New Jersey punters certainly have no shortage of great games to take part in. But just to make sure that there is as much variety as possible, Lightning Box recently premiered its newest online slots for punters in the Garden State. Sydney-based independent online casino studio Lightning Box, like many international operators, has been working hard to expand its offerings in the US gambling market for years.
This new slot known as Silver Pride will be available to any licensed operator in the state and their players before the new titles are distributed to other parts of the country, as well as Europe. Silver Pride will be available to operators in the state through SG Digital, which is the iGaming branch of well-known company Scientific Games.
Like many of Lightning Box’s games. Silver Pride will feature animals and wonderful prizes and multipliers. Lightning Box is recognized for some of its other top-notch games titles including Lost Temple, as well as Respin Rhino. Silver Pride is designed and set in the savannah and will feature elusive lions that players have to track to redeem their prizes.
While tracking the lions, players will also encounter several other animals including meerkats, zebras, and hippos. When players access the lions, they will receive winnings, as well as bonus rounds. Founded in 2004, Lightning Box has been operating in New Jersey for years. As such, it has a strong presence and a huge fan base among New Jersey’s punters.
In 2018, Lightning Box agreed to launch its games in the state through its expanded partnership with Scientific Games’ digital division. Some other Lightning Box titles that have become huge hits with the residents over the last few years include Serengeti Lions, Eagle Sun, Kalahari Safari, RedRoo, Astro Cat, and Panda Pow.
Stellar Jackpots with Serengeti Lions and RedRoo were among the first titles that the Sydney-based developer released in the Garden State. Lightning Box’s innovative titles have also been extremely popular in Europe over the last couple of years.
Silver Pride was also released in the UK through SkyVegas in 2016. During its launch, Silver Pride was known as Silver Lion. Since its debut in SkyVegas.com, Silver Lion has been a hit with European bettors. Lightning Box has managed to amass a huge and loyal following in Europe, and the situation is expected to be no different in North America.
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Another new slot in town
Earlier this week, the Bellagio also launched its newest slot game; Bellagio Fountains of Fortune, which pays homage to one of Vegas’ most popular attractions. The Bellagio Fountains of Fortune will be available to New Jersey punters on various platforms including PartyPoker, Borgata Casino, and of course, BetMGM Casino.
This is the first slot of its kind for online gamblers in the state. The Bellagio Fountains of Fortune has been created using high-quality graphics that will allow it to compete against the likes of Lightning Box’s new slot. This is the first game that BetMGM has created in complete collaboration with both its parent companies, Entain and MGM since the merge was made official.
The Bellagio Fountains of Fortune has been designed to replicate the slot experience in the physical Bellagio space including the bespoke musical score, as well as the icons. Fans will be excited by all the wonderful bonus features aimed at drawing more customers in. While this is the first game that BetMGM and its partners have created together, BetMGM still has a long list of popular slots that include Borgata Cash Spinner, MGM Grand Millions, as well as Bison Fury.
New Jersey revenue soars in June
The state is no stranger to breaking gambling records. Ever since the Supreme Court rescinded PASPA thus giving states in the country the go-ahead to legalize sports betting, New Jersey has emerged as the market leader and it doesn’t appear as though any state will knock it from this top position.
For June, Garden State’s iGaming market continued to record strong growth in June as revenue totaled $345 million. This is the all-time highest GGR recorded in New Jersey’s gaming industry. The iGaming revenue consists of iGaming slots, table games, poker, as well as sports betting online, as well as the state’s casinos and horse tracks.
In total, the city’s 9 casinos generated $154.1 million from slots while $60.4 million was generated from table games. The surge of iGaming will likely continue even as the year rolls on due to the increase of online gambling during the last year. online casinos generated more than $107 million in June 2021. In 2019, the state generated a mere $39 million.
In the last year or so, sports gambling has also expanded exponentially. Sportsbooks generated a total of $71.3 million in June; during the same period in 2019, they only generated $9 million. In terms of market leaders, Golden Nugget has been losing ground to Borgata since it took the top position in the revenue table in March.
Golden Nugget’s average revenue fell by almost 9% in June while Borgata managed to rise by 8%. Resorts has been working to catch up to Borgata thanks to the poker revenue that it has generated from PokerStars. Even though sports betting has been doing well, the same cannot be said of online poker, which has been declining gradually month after month.
Case in point, the poker rooms in New Jersey generated $2,209,374, which accounted for just 2% of the total iGaming revenue. If you may recall, online poker surged during those first few months of the pandemic, hitting a peak of $5.1 million in revenue. However, this number has continued to come down through the year and will likely keep plummeting as time progresses.
Final Thoughts
As may be aware, the North American gambling market has been expanding fast over the last few years. As such, Lightning Box, as well as other iGaming operators stand to real numerous rewards and benefits by availing their services to the burgeoning New Jersey betting market.
