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NSoft: Top 3 virtual draw-based betting games
The virtual draw-based betting games have been steadily thriving for years, and recently there has been a significant resurgence of bingo in online markets.
The exciting bingo-style games with colorful, eye-catching graphics also feature a host of bonuses and extra chances to win, thus the player’s favorite.
NSoft has its share of enchanting the players worldwide with our virtual draw-based betting games. With simple yet immersive gameplay challenges, our top 3 virtual draw-based betting games include Lucky Six, Roulette, and Spin and Win.
Bingo Type Games offer a Powerful Revenue-Generating Model
Fast-paced entertainment in virtual form brings bingo and lottery games to players every few minutes. The ability to enjoy the draws more than 280 times each day, combined with an excellent user interface, has proved to be a massive success with players and a revenue-generating model for our customers.
NSoft brings an omnichannel experience as our products are available on various channels, devices, and operating systems. Customers choose the delivery channel depending on their needs – land-based or online.
The action of virtual number games is based on the results produced by a random number generator (RNG). Approved testing laboratory for online gaming systems, iTech has confirmed that our games are statistically random and unpredictable. Thus the results cannot be influenced or adjusted.
Lucky Six – millions of tickets daily across 40+ countries
Our draw-based, bingo-style game Lucky Six recently celebrated its 12th birthday. It was our firstborn game and a solid foundation for soon becoming a successful business in the gaming industry on a global level. Everybody loves Lucky Six – millions of tickets are played daily across 42+ countries with our clients.
Since the V1, the game was simple, neat, running on any device, with good (configurable) RTP. The RNG-driven entertainment soon became a must-have for any betting shop. And yes, it was first made for bet shops.
Through NSoft’s years of experience in the iGaming market, with our partners, and 150 betting and gaming operators from 42 countries, we have gathered invaluable information from the players. Lucky Six’s secret – the players, helped us polish it!
Now we know what it takes to boost player engagement and retention levels. The game was renewed with visual enhancement, better performances, new bonus games, simpler UX, richer statistics, sound effects, etc.
How to play Lucky Six?
A total of 48 numbers are divided into eight groups. Every group has its color so that the player will find red, green, blue, purple, brown, yellow, orange, and black colored balls with numbers. In the hope of choosing the Lucky Six winning numbers, the player chooses six to ten numbers, and 35 out of 48 numbers will be drawn from the drum. To win the draw, the player has to guess six numbers correctly.
The global success of Lucky Six
Globally, the game is offered across 9,000+ bet shops and 4,800 terminals (28% increase YoY). The number of punters playing Lucky Six online reached impressive figures and held to it during 2020 and 2021.
As a result, the reporting period recorded 14% more tickets and almost 20% turnover (total turnover 2021 vs. 2020 in %).
To boost the game for the online channel, the NSoft team has created a Lightning Lucky Six – an even faster version of the original game. Another novelty in our growing Casino portfolio is a spin version of Lucky Six. The game is called Slingshot 6 and proudly represents the latest upgrade of our classic.
Slingshot 6 is a casino game for the online channel. It is a spin game based on bingo which brings diversity into inevitable video slots category and ultra-popular crash categories.
Roulette – the simplicity of this game attracts millions of players
The game of Roulette is one of those games that has barely changed over the centuries. It is often mentioned in mainstream media and movies, with references connecting it to luxurious casino resorts and lavish parties.
James Bond, 007, was a big roulette player in Ian Fleming’s original books, and his favourite number was 17.
If you visit any brick-and-mortar casino, you can see the crowd of people around the roulette table cheering every spin of the wheel. The game provides a unique excitement that is hard to surpass in other fast games.
Online Roulette has quickly gained popularity and is preferred over slots, blackjack, poker, and other casino games. Online casinos don’t have the same overhead expenditure as land-based casinos so they can offer better and higher payouts to players. Also, online casinos offer a variety of attractive bonuses and incentives to attract new players and increase overall retention.
Roulette is a fast-paced game of chance; players don’t need skills or experience to win this game.
European Roulette features a black and red colored wheel with numbers ranging from 0-36. It has one zero-number pocket, its most distinctive feature.
There are differences between European and American Roulette; thus, they differ in one way. It has an extra slot: Double Zero. Instead of 37, it has 38 slots — numbers 1 to 36, 0, and 00. The presence of an additional slot means American roulette has a higher house edge than European roulette.
Generally, we recommend our clients to use American Roulette in their retail business. Web and terminal businesses can opt for the one that suits their company or players more. Having both versions is also an option.
What are the advantages of NSoft Roulette?
NSoft’s Roulette is a fast-paced modular and engaging game that brings an entirely new experience to players. It is an appealing product, available and running smoothly on all channels. The game features a smooth and intuitive UX/UIX, easy to use for operators in bet shops and players on all channels.
It is a must-have product for our clients with the biggest RTP that simultaneously covers both virtual games and casino categories.
The game is round-based, meaning that all players play together in a single round, and features colourful visuals and eye-catching graphics. A customizable appearance enables a better product experience and generates revenue.
