Treasure Nile Jackpot Hit for $115,090
Microgaming is thrilled to reveal that a punter playing its Treasure Nile progressive slot game on Thursday, 10th December, 2015, managed to hit the game’s progressive jackpot which saw the player winning a massive sum of $115,090.
Details of this huge win have not yet been released but it has been confirmed that it is the 125th win recorded for the game since December, 2009. The progressive jackpot on the Treasure Nile slot game pays out, on average, an amount of $92,337 and is won every two weeks. The largest win on record for this slot game is the sum of $360,506 which was won by a lucky player in December of 2012.
Treasure Nile Slot is a 5 reel (progressive) and 9 pay line video slot game that comes with a Wild symbol, which is the Wild Pyramids symbol that can be used to complete winning combinations for everything with the exception of the Scatters. The Wild does not serve as a multiplier in this slot game for any of the winning combinations that it is part of.
The most coins players can wager are nine and the slot game has a fixed coin size of 50. With nine pay lines and a nine-coin limit, the maxim bet in the game is $4.50. Players are required to have the maximum of nine coins bet and nine pay lines enabled in order to be eligible for the progressive jackpot, which starts at $40,000.
The progressive jackpot in the Treasure Nile slot game can be won by getting five Pharaohs on the ninth pay line.
Largest Jackpot of £13 Million Won on Mega Moolah
The Mega Moolah progressive jackpot has at long last paid out what could be its biggest prize to date after a wait of almost 26 weeks.
On the evening of Tuesday, 6th October, 2015, a lucky punter hit the jackpot on this progressive jackpot slot game which resulted in him winning a massive sum of £13,212,882 ($20,155,020 or €17,898,736). It is believed that the lucky player was playing in British Pounds at the time of his win although this has not yet been confirmed by the slot game manufacturer Microgaming.
This latest win of £13,212,882 on the Mega Moolah progressive jackpot slot could be the biggest online progressive jackpot win ever, surpassing the €17,861,813 payout on NetEnt’s Mega Fortune progressive slot game in 2013.
The massive size of this latest win on the Mega Moolah progressive slot game is believed to be due to the fact that the slot game has taken twice as long as usual to pay out. It is usual for Mega Moolah to pay out on average every 12 weeks and the jackpot on the slot game grew significantly due to the prolonged period.
The Mega Moolah progressive jackpot’s seeder fund has seen it once again commencing from £1 million, which is bound to grow quickly once again.
The record breaking judges will soon decide whether this latest Mega Moolah progressive jackpot win beats that of the previous record held.
Mega Moolah is a four-tier progressive jackpot slot game designed by Microgamaing, the most accomplished company in the online casino software business.
Major Millions Jackpot Hit for $1,166,358
One very lucky punter managed to hit the jackpot on Microgaming’s Major Millions Video Slot game on Tuesday, 25th August, 2015 which resulted in the player winning a massive, life changing amount of $1,166,358.
Details of this huge win have not yet been revealed but it has, however, been confirmed that this is the 28th win for the Major Millions jackpot since 2009.
The Major Millions Video Slot game pays out an amount of $570.228 on average and although this time the video slot game went 20 weeks in between wins causing the jackpot to rise to this very large amount, it is usually hit every 10 weeks.
Major Millions is a progressive jackpot slot game designed by Microgaming, one of the highest recognized providers of online casino software. The 5 reel, 15 coin slot game with 15 pay lines is linked up with the 3 reel version of Major Millions in order to produce a combined jackpot.
The Scatter Explosion symbol in the Major Millions progressive slot game can show up anywhere on the five reels to complete winning scatter combinations if three or more of them show up on the five reels.
The Major Millions symbol is the wild symbol that serves as a substitute to complete winning combinations for everything, with the exception of the scatter symbols. Wins are tripled if the combination was made with the assistance of the Major Millions symbol.
Five Major Millions symbols (wilds) appearing on any enabled pay line from pay line 1 to pay line 14 will result in a payout of 8000 coins.
Should five Major Millions symbols appear on the 15th pay line it results in an instant win of the progressive jackpot which starts at $250,000.
Online Gambling Numbers Up in the UK
A new report issued by the UK Gambling Commission this week titled “Trends in Gambling Behavior 2008 – 2014” explored “trends in gambling participation, including individual gambling activities, modes of participation and frequency” with the process “firstly merging datasets from the quarterly surveys and thereafter conducting analysis”.
Online gambling trends in the United Kingdom during the abovementioned years were one of the areas that were examined which showed that this sector saw an annual participation growth rate of 8.3%. The aggregate increase over the years noted in the report was therefore around 50%.
The report also revealed that remote gambling participation increased from 9.7% in 2008 to 15.4% in 2014.
The report showed that participation in remote gambling appeared to show stronger association with macro-economic factors than overall gambling participation. This included an increase in igaming participation by 0.54 percentage points when “disposable income per head increases by 1% whereas there is no such association between overall gambling participation and disposable income per head”.
The report by the UK Gambling Commission also revealed that participation among male gamblers increased from 11.7% to 18%, while the growth was recorded from 7.8% to 12.8% among women. This difference could be as a result of the growth of mobile gambling, particularly sports betting, where males overwhelmingly dominate the field.
The report also noted that “When excluding National Lottery draws the participation rate has also been significantly higher for men than women throughout the period, being 6.9 percentage points higher in the year to June 2009 and 4.5 percentage points higher in the year to December 2014.”
The report also showed that participation by individuals in the 35-54 year old age group in remote gambling increased from 10.6% in 2008 to 17.6% in 2014 over the past six years.
It also noted that holders of university degrees are more likely to bet online, participate in spread betting and in other lotteries, compared to those without a degree.
138 Online Casino joins Microgaming Poker Network
138.com, a successful online casino and sports book operated by Xela Holdings, has announced that it has chosen the Microgaming Poker Network (MPN) to launch its new online poker offering and is now live on the MPN.
138 Online Casino is currently licensed in the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Philippines. The online casino’s corporate headquarters are located on the Isle of Man.
The company has also gained popularity in Asia, where it has been operating for a period of over ten years and the online casino is known for bringing a special Asian gambling experience to its international audience.
138’s online casino and sports book is very involved in sport and is the official club sponsor of Watford Football Club in the Football League Championship and is also the official betting partner of Newcastle United Football Club in the English Premier League.
The head of poker at Microgaming, Alex Scott, revealed on Thursday that the company’s recreational focused poker strategy has now started to pay off and that an increasing number of operators are recognizing the Microgaming Poker Network.
138 Online Casino is currently available to play live with download as well as instant play clients and will soon be launching its mobile offering. The online casino has promised players with Mac or Windows PC’s or any other major tablet or smartphone that they will be able to play together on the same tables on the same network.
According to Lisa Karran, the head of operations at Xela Holdings, the Microgaming Poker Network delivers exactly what they require and they believe that the network has an extremely bright future.
