Microgaming Software

Microgaming have been in operation since 1994, and the first company developing online gaming software. They are located in London. Their site focuses on the product and support.They have become the leaders in casino software developers through experience, innovation and continuous upgrading of their products, and have over 300 games on offer and constantly developing new software with enhanced features.

Microgaming offers both a browser and a download casino. Both are well designed and have great graphics, sound, and easy navigation for their medium. The browser casino is based on Flash technology. The download offers stunning graphics, as downloading the software allows for more complicated and heavier programming. One of the advantages about their download casino is that the initial download is extremely fast. The rest of the download happens as you are playing. You can play for fun or for real in either version. They offer their casinos in a multitude of languages and offer support in localizing a casino to its target market.

In 2003 Microgaming Casinos introduced Viper and Prima Poker gaming software. Viper allows the user to choose expert mode – a system that improves players' gaming experience by making the games more enjoyable and enabling them to play a defined strategy. For example, with microgaming slots you can choose expert mode and have the game spin as multiple times with different variables, such as stopping on a win or stopping once you've lost up to a certain amount. Viper has also increased the ease of the casinos usability by offering options like analyze and hints thus enhancing the gaming environment. The sound and the menu navigation systems of the casinos have been improved. You can tell if a casino is using the Viper software by checking the games, if expert mode and autoplay is offered you are in Viper. Prima Poker is a multi-player poker room allowing people from a multitude of poker rooms around the world to play each other.

Microgaming has vast percentage of the online casino market, which is the largest percentage held by a software company. They have over 70 clients including several land-based casinos, and have gained a great many more since the U.S.A. brought into operation their gambling laws. Online casinos based on land-based casinos are important as they add to the reputation and security of online gaming. Piggs Peak (Swaziland) and Ladbrokes (UK) are two of the land based casinos that are also Microgaming casinos.