RubyPlay’s premium collection launches with global operator bet365, signifying an important milestone in the supplier’s growth in Europe.

RubyPlay, a content ecosystem based in a studio, has enhanced its footprint in Spain by forming a new partnership with bet365, a prominent global online operator in the industry.

The agreement has resulted in bet365 incorporating a wide range of RubyPlay’s top games, featuring fan favorites such as Immortal Ways® Buffalo, Immortal Ways® Cleopatra, and J Mania® Golden Eggs.

The recent partnership represents an important advancement in RubyPlay’s broader European expansion plan. Spain is a crucial regulated market where the provider has continually expanded its presence, driven by robust operator demand for unique, high-quality content.

Central to this expansion is RubyPlay’s multifaceted content ecosystem, providing operators with a varied and dynamic portfolio designed to cater to market-specific requirements. The model improves RubyPlay’s capacity to provide customized, relevant content by utilizing a cohesive distribution network.

bet365 is well-known as a worldwide frontrunner in the online sports wagering and iGaming sector, featuring a significant presence in major European markets.

Following this launch in Spain, RubyPlay and bet365 are prepared to extend their partnership in the upcoming months, with launches scheduled in additional regulated markets worldwide. The contract additionally grants bet365 access to content from RubyPlay’s broader studio network, which includes Koala Games.

Dima Reiderman, CCO at RubyPlay, said: “Partnering with bet365 in Spain is a major milestone for RubyPlay and reflects the strong progress we’ve made across mature European markets in recent months.

“Together with bet365, we’re bringing fresh, high‑quality entertainment to an even wider audience in the country. We’re confident our titles will quickly become favourites among their players, further showcasing the value RubyPlay delivers in regulated regions.”

Clement Le Scanff, Head of Gaming – Commercial and Operations at bet365, said: “We are always looking to introduce new, engaging content that enhances the player experience, and RubyPlay’s portfolio of feature-driven games fit the brief.

“Their strong performance across key markets, combined with their creativity and attention to detail, made this partnership an obvious choice. We’re thrilled to bring their unique and dynamic portfolio to our players in Spain.”

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bet365 Leads Pack with Three Category Accolades

Oddschecker, the UK’s leading betting comparison service and FairPlay Sports Media brand, has announced which sportsbooks have been recognised in the 2026 edition of the ‘Oddschecker Endorsed’ honours list, which encompasses several categories covering the most important products and offerings to UK bettors.

Standout sportsbooks from the 2026 accolades include bet365, having come out on top in three categories including ‘Best Bet Builder’, ‘Best In-Play Product’, and the blue riband category of ‘Most Popular Sportsbook’. It was a repeat of the category successes seen in 2025, with the brand ranking top in betslip activity on oddschecker for every month in 2025.

Other brands to achieve recognition include Betfred for its Football Product, attracting an 82% favourable rating from customers, and William Hill for its Horse Racing product, supported by a successful launch of Horse Racing Bet Builder in 2025 seeing the Evoke brand achieve a standout 67% positive customer rating.

Unibet came out on top as ‘Most Generous Bookmaker’ with 72% of surveyed Unibet customers describing the brand as highly rewarding, whilst BoyleSports picked up the gong for ‘Best New Promotion’ with their ‘1 UP Early Payout’ offering launched earlier in 2025. PricedUp claimed ‘Best New Bookmaker’, attracting significant volumes of new customers in the brand’s maiden year on Oddschecker.

Matchbook took home ‘Best Odds on Football’ via its Exchange product, whilst AK Bets claimed ‘Best Sportsbook Odds’ with the brand’s tight overround strategy proving particularly popular amongst Oddschecker users.

Spreadex and Quinnbet were the remaining operators to receive ‘Oddschecker Endorsed’ recognition, with the brands seeing significant gains in betslip activity across Football and Horse Racing respectively over the last 12 months.

Judged on both proprietary quantitative data over the last 12 months, such as site traffic and betting activity across the oddschecker site, plus qualified factors such as user opinion and perceived product quality, recognised brands can now apply to license the ‘Oddschecker Endorsed’ branding across their marketing assets for 2026. Utilisation of oddschecker branding has been proven in partnerships with the likes of William Hill and Sky Bet to boost customer trust and engagement in competitive betting environments.

