Booming Games, the award-winning game development studio known for its entertainment-first approach and deep market reach, has announced a major strategic push into South America, targeting one of the world’s fastest-growing online gaming markets.

With the Latin American online gambling market projected to exceed $10 billion annually by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 11.9%, and Brazil’s fully regulated gambling launch in 2025, Booming Games is executing a multi-pronged strategy to establish market leadership across the continent.

Max Niehusen, Founder of Booming Games, said:
“Brazil is the market that will separate the leaders from the rest. Players demand relevance, entertainment, and connection — that’s where we excel. Our goal is to challenge the status quo, partner with top operators, and create experiences that truly resonate. Getting Brazil right sets the stage for global success.”

A Market-Defining Opportunity

South America represents a generational growth opportunity, with 440 million people, 84% internet penetration, and an estimated 100 million online casino players in Brazil alone. Booming Games is investing in high-value operator partnerships, specialist talent, and a fully localised content roadmap to dominate the region.

Strategic Operator Partnerships

Booming Games has secured collaborations with Betano, Betnacional, 7K Bet, Cassino Bet, Brazino, H2 Bet, Esportes da Sorte, Bet365, SportingBet, and SuperBet, ensuring broad market access while delivering tailored player experiences.

Its flagship Brazilian portfolio includes: Fortune Surge Series, Inferno Fortune Instastrike, Fortune Paw, 7 Fruits of Riches, and Monkey Charm, all designed for maximum accessibility, commercial impact, and customisable white-labelling. A growing range of instant games is scheduled for Q2.

Craig Asling, Director of Games, said:
“Brazil is more than a market — it’s a culture. Our games are built to connect deeply with players through localised storytelling, data-driven insights, and real player preferences.”

Exclusive Ronaldinho Content

A cornerstone of Booming Games’ South America strategy is an exclusive content partnership with football legend Ronaldinho, one of Brazil’s most iconic figures with 150 million global social media followers.

Building on prior successes like Ronaldinho Spins and Ronaldinho Scores: Shoot To Win, Booming Games is launching two major new titles:

• Ronaldinho’s Streetball Bonanza – a 6×5 scatter-pay slot inspired by Brazilian street football, featuring the Street Skill Meter and continuous high-energy gameplay.
• Bruxo da Sorte – a fast-paced 3×3 slot casting Ronaldinho as “The Wizard,” offering x10 multipliers and high-frequency wins.

Dan Paleu, COO of Booming Games, said:
“Ronaldinho bridges global appeal and local relevance. He’s instantly recognisable worldwide, yet deeply rooted in Brazilian culture, allowing us to create games that feel personal to players and commercially scalable.”

Platinum VIP Lounge at SiGMA BiS South America

At SiGMA BiS South America (6–9 April 2026, São Paulo), Booming Games will host the Platinum VIP Lounge, an immersive, custom-built space inspired by Ronaldinho’s Streetball Bonanza. The Lounge offers senior industry networking, premium hospitality, exclusive merchandise, and direct access to Booming Games’ leadership, highlighting bespoke partnership opportunities and next-generation content.

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This isn’t an expedition. It’s the fittest that survive.

DEGEN opens the cage door to Zoomania, a 5-reel, 4-row video slot situated in a realm where instinct reigns and survival is far from assured.

Set in a landscape of steel, shadows, and flashing neon, Zoomania presents players with a lineup of powerful beings like lions, gorillas, and reptiles, each contributing their unique impact to this extremely high-volatility game.

A key aspect of Zoomania is the Top Feature Row, positioned above the reels, which can trigger strong modifiers at any time. Expanding Wilds, multipliers, Wild Converters, and even Super Scatters can appear unexpectedly, altering the grid and forming wins that seemed impossible moments before.

The outcome is a fundamental game that continually changes. One instant the reels seem stable, the next a feature activates and the result changes drastically.

Zoomania presents several bonus paths, each featuring varying levels of intensity. From the dynamic Prison Break feature to the unpredictable Feral Instinct and the extremely rare Beast Mode, the game enables players to encounter increasing degrees of disorder as the session progresses.

Danny Gordon, Head of Studio at DEGEN Studios, said: “Zoomania shows a different side of DEGEN. It looks vibrant, but there’s an eerie edge running through it, and the gameplay keeps shifting under your feet. That tension creates something wildly unpredictable, where no two sessions play out the same.

Step inside. Trigger the chaos. Unleash the wild.”

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To raise awareness of the increasing issue of illegal affiliate marketing affecting licensed markets, Gaming in Europe will conduct a webinar called “Understanding the rise of illegal affiliate marketing: Techniques & solutions” on Thursday, April 16, at 14:00 CET.

An increasing issue

Due to the rising significance of online platforms – particularly in conjunction with limitations on broadcast and print advertising – affiliate marketing has emerged as a more vital route for participants to discover and locate the iGaming operators that suit their requirements.

The battle for recognition

Unauthorized affiliates, along with the larger entities supporting them, not only enhance the exposure of illicit offers; they frequently also manage to diminish the visibility of licensed operators and affiliates advocating licensed offers.

This webinar will detail the tactics that unlawful affiliates employ to enhance their own visibility while diminishing that of their legitimate rivals. Additionally, this webinar will examine the actions that legal affiliates, licensed operators, and regulators can implement to reduce the effects of unlawful affiliate marketing.

A problem affecting all of Europe

Since offshore online gambling operators and their related illegal affiliates typically function on a European or even worldwide scale, this webinar will be pertinent to stakeholders in all regulated or soon-to-be-regulated online gambling markets, such as Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Finland, and others.

#TakeBackTheMarket

Founder Willem van Oort of Gaming in Europe stated: “Aligned with Gaming in Europe’s larger goal to assist legal stakeholders against unlawful and unfair competition – concisely captured as #ReclaimTheMarket – we have opted to examine more closely the reasons and consequences of the rising influence of illegal affiliate marketing.” We will examine some of the dubious tactics employed by illegal affiliates and also investigate what advocates of the legal market, including regulators and licensed operators, can do to combat this.”

Speakers

Timothy Malmros Genach, expert in SEO, Magenti Media

Dr. Andreas Ditsche, Chief Executive Officer, iGaming.com

Frank op de Woerd, Hoofdredacteur, CasinoNieuws

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