JACKPOTHUNTER


Forecasting the wins


JackpotHunter is a new app that “seamlessly predicts” when jackpots will be won. CIO asks… “really?”


be a dream-maker for many players in the world to win a progressive jackpot


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powered by a proprietary algorithm that seamlessly predicts the times at which jackpots will be won”. As CIO readers with no-doubt know, the progressive jackpot games offered by online casinos continue to enjoy popularity, with a global community of players leading to a massive increase in jackpot totals. One player recently took home a record jackpot of


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approximately $22,112,600 (€18,910,668). JackpotHunter takes aim at these jackpots and – using its proprietary algorithm – compiles and analyses data on past jackpots. By constantly tracking and prognosticating online casino jackpots, the app allows users to search for the games that offer the biggest jackpots and to view lists of games sorted by the


estimated probability of a win. Among the app’s exhaustive range of features available to jackpot game players are the push notifications that alert users whenever the likelihood of a win reaches a certain level. Click here Co.’s CEO – Jun Hasegawa – is himself a


long-time gaming enthusiast and casino aficionado, with previous personal jackpot wins of up to $100,000. According to Click here Co.: “In the early stage of the online casino industry, he started playing and came up with his own theoretical playing strategies. As the strategies gained more and more recognition from the gaming community, he decided to be a full-time online casino affiliate and launched his sites in 2003. Ever since, his websites have been ranked high in SEO and his business has never stopped growing. He is the most influential affiliate in the Japanese online casino market.”


CIO: What gave you the idea for JackpotHunter? Progressive jackpots are contributed by players from all over the world and their pots grow so hugely. There are over 500 jackpot games in the industry. By visualising the growth of each jackpot game and the variance with the past winnings, that allows you to efficiently target the jackpots with high expected values.


new app has been released through the Apple App Store by Click here Co. that promises to help turn gamers into BIG winners. JackpotHunter is a “smart gambling app that leverages data in the pursuit of jackpots,


CIO: How did you begin development? What were the first things you knew you’d have to take care of in the development? We hired a few app developers and it took us three years to launch the JackpotHunter. Since this was our very first time to develop an app, it wasn’t that easy. But in the end, we are quite happy with the outcome.


CIO: If it’s really possible to predict jackpot wins, why do you think no one has done it before? Indeed, it is not easy to win a progressive jackpot. However, with our app you can find games with high expected values. Why no one has done this before? Because the logic technology was very complicated to achieve that.


CIO: How many different jackpots with the app be able to monitor? You can monitor 107 games in total. The games are from Playtech, Microgaming, and Quickfire that are major game platforms in the industry.


CIO: What plans to develop the product do you have? We will focus on improving the app as intuitive as possible so that we can deliver it to players all over the world. That’s our current priority.


CIO: Any other plans for future products you can tell us about? As the 2nd stage for the product development, we will add more game providers and develop an Android app. We would like this app to be utilized by as many users as possible. With the continuous improvement, we would like to be a dream- maker for many players in the world to win a progressive jackpot.


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