Certain European countries are on the verge of legalizing and regulating egaming. One of the reasons why they’re signing up new software providers. This week’s industry news is from Spain, Greece and Denmark.

The globe’s premier software provider Microgaming released a press statement that it signed a deal with CIRSA. CIRSA is well-known in the Spanish gambling market.

With legalization looming just around the corner in Spain, CIRSA was in pursuit a B2B partner. It chose Microgaming since it has a standing reputation and excellent gaming collection. Microgaming will equip CIRSA with casino, poker and bingo software in conjunction with administrative services. A representative of CIRSA said, “We are delighted our players will be able to enjoy the world’s most popular and exciting games and look forward to a long and happy working relationship.

” CEO of Microgaming, Roger Raatgever expressed his satisfaction as well. He said during the course of …

It would appear that this year’s Halloween focuses on young and attractive witches. Recently Microgaming launched Lucky Witch slots.

Not to be outdone by Microgaming, Playtech launched its own version titled ”Halloween Fortune” which features three gorgeous witches.

Symbols that appear across the reels are the three witches riding broomsticks. When winning combinations are formed they become animated. They wink and hastily fly across the reels. Each witch has a different coloured cloak. 1,000 coins is the largest fixed jackpot offered by the blue witch. Additional symbols like the cat, raven, skull, potion and medallion also grace the reels. Eye-catching animations like the candle on top of the skull lights up during winning combinations.

 Wild and Scatter Symbols

There are three unique symbols. The wild symbol is the carved pumpkin. When five of them appear in an enabled payline it offers a jackpot payout of 10,000 coins. The scatter symbol is …

One can only applaud QuickFire if one looks at the way it’s been accumulating new business partners and casino games of late. 

From its headquarters in the Isle of Man it released a statement that it signed an agreement to be Red Star Casino’s gaming software provider. Red Star Casino is the internet casino gaming service of the Red Star Poker portal. It services both English and Russian punters and runs on a multi-lingual platform.

Maxim Brovko, the Director of Operations at Red Star internet casino said the reason why we’ve partnered with QuickFire is that we want to be one of the leading internet casinos. We were in pursuit of a software solution that offered minimum downtime, and at the same token offered appealing branding opportunities.

QuickFire fit the bill perfectly; in the end it was an easy decision to us and it leads the pack when it comes …

IGT signed a LOI (Letter of Intent) with a Holland casino recently. This deal is regarded as a watershed land casino deal in Europe. IGT leads the market when it comes to land casino gaming machines and systems.

During the global expo in Las Vegas the LOI was signed by the CEOs of IGT and the Holland Casino. The deal entails the development and execution of Holland Casino’s new MOSAIC project.

“The MOSAIC project involves the modernization of systems and integration of Holland Casino’s casino management tools across all of its properties in the Netherlands using IGT’s Systems solutions,” IGT’s latest press release read. IGT will equip Holland Casino with a high-tech membership and loyalty system enabling punters to enjoy fast, reliable rewards and coinless gambling.

IGT will speed-up operational processes and focus on providing excellent customer service. The company acknowledged that responsible gaming policies will be implemented and that …

Approximately 15 hours before this article was written the Microgaming progressive jackpot Mega Moolah has been hit. One lucky player managed to win the incredible sum of $3.84 million. Once the compulsory issues are completed the winner will receive the full amount by a single check.

Since its release this is the tenth time the Mega Moolah progressive jackpot internet slot has been hit, all in all Microgaming could not have been more satisfied. The jackpot amounts won were over $6 million, one hit recorded more than $5 million, two hits of over $4 million and the latest hit well over $3 million. Many hits have been smaller than $3 million. At $1 million dollars the Mega Moolah jackpot resets itself. Presently the jackpot amount stands at $1.11 million, it already increased by more than $11,000 in half a day! This is excellent for a jackpot that has just been won.

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Players can now play a brand new themed slot machine titled Monster Mayhem at all Realtime Gaming (RTG) casinos.

It does not have a Halloween theme but it’s quite similar to King Kong. Hence the reason it’s aptly titled Monster Mayhem.

Smash and Crash are the two beasts that feature prominently. On reel 1 Smash appears only and on reel 5 Crash appears only. They are both wild symbols they even substitute the scatter symbol. Every time Smash appears, twice the line bet is paid. Smash and Crash both become animated when they appear in winning combinations and celebrate it by making vicious gestures and monstrous sounds. Since Monster Mayhem is a 50 payline internet slots many opportunities like this will present itself on the reels.

The scatter symbol is the city. After scatter payouts three or more city symbols make their appearance on the reels. This does not occur often …

MGM Resorts chief exec, Jim Murren made an announcement on the 5th of October that his company is on the verge of venturing into the internet gambling market, by introducing a brand new social media game enabling players to build up a farmyard enterprise, comparable to Zynga’s Farmville.

The difference is that MGM’s farm will enable players to become virtual “casino moguls”. According to Murren, whose company is a staunch supported for the legalization of internet casinos in the United States, “The demographics of internet gamers are really right in the strike zone of the gaming industry.”

Another internet gambling venture surfaced recently – that of South Point Casino, it is owned by Michael Gaughan, announced the launch of a new “free-to-play” internet poker facility, its purpose is to propel the brand awareness and interest in internet poker, awaiting that internet gambling would be legalized in Nevada soon.

Presently, the site could …

Of late more gaming providers and internet casinos are bracing themselves for the day when internet gambling is legalized in the United States again.

Aristocrat signed an agreement with Maryland Live! land casino and tribal operator Island Resort and Casino whose ‘free-to-play’ virtual casino should be up-and-running in the second quarter of 2012.

In June 2012 Maryland Live! will open its doors for business and offer its customers an internet play-for-fun option that will be powered by the new Aristocrat internet platform. Aristocrat announced that its fully-branded play-for-fun virtual casino open in March 2012, offering Maryland Live! Casino games like poker, slots and skill-based games.

The reason why the virtual casino launch is planned before the real casino opening is that the site aims to upgrade the brand of Maryland Live! Casino and to attract numerous players even before the opening.

Rob Norton, Maryland Live! Casino President and General Manager, said, “We …

Neteller is one of the premier e-wallets that most internet casinos use as a deposit and withdrawal option to fund their internet casino accounts. The reason why customers like this payment option it permits their electronic wallet to be loaded using many payment options. In its latest e-mail newsletter Neteller notified its customers that Paysafecard is now available as a deposit option with Neteller.

In order to make a deposit with Paysafecard, an internet casino player must first visit his/her nearest Paysafecard reseller. Paysafecard has more than 400,000 retail outlets across the globe. A step by step guide on Paysafecard’s website guides the player. All a player needs to do is to slot in his/her address; the nearest ten locations will be shown. A player can then purchase vouchers and pay for them in cash if he/she so chooses. Players can purchase Paysafecard vouchers in values ranging from €10, €25, …

In recent years the Piggs Peak legal case was one of the longer and much followed internet gambling cases in South Africa.

The first party was the Microgaming powered popular casino Piggs Peak which belongs to Casino Enterprises, a firm based in Swaziland. The second party was the state of South Africa represented by its National Gambling Board. In the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein the final battle was fought, since Piggs Peak internet casino lost in the lower courts.

The Appeal Court rejected Piggs Peak internet casino’s appeal heralding the end of a drawn-out litigation process. Casino Enterprises released a statement that reads like this, “With immediate effect Casino Enterprises (Pty) Limited trading as Piggs Peak Casino, Piggs Peak Poker, Piggs Peak Bingo and Volcanic Gold Casino will no longer accept bets from any players in South Africa. Should you have a positive balance in your Piggs Peak Casino account, …