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Merkur Gaming Casinos & Games

Merkur Gaming GmbH was established in 1957 and is a German-based developer that have produced over 150 slot machines, casino games, lotteries and bingo terminals for both land based and online casinos.

Merkur Gaming Casinos

The Merkur Partners programme is a portfolio of online platforms that includes: Cashpoint.com, Cashpoint.dk, Xtip.de, Merkurmagic.es, Merkur-win.it and Cashino.com. All of these online platforms are represented in appropriate offline jurisdictions. Partners of this program provide the space for advertising and promoting Merkur's products. In return they get a professional tracker platform that lets them run their marketing operations.

Stake7 and SunMaker casinos are Merkur's exclusive platforms. These platforms feature many unique slot machines developed by the company. The company's games are available in worldwide online casinos including:

Merkur has been focusing on all significant gaming markets throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas. The new office in Argentina is supposed to consolidate the company's international base.

Merkur Gaming Slots

The list of the most popular slots by Merkur includes:

  • Double Triple Chance - a video slot belonging to the popular series of Triple Chance. This is a 3 reel fruit slot with 5 paylines. The game features two games of risk: guessing the card and the ladder game. The highest payout with the maximum bet is 1,500 credits for three sevens. Nine identical symbols will trigger a bonus game
  • Dragon’s Treasure - a dragon-themed 5 reel slot with 5 paylines. The video slot features a symbol that acts as both the Wild and the Scatter. The slot will grant 10 free spins with special symbols that will expand throughout the entire reel. The game also features two games of risk. The highest payout for five pictures of the Prince is 10,000 credits
  • Extra 10 Liner - a jewel-themed 5 reel slot that comes with 10 paylines. The highest payout with the maximum bet is 10,000 credits for five diamonds. The game also features two games of risk
  • Blazing Stars - a classic slot with fruit that comes with 5 reels and 5 paylines. The highest payout for five blazing Suns is 10,000 credits
  • Magic Mirror - a fantasy slot that comes with 5 reels and 10 paylines. The highest payout with the maximum bet is 10,000 credits. Two risk games are guessing the card and the ladder game. The slot features a symbol that acts as both the Wild and the Scatter. You can earn 10 free spins with special expanding symbols

Merkur Gaming Software

Merkur has been developing the following gaming software products for gambling games, multi-game rooms for land-based casinos slot machines, online casino games and AWP (Amusement with Prize), VLT lottery terminals and SBG (server-based gaming) lottery systems, jackpot systems

The company is mainly specialised in land-based slot machines and have created many 3 reel and 5 reel slots. Their latest slots feature a seamless graphical interface, with Wild and Scatter symbols, bonus games and free spins. Many slots feature two kinds of risk game:

  • Guessing a card - will double your winnings for the correct colour and quadruple them if you correctly guess the suit
  • The ladder game - a ladder with values that will give you a chance to qualify for a big reward

Merkur Gaming History and Structure

Paul Gauselmann launched his business back in 1957 and developed his first AWP (Amusement With Prize) in 1977. Merkur in its present form and with its present name was founded in 2005. The company's main goal is to create slot machines and promote them in worldwide markets. By 2014, the company had already produced over 2 million slots and opened its first casino. Right now the casino is run by a subsidiary of Merkur's called Spielbanken Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH & Co.

The company's affiliates and offices are spread out across all the major regions worldwide:

  • Head Office - Gauselmann GmbH / is in Germany - Borsigstrasse 22, 32312 Lübbecke, Germany. Telephone: +49 5741 273500 and the company website: http://www.merkur-gaming.com
  • Argentina - Merkur Gaming Argentina S.A. - General Director Alejandro Sarainaris - Avda. L. N. Alem 693, 3ro. and 5to. piso C, 1001 Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Columbian office - Merkur Gaming Colombia - General Director Juan Guillermo Díaz - SAS, Calle 80 No. 69-70, Unidad 5
  • Mexican office - Merkur Gaming México - Manager Ronnie Ferreira - SA De CV if located in Colonia Nueva Industrial Vallejo, Calle 3 Anegas No 409 Bodega 5, 07700 México D.F., México
  • Peru office - Merkur Gaming Peru S. A. C. - General Director Thomas Mieles - Av. Benavides 1579, Oficina 606, Miraflores, Lima, Perú. Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Merkur-Gaming-Peru-Technical-Team-1446761625552385/
  • Romanian Distributor - Merkur Gaming Distribution S. R. L. - Director General Annelore Fuică - Str. Biharia 67 - 77, Depozit D, Sec. 1, 013981 Bucuresti, Romania
  • Serbia - Merkur Gaming Slots d.o.o. Beograd - Sales Director Borivoje Rajšić - Milesevska 64, 11000 Belgrade-Vracar, Serbia
  • South Africa - distributor for MP Gaming - Design on Appel - General Director and Partner Eduard Rall - 14 Appel Road, 2091 Kramerville, Sandton, South Africa. Website:http://mpgaming.co.za/. Telephone: +27 (76) 991 8013. Fax: +27 (86) 563 4775. Email: eduard.rall@mpgaming.co.za
  • USA - Merkur, Gaming America (EE.UU), LLC - CEO Charles Hiten - 796 Sur Military Trail, Suite 798, 33442 Deerfield Beach, Florida, EE.UU
  • India - Merkur Gaming India Pvt. Ltd. - Noida. 2nd Floor, Tower-1 Stellar 1A Park. Sector-62, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201301, India. Telephone: +91 120 493 7000. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/merkurgamingindia/

Today the holding company is called Gauselmann Group, Merkur is one of its major subsidiaries and employs over 2,500 people. Jens Stradtmann has been CEO of Merkur Gaming GmbH since July 1st, 2010. Björn Nordsiek is Technical and Operations Director, and the Managing Director is Uwe Horn.