Andrew Bramley, Commercial Director at FairPlay Sports Media, said: “Oddschecker brings a unique combination of betting expertise and accessible data, encompassing traffic insights, odds and promotion comparison, and qualified user perceptions. Leveraging these strengths, we’re proud to once again provide the ‘Oddschecker Endorsed’ stamp as a trusted recognition of the industry’s top sportsbooks in their respective categories.

Congratulations to all those recognised for their achievements across highly competitive fields. We look forward to collaborating with our distinguished partners to further leverage our rich data set and maximise the impact of their marketing plans through 2026 and beyond.”

The full list of ‘Oddschecker Endorsed’ sportsbooks are as follows:

–          Best Bet Builder – bet365

–          Best In-Play Product – bet365

–          Best Safer Gambling Tools – Sky Bet

–          Best Football Product – Betfred

–          Best Horse Racing Product – William Hill

–          Best Odds on Football – Matchbook

–          Best Sportsbook Odds – AK Bets

–          Most Generous Bookmaker – Unibet

–          Best New Promotion – BoyleSports (1UP Early Payout)

–          Best New Bookmaker – PricedUp

–          Rising Star – Football – Spreadex

–          Rising Star – Horse Racing – Quinnbet

–          Most Popular Sportsbook – bet365

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The global results of the Blask Awards 2025 mark a decisive shift in how leadership is defined in the iGaming industry. Instead of juries, submissions or sponsorship packages, the awards rely entirely on data, measuring real demand, competitive strength and scalable performance across regulated markets worldwide.

At the center of this year’s global rankings stands Betano, which emerged as the most consistently dominant licensed operator across multiple continents. But the broader picture is more complex: a market where leadership fragments by region, speed of growth matters as much as scale, and games increasingly outperform brands in cross-border reach.

“Data is the jury,” said Max Tesla, co-founder and CEO of Blask. “In Blask Awards, brands don’t compete with those who submitted a form, they compete with the entire market”

Global operator rankings

Across worldwide categories, Betano claimed a commanding share of top honors:

• Leader of the Blask Year, awarded to the operator with the highest total number of Blask Awards in 2025
• Top CEB Performer, recognizing the strongest aggregate revenue baseline across regulated markets
• Blask Index Leader, reflecting the highest cumulative demand across licensed geographies
• Demand Surge of the Year, for the single largest 30-day demand increase recorded globally

Other global distinctions highlight how varied leadership has become:

• Fastest-Growing Brand: MrQ, posting the strongest year-over-year growth in demand
• Baseline Breakout: LakiWin, delivering the fastest increase in revenue baseline
• Top #1 Footprint: betPawa, holding the largest number of #1 market positions globally
• The Monopolist: Singapore Pools, achieving the single highest market power concentration in a regulated market

Together, the results show that global leadership is no longer defined by size alone. Momentum, efficiency and consistency increasingly matter as much as footprint.

Games and providers: global reach beats local borders

If operator leadership fragments by geography, games tell a different story.

In provider and game categories, Pragmatic Play dominated the global rankings, driven by the extraordinary reach of Gates of Olympus 1000, which won: Operator Footprint Champion, Lobby Legend, Slot of the Year

Pragmatic Play also secured Largest Catalog Provider and Full-Shelf Takeover, reflecting unmatched breadth and distribution.

Other game-level winners highlight emerging dynamics:

• Game Demand Leader: Chicken Road by InOut Games
• Breakout Game of the Year: Roulette European by 7777 gaming
  Crash Game of the Year: Aviator by Spribe

Unlike operators, games increasingly scale globally, with player preferences converging across continents.

A different kind of award — and a long-term play

Blask Awards operate without applications, fees, sponsorships or jury voting. Winners are identified algorithmically, using Blask’s proprietary metrics — including Blask Index, BAP and CEB — across regulated markets only.

“This isn’t about trophies,” Tesla said. “It’s about creating a shared, verifiable language for the industry: one where anyone can open the data and see why a brand won. We’re not stopping here. Each year, the coverage gets wider, the benchmarks sharper, and the comparison fairer.”

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