Summer’s on the way and we’re planning to make it one to remember here at Simba Games. For starters, we’re running a free Summer Raffle that everybody can take part in. The first prize will be travel vouchers to help speed you on your way to the holiday destination of your choice.

We love to travel – and we know that anything to do with travel and holidays is always a big hit with players. Rather than just offer 2 tickets for a package deal to the Costa del Sol we’d rather let you choose your own destination and plan a trip that suits your tastes!

Earn Unlimited FREE Raffle Tickets – and maybe 10 FREE SPINS!

All you have to do is drop by Simba’s Facebook page where we’re running fun competitions every few days. There’s always something new with a choice of word search games, fun quizzes, trivia, guess the game challenges and loads more. It’s all free and it’s all fun. Sometimes we also pay out 10 FREE SPINS to competition winners! The main thing is that everybody who joins in gets entered in the Summer Holiday Prize Draw. You don’t have to do anything except take part in one of the free comps. You’ll also be automatically entered in the raffle whenever you leave a comment, like or share a post, or like our fan page. There’s no limit whatsoever to how many raffle tickets you can earn – and it’s all done for you – so fill your boots!

Everybody in the UK (or almost everybody) is hoping for a long hot summer. Nothing beats kicking back in just a pair of shorts and a vest and drinking a cold one by the barbecue. But, we all know that the UK weather is not exactly reliable. Weather (see what we did there) you believe in global warming or not, things have been a bit haywire lately. One minute you could be sweating like a politician in a police station, the next minute you’ll be running for cover from a freak July hailstorm!

UK summer breaks can be amazing, but If you’re a sun worshiper it definitely pays to have a Plan B in the form of a summer break. It often all depends on personal budget, holiday days and getting in synch with partners, kids or friends and the trick is to avoid the holiday headaches. Here’s a few useful tips to get the most out of your summer break:

5 Top Tips for a Great Summer Holiday!

If you’ve got the time and a bit of spare cash aim for a foreign holiday and a UK break. A long weekend – or even a week – by the sea in Cornwall or Devon can be a real joy; especially if there’s an August heatwave. The rail services have a bad reputation in the UK but it’s not always as dire as the newspapers make out. It might be worth thinking about booking cheap rail tickets in advance and saving yourself the hassle of driving.

If you’re going abroad start keeping an eye on the exchange rates. The pound and euro are likely to be up and down due to Brexit. You might be able to score some extra spending money if you buy foreign currency at the right moment.

The British are not always popular in some holiday resorts. Drunken loutish behaviour and compensation scams have been wearing out the welcome in some Mediterranean resorts. The problem is probably exaggerated, but if you’re looking for a warmer welcome try for a destination that’s less well-known among British holidaymakers.

A big part of the travel adventure is exploring new food and drink. It pays to read up a bit about the local cuisine and make an effort to visit the restaurants that local people go to. If you’re the only tourist in the house you’ll probably get a warmer reaction and better service – especially if you seem genuinely interested in the food.

Shopping: even with a weak pound you can still find some great deals abroad. As with the food, it’s worth doing your homework and seeing if there are any local specialties that interest you. You might find quality clothing, jewelry, artwork or special gifts at a good price. We all love souvenirs, so why not avoid the usual tourist junk and invest in something that will last for years and be really treasured!

We’ve got a great new competition on our Facebook page that’s paying out free spins every week.  It’s based on the classic story Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne. Simba the Lion will be recreating Phileas Fogg’s global journey and handing out prizes along the way.

Of course, it doesn’t take 80 days to travel around the world anymore. With modern transport you could do it in 80 hours and still have time for sightseeing along the way. But Simba’s seldom in a hurry, he’ll be moving at a more leisurely pace and featuring a game in every country or city that he visits along the way. The games will appear on our Facebook page as part of simple fun competitions and each week’s winner will get 10 free spins at Simba Games.

Win Holiday Travel Vouchers!

The best news is that every single person who takes part in the weekly competition – and gives us the right answer – will receive a ticket for our Summer Holiday Prize Draw. There’s no limit to how many tickets you can earn and you just need to be a player on the site to take part in the final raffle.

