When it comes to online casino gaming innovation, there are a few in the business who constantly search for new ideas, collaborate with other companies or live in a fast-paced onset of streaming Vegas-style graphics as Playtech does. Playtech is considered as the hottest gaming manufacturer in the online casino market right now.
Playtech has been in the business almost as long as Microgaming has although Microgaming has constantly marketed fairly well in order to bring them to the position where they are today. Playtech started its gaming venture way back in 1999. They were the first to bring in features that help legitimize the online casino industry as

they introduced innovations such as transaction history tracking, live dealer video streaming, comp points scheme, fraud prevention, player retention tools and live chat customer service. Its most interesting asset to date, the live video streaming, offers a web cam view of a game being played with an attractive lady dealer. They used all these as forefront innovations for their licensees.

Thus far, it is one of the best manufacturers one can start with when it comes to online gambling. The interface is easy for the user. There is an option to turn on or off the background music and control the speed of the game. It is also an ideal manufacturer for high rollers because they offer high table limits and sign-up bonuses. There are some legal difficulties though. Playtech cannot be used by US Players because of the legal standpoint involved which will hopefully be changed soon.

In terms of software, they were able to develop a program that allowed the player to use their games as an individual plug-and-play application. Today, Playtech offers a variety of over 100 games which includes poker games, card and table games, and progressive games such as Gold Rally and Beach Life.

Recently, the company just released 9 new games, comprising of 8 online slot machines and a Keno variation. These new games include Arctic Treasures, a variation of the slot machine where the player is taken to the Arctic to save an ice princess. Another new game is Azteca. This offers a bonus game and free spins. Golden Games is a slot machine that takes the player to the sporting world. The maximum payout for these games is 10,000 coins with 5 reels and 20 paylines. Other new games include Dolphin Reef, Panther Moon and Safari Heat. Reviewers are also raving about Sparta with Playtech’s trademark larger-than-life graphics. This follows the ancient battle of the Spartans, an army community that fought in the battle of Thermopylae. Playtech has designed ancient Spartan symbols and soldiers that can blow other typical slot graphics.

The most recent news in the world of Playtech is acquisition of a license to get Marvel’s characters as part of their slot games. Although this has not been confirmed, many are looking forward to Playtech’s releasing of Marvel’s Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk to add to their great line up of impressive graphics and sounds. It is said that Playtech is looking at the end of September to release the said games, this after a previous successful collaboration with another movie franchise- the Gladiator Slot- one of the biggest games of Playtech to date.