Casino Game Providers in Australia (2026): Who Actually Supplies the Lobbies, Family by Family, and Why the Studio Name Decides the Return

Who supplies whom

Read the table as a map of platforms. A player who has seen Golden Crown’s lobby has seen the same core studios as at Ricky and Woo; the difference between the Novatrix brands is the bonus and the withdrawal rulebook, not the games, which is why our sister-sites page matters more than any provider list when choosing between them. The two real outliers are BitStarz, whose 23 September list named the big European studios that the others lack, and the Realtime Gaming sites, whose entire catalogue is one studio’s.

The October gaps depend on where the lobby is opened from. From a connection in Germany on 11 October 2026, the same eight Novatrix lobbies listed Evolution, NetEnt, Pragmatic Play and Nolimit City, so their absence is what an Australian connection sees, not the catalogue. We did not try to open a game without an account.

The studios, in one line each

• BGaming (in 18 of 30 lobbies): the default pokie supplier of the Novatrix platform; the studio whose titles the welcome free spins are usually credited on. Stated returns mostly 96–97%, published per game.
• Betsoft (18): 3D-styled pokies and the table games at the Lucky Tiger family and Grand Rush; older titles run at 95–96%.
• Booongo / 3 Oaks, Playson, Platipus, Belatra, Mascot (15–18 each): the mid-tier suppliers that fill the Novatrix lobbies; Belatra and Mascot also make the video-bingo and casino hold’em titles under the “other games” tabs.
• Evolution (14): on 19 September, the live-dealer tables (roulette, blackjack, baccarat, Super Sic Bo, Casino Hold’em) at every Novatrix brand, Jackpot Jill and BitStarz; the eight Novatrix lobbies we rechecked from an Australian connection on 9 and 11 October 2026 did not list Evolution. The Realtime Gaming sites use Vivo or none. Evolution also owns NetEnt, Nolimit City and Big Time Gaming.
• Pragmatic Play (7): on 19 September, at the larger lobbies (King Billy, Woo, Queen Spins, BitStarz, Jackpot Jill); King Billy and Woo did not list it when we rechecked them from an Australian connection on 9 and 11 October 2026. Its game pages give one return per game; the casino’s version can differ.
• NetEnt and Microgaming / Games Global (12 and 8): the old European names, on 19 September mostly at BitStarz and the larger Novatrix sites; none of the eight Novatrix lobbies we rechecked from an Australian connection on 9 and 11 October 2026 listed either; Games Global bought Microgaming’s games portfolio in 2022, according to trade press.
• Play’n GO, Yggdrasil, Quickspin, Thunderkick, Hacksaw, Nolimit City, Push Gaming, Big Time Gaming (Megaways): the studios behind the high-volatility titles; on 19 September found at BitStarz and the bigger Novatrix lobbies, absent at the Realtime Gaming and Rival sites; of these, the eight Novatrix lobbies we rechecked from an Australian connection on 9 and 11 October 2026 listed only Yggdrasil.
• Booming Games: not counted on 19 September; a Maltese studio that sells to casinos and aggregators, profiled below.
• Realtime Gaming / SpinLogic: one studio, one catalogue, three of our operators (Fair Go, Ozwin, PlayCroco). Returns are set by the operator from the studio’s options and are rarely printed in the game; the Caribbean Hold’em variant pays less than the standard game, as our hold’em page explains.
• Rival: the “i-Slots” studio behind the Lucky Tiger family and Grand Rush, alongside Betsoft.
• Playtech: on 17 October 2026 in the studio lists of 19 of 25 lobbies we read from Australia, but at 14 of them as one game; profiled below.

Studio, platform, aggregator: who does what

Three kinds of company stand between a game and your screen: the studio makes it, an aggregator distributes it, and a platform runs the casino around it. Knowing which is which explains why many lobbies look alike.

Studio. Booming Games describes the model in its own words: it “operates as a Business-to-Business (B2B) company and provides video slot games to gaming aggregators and Business-to-Customer (B2C) gaming operators”. A studio of this kind sells to casinos, not to players.

Aggregator. SoftSwiss says its game aggregator is “compatible with any sportsbook and online casino” and promises: “Launch within 3 weeks with a single API integration.” One connection gives a casino the catalogues of many studios at once.

