The Casino Rewards online casino group reports that during the last 48 hours one of its players hit the Mega Moolah Summertime progressive slot for $4,170,128 at its Blackjack Ballroom operation.

Win A Day Casino had its second major jackpot winner of the northern summer when Glenn P. hit a $96,466 jackpot playing the new Leprechaun Luck slot machine last week. The winner, who has been spinning the reels at Win A Day almost since it was launched, said he plans to take his wife on a dream vacation with his jackpot prize money.

Friday the 13th turned out to be a lucky day for an anonymous Londoner playing Microgaming's Mega Moolah Isis progressive slot at the Ladbrokes online casino last week. The player was doubly fortunate, earning his stake from Ladbrokes' single day prize draw promotion, which gave players the chance to win either 50, 25 or 10 free chips for playing Mega Moolah Isis.

The latest 3D virtual slot from internet gambling software developer Betsoft Gaming, branded House of Fun, is the fourteenth title in a growing inventory. A company spokesman claimed this week that the new game is the world's first 3D cinematic slot game with an interactive, themed storyline, which follows two young people and their trusty dog as they explore a strange old house full of mysteries, freaks and frights.

It has been a good week for progressive jackpots, starting with Go Casino's almost one million win for CatherineM and ending with news from Slotland that one of its regulars hit a $148,711 lucky spin.

It has been an exciting week for Californian online player Catherine M, who hit a progressive jackpot at the Vegas Technology-powered Go Casino to win almost a million dollars. Catherine was playing the Red, White and Win progressive slot and hit the jackpot of $990,529.74 having staked $7.50.

Party Casino, a member of the PartyGaming online gambling group, has released a powerful, polar-themed new progressive jackpot slot branded "Snow Business". At the start of 2010, the company launched what it boasted was the largest seeded progressive jackpot in the online gaming industry in the form of 'The Big One' and brought in classic slot Melon Madness as the slot to crack it. Now Snow Business has joined Melon Madness in offering access to 'The Big One'.

Online gambling software provider Microgaming has launched the much-anticipated new flagship branded video slot, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. This slot game is the first to utilise the Ise of Man-based software company's new Cinematic Spins technology, allowing gamers to see clips from the films with every spin.

The UK internet gambling group Skybet subsidiary Sky Vegas is among the first to launch the latest Openbet-developed interactive slot Community Cops 'n Robbers as its latest new game release. Community Cops 'n' Robbers is a 5 reel slot game with 20 pay-lines, where players can win up to £250,000 with stakes from 1p to £25 a line.

The Carmen Media online casino group has announced the imminent release of the latest Microgaming blockbuster slot "Lord of the Rings - the fellowship of the ring." Widely anticipated as one of the landmark branded games to be released by the industry this year, the slot is themed on the fantasy novels of J.R.R. Tolkein, popularised more recently by the epic Peter Jackson directed movie.