Sports are good for you as they can activate your muscles and be beneficial for your health. There are dozens of sports, and some of them served as an inspiration to software developers to create slot machines that will provide players with an entertaining gaming experience and hefty payouts. Whether you are into football, basketball, horse racing or other forms of sports, you will probably find a video slot game inspired by it.

If you love sports and enjoy playing slot machines, you have landed on the right page. Here at VideoSlot, we have compiled the list of the best sports-themed slots that will keep you entertained for a long time thanks to their exciting and rewarding bonus features.

Shoot!

Football is one of the most popular sports and it’s no wonder there are dozens of video slots themed on it. Shoot! is one of them and it caught our eye thanks to the greatest football legends appearing on the reels. Brought to you by the industry giant Microgaming, Shoot! is based on the popular UK magazine of the same name and features football legends including Maradona, Pele and Beckenbauer that show up on 5 reels to create winning combinations across 50 paylines.

Not only that the game will impress you visually, but it also offers a great winning potential. While playing alongside the football legends, you can win up to 619,000 coins. Look out for Bonus symbols as they can award up to 200x your total bet and unlock the Shoot Bonus feature. Here, you can win cash prizes or two other bonus features – up to 35 free games with all prizes doubled or interactive Magazine Bonus. Shoot! promises plenty of action and is perfect for all true football fans who can enjoy the sounds of cheering crowd at the stadium as they spin the reels.

Slam Dunk

Inspired by basketball and a shot in which a player pushes the ball down the net in a jump, Slam Dunk is an iSoftBet-powered video slot. Although it is not the most sophisticated release from the renowned developer when it comes to its design, you will love it for bonus features it offers. Played at 5 reels and 9 paylines, Slam Dunk offers multipliers, Scatter wins and two bonus rounds.

The top paying symbol is the cheerleader awarding 2,000 coins for five of a kind. If you are lucky enough and complete a winning combo with the scoreboard symbol, can score even more as your payout can be multiplied by 2x or 4x. Keep an eye on the basketball player and the ball as these are key to bonus games during which you can test your playing skills and win up to 9,000 or 5,000 coins respectively.

Frankie Dettori

One of the industry veterans Playtech dedicates a whole series of slot games to sporting legends. The first slot of their Sporting Legends series is Frankie Dettori inspired by the iconic UK horse racing jockey who has ridden the winners of more than 500 group races. The slot uses 5 reels and 25 paylines and offers no fewer than 3 progressive jackpots including the network Sporting Legends jackpot that can increase to a life-changing sum.

The game benefits from Galloping Wild Respins with stacked Wild moving one reel right and multipliers increasing up to 7x. The bonus feature is inspired by one of the biggest events in racing history when Dettori won seven of seven races at Ascot. The Golden Derby Free Games feature will offer you to pick a horse and back it to win up to 3x multiplier that will be applied to all wins from the feature. The top paying symbol is Frankie Dettori himself awarding 1,500 coins for five of a kind.

Fisticuffs

Fist-fighting dates back to Ancient Greece and if you are a boxing fan, this video will be just right for you. Powered by NetEnt, Fisticuffs tells the story of a favourite pastime for the Victorian Gentleman. Visually stunning, the slot uses 5 reels and 10 paylines across which you will have to match theme-related symbols such as boxing gloves, boots, spit buckets and towels and more. The game pays both ways and a maximum possible payout stands at 100,000 coins.

The biggest attraction of the game are Straight Wild and Diagonal Wild represented by two boxers. When these two land next to each other on the reels, the Boxing feature is triggered during which they will box and you will benefit from respins with extra Wilds added to the reels.

Champions Goal

We couldn’t help including another football-themed slot in this list and we have chosen the ELK Studios product for obvious reasons. It looks great, offers action-packed gameplay and pays up to 2,000x your bet. Champions Goal takes you to a football stadium where you can create winning combinations across 5 reels and 20 paylines. Players in red and blue dresses, two female supporters in corresponding colours, dress numbers, a supporter and a riot cop head to head and a flare in a fan’s hand convey the atmosphere of a stadium all football fans will certainly enjoy.

You have probably noticed that we have mentioned red and blue shirts. Well, pay attention to colours as all blue symbols create winning combinations left to right while red symbols pay right to left. There highlight of the game is the Derby Free Spins feature awarding 7 highly entertaining free spins during which you can earn more freebies by landing the trophy symbol on the reels. What’s more, if the football symbol appears, it will trigger the Free Kick that will destroy all the symbols on the respective row thus allowing a cascade of symbols with a 5x multiplier applied to a payout from it. The Sticky Corner mini feature triggered by the referee symbol awards a free spin with sticky Wilds added to the 4 corners of the reels. Furthermore, the Cascading Tifo feature is activated by a 3×3 combination of same colour symbols and it grants 3 bonus spins with 3 sticky Wilds. Once you score the Champion’s Goal, the feature ends.