Platform. SoftSwiss describes its casino platform as “full-featured”, with “integrated player account management, payment providers, gamification, and bonusing”. Casinos built on one platform often share one catalogue, which is what the Novatrix row in the table above shows.

The provider sets the return, and some publish several versions

The number that matters on a pokie, its theoretical return to player (RTP), is set by the studio, and some studios publish more than one. Hacksaw Gaming lists four for Wanted Dead or a Wild: 96.38%, 94.55%, 92.33% and 88.42% (checked 11 October 2026). Over a very long run, the gap between the top and bottom version is A$7.96 for every A$100 staked. Hacksaw’s page does not say which version a casino runs.

Other studios publish less. Pragmatic Play and Nolimit City show one RTP per game page, yet Pragmatic’s own Sweet Bonanza demo reported two other values. Play’n GO and Booming Games showed no RTP on the game pages we checked. So the provider’s name is not a return guarantee: read the return in the game’s information screen at the casino where you play. Our RTP page lists the printed returns we found game by game.

Who tests the games

Independent labs test the random number generator (RNG), the software that decides each result, and the return a game pays. Each lab describes its work on its own site, read on 11 October 2026.

• eCOGRA, founded in 2003 and based in the UK, says it is “accredited in 47 jurisdictions and counting”. For RNG certification it reviews the source code and runs “extensive statistical analysis on the output of the RNG over many iterations”. Its RTP test checks whether payouts fall “within a statistically acceptable interval, based on the games volatility”.
• iTech Labs lists “source code evaluation, compilation to generate the raw RNG output, and testing the raw numbers and scaled/shuffled output”, and offers RTP audits from server logs.
• BMM Testlabs says it is “the longest-established and most experienced private independent gaming test laboratory in the world”, serving the industry “for over 40 years”.
• GLI (Gaming Laboratories International) says it “provides independent testing and inspection of electronic gaming products” and publishes technical standards, among them GLI-11 and GLI-19 Interactive Gaming Systems v3.0.

A lab named on a studio’s website is a claim. The proof is a certificate for a specific game; this page does not assert one for any game.

BGaming

BGaming is a Maltese studio with an MGA licence that the regulator’s register showed as Licensed on 11 October 2026. Its about page names the holder: Stable Games Ltd, Valletta, under a B2B Critical Gaming Supply Licence, MGA/B2B/785/2020, issued 18 March 2021.

The page says the company has worked in the field “since 2012” and that the BGaming brand “came to life in 2018”. It is headquartered in Malta, with development offices in Poland and Georgia. It also names a Curaçao B2B licence but publishes no number for it.

BGaming publishes an RTP on each game page: Aviamasters 97% (released 2 July 2024), Elvis Frog in Vegas 95.3% (13 May 2020), Plinko 99% (28 January 2019). Its “Live RTP” panels are the studio’s own statistics, not a lab certificate. BGaming was the most frequent of the ten studios we tracked in casino game lists captured on 23 September 2026: 36 of 65.

Booming Games

Booming Games is a Maltese studio licensed in Malta and Great Britain. Its footer names Booming Games (Malta) Ltd., Birkirkara, under MGA/B2B/459/2018, issued 10 September 2018; the MGA register showed the licence as Licensed on 11 October 2026.

In Great Britain, account 57254 was Active on the UK Gambling Commission register on the same day, for Gambling Software and Game Host (Casino). Booming says its games “are tested and certified by accredited third-party test houses” but does not name them.

We found no RTP on its game pages or release news on 11 October 2026, and we do not copy figures from catalogue sites. Booming appeared in 22 of 65 casino game lists captured on 23 September 2026, often next to BGaming at casinos on the SoftSwiss platform.

Hacksaw Gaming: licences, RTP versions and where its slots appear

Hacksaw Gaming belongs to Hacksaw AB (publ), a Swedish company founded in 2018, by its own account, and listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 25 June 2025. Its 2025 prospectus dates the first slot built on its own game platform to 2020. A Hacksaw news post of 19 September 2019 calls Stick ’Em “our very first slot”. The annual report counts 45 in-house games released in 2025, and the interim report of 21 July 2026 puts its games in “more than 40 locally licensed markets worldwide”.

