100 other online casino games.

But don’t wait till December. 1 Can 2 Can is one of the three November Games of the Month at MoheganSunCasino.com (the other two are Cats and Irish Eyes 2). Every time you play any of these games all month long, you will be rewarded at 1.5x the usual rate!

1 Can 2 Can basics

1 Can 2 Can is a 5-reel 25 line video slot. All of the action takes place in front of a waterfall in a picturesque tropical forest. Other than you, the two leading characters are a pair of toucans.

When they are resting (which isn’t often), one is perched on a branch to the left of the reels, and the other is perched on a branch to the right of the reels. But these tropical birds are very hungry, so whenever the mood strikes them, they fly across the reels and pounce on a symbol filled with fruit, thereby instantly turning it into a wild symbol.

The toucans also have the power to change existing symbols to scatter symbols. Extra wild and scatter symbols are exactly what you want to see on the reels because more often than not, they mean extra winnings. So whenever you see these birds suddenly turning wild or scatter-brained, acting more like vultures than toucans, have no fear. Rather than eat up your bankroll, they are going to be adding to it big time!

While the toucans help to create some of your biggest wins, even without their help, you can have many winning spins, thanks largely to the wild and scatter symbols that might show up anyway when you spin the reels. These symbols are easily recognizable by word “Wild” or “Scatter” that appears on them in large letters. Flowers, toucan feathers, lizards, sloths, and the playing cards 9, 10, J, Q, K, and A decorated with fruit constitute the other symbols on the wheel.

All wins, except for those involving the scatter symbol, are based on symbols going from left to right on an active payline. Scatter symbols can appear anywhere on the reels, but they are of no help to you unless three or more occur at the same time. If a given spin produces multiple wins on the same line, the highest win only is paid. However, wins on different lines are added together.

One especially nice feature of this game is the very wide betting range from just .02 per line to $4.00 per line. You can adjust both your line bet and the number of lines you want to play up or down. You can play anywhere from 1 line to all 25. However, it is definitely to your advantage to have all 25 lines working for you because it greatly increases your chances of having a winning combination.

The smallest possible bet per spin is 2 cents (1 line at the minimum bet) and the largest possible bet per spin is $100 (all 25 lines at the maximum bet). In other words, 1 Can 2 Can is a game that anyone can play from low stakes players to high rollers.

If you want to keep the cost down, you can play 25 lines at .02 cent per line or .04 cents per line, which will bring the total cost respectively to .50 per spin or $1.00 spin. That is a better option than risking the same amount of money using a higher betting unit but playing fewer lines.

1 Can 2 Can does not offer a progressive jackpot. If you are looking for a game with a shot, however remote, of winning a mega-size life-changing amount of money, this is not the game for you. But that doesn’t mean you can’t walk away with a very nice-sized win because you definitely can.

The key, as with any slot machine, is not to get greedy. The top line payout is 1,000 coins, which is the amount you receive when 5 wild symbols appear on an active payline. The second biggest line payout is 500 coins for 5 sloths. The payout for 5 scatter symbols is 50x your bet.

Getting 5 matching symbols of any kind all across the reels is unlikely, but there are many other lesser-paying combinations that will come up frequently.

1 Can 2 Can Wild Bonus

The wild symbol substitutes for all other symbols except the scatter symbol and as such helps to form additional winning combinations. But in this action-packed game, in addition to all of the times when your spin results in one or more wild symbols already showing up, “wild” is the only word to describe what happens when the toucans get busy.

Whenever a toucan (or better yet, two toucans) fly across the screen and randomly descend on a playing card to peck at the fruit, lo and behold, the playing card gets transformed into a wild symbol! In the base game, a toucan may add 1 wild symbol to one or more reels. But in the Free Games Bonus (see below), two toucans gone wild collide, possibly adding as many as 3 wilds in one or more reels!

1 Can 2 Can Scatter Bonus

Toucans are also capable of adding scatter symbols, but only to reels 2, 3, and 4. With or without their help, any spin that produces three or more scatter symbols anywhere on the reels is an immediate winner. The payout is 5x your bet for three scatter symbols, 15x your bet for four scatter symbols, and 50x your bet for five scatter symbols.

But wait, your winning streak is just getting started because that last winning spin has just triggered 10 Free Spins, also known as the Fruity Free Games Feature.

Throughout the free spins your line bet and number of lines in play are the same as on the spin that triggered the bonus. (Of course, it would be great if at the start of the Free Spins you could raise your bet to the $100 maximum, knowing that virtually every free spin is going to be a winner, but the game manufacturer isn’t crazy.)

The Free Spins feature is the highlight of the game because you get to watch the two toucans in action like never before. It seems like neither of them wants to sit still and neither will your win meter which keeps climbing. Furthermore, the 10 Free Spins are retriggerable! If three or more scatter symbols turn up again during the course of the free spins, you receive an additional 10 free spins.

That is exactly what happened to me when I was playing the game in free play mode. I was on my ninth spin and got the message that the last free spin was coming up, except it wasn’t the last free spin because three scatter symbols showed up. As you will no doubt discover for yourself when you play this game, the 1 Can 2 Can Scatter Bonus and Free Spins Feature can produce some huge wins.

Special features

The following additional features are entirely optional, but many players like them.

Auto play

Stopping an enjoyable game simply because you have something else to do can be annoying, but not if you activate the Auto Play Feature on this game. Simply select a specific number of spins from 5 to 100 and the machine will continue playing the game even when you are away.

The number of lines played and the amount bet per line both remain exactly the same as before unless you choose to change them. Your odds of winning also do not change just because the spins are being made automatically rather than manually, and your balance will go up or down based on the outcome of each spin. Of course, if your balance drops to below the amount of your bet, the machine will stop prematurely.

Otherwise, unless you decide to manually stop the auto play feature, it will continue operating as programmed.

Gamble feature

If you sense your machine is on a hot streak or you simply feel like doing more gambling, immediately after a win, as an alternative to raising your bet, if you wish, you can activate the Gamble Feature.

The object is to try to correctly guess either the color (red or black) or suit (clubs, spades, hearts, or diamonds) of the next randomly drawn playing card. If you guess the correct color, you double your win. If you guess the correct suit, you quadruple your win!

The Gamble Feature can be played up to 5 times in a row. It is exciting, to be sure, and you could win a bundle. But beware — if you guess wrong, you win nothing!

Summary

1 Can 2 Can is a very entertaining slot game. The bright colors and exceptional graphics will not only keep your eyes glued to the screen; this is a game that can be extremely uplifting to your mood. Also, playing the game can hardly be simpler because once you make up your mind what stakes you want to play for, the outcome is entirely out of your hands.

As with many slot games, there will be many spins which produce small “wins,” but they are really losses rather than wins because the amount is less than the amount you have bet. But interspersed between those and other unproductive spins on which you win nothing at all, there will be less frequent big wins.

We are pleased to report that this game has an average return to the player (RTP) of 95.25 percent, which is not only very good for an online slot, but much higher than most land-based slot machines pay. However, this figure is only an average, and your own play can easily produce a better or worse outcome.

If you are not sure whether you want to play 1 Can 2 Can for real money, the casinos won’t mind at all if you play for free in demo mode to get a feel of the game. But if and when you do play for real money, our suggestion is to forego the optional Auto Play and Gamble features, which are more likely to work against you rather than for you.

Keep your playing sessions at a reasonable length, don’t chase your losses, and if you are winning, quit a winner rather than shoot for the moon.