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Week 37/2023 slot games releases
Here are this weeks latest slots releases compiled by European Gaming
GAMOMAT, one of the leading independent software developers for slot games, is celebrating its 15th anniversary with the launch of its highly-anticipated Deluxe Series of slot titles. The Deluxe Series will see a selection of GAMOMAT’s most iconic games reimagined with enriched, cutting-edge graphics. For the past 15 years, GAMOMAT has consistently showcased its dedication to innovation through its outstanding games and the Deluxe Series encapsulates this philosophy perfectly.

Line up your beer-filled Steins and shout ‘Prost’ as you clink glasses in Heidi, Hilde und Helga Go Wild, an Oktoberfest-inspired slot with a trio of tasty new REEVO features that will have players coming back for more. Heidi, Hilde und Helga Go Wild is a medium volatility, 5×3 reel, 10-payline slot ideal for slots fans who enjoy frequent features, including three different Wilds depending which character you land on: expanding, nudging and sticky, each one designed to create unforgettable experiences that could lead to big cash prizes.

The iGaming world is abuzz with excitement as PopOK Gaming unveils its latest creation, Magic Time, promising players a spellbinding adventure filled with enchantment and thrilling wins. Magic Time takes players on a mesmerizing journey along ten win lines where fortunes materialize through mystical combinations from left to right. The star of the show, the book symbol, serves as both a wild and a scatter, adding a touch of magic to each spin as it replaces regular symbols and opens doors to extraordinary wins.

Evoplay, lights up the sky for players as they embark on a thrilling journey in its latest game, Thunder Mega Sevens. Set across a futuristic 5×3 grid, this captivating slot features The Wheel of Thunder and The Wheel of Thunder Respin rounds, culminating in huge win potential for players. The Wheel of Thunder is activated when five or more Bonus symbols land in view, with each Bonus symbol containing a value of up to 5x a player’s stake.

Belatra Games, the specialist online slots developer, has breathed life and fire into its newest release, Dragon’s Bonanza. This odyssey whisks players away on a perilous journey to wrest a hoard of golden treasure from the claws of a fearsome dragon. A pulsating soundtrack adds to the drama on the reels that is populated with dragon eggs, razor-sharp claws, mystical dragon eyes, a luminescent purple gem, and a gleaming crown.

Habanero is continuing the summer heat in its latest release Bikini Island Deluxe. Set out across 5×4 reels, the title serves as an upgrade to the original Bikini Island title and sees the return of a host of beach-ready characters alongside summertime essentials as the game’s symbols. Helping to provide scorching wins are Wild symbols appearing on any of the middle reels, which not only substitute other symbols on the board to help form winning combinations but also come with a multiplier value attached from 2x to 4x.

Yggdrasil, has allied with ReelPlay to tell a tale of epic proportions in Hercules 10K Ways. Centred around the exploits of the most famous of Greek heroes, the slot is packed with fearsome and richly rendered 3D beasts defeated in the iconic labours including Hydras, the Nemean Lion, Cerberus and the Erymanthian Boar while Hercules himself acts as a wild.

Revolver Gaming is thrilled to announce the upcoming release of their latest video slot game, “BADLANDS™,” set to launch on September 18, 2023. Prepare to embark on a captivating adventure like no other, where magnificent bison, moose, elk, antelope, and owls come to life in a thrilling gaming experience that promises untold treasures. With 6 reels, 4 rows, and 40 pay lines, “BADLANDS™” introduces our ground-breaking WILD SIDE™ feature, where WILD Buffalo symbols expand sideways with a stampede across the reels, leading to spectacular wins!

Relax Gaming, the renowned iGaming aggregator and provider of unique content is inviting players to take to the seas in its latest jackpot extravaganza Dead Man’s Trail Dream Drop. This high volatility 5-reel, 40 payline slot can see players plunder great treasures by way of several lucrative features and mechanics including a coin feature, an extremely exciting Trail Bonus and of course the Dream Drop Jackpot.

Thunderkick is tasking players with taking on an alien invasion in its vibrant new release, Zap Attack! Presented on a 5×5 game grid with 25 paylines, Zap Attack! boasts an engaging theme and soundtrack inspired by fifties sci-fi movies. Set in the town of Roswealth, players are transported to the desert as extraterrestrial beings start to take over. A Wild in the form of a UFO can land on any spin, substituting for all symbols except Scatters, with Expanding Multiplier Wilds taking over an entire reel when part of a winning combination.

Deep beneath the earth lies an ancient tomb guarded by a vast army of soldiers, horses and chariots. This tomb is the final resting place of Qin Shi Huang, the first great Emperor of China, and his Terracotta Army. Players of Blue Guru Games’ latest slot, Terracotta Army, which is released on September 26, get to discover the true majesty of one of the most enigmatic and fascinating archaeological discoveries of all time.

Games Global is inviting players to immerse themselves in a thrilling game of cat-and-mouse with the release of Unusual Suspects™, its latest title from Northern Lights Gaming. Set in a bustling city during the dead of night, this feature-filled slot sees experienced criminals escape the clutches of a wily detective looking to bring them to justice. Whenever a wild symbol lands on the reels, it marks its position with a frame during the spins that follow and when an additional wild lands on one of these wild frames, a multiplier is added.

Playson, promises a joyful fruit game experience with modern graphics in its latest release 777 Sizzling Wins. Inspired by classic pub fruit machines, this game augments all the most iconic features of the classic genre along with vibrant cartoonish symbols and a warm jazzy background music to evoke a casino ambience, supplemented by modern fire-themed animations. With 5 paylines and a differing experience from Playson’s existing fruit portfolio, 777 Sizzling Wins takes things back to basics – with an easy-to-follow gameplay.

OneTouch invites players to venture deep into a feature-rich jungle with the release of its latest slot, Monkey’s Treasure. Hidden treasures of an ancient empire can be unveiled in the game, with two colourful primate companions guiding players through the 4×1 journey dotted with Aztec jewels and vibrant jungle leaves. The monkeys animatedly gesture to the gods above for the biggest rewards to fall, with up to 2,200x wins possible via masks and classic fruit symbols which can unlock a variety of coin rewards.

Step into the ring with the Kangaroo King slot from Stakelogic. An exciting new online slot that takes players deep into the heart of the animal kingdom and challenges them to pit their fighting skills against the legendary Kangaroo King, the undisputed boxing champion of the land. The Kangaroo King is an agile and versatile fighter and he has these skills on full display when he enters the reels as a wild symbol.

BGaming is promising fun, positivity, and happiness with its new Halloween release Bone Bonanza. With the Day of the Dead theme, this vibrant Mexican-themed slot follows the iconic La Catrina, who appears as a Scatter, and recognisable symbols of the ancient ritual – a skull, maracas, a bottle and the sun. In this high volatility game, symbols will pay anywhere on the reels depending on the total number at the end of the spin.

5WPR
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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