Hacksaw is licensed in Malta and Great Britain; we checked both regulators’ registers on 17 October 2026. Both licences sit with HGMT Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary, according to the group’s licences page. The Malta Gaming Authority shows licence MGA/CRP/501/2018 as Licensed. The UK Gambling Commission shows account 54059 as Active since 2 October 2019. Licences it lists in the Isle of Man, Curaçao, Ontario and others we did not check.

None of the licences Hacksaw lists is Australian, and we found no list of restricted countries on Hacksaw’s sites (checked 17 October 2026). ACMA says the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 makes it illegal for gambling providers to offer some online services to people in Australia, and lists online casinos among the banned services (what that means for players).

Hacksaw prints three to five RTP versions for each of the seven games below, and its pages do not say which one a casino runs.

Read on hacksawgaming.com game pages, 17 October 2026. The pages do not say which version a casino runs. “Not named on the page” means the page does not mention a bonus buy, not that the game has none.

On Le Prechaun, the top and bottom versions differ by A$11.21 for every A$100 staked, on average, over a very long run (our arithmetic: 97.52% minus 86.31%). The game’s help screen at the casino shows the version it runs (how to check).

Five of the seven pages name a bonus buy, a fee that skips straight to the bonus round (what a bonus buy costs).

From an Australian connection, none of the 12 casino lobbies we could read on 17 October 2026 listed Hacksaw; from Germany, 8 of the same 12 did. We read each lobby’s provider filter without logging in, twice that day; a 13th lobby could not be read. The nine of them we also read on 11 October 2026 did not list it either. Our older research files, captured mostly on 23 September 2026, name Hacksaw in 12 of 65 casino game lists; those lists predate the Australian-connection checks.

In Sweden, Gambling Insider reported on 16 April 2025 that the regulator found unlicensed operators offering Hacksaw games in January 2024; a sanction fee on Hacksaw of SEK 2.6 million was cut on appeal to SEK 20,000, and Hacksaw argued that it uses geoblocking.

Hacksaw’s game pages carry a “Try it” button, but on 17 October 2026 the demo did not start from an Australian connection: all 9 attempts on four games failed. From Germany, the demo server started a session in 8 of 8 attempts. We found no statement from Hacksaw about this, and we tested one Australian network on one day. Our free pokies guide lists where demo pokies open before login.

Nolimit City

Nolimit City is a Maltese studio owned by Evolution since 8 August 2022, whose game pages we checked list maximum payouts of up to 300,000 times the bet. Its footer names Nolimit City Limited (C 54001) under MGA/B2B/299/2015, issued 1 August 2018, listed in the MGA register; UK account 52097 was Active on the UK Gambling Commission register (both checked 11 October 2026).

Its mechanics carry trademarks, explained on its game pages. xWays: symbols that land reveal “a stack of the same symbol, increasing the ways available to win”. xNudge: a wild nudges to fill the reel and can raise its multiplier. xSplit: it “will split all symbols to the left of it into two, increasing the ways to win”.

Read on nolimitcity.com game pages, 11 October 2026; each page shows one RTP. At A$1 a spin, 300,000x is A$300,000. Nolimit City appeared in 7 of 65 casino game lists captured on 23 September 2026.

Big Time Gaming

Big Time Gaming (BTG) is a Sydney company owned by Evolution, and it no longer holds a UK licence of its own. Its site names Big Time Gaming Pty Ltd, Surry Hills, NSW, and says the studio “burst onto the scene in 2011”, founded by Nik Robinson.

Evolution agreed on 12 April 2021 to buy it for up to €450 million and completed the deal on 30 June 2021. BTG’s UK licence was surrendered on 23 March 2023, according to an archived copy of the UK register; the MGA register lists no BTG entity, and BTG’s site shows no licence statement of its own (checked 11 October 2026).

BTG made the Megaways mechanic: in its words, “offering players 117,649 ways to win”, “licensed to numerous developers”. Evolution said in April 2021 that it was used in over 200 games from multiple providers. Our Megaways pokies guide explains how it plays.

BTG’s pages give Bonanza an RTP of 96.00% and White Rabbit 96.42%. Extra Chilli shows a range, “96.15% - 96.41%”, without explaining it. BTG appeared in 5 of 65 casino game lists captured on 23 September 2026.

