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Blask, the market intelligence ecosystem for iGaming, has crossed the 100-country threshold with the addition of new Asian, Africa and European markets to its platform.

Blask now provides AI-driven, real-time analytics on more than half of the world’s nations, with an in-depth overview of the operator landscape provided in 107 countries, and game analytics in 17.

The latest markets added include Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Qatar, Kuwait, Moldova, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Jordan, Madagascar, Chad, Somalia, Niger, South Sudan and Mauritania.

Max Tesla, CEO and co-founder of Blask, said: “When we launched Blask last year, we made a commitment to bring in-depth, real-time iGaming market intelligence to the whole world. We’re now more than half-way towards completing this mission. Every new market we add brings more clarity to an industry that has operated in the dark for far too long.”

Blask shines a light on the performance of brands and entire markets where data-led intelligence has previously been lacking.

This latest update shows that as the United Arab Emirates prepares to roll out a new regulatory framework for online gaming, more than 155 brands are already active in the country. The Blask Index, a measure of engagement and interest across all brands in the UAE, is up 36.14% year-on-year.

Meanwhile, the once thriving  Ukraine iGaming market has seen a 49.11% YoY decline, with just 86 now active.

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Blask, the AI-driven market intelligence ecosystem, has launched Global Games, a real-time dashboard that ranks more than 26,000 online casino games by brand coverage and country reach.

Debuting at the top of the charts is Pragmatic Play blockbuster Gates of Olympus 1000, which features across a remarkable 606 operator brands. Gate of Olympus Super Scatter and Aviator complete the top three, with Pragmatic Play holding seven of the top 10 positions.

Max Tesla, CEO of Blask, said: “Our industry has been operating in the dark for too long. With Global Games, we’re shining a light on which titles are succeeding in a real-time, global context. It is just the latest step in Blask’s mission to build the first truly comprehensive, data-driven picture of iGaming worldwide, with plenty more to come.”

The Global Games dashboard covers 17 countries where Blask Games Analytics is live, with more markets and metrics to be added soon.

For game providers, distributors and operators, understanding where a title is surfaced has become a competitive edge. Until now, assembling that picture meant manual checks or partial reports, but Global Games has consolidated every market signal in one place, cutting time‑to‑insight from hours to seconds.

This includes a global list view, which ranks titles by brand and country coverage; a per-game global page, which break down brands, lobbies and average lobby visibility; and a selection of power tools so users can search games by name and filter by provider or genre.

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Crash and hybrid games grew significantly across a range of emerging and regulated markets in H1, as the genre continues to take market share away from traditional slots in online casinos around the world.

In a new report, Blask looked at the performance of both crash and so-called hybrid games – which combine crash and arcade elements – across four diverse markets: India, South Africa, Brazil and the Netherlands.

It found that:

• In the Netherlands, Blask’s ranking of casino games’ share of interest saw a hybrid title break into the top 10 for the first time ever during H1 2025.

• In India, crash and hybrid games accounted for more than half of total share of interest for the period.

• In Brazil, themed slots continue to dominate, but hybrid games are experiencing rapid growth.

• And in South Africa, a crash game maintains its number one ranking on the share of interest measure.

Discussing the findings, Blask CEO Max Tesla said improved lobby visibility and the games’ natural fit with streaming were behind the strong performance.

“Crash and hybrid titles have moved from niche curiosities to core parts of the casino lobby,” said Tesla. “Operators are recognising that these games don’t just attract new audiences but also keep them engaged for longer. Their fast pace, social features and suitability for streaming align perfectly with how the next generation wants to play.”

You can download the full Blask report, including data and methodology, here: https://blask.com/reports/hybrid-games-report-2025/

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