Quickfire, a Microgaming Casino Product, Coming Soon to Betfair
February 6, 2014

The Betfair Group Limited is a leading UK gambling operator which controls a well-known cross platform gambling portal of impressive products such as Betfair Exchange Games, Betfair Casino, Betfair Live Casino, Betfair Arcade, Betfair Vegas Slots and Betfair Mobile. Microgaming announced on January 29th that it had signed an agreement with Betfair to start supplying its Quickfire games to this state of the art gaming site.

Betfair has actually been around since 1999 and in addition to these impressive casino-style gaming products, online gamblers can also find a poker product here (Betfair Poker) as well as Betfair Bingo, Betfair Sportsbooks & Racebook and also a betting exchange (Betfair Exchange). At the time of writing, Betfair has more than 950,000 registered members.

These products are powered by multiple different software providers, some of which include OpenBet, Cryptologic, Playtech, Ash Gaming and WMS Gaming, as well as it’s very own in-house proprietary software, and soon to be, Quickfire.

“Quickfire will be the perfect addition for Betfair; our headline slots, branded content and mobile-specific games will undoubtedly meet the requirements of their broad player base. Betfair is a welcome addition to the Quickfire platform and we look forward to a longstanding relationship with them,” said the Head of Quickfire, Ashley Sandyford-Sykes.

Some of the best titles available on the Quickfire platform include Thunderstruck 2, Hitman, Avalon ll: Quest for the Grail, Unmated Bengal Tiger, Riches of the Sea, The Jungle ll, Immortal Romance, All Aces Poker, Baccarat Gold, Atlantic City Blackjack Gold, European Roulette Gold, Hot Hot Volcano, Irish Eyes, Racing for Pinks, Mega Moolah, Major Millions, Mad Mad Monkey, Legend of Olympus, Spaecbotz and Tomb Raider 2.

Niki Longmuir, the Product Manager at Betfair, said, “What particularly impressed us with Quickfire, powered by Microgaming, was the volume and quality of content as well as the commitment to deliver new, innovative games on a rolling basis. We believe that their games fit extremely well with our player demographic, particularly the mobile and tablet offering, which comprises some of the most advanced mobile games in the marketplace.

As technology continues to advance we feel assured that Quickfire will provide us with timely and suitable content to meet our consumer's needs.” All of these comments came directly from the Microgaming website.

Quickfire, powered by Microgaming, has been approved by various leading gambling authorities including Gibraltar, the Isle of Man and also Alderney. This platform launched in 2011 and it can now be found in more than 100 individual gaming sites.