Play’n GO: licences, games and where its pokies show up

Play’n GO is a casino game studio. Its Malta and UK licences are held by Play’n GO Malta Limited, registered in Valletta. Its pages disagree on the catalogue: the about page says “more than 400 premium titles” in “more than 35 jurisdictions”, the home page “over 350 premium games” and “30+ jurisdictions”. Its site terms name Digital Fish Software AB, trading as Play’n GO; we found no founding year or owner in its documents.

Play’n GO is licensed in Malta and Great Britain; we checked both regulators’ records on 17 October 2026. The Malta Gaming Authority shows licence MGA/B2B/225/2012, a B2B Critical Supply Licence, as Licensed; the issue date, 1 August 2018, is from the footer. The UK Gambling Commission shows account 55949 with four licence lines, all Active, two of them since 29 January 2020. A Gibraltar licence, RGL No. 131, appears in a 2022 Government of Gibraltar document; the live register did not open for us on 17 October 2026.

None of the licences Play’n GO lists is Australian. Its licence table names 24 jurisdictions. None of the 17 Play’n GO pages we read on 17 October 2026 names Australia, either as a licence or as a restricted market. ACMA says the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 makes it illegal for gambling providers to offer some online services to people in Australia, and lists online casinos among the banned services (what that means for players).

Each game page gives a release date. Layout and wins appear only where the description mentions them, and no page gives an RTP or volatility.

Read on playngo.com game pages from an Australian connection, 17 October 2026. The 800x line is from the Fire Joker demo’s intro screen, not from its page.

Play’n GO publishes no RTP: none of the eight game pages, FAQ, terms, disclaimer or licences page we read on 17 October 2026 mentions one. Read the return in the game’s help screen at the casino (how to check).

From an Australian connection, Play’n GO was in the studio list, game data or home page of 10 of the 12 casinos we read on 11–16 October 2026. At one of them it was a single home-page tile; at another we read the platform’s game data, not the visible lobby. Seven of the ten have domains on ACMA’s blocked list (17 October 2026). On 17 October 2026 it was in none of 12 other lobbies listed under Who supplies whom: the ten Novatrix casinos, BitStarz and Lucky Dreams. The larger Novatrix lobbies had listed it on 19 September 2026.

In the 17 of these lobbies we also read from Germany, the answer was the same from both countries. Without accounts, we did not check whether its games launch. Our older research files (mostly 23 September 2026) name Play’n GO in 14 of 65 casino game lists.

The free demo on Play’n GO’s game pages loaded from an Australian connection on 17 October 2026, for 3 of 3 games tried on one network. The footer says “The site is for entertainment only, with no real money”. Our free pokies guide lists where demo pokies open at casinos before login.

Playtech: licences and what its name in a studio list means

Playtech calls itself a B2B business that supplies betting and gaming operators. It says it was founded in 1999 and is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange. It says it has eight content studios, over 1,000 casino games and more than 60 new releases a year, and it lists Quickspin and Eyecon among those studios. Its branded slots include Gladiator, The Mummy and Rocky, by its own account. Its site lists four offices in Australia, three in New South Wales and one in Queensland, all for content creation.

Playtech’s website names two licences, in Great Britain and Malta; we checked both registers on 17 October 2026. The UK Gambling Commission register shows account 38516, Playtech Plc, with a head office in London and five remote licence activities, all Active. Licence MGA/CRP/137/2007, held by Playtech P.L.C., is listed in the MGA register; Playtech’s website footer gives its issue date as 6 December 2018.

None of the licences Playtech names is Australian. We found no list of restricted countries on playtech.com (17 October 2026). ACMA says the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 makes it illegal for gambling providers to offer some online services to people in Australia, and lists online casinos among the banned services (what that means for players).

Seeing Playtech in a casino’s studio filter does not mean its pokies are there. From an Australian connection on 17 October 2026, 19 of the 25 casino lobbies we read listed Playtech; at 14 of them that name held a single game.

Read from an Australian connection without logging in, 17 October 2026. Nine of the lobbies were read again on 18 October 2026, with the same Playtech counts. From Germany on 17 October 2026, the same lobbies listed Playtech or not exactly as from Australia. One more lobby did not open (HTTP 403). Counts are what each lobby’s game filter returned, not games we launched.

