Casino software
When you visit your next online casino, you may notice the same games, particularly slots, cropping up at every single place you play. This is because the varying casinos that you have chosen are using the same software provider. They obviously want to provide the most popular games online, because they attract the biggest crowds, games that you see everywhere include MegaMoolah and Gonzo’s Quest. These games have produced massive jackpots and that is hugely attractive to slots players.
For live casino providers, the software provider is also a major concern as the quality of the games, the real-time experience and reliability play a huge factor in keeping players loyal.
There are a growing number of software providers which has allowed casinos to offer an ever-increasing number of games. The future of casino software is clearly heading towards providing more interactive experiences, faster more streamlined experiences and the ability to move seamlessly across different platforms.
Gonzos Quest, the slots game is now being produced in a VR version and there will be plenty more to follow. Hard to imagine, but think momentarily about a Virtual Reality (VR version) of a Roulette game, in the live Casino.
The Developers
For New Zealanders the major software providers are Microgaming, Net Ent, Playtech and 888 and they provide a huge variety of games for players. While there are some practical differences, they all have their strengths and weaknesses.
You will want to use the best casino software. A decent standard of software provides a broad range of games, from simple slots with themes spanning from the simplest to the complex.
Microgaming
Microgaming is widely recognized as the first company to provide online casinos with cutting edge games. Microgamings’ powers big brand, including Betway and Royal Vegas.
To date, Microgaming remains at the head of the market, in January 2017 producing new Jackpot payouts for Mega Moolah with a jackpot payout of €6,078,249.33 from one of their clients, Captain Cooks casino.
Microgaming’s has a range of over 500 progressive slots and down to a few of their best sellers - life-changing wins and spontaneous gameplay are their top selling touchpoints.
Playtech
Microgamings’ major rival for decades can be proud of what it has accomplished.
Playtech slots games are noticeable because they are dominated by certain themes, such as superheroes. They have gained numerous recent awards, one of them being the ‘Most Effective Agency Collaboration’ in 2016. They work extremely well with hundreds of casinos, including William Hill.
They have a great well-reputation, are trustworthy and provider reliable games. They also produce top quality audiovisual experiences for players, who genuinely love their marvel games, amongst others.
Netent
Net Entertainment, otherwise known as ‘Netent’ has a proud reputation as an industry innovator. Netent has successfully managed to improve security with each evolution in software. Players can be confident that state-of-the-art 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer encryption will provide enough online protection for them whilst they try out each and every one of the brilliantly crafted games.
Based in Sweden and Malta, Netent produces revolutionary and exciting casino games, from slots to live. They are behind several concepts such as “Skill stop” and power many casinos with a huge New Zealand fan base.
888 holdings
888 use their own software under the name Dragonfish although they also use a number of games from different software providers.
They have a Gibraltar license and have been involved in various legal proceedings, which gives them a dubious appearance to some players. Their games, unlike their reputation, are top quality and have great cross-platform performance – from mobile to desktop.
They have casino, poker, bingo and sports betting available.
Cryptologic
Cryptologic is actually one of the older software firms although now they have been amalgamated into Amaya Gaming. Amaya gaming, is a casino game provider, based in Canada, the games are from slots to tables and have a tendency to be focused on characters from series. Famously the Playboy brand have used cryptologic games such as Poker in the past.
The experience with Cryptologic is exciting and it’s great when any casino puts their games in their Portfolio.
The Business Model
The upside for players is that by having games that are prepared somewhere else, they get to focus on players and create the best promotions.
Online casino games are unlikely to be made in-house. This is down to practicalities; Game development is time and resource consuming, it’s better to let developers handle that part. There are exceptions to the rule, like for example, 888casino that produces most of their own games.
Instead of producing their own software in-house, online casino companies look to software development companies to develop the games for them and they “rent” the games for their casino use.
The software developers also produce promotions on specified games, which can create absolutely huge prizes as the games are provided across hundreds of casinos, in multiple languages.
