By Samantha Williams
Playing new slots online will probably mean you are the first to play these much loved random number games. This is chiefly because the online casino industry is very aggressive; aggressive in terms of it is required to respond to market demands very quickly. Much faster than in any land casino!
Trends change incredibly quickly online and all players want the best new Christmas, Easter and Halloween games first, and they want them fast, they have come to expect this! Online slots software designers have the most incredible opportunity to see what the market responds to best and we, the online player, get to enjoy some unbelievable games. Games you would be hard pushed to find in a regular casino, and with prizes to match. This sees software development companies competing against each other to offer the best games with the biggest prizes and the people who luck out are us, the players!
When Microgaming releases a new and even more innovative slots game, RTG has to respond with something even better, then Playtech, say, “heck, we are falling behind” and they get some new ideas on the drawing board, and this is how it goes. As we know, this type of competition is very healthy in any industry, and it just makes things that much more beneficial for online gamers.
The same concept goes for prize money too and we see massive PJP’s and huge multipliers featuring in some of the most exciting slots games around. Take for example the well known “Clover Rollover”, this is a game which features at many online casinos and bingo sites in the UK, it is well known as being a “Millionaire Maker” and since its launch I have seen two or three huge wins on this game. Not least of which was one Mecca Bingo player who won 1,201,233.77 pounds!!
This game is from the Virtue Fusion software platform, and is a relatively simple five reel, five pay-line game with a “Luck of the Irish” theme. Just drop five “Lucky Shamrocks” onto the right pay-line on a maximum bet and it’s all yours. It is a light hearted game to play, but the PJP (progressive jackpot prize) resets at £10 000 when it is won, so we are talking about serious money. It is also a networked game, which means all sites on the Virtue Fusion network get to play it and they are all also responsible for the growth of the PJP. Every night at midnight the prize money rolls over and the new PJP is available, it’s just a case of “who is feeling lucky today?”
Similarly themed slots include Emerald Isle, Golden Shamrock, Irish Eyes and Luck of the Irish amongst others.
