Microgaming Software Systems Ltd is a privately held Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

 based software development company which claims to have released the first genuine online casino

Online casino

Online casinos, also known as virtual casinos or Internet casinos, are online versions of traditional casinos. Online casinos enable gamblers to play and wager on casino games through the Internet....

 in 1994. The company is one of the leading software providers to the online gambling

Online gambling

Online gambling, also known as Internet gambling and iGambling, is a general term for gambling using the Internet.-Online poker:Online poker tables commonly offer Texas hold 'em, Omaha, Seven-card stud, razz, HORSE and other game types in both tournament and ring game structures...

 industry, with just under 100 casinos listed on its website. Online casino operators such as the Carmen Media Group

Carmen Media

Carmen Media Group Limited is a global gaming and entertainment group, licensed in Gibraltar, operating seven online casinos, online poker rooms and an online sportsbook. Owned by Chairman Tim Johnson, the Carmen Group was formed in 2002 out of the Demmy Group of companies...

, Fortune Lounge Group

Fortune Lounge Group

Fortune Lounge Group is a UK company which owns online casinos and online poker rooms using Microgaming software. The company owns ten casinos marketed under the Fortune Lounge banner, including Fortune Room, Vegas Palms, 7Sultans Casino, Vegas Villa, and Royal Vegas, as well as the PokerTime...

, Ladbrokes

Ladbrokes

Ladbrokes plc is a British based gambling company. It is based in Rayners Lane in Harrow, London owned by Bhavin Kakaiya. From 14 May 1999 to 23 February 2006, when it owned the Hilton hotel brand outside the United States, it was known as Hilton Group plc...

, 32Red

32Red

32Red is a British company. The online casino is licensed in Gibraltar . The business is registered on the Alternative Investment Market, a section of the London Stock Exchange, with the code TTR....

, and The Palace Group are among those who use Microgaming's software.

The standard online casino powered by Microgaming has over four hundred games including slots

Slots

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, video poker

Video poker

Video poker is a casino game based on five-card draw poker. It is played on a computerized console similar in size to a slot machine.-History:...

, blackjack

Blackjack

Blackjack, also known as Twenty-one or Vingt-et-un , is the most widely played casino banking game in the world...

 and roulette

Roulette

Roulette is a casino game named after a French diminutive for little wheel. In the game, players may choose to place bets on either a single number or a range of numbers, the colors red or black, or whether the number is odd or even....

. Microgaming offers Flying Circus, Bomber Girls, Ho Ho Ho, Age of Discovery, and Boogie Monster slot games.
Microgaming provides its casino games in download or Flash

Adobe Flash

Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video, and interactivity to web pages. Flash is frequently used for advertisements, games and flash animations for broadcast...

 version. The company is also the power behind a number of progressive jackpot

Progressive jackpot

A progressive jackpot is a jackpot for a gaming machine where the value of the jackpot increases a small amount for every game played...

s through their interlinked network of casino operators. Some of these games are developed by Derivco.

For online poker

Online poker

Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of poker players worldwide...

 there is the Microgaming Poker Network, powered by Microgaming. Formerly known as Prima Poker, the software allows players to play multiplayer poker games such as Texas hold 'em

Texas hold 'em

Texas Hold 'em is a variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed face-up by the dealer—a series of three then two additional single cards , with...

 and five and seven card stud poker

Stud poker

Stud poker is any of a number of poker variants in which each player receives a mix of face-down and face-up cards dealt in multiple betting rounds. Stud games are also typically non-positional games, meaning that the player who bets first on each round may change from round to round...

 against real people in real-time In February 2009 the Microgaming Poker Network partnered with Ladbrokes Poker

Ladbrokes

Ladbrokes plc is a British based gambling company. It is based in Rayners Lane in Harrow, London owned by Bhavin Kakaiya. From 14 May 1999 to 23 February 2006, when it owned the Hilton hotel brand outside the United States, it was known as Hilton Group plc...

. In September 2010 Prima Networks Limited powered by Microgaming announced the launch of the French online poker network through a joint venture with 888 Holdings plc.

In late February 2008, Microgaming licensee Tusk Investment Corporation Limited went into liquidation

Liquidation

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, leaving all players who had funds in those rooms to claim as unsecured creditors in the liquidation. A liquidation report, available online, indicates that players will recover some monies. In August 2009 licensees, Eurolinx and BetonBet, which were owned by Linx Media Group, went into liquidation.

In May 2009 Microgaming announced the biggest ever online casino win through progressive slot Mega Moolah, with the winner taking away €6,374,434, making this win the largest online casino payout in history

Sep 2011 the Microgaming Corporate Website has had a major refresh.