I played the foodie games on Fabulous Vegas for British Sandwich Week
IN honour of British Sandwich Week, I played the food-inspired games on Fabulous Vegas.
In this edition of Keep Up With Katrina, I took my usual budget of £10 and decided to check out the Fabulous Vegas games that had a food theme.
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Yes, I was playing when it was lunchtime and I was hungry but that’s not the only reason for this theme. It’s also because 19th - 25th May 2025 marks British Sandwich Week!
This event is organised by the British Sandwich & Food To Go Association. According to the event’s website it “celebrates the humble sandwich in all its glory, as well as the contribution that the sandwich industry makes to the economy”.
As it turns out, this is quite a sizeable contribution, with more than 3 billion sandwiches purchased in the UK each year. That means we Brits spend over £8 billion a year on these lunchtime staples.
This year’s theme is Seven Days, Seven Sandwiches. The website outlines seven recommended sandwich recipes, one for each day of the week-long celebration.
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The recipes include ways to elevate your sandwich game, so you won’t find run-of-the-mill fillings like the BLT, which is a slight shame when a Hovis poll of 2,000 people found it to be the best-loved sandwich choice (28%). In close second came chicken salad (24%), and in joint third position was tuna mayo, and fish finger (23%).
Sandwiches have been filling hungry Brits for hundreds of years. The story goes that in 1762, John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, was reluctant to step away from a card game in order to get food.
Therefore, he ordered that a plate be brought to him instead, consisting of meat placed between two slices of bread, so that he could keep playing while eating.
His fellow guests got the food envy that any good sandwich can evoke and they wanted one as well.
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This is when the sandwich concept came to Britain. However, the practice of placing fillings in bread already existed in the eastern areas of the Mediterranean, where Montagu is known to have visited.
Want some quick facts to impress your friends with this British Sandwich Week?
According to Guinness World Records, the largest sandwich ever made was 2,467.5kg! It was made by Wild Woody’s Chill & Grill in 2005. It had 68kg of mustard, 468.1kg of corned beef, 117.9kg of cheese, 240.4kg of lettuce and 1,618.4kg of bread. It was 3.6m long, 3.6m wide and 0.44m thick.
Meanwhile, the most expensive sandwich ever made was the Quintessential Grilled Cheese from Seredipity 3 in New York. The 2014 sandwich was $214. This price came from the fact that it was made from bread containing Dom Perignon Champagne and gold flakes. There was truffle butter and rare Caciocavallo Podolico cheese. Finally, the sandwich came with South African lobster tomato bisque dipping sauce.
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Now that I’ve whet your appetite for sandwiches, shall we dive into how my foodie session on Fabulous Vegas went?
Were the steaks high? Was my gaming style ham-fisted? Was I the Queen of Clubs?
Let’s see how I got on…
Slingo Rakin’ Bacon
- Spent £3
- Won £5
I started with what I will go on record as saying is the best sandwich filling. Bacon sandwiches are a gift from the gods.
It tied perfectly with what I consider to be the most enjoyable gaming format: slingos. These are a hybrid of bingo games and slots.
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For one price, you get a number of spins. Each spin reveals a selection of numbers (usually in the five-column format of bingo) and you attempt to dab as many numbers as possible on your ticket with your spins.
Each completed line forms a “slingo” and means you climb the slingo ladder. The more slingos you achieve, the bigger the prize that you ultimately win.
Rakin’ Bacon offers 10 spins per game. I played three games with £1 stakes.
Something that I was surprised to see was that every time a Wild spun in (these allow players to select any number in the relevant column to dab) the golden piggy bank began to swell.
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By the end of one game, the piggy was as ready to burst as I am after an all-inclusive holiday.
It turns out that this was a visual to let me know that the jackpot game can be randomly triggered when any Wild symbol spins in. Once in the jackpot game, you’re guaranteed to win one of four jackpots.
Rakin’ Bacon kept me on my toes as I only achieved one slingo in game one (you must achieve a minimum of three slingos to start winning cash).
Then, game two took me to two slingos. Finally, third time was the charm as I scooped six slingos and a fabulous £5 prize!
Sizzling Eggs
- Spent £3.40
- Won 43p
A good egg mayo sandwich is also a great option… just not in a confined, public space. That’s right, I’m talking to the people eating them on trains or in offices. I see you. I respect and resent your audacity.
In this slot game, you can win up to 2500x your bet! There are also four jackpots that can be won: Mini (x20), Minor (x50), Major (x100) and Mega (x200).
Once I selected my bet amount (from between 10p and £5), I started to play. On one spin, the top row was nearly filled by molten lava egg symbols that would be guaranteed to burn your mouth.
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Turns out, these are Collector symbols and had they filled the top row, they’d have sat on the table for a random number of spins (up to 10) collecting cash and jackpot symbols all the while.
If an infinity symbol had popped up, the countdown would have been INFINITY and all cash and jackpot symbols would be collected until the feature ended.
This game also has the Gamble feature, which players can use after successful spins. It allows you to gamble your winnings for the chance to double them. However, be aware that if you lose, you forfeit the cash win from that spin.
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If you think this game is egg-cellent, make sure to check out Sizzling Eggs Extremely Light and Sizzling Eggs Grand Gold Edition.
Ice Lobster
- Spent: £3.60
- Won: 8p
In honour of the Quintessential Grilled Cheese dipping sauce, I selected a lobster-inspired game. It wasn’t hard to find a fishy slot given that they are extremely popular in the gaming world!
From fishing rods to nets and friendly fisherman, the iconography of this game is very on brand.
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Yet, it’s not just a feast for the eyes as there’s a cheery tune that plays in the background while you play. I found myself compelled to bob along (which I suppose is very appropriate for a sea-themed game).
In Ice Lobster, the total bet amount is calculated as coins per value x coin value x 20. Therefore, the minimum bet amount is 20p and the maximum is £5. The maximum win is x5000, and there’s a free spins feature that can award up to x1000.
If you spin in three, four or five Scatter symbols, you get 8, 12 or 15 free spins, respectively. I played with a selection of bet amounts, and with my £1 bet I managed to spin in two Scatters but that’s where my luck ran out as the third Scatter slipped my net!
What could you win?
What a scrumptious gaming session with some very tasty wins! Don’t forget to honour British Sandwich Week by indulging in your favourite fillings as well as trying something new.
As for my winnings pot of £5.51, I had to think of an appropriately delicious way to spend it. That’s when I found a way to elevate my sandwich game to a whole new level:
- A four-piece set of sandwich cutters with delightfully cute fox, whale, seal and teddy characters - £5.29
Make like the Earl, grab yourself a sandwich and get settled into your own great gaming session with us here at Fabulous Vegas.
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About the author
Katrina Vasey - Bingo Editor, The Sun
After graduating from Southampton University with a degree in English Literature, Katrina Vasey worked as a Content Editor for Law Business Research's publication the International Law Office. Katrina joined The Sun in 2022 as the Bingo Editor, covering the four gaming platforms: Sun Bingo, Fabulous Bingo, Sun Vegas and Fabulous Vegas.