The one-game lobbies include five of the ten Novatrix casinos in the table above, Golden Crown, King Billy, PlayAmo, Woo and CasinoChan, and BitStarz. The other five Novatrix casinos did not list Playtech at all. All six named here have their main domain on ACMA’s blocked list (17 October 2026). Five of them, the Novatrix casinos, already listed Playtech with one game on 9 October 2026. On 17 October 2026 the 13 lobbies whose filter answered gave the same count from Germany, and so did the five we rechecked on 18 October.

Four casinos on another platform returned 753 to 756 Playtech titles from an Australian connection on 17 and 18 October 2026, and the same from Germany on 18 October. Of those four, one has its main domain on ACMA’s blocked list and one has three numbered domains carrying its name on the list (17 October 2026). Without accounts, we did not check whether these games launch.

We found no pages for individual games on Playtech’s website (its sitemaps, 17 October 2026), so we give no RTP, top win or demo for its titles. Read the return in the game’s help screen at the casino (how to check).

Aristocrat, IGT and the pub pokies

The studios Australians know from the pub and the club, Aristocrat above all, and IGT, Ainsworth and Konami, do not license their pokies to online casinos that serve Australia. Aristocrat’s online arm sells social-casino apps with no cash prizes and supplies regulated markets abroad; nothing it makes is legally available for real money online in Australia, and a lobby that shows a “Lightning Link” or “Queen of the Nile” is running a copy. Lucky Dreams names IGT among its suppliers; IGT’s real-money online distribution covers regulated markets, and the presence of its titles at an offshore lobby is worth a question to the operator. Our Aristocrat page sets out what the studio actually offers online and which studios make the games that resemble its pub titles.

Ainsworth

Ainsworth’s annual report places its real-money online pokies in the Americas; its other online games are social casino, without cash prizes. Ainsworth Game Technology Limited has been listed on the ASX since 17 December 2001, and Novomatic AG held 67.39% of its shares on 20 March 2026, according to its annual report.

The report says its online group released 30 slot titles in 2025 “for regulated real-money gaming markets across the United States, Canada, and Latin America”. In social casino it works through its “exclusive partner Zynga (Hit It Rich)”.

Online is a small part of the business: Ainsworth Interactive made up 2% of revenue in the half-year to 30 June 2026, and online revenue was A$2.3 million. None of our 206 casino files lists Ainsworth. For free play, see our free pokies guide.

How to check a provider claim

1. Open the lobby’s provider filter, not the marketing page; the filter lists what is actually installed.
2. Open one game from the studio and find the studio’s logo and the return in the game’s own help screen. A copy carries neither.
3. Compare the return in the help screen with the studio’s published figure for that title; a lower number means the casino runs a different version from the one on the studio’s page.
4. For live tables, look for Evolution, Pragmatic Play Live, Ezugi or Vivo in the table name; where the studio is not named, its rules and return cannot be checked.

FAQ

Which game providers do Australian online casinos use?

The Novatrix brands run BGaming, Betsoft, Playson, Platipus, Booongo, Belatra, Mascot, Yggdrasil and, on 19 September 2026, Evolution, with Pragmatic Play, NetEnt and Play’n GO at the larger lobbies; on 9 and 11 October 2026, from an Australian connection, none of the eight Novatrix lobbies we rechecked listed Evolution, Pragmatic Play, NetEnt or Play’n GO. BitStarz’s studio list, captured around 23 September 2026, names 59; on 11 October 2026 BitStarz listed 49 from an Australian connection and 88 from Germany. Fair Go, Ozwin and PlayCroco run Realtime Gaming only; the Lucky Tiger family and Grand Rush run Betsoft and Rival.

Who are the biggest online casino game providers?

We do not measure market share. Among 65 casinos in our research files whose game lists we captured, mostly on 23 September 2026, the ten studios we tracked appeared this often: BGaming 36, Pragmatic Play 28, Booming Games 22, Evolution 22, NetEnt 18, Games Global or Microgaming 17, Play’n GO 14, Hacksaw 12, Nolimit City 7, Big Time Gaming 5.

Are Aristocrat pokies available online in Australia?

Not for real money. Aristocrat does not license its titles to offshore casinos; lobbies that show them are running copies. Its online products are social-casino apps without cash prizes.

Does the provider affect the RTP?

Yes. The studio sets the return, and some publish several versions of one game: Hacksaw lists four for Wanted Dead or a Wild, from 88.42% to 96.38%. Read the return in the game’s help screen at the casino, not only on the studio’s site.

