Winning with Winster

Winster is a great gaming site that provides community gaming in a friendly, non competitive environment. Everyone wins each time they play and the more you help each other, the more everyone wins. Winster is free. You just do a quick sign up and start playing. They do not send spam - my e-mail box has remained uncluttered. You will select your own screen name so you can be whoever you want to on Winster. Your choice of hats to wear while playing makes the room colorful and gives you a chance to express yourself.

When you sign up you will directed to Social Slots which is by far the most popular game on Winster. After a very brief tutorial you are playing. Free members are given 200 spins per day. The object of social slots is to get 5 of a kind of basic slot machine symbols, cherries, bananas, grapes, single bars, double bars, triple bars, diamonds, sevens and the most valuable piece, the "Winnie". When you get 5 of a kind, you hit "cash in" and are awarded points for your hand. Points are redeemed for gift certificates from Amazon.com, Cooking.com, Papa Johns Pizza, Omaha Steaks and other great sites.

It sounds pretty simple, and it is, but the fun comes in when you trade. You are automatically placed in a room with 4 other people (You can change rooms if you care to). Players will give you the pieces they don't want and you that you need. To get a hand of 5 cherries you may spin one or two and have the others given to you by the players who don't need them at the moment. Similarly when you spin a diamond and the person next to you already has 2 or 3, you will give it to her to help her out. This makes it easy to get points and to have fun. Players cooperate and share pieces to give everyone a chance to win.

There are other games on Winster. Bling Bash is a cooperative Bingo Game. It is great fun and you earn quite a few points quickly. Poker Pals is a 5 card draw game. Everyone can see everyone else's cards. Can you imagine the guy next to you being able to give you an ace so you can have 4 of a kind? It's a game everyone should try.

Spell Squad is a unique Scrabble like game where you try to make words out of random letters you spin. Players trade letters to get what they need and help you make a word. This is a great game for the Scrabble or Crossword puzzle lover.

Burger Buddy is fun and cute. You spin for pieces of a hamburger. The bigger and better the burger you make the more points you get. You have to have the bun top, bun bottom some meat, cheese, lettuce, burger middles like a Big Mac and when you complete a burger you get the points. You can trade pieces so if your friend needs a burger bottom you can give him one.

Match Makers is a mentally challenging game (at least for me) where you match jewels and try to clear your board. There are many symbols and you trade to get three in a row and clear your board. Facets is a puzzle game, when you arrange smiley faces and complete the picture, you are awarded points.

Chain Gang has you complete chains from chin pieces that you spin at random. The longer the chain, the more points you get. Picture Magic is a puzzle game where you complete various pictures. You can change pictures for variety and trade with people to get the pieces you need. (I just completed a dog picture and traded ears, nose and eyes). Doku is for the Sudoku fan, made easier by the chance to trade numbers with other players.

The fact is you can spend a great deal of time on Winster. It is really fun, there is a great variety of games and the camaraderie with the other players is wonderful. Each day you are awarded 200 more spins so you can come back and play again. If you don't want to wait till the next day, you can become a paid member and get up to 800 spins per day. Your points are doubled when you join and you can reach your chosen prize much more quickly. Paid members also have the benefit of not having their games interrupted with advertising.

I became a member on November 14, 2008 and have won $85 in Amazon Gift Certificates as of May 15, 2009. You really can accumulate enough points for the prize you desire and they really do deliver the prize. Winster has become a daily activity for me. I love the games, the people and the prizes. It is relaxing after a stressful day and a nice break at lunch time or whenever you need a break for a few minutes. I think it is the best gaming site out there and plan to keep on winning.