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Microgaming, a leading developer of casino, poker and bingo software to gaming brands worldwide, is absolutely thrilled to announce that the company won an award in the category of Mobile Product at the 10^th International Gaming Awards that was held on Monday, 6^th February 2017 at the InterContinental London Park Lane.

Since developing the first ever mobile casino software in 2004, the company has endeavored to remain at the forefront of the industry and has since created a vast portfolio of mobile games, consisting of more than 350 innovative titles playable across over 3,000 devices. There are currently over 350 online gaming brands that access Microgaming’s mobile products.

Microgaming not only holds the Guinness World Record for the biggest jackpot win on slots but also now holds the record for having the biggest mobile jackpot win. This comes after a lucky mobile player, D.P., won an incredible amount of €7,968,311.26 after hitting the progressive jackpot on Microgaming’s Mega Moolah progressive slot game in August of last year.

The Chief Executive Officer of Microgaming, Roger Raatgever, commented on the company’s latest award by saying that they are extremely proud to win the award for Mobile Product. He added that they predicted that mobile would be the future of gaming back in 2004 when they created the world’s first mobile casino software, and they have not looked back.

Raatgever went on to say that it is great to receive recognition for their hard work and to be viewed by the industry as having the best mobile product out there. He added that this is the perfect way to start what is sure to be the most incredible ICE Totally Gaming for Microgaming.

A lucky university student from Uruguay has become the very first jackpot winner on the million dollar Millionaires Island progressive slot, which is exclusive to Amaya Inc.’s PokerStars Casino.

The player, who is only known as “LuisCancelaU” managed to turn a mere $1.00 into a whopping sum of $1,517,303.08 after playing the slot game for only three minutes and spinning just 17 times before 4 Millionaires Island symbols appeared on the reels of the game, leaving him to get just one more symbol in order to hit the jackpot.

The 26 year old player was convinced that the 5^th symbol would not appear as, according to him “these things don’t happen”. However, the fifth symbol did appear and the jackpot feature went off to celebrate the lucky player’s life-changing winning moment.

The winner revealed that he started shouting and shaking his brother who was looking at him completely perplexed and they hugged and cried after showing him his account. He went on to say that they would now be in a position to give something back to their parents who have fought very hard to give them anything they needed.

Bo Wanghammar, Director of PokerStars Casino, said that they are truly delighted for “LuisCancelaU. He added that they knew it would not take long to create a millionaire after their exclusive slot received incredibly early play.

Wanghammar went on to say that it shows that life changing winning moments are accessible to anyone who wants to play for them and they are looking forward to making more winners from their growing slot portfolio.

Though, few concentrated games have now become the most popular casino games, but this is also true that all time traditional casino games like Roulette still have the biggest fans following. In fact, this game is the identity of a casino; you can’t assume any gambling zone without rolling wheels of the most loved money spinning game.

To explore the new horizon in contemporary casinos, Authentic Gaming has launched its ‘Authentic Live Roulette’ solution on its partner casino brand Kindred Group. The latest solutions has several variants of the popular traditional casino game to suite different kinds of players needs and includes live streams of roulette tables at a number of high-profile casinos hence players will be able to access several variants of the table game at one single place which is going to be helpful for those who love the game and always prefer to try their luck on a Roulette table.

Knowingly Kindred Group has several casino brands under its branding including the likes of Unibet and Maria Casino and each of them is going to be live with the new solution. Talking about it and why they decided to refine their existing offerings with the new Roulette solution, Kindred’s head of gaming Fredrik Kjell said, “Authentic Gaming’s wide range of live roulette games is an exciting proposition for our brands as we continue to develop and grow our live casino business. We are constantly striving to offer our players variety and we believe that playing their favourite table game, that is being streamed from aspirational destinations around the world, will prove a huge hit with our players.”

Likewise, Jonas Delin, chief executive of Authentic Gaming, also added his thoughts over the new gaming solution and how it can help their clients to better serve their players, he said, “We have come a long way in a short time, and to be recognised by one of the biggest gambling companies is a huge milestone for us. We take pride in offering something that is completely unique within the live casino market as we continue to carve a niche for providing a premium live casino experience.”

Finland-based open gaming platform provider Finnplay, has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Malta-licensed GoWild Gaming in terms of which it will allow the company the platform rights for development and operations to their iGaming platform.

Finnplay has already partnered with developers that include NYX Gaming, Play’n GO, Quickfire and Ezugi and the company has a number of white label casinos in operation.

Martin Prantner, Chief Executive Officer of Finnplay, commented on the agreement between the parties by saying that they are delighted to partner with one of Europe’s fastest growing casino companies and specialists that has been operating since 2009. He added that their platform will allow GoWild Gaming to continue to accelerate its multi-product and multi-brand strategy with access to games content from over 15 providers such as Evolution Gaming, NetEnt, Microgaming, Novomatic, Scientific Games and Quickfire titles.

Itai Zak, Chief Executive Officer at GoWild Gaming, also commented by saying that today’s online gaming customer expects instant access to the very best gaming content on one platform without any hassle. He also said that Finnplay’s solution improves the customer experience and, in the end, customer satisfaction by providing casino games for both web and mobile.

Zak went on to say that from the operators’ side, their business is now in their full control as Finnplay’s technology stack gives them the opportunity to own the platform rights and further enhance the platform.

Finnplay was founded in 2008 and specializes in tailored gaming solutions for the online and mobile gaming industry.

GoWild Gaming focuses on delivering a unique gaming experience with a wide choice of promotions and game variety.

Gibraltar licensed 32Red PLC, powered by software from Microgaming, reported growth in net gaming revenue in 2016, saying that it will report full-year results in line with expectations.

The popular remote gaming operator said that it had achieved record net gaming revenue of £62.3 million last year, which is an increase of more than a quarter of the amount of £48.7 million that it made in 2015.

The online gaming operator also saw a 28 percent year-on-year rise during the 12 month period, while net gaming revenue from other products grew by 60 percent. The operator also revealed that trading so far this year is 21 percent up on last January.

It was also reported that casino NGR was up 16 percent year-on-year to an amount of £45.6 million, with NGR from other products up 60 per cent to an amount of £3.8 million.

According to 32Red, the “strong performance” was due to a combination of healthy organic growth in the core 32Red business, which was up 19 percent on 2015, as well as a full-year contribution from the Roxy Palace business which it acquired in July of 2015.

Chief Executive of 32Red, Ed Ware, commented on the results by saying that 32Red experienced another hugely successful year with profits and revenues breaking previous records, driven by excellent growth in their core casino products.

Ware went on to say that the key strategically important contracts signed during the second half of last year will help the company to deliver its stated growth strategy and the board remains confident of delivering continued progress in 2017.