We are constantly working on improving Roulette on all channels by keeping in mind the feedback of our players and clients. Therefore our in-house Casino team once more showed enviable creativity by developing the Lightning Roulette game, as the name suggests, as fast as lightning and round-based.
Spin and Win – a high-speed and highly customizable modern take on Roulette
Anybody who has played our Roulette will enjoy it, even more, the gameplay and bonus options that NSoft’s Spin and Win offers.
Spin and Win was made exclusively for land-based betting businesses, and indeed, it is one of the best spin games in retail. The use of the newest technologies has enabled our Casino team with vast possibilities for development on various devices, even those with lower performance levels. The game is enriched with colorful visuals and eye-catching graphics. A completely customizable appearance according to market specifics and clients’ wishes enables a better product experience and creates revenue increases.
The visualization shows the paytable, the wheel, and the statistic in the stunning color palette. Visual presentation of the game plays a significant role when we talk about engagement. The wheel is always centered and visible whether the round has begun and marked with numbers ranging from 0 to 36. If the countdown for the next round is in progress, available markets on the pay table are highlighted from top to bottom, one by one, approximately every 3 seconds.
The game offers four markets: Straight up, Dozens (1, 2, 3), Odd/Even, and Red/Black.
The statistic displays the most and least drawn five numbers together with the ten latest results.
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Sports Betting Spent $1.42 Billion on TV Last Year. It Spent $90 Million on PR. That Needs to Change
By Matt Caiola, CEO, 5WPR
The numbers are now documented. The U.S. sports betting and online gaming industries spent $3.9 billion on marketing in 2025. Television advertising received $1.42 billion. Celebrity and athlete partnerships received $520 million. Earned media and PR received $90 million — 2.3% of the total. Responsible gambling programs received $60 million.
Those last two figures are the ones that matter most to anyone thinking seriously about where this industry is headed. The two channels that build long-term brand credibility, regulatory goodwill, and investor confidence are receiving a combined 3.8 cents of every marketing dollar. The channels that build reach — which this industry no longer has a shortage of — are receiving the rest.
This is the central finding of the Gaming Trust Index, 5WPR’s inaugural annual study of marketing spend allocation and brand credibility outcomes across the top U.S. sports betting, online gaming, and land-based casino operators. The data is sourced from Kantar Media, MediaRadar, iSpot.tv, and public operator financial disclosures. I want to make the argument directly.
The Market Has Matured. The Budget Hasn’t.
The case for heavy advertising spend was legitimate in 2019 and 2020. Legal sports betting was new. Awareness was the genuine primary challenge. Television, performance marketing, and celebrity campaigns were the right tools for that phase.
That phase is over. Thirty-eight states have legalized. The top five operators — FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, Caesars, ESPN Bet — control 78% of handle and are household names in every legal market. The competitive question is no longer who consumers have heard of. It is who they trust, who they return to, and whose license applications sail through regulatory review in the states still considering legalization.
Those outcomes are determined by credibility, not awareness. And credibility is built through earned media, executive visibility, responsible gambling communications, and the digital content infrastructure that shapes how your brand is described when people research it. Not through a television spot or a celebrity deal, however well executed.
The Celebrity-to-RG Ratio Is a Problem
The specific figure I want every CMO, CCO, and board member in this industry to sit with is the ratio between celebrity endorsement spend and responsible gambling investment. In 2025: $520 million on celebrity partnerships, $60 million on responsible gambling programs. Nearly nine to one.
I am not arguing against celebrity partnerships. They drive awareness and short-term acquisition metrics that matter. The problem is deploying that spend at a 9-to-1 ratio over responsible gambling in an industry with active legalization fights in California, Texas, and Florida, with ESG analysts scrutinizing every line item of publicly traded operator balance sheets, and with state gaming commissions and legislative committees watching how operators present themselves on player protection.
The operators who change that ratio — even modestly, moving from 9:1 to 5:1 — will be in a materially better position in every regulatory conversation over the next decade. The ones who do not will find that ratio cited against them at precisely the moments it is most costly.
Online Gaming: The Window Is Open and It Closes at Legalization
Online gaming — iCasino and iPoker, currently legal in seven states — generated $12.8 billion in GGR in 2025 and receives the lowest communications investment per revenue dollar of any segment we analyzed. New York, Illinois, Indiana, and Virginia are in active legislative consideration.
The 2021 Michigan launch established the pattern: operators with pre-existing earned media presence in the state achieved faster initial user acquisition than those who arrived with advertising budgets alone. The window to establish that presence in the next four expansion states is open now. It closes the moment those markets legalize and every operator arrives with a TV buy.
Building earned media infrastructure takes time. The operators who start now will have something no late arrival can purchase.
The Land-Based Casino Search Problem
One finding in the Gaming Trust Index that the sports betting conversation tends to miss: the major land-based casino brands — MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, Wynn Resorts, Hard Rock International — generate millions of monthly branded searches and have not built the owned and earned content to shape what appears in those results.