What’s the Story?

Around the World in 80 Days

Jules Verne was one of the most popular science fiction and fantasy writers of the 19^th century, writing dozens of novels and short stories. His best known works include Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. They’re still popular today and have been made into several blockbuster films.

Around the World in 80 Days begins in London in the early 1870s. A wealthy gentleman Phileas Fogg accepts a £20,000 bet (more like £2,000,000 in modern money) that he can’t travel around the world in 80 days. Fogg accepts the bet and begins a series of unexpected adventures as he struggles to beat the clock on his round the world voyage.

The book was published at a time when new railways and steam ships were opening up the world of travel to ordinary people and reducing the dangers of long journeys. The world suddenly seemed like a smaller place and there was massive excitement and enthusiasm for travel – something that many people today will immediately identify with.

The book has all the magic ingredients of adventure, intrigue, exotic locations and the challenge of a looming deadline. It was a massive bestseller at the time and was translated into dozens of languages. Since then Around the World in 80 Days has been continually reinvented over the last hundred years as hit films, TV series, musicals and cartoons.

Remember: Every correct answer on our Facebook page earns 1 free raffle ticket. There’s no limit to the number of tickets that you can have and you could be the lucky winner of our Summer Holiday Prize Draw!

Some of you have already won prizes on our exciting new site feature the Wheel of Fortune. If you haven’t seen the Wheel of Fortune yet you need to login to your Simba Games account and win your first daily prize.

You’ll see Simba’s Wheel of Fortune every time you login to the site and the deal is that you can spin it once a day. Your spin is completely free and works a bit like a daily bonus. There are 10 different prizes shown on the wheel and you’re guaranteed to win one of them every time you spin the wheel.

Win Free Spins and other Prizes

The biggest prizes on the wheel include:

• Airline Tickets
• Flat Screen TVs
• Shopping Vouchers
• Multi Spin Jackpots

There are also loads of free spins!

Why the Wheel of Fortune?

Simba Games is first and foremost a fun site and we believe in offering players a warm welcome. The Wheel of Fortune is designed to put a smile on your face and give you a win before you even go to the games. Think of it as a small thank you for showing up and our way of saying that every player is valued and that Every Day’s a Winner!

 Thousands of Years of Spinning the Wheel

For thousands of years philosophers believed in the concept of Rota Fortunae – the idea that the capricious Goddess Fortuna spins the wheel of fate at random, either raising people to wealth and power or shattering their hopes in an instant. All humans were thought to be subject to Fortuna’s wheel and today’s king could be tomorrow’s beggar.

The earliest origins of the wheel of fortune are almost as old as civilisation itself.  The wheel was an important concept in ancient Rome and Greece and the roots can be traced as far back as Babylonian times.

Belief in the wheel of fortune was still alive and strong over 600 years ago as the practice of divination by reading tarot cards developed. Wheel of Fortune (X) is the tenth trump or Major Arcana card. There are still plenty of people reading tarot cards today, continuing a tradition of the wheel of fortune that goes back almost to prehistory.

Tarot cards traditionally feature attractive and mysterious images full of hidden meaning. The wheel of fortune card usually shows an eight-spoked wheel with a creature (sometimes human; sometimes a Sphinx-like half-human) dressed in an Egyptian-style headdress.

Simba’s Wheel of Fortune is set firmly in the 21^st century and is powered by a random number generator that chooses your daily prize…well…randomly. Whatever happens, you’re guaranteed to win something!

 Play Fun Fair Ride

The wheel of fortune continued to be a popular theme in the wandering fairgrounds that used to appear outside towns and villages across Britain. It was used by fortune tellers and gamblers and developed into a painted gaming wheel usually divided into 10 sections each with a prize. The wheels were often weighted or controlled by crooked operators and naive fair goers were frequently duped. Fortunately when you play our online slots game Fun Fair Ride you can expect on average to win a cash prize with every 3^rd spin.

Our Fun Fair delivers non-stop slots action!