Microgaming: The Best Online Casino Software

Date Added: December 4, 2008

Microgaming pioneered online gambling in the mid 1990s. Today it powers the most online casinos, offers the largest portfolio of online casino games and also adds more games every month than any other online gaming software provider.

However the reputation of Microgaming is not built on sheer quantity. It offers some of the best games in the online gambling industry. Microgaming is an innovative software developer and is continuously raising the benchmarks of the industry. A few months back it introduced a new concept in online video poker with its “Level Up” games in which a number of hands were played in sequence, instead of being played simultaneously, with increasing payouts. Just this month it launched an innovative concept in online slots. Its latest slot game, MySlot allows players to customize and personalize the theme of the slot game according to their fancy. Microgaming progressive jackpots have always been very popular because of their huge payouts. Mega Moolah paid out over $5.5 million earlier this year and has already breached the $4.5 million level again. Microgaming has introduced progressive jackpots in games other than online slots. Roulette Royale has recently paid out about $1 million.

Viper, the Microgaming software, also has an edge over the competition because of its useful and innovative features. It was the first to introduce a number of player functions from within the gaming area, thus eliminating the need for players to exit from the games in order to access these functions. The most important of these are PlayCheck and CashCheck. PlayCheck enables players to check their operating history. Each wager can be recalled with details such as date, time, amount wagered, details of the hand or spin and the outcome. CashCheck enables players to check the history of their financial transactions. Microgaming has the best Auto Play feature in the industry. Auto Play allows the player to play a number of spins without manual intervention. Microgaming’s Auto Play feature alerts the player when the losses exceed a set amount or when the player hits a jackpot. Microgaming has also introduced Auto Play in games that require skill, such as blackjack. Here Auto Play is used with Auto Strategy in which the player can input his strategy using a strategy card.

Microgaming powered online casinos were very popular in the United States. Recently these suffered a severe setback in the legal proceedings in the state of Kentucky. The Governor of Kentucky ordered the seizure of about 140 domain names on the grounds that they were illegal gambling devices. Many of these belonged to Microgaming online casinos. In the court hearings that followed Microgaming was unjustifiably targeted. Therefore, though the court hearings are still in progress, Microgaming has advised all its casino operators to withdraw from the American market. But there is growth in the other markets and though losing the American market is a setback, Microgaming will prevail.

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