Casino Fortune, a division of the Sunny Group of Companies, announced today that it has discontinued using Microgaming’s casino software and selected Playtech as its new software provider. According to a Sunny Group press release, the decision comes after "being unable to resolve concerns in relation to the percentage associated with its Microgaming software."
In the press release Sunny Group also alleged that there may be problems with Microgaming's random number, even though the data was audited by a third party, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
"Casino Fortune is asking that a truly independent auditing company be called in to verify the accuracy of payout percentages quoted. There should also be proof that the random number generator used by Microgaming is truly random and not susceptible to manipulation by the software provider.... The auditing company confirms that the generator consistently produces random numbers and is a fair basis for the outcome of games that have been played. Presently, Casino Fortune is not convinced that this is accurate."
UPDATE - 27 MAR 2002 - Microgaming issued the following press release:
Microgaming regrets to announce that the Software Licence Agreement with the Sunny Group of companies (which operates Casino Fortune, Mapau and Miami Beach Casino) has been terminated.
Sunny Group has not been settling its outstanding licensing fees for some time, and its current licensing fees were severely in arrears. Microgaming was left with no alternative but to terminate the Software Licence Agreement with the Sunny Group. Notice of the termination was given and confirmed by Microgaming's lawyers.
Microgaming and the Sunny Group have had a long relationship. The termination was not taken lightly and was done with a heavy heart.
Microgaming is doing everything possible to assist the Sunny Group of casinos to finalise its data so that it can pay out its players.
Microgaming has noted a press announcement from Sunny Group, stating that the licence was terminated by the Sunny Group, and citing a variety of spurious grounds for this. The allegations made in support of these grounds in the release, are quite simply false, and are known to the Sunny Group to be false. Microgaming regrets that the Sunny Group has sought to hide its financial embarrassment in this manner.
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