Merkur Gaming

About the game developer Merkur Gaming

In 1958, Gauselmann was founded in Düsseldorf, Germany. 60 years later, the company is Europe's largest in both land-based casino and online gaming. Gauselmann runs its own online casinos, creates gaming platforms for other sites, develops games, runs casino hotels, has its own payment solutions, builds gaming cabinets for land – based casinos throughout Europe-and much more.

Merkur is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gauselmann and it the company was founded in 1985 . It is Mercury that is the main supplier of games of the parent company. Another famous game developer owned by Gauselmann is Blueprint Gaming .

New Zealand gaming license

Mercury has licenses in every conceivable jurisdiction. However, which you play within when you spin one of the developer's slots is basically determined by the online casino's license. As of January 2019 do you probably play on Merkurs machines during a New Zealand license .

If New Zealand players choose to register for games online at the casino, one should choose one of all casinos with New Zealand license . It is not only a good protection for players, but also always provides tax-free winnings when winning.

Here are slots from Merkur

Slots from Merkur are of course a staple on sites that focus on players from Germany and Austria. Slowly but surely, however, the German game developer has also gained market share in, for example, the NZ and with us up in the Nordic region.

You can find merkurs games at all major and best casino online.

Games from Mercury

Merkur has only slots in its portfolio, and the number of titles in total amounts to almost 300 pieces of slot machines . However, we should say that about 200 of these are entirely own productions while about 100 pieces are games developed by subcontractors. However, all slots are presented by Mercury's iconic smiling sun.

Almost all of the developer's games are very simple in their format. This applies to both the graphics, the sound, the bet features and the bonus features. The player who goes straight from spinning slots, for example from NetEnt, can get a slight shock when the game screen of a Merkur slot machine appears!

The recipe for a slot from the developer is 1) Simple theme - not infrequently with fruits, 2) 5 or 10 paylines, 3) Wilds, 4) Free Spins with a special feature, 5) Very high risk . In fact, a lot of the games are based on similar mathematical models.

The graphics are, unfortunately, of the less impressive kind. The symbols are often a bit gritty and there is rarely any diversity of animations. It's simply Mercury's way of creating slots-the developers have no intention of scaring us away! The reason for the smaller focus on the presentation has to do with Mercury's background in land-based slots. The idea is to mirror that world as accurately as it only goes in the online games.

Theme and presentation

A game developer who has 300 titles in his portfolio can of course offer All t widowable themes . In the assortment you will find all the classics, such as ancient Egypt, fruits, ghosts, magic, Vikings, vampires, Irish craftspeople, Pirates and 7s.

Mercury doesn't often take the turns out of the traditional frames, but there are of course some slightly more quirky themes. Daring Darlings is an example. Here is the theme of young women and chocolate (!). The Spirit of the South also stands out slightly. Here is the New Orleans jazz scene that is in focus.

Efforts and features

In slots from this developer, it is almost impudently easy to start playing. The paylines are usually fixed and all you have to do is choose your bet. In most of the games you start a game for as little as$ 1 and in some the minimum bet is a measly 50 cents. Even the maximum stakes are normally quite low. Usually is 100 $ or 200 $ max .

As I said, many of Merkurs slots are basically cast in the same shape. This means that many of the functions also return again and again. All slots from the manufacturer have wilds and not infrequently these come with a multiplier. Almost all titles also boast scatters. Three or more scatter symbols activate a freespins - round with a normal fairly generous number of spins. In the majority of games, you play your free spins with a special that can pay a hefty payout. Gold of Persia is a good example of such a slot, as is Zipper.

Risk and RTP (refund)

The reason for the low maximum stakes is that Mercury slots has a h island̈ g volatility . In a slot like Magic Mirror Deluxe 2, it is basically as high as it can be with maximum winnings of several thousand times the bet. With higher maximum bets, the highest theoretical payout in $ onor and pennies would simply be too high!

There are only a handful of Mercury slots that have a volatility below average. Thus, you should like high-risk slots if you are going to bet on titles from this developer.

As for the payback, there is a wide spread. A number of games are well below 96% while a couple are actually sniffing at a very high 98%.