Is Hacksaw Gaming licensed?

Yes, in Malta and Great Britain. Its Maltese subsidiary HGMT Ltd holds MGA licence MGA/CRP/501/2018, shown as Licensed, and UK Gambling Commission account 54059, shown as Active; we checked both registers on 17 October 2026. The other licences it lists we did not check, and none of them is Australian.

Can you play Hacksaw Gaming slots in Australia?

No gambling provider may offer them to you for real money online: ACMA says the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 makes it illegal for gambling providers to offer some online services to people in Australia, including online casinos. None of the licences Hacksaw lists is Australian. On 17 October 2026, none of the 12 casino lobbies we could read from an Australian connection listed Hacksaw, and its demo did not start from that connection.

Is Play’n GO a licensed game provider?

Yes, in Malta and Great Britain. Its MGA licence MGA/B2B/225/2012 is shown as Licensed and the four licence lines of UK Gambling Commission account 55949 as Active; we checked both registers on 17 October 2026. A Gibraltar licence appears in a 2022 government document we could not recheck. None of the licences Play’n GO lists is Australian.

Can you play Play n Go pokies in Australia?

No gambling provider may offer them to you for real money online: ACMA says the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 makes it illegal for gambling providers to offer some online services to people in Australia, including online casinos. None of the licences Play’n GO lists is Australian. From an Australian connection, its games showed up at 10 of 12 offshore casinos we read on 11–16 October 2026 and at none of 12 others on 17 October.

Is Playtech a licensed game provider?

Yes. Its website names licences in Great Britain and Malta: UK Gambling Commission account 38516 shows its remote licence lines as Active, and licence MGA/CRP/137/2007 is listed in the Malta Gaming Authority register; we checked both on 17 October 2026. None of the licences Playtech names is Australian.

Does Playtech in a casino’s studio list mean its pokies are there?

Not always. On 17 October 2026, 14 of the 19 lobbies that listed Playtech for an Australian connection showed one Playtech game, Gladiator: Mega Cash Collect. Four casinos on another platform returned 753 to 756 titles from Australia on 17 and 18 October, and from Germany on 18 October. ACMA says the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 makes it illegal for gambling providers to offer some online services to people in Australia, including online casinos.

Which casino has the most game providers?

We have no count of every lobby from one day. Of the eight Novatrix lobbies we rechecked from an Australian connection on 9 and 11 October 2026, PlayAmo listed 94 studios, CasinoChan 93 and Woo 91; Ricky listed the fewest, 41. BitStarz’s studio list, captured around 23 September 2026, names 59; on 11 October 2026 BitStarz listed 49 from an Australian connection and 88 from Germany.

Who makes the live dealer games?

Evolution at the Novatrix brands, Jackpot Jill and BitStarz on 19 September 2026, though the eight Novatrix lobbies we rechecked from an Australian connection on 9 and 11 October 2026 did not list it; Pragmatic Play Live at the larger lobbies; Vivo Gaming at Jackpot Jill; the Realtime Gaming sites run Vivo or no live tables.

Sources and method

Studio names and counts were read on 19 September 2026 from the public lobbies, provider filters and footers of 30 operators through an Australian IP address, without logging in; Rocket’s lobby was dropped from the family table on 11 October 2026 after we found the September reading had come from a different brand’s site; the per-studio counts out of 30 still include that render until it is redone. A studio counted is one the lobby named, so a site with no public provider filter shows a low count regardless of its catalogue. The “of 65” counts come from a second, wider set: the studio lists in our casino research files, captured mostly on 23 September 2026, for ten studios only. Studio, licence and return facts were read on 11 October 2026 from the sources below. Hacksaw’s licences, game pages and demo were re-read on 17 October 2026. That day we also checked 13 casino lobbies for Hacksaw, twice, from an Australian connection and from a server in Germany; 12 could be read. Play’n GO’s licences, game pages and demo were re-read on 17 October 2026. We checked for Play’n GO in 24 casino lobbies from an Australian connection on 11–17 October 2026 (studio lists, game data or home page), 17 of them also from Germany. Playtech’s company pages and licences were read on 17 October 2026. We checked for Playtech in 26 casino lobbies from an Australian connection on 17 October 2026 (25 opened), rechecked nine of them on 18 October 2026, read FastPay’s studio list the same day, and read the same lobbies from Germany. We earn a commission when readers sign up through links on this site; it did not decide what is written here.

