How do casinos decide which slot games to offer

Have you ever visited an online casino and wondered how they decide which slot games to offer? Or perhaps you’ve visited a couple of online casinos and noticed that they have the same list of slot games.  This is because online casinos generally (but not always) have an agreement with a specific game developer to offer their games.  The top game developers out there include companies such as Microgaming and Real Time Gaming, each competing to be the company to offer the top playing slot games.  So if you visit a Microgaming casino, the games you see will be part of the Microgaming catalogue of games.

Knowing a little about the top casino game providers can help a slot player chose the most reliable casinos to play at since the design and development of that game not only influences that “fun” play part of the game but the fair play behind the game.  Slot games are always designed with the advantage going to the house, we all know this, but a slot game still has to give the patron a chance to win.  A reputable game developer makes sure that their games play fair. This means that the Random Number Generator that controls the game is truly random and that players do have a chance of actually winning when they sit down to play.

Another important factor influenced by the choice of gaming platform is the jackpots on progressive games.  Online casinos who use the same platform are all networked together when it comes to progressive jackpots, so the larger the network of casinos offer a progressive slot game, the larger the jackpot will grow. This is because the jackpot on a progressive game is created from a portion of each bet a player places. So the more bets on a specific game, the more money in the pot.  And online casinos want to choose a gaming platform that can tempt players with significant jackpots.