As AI-powered search tools become the primary channel through which consumers research brands, operators who have not invested in digital content infrastructure are ceding their narratives to third-party review sites, financial coverage, and regulatory reporting. The operator that moves first to own its search narrative will have a compounding advantage. Every quarter the others wait, the gap widens.
What a Reallocation Actually Looks Like
Three to five percentage points of the total $3.9 billion budget. That is $120 to $200 million redirected toward earned media, executive visibility programs, responsible gambling communications, and digital content strategy. It would not show up as a meaningful variance on a quarterly earnings call. It would show up in regulatory conversations, ESG analyst coverage, brand sentiment data, and the search results that determine how the next generation of gamblers first encounters these brands.
The gambling industry has built the most visible advertising ecosystem in American consumer marketing. The next five years will determine whether it builds the credibility infrastructure to match it. The operators who move first will define what the mature market looks like.
Matt Caiola is CEO of 5WPR, one of the largest independent PR firms in the United States. The Gaming Trust Index 2026 is available free at https://www.5wpr.com/research/gaming-trust-index-2026/
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Red Bull runs one-day Balatro speedrun event, Boss Rush, on April 17
Eight creators compete across five timed stages with eliminations, broadcast on Red Bull’s Twitch and YouTube channels.
Red Bull will stage a one-day Balatro speedrun competition, Red Bull Boss Rush, on April 17, 2026. The event brings together eight creators for timed runs in the roguelike deckbuilder, with viewers able to follow via individual creator POV streams and a central hub broadcast.
The competitor lineup includes Red Bull Player Ludwig, plus The Spiffing Brit, FrostPrime, Feinberg, Adef, Yahiamice, mbtyugioh and dreads. Red Bull said live commentary will be provided by esports host Yinsu ‘Yinsu’ Collins, card-game specialist Blake ‘Rarran’ Eram, and DrSpectered.
Boss Rush is structured as five 30-minute stages, with players ranked by completion time. Red Bull said the opening three stages use a shared random seed with unlimited resets, and points are awarded by placement each stage; the bottom four are eliminated after stage 3. Stage 4 determines the finalists, followed by a final winner-takes-all matchup.
The event also includes a downloadable Red Bull Boss Rush mod featuring a custom-branded deck and new Red Bull-themed Jokers, Bosses and Skip Tags. Red Bull highlighted additions including ‘Witch’, ‘Princess and Frog’, ‘Zebra’, Old Dog, ‘Pirate’, ‘Genie’, ‘Prince Charming’, and ‘Jester’, each designed to alter scoring or run economics.
Red Bull Boss Rush will stream on twitch.tv/redbull and Red Bull’s YouTube Gaming channel. Scan is supplying gaming PCs for the competition, according to the company.
Relevant data as follows:
- Red Bull Gaming on Twitch; https://www.twitch.tv/redbull Primary broadcast destination for the event.
- Red Bull Gaming on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/redbullgaming Secondary broadcast destination cited in the release.
- Red Bull Gaming: https://www.redbull.com/ Official Red Bull site for event context and confirmation.
- Balatro on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2379780/Balatro/ Authoritative reference for the game featured in the competition.
- Scan Computers: https://www.scan.co.uk/ PC supplier mentioned as providing systems for the event.
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Blask data shows LATAM casino lobbies diverge beyond Pragmatic Play’s baseline
Brazil stands out for crash-game visibility, while Argentina fragments across 15 providers, according to Blask’s review of five markets.
Blask has published new data on casino lobby distribution across five Latin American markets—Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru—finding a shared baseline of Pragmatic Play dominance but sharply different secondary content patterns by country.
Across all five markets, Pragmatic Play “consistently dominates the top 30 most-distributed titles,” accounting for up to 16 positions in each country, Blask said. Beyond that layer, Blask argues there is “no single playbook” for how operators and aggregators build lobbies.
Brazil is the clearest outlier for mechanics, with crash-style titles such as Aviator and JetX appearing in the top 30, while similar formats are “largely absent” in the other markets analyzed. Blask also points to Brazil as the only country where Pocket Games Soft holds a meaningful distribution share, driven by its Fortune series.
Mexico shows the opposite pattern: the highest concentration of Pragmatic Play titles and a thinner secondary layer. Blask flagged Endorphina as an example of a provider appearing in Mexico’s top 30 but not elsewhere in its dataset.
Argentina is described as the most fragmented market, with 15 different providers represented in the top 30—more than any other country in the analysis—and broader visibility for live and table content. Chile “closely mirrors Mexico” structurally, Blask said, but includes a single non-Pragmatic title with near-ubiquitous placement across operator lobbies. Peru, meanwhile, spreads remaining top-30 positions across 12 providers, including studios not seen in the other markets and “legacy European brands such as Novomatic.”
Blask’s conclusion is that operators should not assume a winning lobby mix in one country will translate regionally. “Beyond the dominant layer, performance is defined not by regional trends, but by local player behavior and demand signals,” the company said.
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