• SoftSwiss, Game Aggregator and Casino Platform pages (checked 11 October 2026)
• eCOGRA, RNG certification and RTP testing; iTech Labs; BMM Testlabs; GLI standards (checked 11 October 2026)
• BGaming, about page and game pages for Aviamasters, Elvis Frog in Vegas and Plinko; Booming Games, website footer and about page (checked 11 October 2026)
• Hacksaw: about and licences pages, the hacksawgaming.com footer and game pages for Wanted Dead or a Wild, Chaos Crew, Chaos Crew 2, Le Bandit, RIP City, Epic Ze Zeus and Le Prechaun (checked 17 October 2026); news post on Stick ’Em, 19 September 2019; annual report 2025 (Swedish); interim report January–June 2026, 21 July 2026; prospectus 2025 (Swedish, copy on nyemissioner.se); Malta Gaming Authority licence verification page for HGMT Limited and UK Gambling Commission account 54059 (checked 17 October 2026); Gambling Insider, Courts agree Hacksaw Studios should pay SEK 20,000 sanction fee, 16 April 2025 (trade press)
• Australian Communications and Media Authority, About the Interactive Gambling Act (checked 17 October 2026)
• Our check of Hacksaw in 13 casino lobbies: provider lists read from each lobby’s public interface without logging in, through an Australian connection and from a server in Germany, twice on 17 October 2026; 12 could be read
• Nolimit City, website footer and game pages for Mental, Tombstone RIP, San Quentin and Deadwood; Evolution, completion of the Nolimit City acquisition, 8 August 2022
• Big Time Gaming, about page and game pages for Bonanza, Extra Chilli and White Rabbit (checked 11 October 2026); Evolution releases of 12 April 2021 and 30 June 2021; UK register entry for account 38696, Wayback Machine copy of 25 March 2025
• Play’n GO: website footer and home page, about, terms, disclaimer, licences and certification and FAQ pages; eight game pages, among them Book of Dead, Fire Joker, Moon Princess, Reactoonz and Legacy of Dead, with the free demo of three (checked 17 October 2026); Malta Gaming Authority licence verification page for Play’n Go Malta Limited and UK Gambling Commission account 55949 (checked 17 October 2026); Government of Gibraltar, Approved Brands: Play’n GO (PDF, 2022, fetched 17 October 2026)
• Australian Communications and Media Authority, blocked gambling websites list (read 17 October 2026)
• Our check of Play’n GO in 24 casino lobbies: studio lists, game data or the home page read without logging in through an Australian connection on 11–17 October 2026, and 17 of the same lobbies from a server in Germany
• Playtech: about, casino products (www.playtech.com/products/casino/; not linked: on 22 October 2026 that address redirected to Playtech’s US casino page) and Australia locations pages, website footer and sitemaps (checked 17 October 2026); UK Gambling Commission account 38516 (checked 17 October 2026); Malta Gaming Authority licensee register, full list (read 17 October 2026)
• Our check of Playtech in casino lobbies: studio lists and game filters read without logging in through an Australian connection on 17 and 18 October 2026, with FastPay’s studio list on 18 October 2026, and the same lobbies from a server in Germany
• Ainsworth Game Technology, Annual Report CY2025 (ASX, 24 April 2026) and Appendix 4D and investor presentation for the half-year to 30 June 2026 (ASX, 25 August 2026); ASX company listing for AGI (checked 11 October 2026)
• Registers, checked 11 October 2026: Malta Gaming Authority; UK Gambling Commission accounts 54059, 52097, 55949, 57254
• Our recheck of eight Novatrix lobbies (King Billy, Woo, Ricky, Casinonic, CasinoChan, PlayAmo, Golden Crown, Dundee Slots): provider lists read from each lobby’s public interface through an Australian connection, without logging in, 9 and 11 October 2026; on 11 October 2026 also BitStarz and Bizzo, and the same lobbies except Bizzo from a server in Germany for comparison
• Our casino research files: studio lists for 65 casinos, captured mostly on 23 September 2026; 206 casino files searched for Ainsworth on 11 October 2026

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