Vernons reports online slot machine fever sweeping Britain
Released
on: June 13, 2008, 2:01 am
Press
Release Author: Vernons
Industry:
Entertainment
Press
Release Summary: Vernons report an online boom as slot machines
become the latest internet gaming phenomenon to hit the UK
Press
Release Body: First it was online bingo and then online poker
– now according to Vernons.co.uk the latest gaming phenomenon
to hit the UK is online slot machines as the fascination Brits
have with Las Vegas and winning big has led to the gaming company
experiencing a tenfold increase in players over the last six months.
The
Vernons ‘Clover Rollover’,
which is one of the biggest online slot jackpots in the world,
has reported a massive boom in people playing online slot
machines in the UK, as its current jackpot of £674,260
has rolled over for two months and is increasing by a staggering
£10,000 a day.
The
jackpot at Vernons.co.uk is one of the fastest
growing in the UK, having increased by £300,000 in just
under a month, with players simply needing to line up five shamrocks,
and have the luck of the Irish, to scoop the top prize.
Further
research by Vernons into this gaming trend has
revealed that 62 per cent of online slot
machine players are female, with the game proving particularly
popular with web users aged between 35 and 50.
Traditionally,
slot machines have been a major draw in the large casinos of Las
Vegas, but now its popularity has swept Britain online in the
form of instant
win games, as jackpots hit record highs of over half a million
pounds.
Martin
Williams, E-Gaming Manager for Vernons.co.uk, said: “We’ve
been overwhelmed by the massive surge in online slot machine players
over the last few months and can only see the phenomenon and jackpots
growing bigger this summer. It’s surprising that our current
jackpot of over £600,000 has not been won yet, and as slot
machine fever grows, we anticipate a pay out any day now to one
lucky player.”
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Note
to editors:
About
Sportec:
Sportech Plc, owners of The New Football
Pools, operates one of the UK's oldest established football
gaming companies, providing football pools, sports betting, lotteries
and competitions to over 700,000 regular players.
Sportech
Plc recently strengthened its position within the Football
Pools industry by purchasing Vernons Pools. Together
with Littlewoods Football Pools and Zetters
Pools, Sportech Plc, based in Liverpool
now operates 99% of the UK football pools market.
Following
the merger of the UK’s three major pools companies, Sportech
is revitalising The
New Football Pools with new propositions which emulate the
history and tradition that has remained at the heart of the social
fabric of the UK and its association with football for decades.
The
revitalised business will place new games, technology, channels
of distribution and ways to play high on the agenda, to continue
providing a portfolio of football predictor games. Capitalising
on the strength of its distinguished position of trust and integrity,
The New Football Pools is set to grow within
the UK and worldwide sports gaming market.
Web
Site: http://www.vernons.co.uk/
Contact
Details: For further Vernons.co.uk media information please contact:
Holly Oldroyd
Brahm PR
9A Alma Road
Headingley
Leeds
LS6 2AH
Tel: 0113 220 0508
www.vernons.co.uk