by Renee Israel
Microgaming software group has set the latest trend in casino gaming
entertainment with the launch of a brand new game.
Microgaming boasts that its new Multi Player Wheel of Wealth, Special Edition
is the industry's first true multi player slot game, and a look at a few of this
game's features will show why.
Players who want to play Wheel of Wealth are allocated to a games room and
seated at one of six slot machines in that room. These games are independent of
each other and comprise of five reels and twenty pay lines.
Playing the slot machine itself is similar to traditional slots gaming. Each
game is entertainment in itself, boasting wilds, scatters and multipliers in
addition to big payouts.
The community feature in Multi Player Wheel of Wealth is two fold.
The first is through advance chat features that allow players to interact
with each other through an inbuilt chat function.
The other is a randomly triggered shared Wheel of Wealth bonus feature. All
those in the games room who have collected sufficient bonus multipliers through
their games can choose one of twenty huge paying stops on the Wheel of Wealth.
The wheel will spin and each player will win an amount according to his or her
position on the wheel.
The game has excited many in the industry, including Microgaming itself,
which sees huge potential in this flagship game.
"We monitor gaming trends closely and are always on the look out for areas
where we can innovate and introduce high quality games for our operators to
market and which enhance player experience," said the Casino Channel Lead for
Microgaming, Mike Hebden. "We are in no doubt of the importance of the social
interaction element to online gaming, and it is clear that this trend is gaining
ever increasing momentum."
"Multi Player Wheel of Wealth, Special Edition is the first game of its kinds
to introduce the combination of chat inclusive community action, mixed with
interactive slot play," he said. "We will continue to innovate in this area and
remain committed to delivering high quality games that directly respond to this
evolution in gaming."
