Evolution Gaming recently launched Lightning Roulette for punters in New Jersey. Evolution is one of the most recognizable names in live dealer gaming for both online and land-based casinos. Evolution Gaming debuted Lightning Roulette in 2018 as an extended version of its classic roulette game.
Evolution Lightning Roulette game was launched into the market as a unique extended roulette game for Evolution’s live casino licensees, as well as its players. Unlike regular roulette, Lightning Roulette features 1–5 haphazardly generated lucky numbers during every game. In addition, each time the lucky numbers are generated, randomly generated lucky pay-outs are also paid for Straight Up wagers.
To keep punters entertained, the game settings and user experience in Lightning Roulette was designed to be electrifying and exhilarating for casino players. To make the experience even more worthwhile, the game was designed to feature lightning bolts and added sound effects to help build up the tension and anticipation among punters, thus setting the scene for a one-of-a-kind gambling experience.
With the Lightning Roulette product, Evolution became the first provider of Live Casino solutions to combine digital random number generators with the Live roulette while, which was a complex achievement at the time. Now, this innovative game will be available to punters in New Jersey.
New Jersey bettors will now take advantage of all the features that Lightning Roulette has to offer including the randomly generated lucky numbers. Overall, the new roulette product will provide punters with the perfect blend of the game presenter and a random number generator game with multipliers, as well as a high payout. Once launched in New Jersey, Evolution is hoping to launch the game in other states that enjoy legal live casino studios as well.
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Lightning Roulette Is Also Available in Land-Based Casinos
In May last year, Evolution announced that it has signed an agreement with Scientific games. As a result of this partnership, Scientific Games now makes Evolution’s top-rated live online lightning Game for land-based casinos all over the world. As a result of this partnership, Lightning Roulette’s live wheel and its striking game setting are now available exclusively from Scientific’s brick-and-mortar casinos worldwide.
Lightning Roulette was Evolution’s first game to make the transition from a live studio setting to a land-based one. The only other Evolution product to manage such a transition was the brand’s Dual Play Roulette and Baccarat games which were live table games that were both streamed from land-based casino tables.
Since it was launched in 2018 as a live online version, Lightning Roulette has received several awards including the Global Gaming Awards. It was also named the Game of the Year at the EGR awards. Lightning Roulette easily stands out from all other roulette games on the casino floor.
Lightning Roulette features an old-style Roulette wheel presented in a highly engaging TV game show style that blends live and advanced RNG gameplay. In the game, when a player hits the high-payout RNG ‘Lucky Number’ during a round, lightning strikes appear on a beautiful digital backdrop that’s been assimilated into the game setting.
Scientific Games and Evolution have enjoyed a fruitful partnership, especially in its Canadian, US, as well as European gaming market. For many years, Scientific Games has hosted Live Casinos from Evolution on its platform. Evolution has also created online Live Casino Versions of a few Scientific Games including Ultimate Texas Hold ‘Em, 3 Card Poker, as well as the MONOPOLY Live game show.
The MONOPOLY Live game show was created through a sublicense from Scientific Games. Lightning Roulette has been a smash hit for many years among online gamblers, which meant that there was an already existing customer base that was ready to enjoy the game in their local casinos. This partnership between Scientific Games and Evolution Gaming has allowed both brands to cater to this ready and eager customer base.
Evolution Gaming Has Plenty More Games in Store
This year, Evolution plans to unveil an entire lineup of new games. Not too long ago, Evolution announced its first 25 games under its great 88 catalog. This is a catalog of work that is to be unveiled by Evolution and other well-known gaming developers across the globe including Big Time Gaming, NetEnt, Ezugi, Red Tiger, as well as DigiWheel all through this year.
The first 25 titles in the Great 88 catalog will consist of brand new titles, massive brand partnerships, as well as sequels to some of the most popular titles from Evolution. The new catalog will also feature a wide range of genres from live game shows, live casino games, as well as slot machine titles.
In the last 2 years or so, Evolution gaming has done its best to diversify its offerings through innovation, as well as major acquisitions. The gaming company is now emerging as the hub of innovation and creativity in the gaming industry, which has further helped to position the brand as the go-to for operators.
In 2020, Evolution expressed its intention to acquire NetEnt AB. However, this deal is yet to be finalized. Evolution made a public offer to the shareholders of NetEnt included both the unlisted shares of series A and the shares of series B that have been trading on Nasdaq Stockholm. The deal would cost Evolution an estimated €1.9 billion or $2.1 billion.
NetEnt was launched in 1996 and has been developing games and systems solutions for some of the biggest gaming operators in the world. Once completed, the merger of Evolution’s Live Casino with NetEnt’s online slots will allow Evolution to dominate the gaming market. Combined, NetEnt and Evolution both provide games for some of the most popular online casinos in Europe.
Final Thoughts
Evolution’s growth is evident. The brand has managed to serve the market and dazzle players with a huge range of new and interesting games to take part in, both online and offline. Evolution has worked very hard to constantly deliver new products to its customers by expanding its already vibrant portfolio. That’s why Evolution has market-leading games for both players and operators.
