Innovative Live Dealer Solutions – A Pragmatic Play Review

Pragmatic Play is a designer, developer, and a distributor of some of the most sought after iGaming products and services today. The company was founded in 2015, and since then, it has expanded its market reach and list of clients in record-breaking time, solidifying its position as a leader in the iGaming industry. Offering live dealer games, RNG titles, and a number of platform management solutions, Pragmatic Play is a preferred partner to some of the best new casinos online – in the UK, and Europe as well. Today we will explore what makes this company special and learn how they managed to become so successful in just a few years!

The Games Portfolio of Pragmatic Play

Currently, the developer offers to the industry approximately 130 RNG titles and 11 live casino games. Under the RNG division, there are slots, table games, and a few speciality titles.

All of the instant games are designed with superior vector graphics, making them easily scalable on any device screen without the loss of quality. You can learn more about both the live and instant gaming titles in the following paragraphs.

Slots – The Majority of Pragmatic’s Titles

Both players and operators are fascinated by the slots of Pragmatic, which make up approximately 90% of the RNG gaming portfolio. The company has designed most of them with original themes, although they have based other slot titles on pop culture franchises (such as Peaky Blinders) and even on licensed gameplay technology of other developers. The slot games of Pragmatic feature various reel layouts and mechanics; in fact, you can take a look at some of the most popular slot games of this developer below.

• “Great Rhino Deluxe”

  

  This 5x3 reel layout classic offers an African animal savannah visual theme and quite a few interesting features. The wild symbols here will be present on all reels (instead of just on a number of them), and winning combinations from scatter symbols will produce a multiplied win x2 times, and free spins. The symbol with the “golden-horned rhino” will grant super respins, while compounding any resulting multipliers into one big number. Every time that symbol is landed, it will lock in place and respin until it doesn’t appear on the reels anymore. If a player lands 14 or 15 symbols, they will be given the “major” or “grand” jackpot.

• “The Dog House Megaways™”

  

  This K9 themed slot features the Megaways™ technology, which is licensed from BTG (Big Time Gaming). The slot itself has a 6x7 reel layout, but because of the Megaways™ mechanic, the symbols can be small, big, and colossal! In addition to featuring 117,649 winning ways, there are two types of free spins that are granted when three bonus symbols are landed in a winning combination. The first FS grants sticky wilds and fewer spins, while the other FS give “raining wilds” and twice as much free spins. Players can even purchase free spins themselves, via the provided option!

• “Aztec Gems Deluxe”

  

  A 3x3 slot, this ancient Aztec slot might not have many reels, but it makes up for it offering respins with a x10 win multiplier. Additionally, a bonus wheel can grant a player a reward up to x22,500 times their bet! The volatility of this slot is indeed high, but the rewards are truly big. A special symbol will put the game in free spins mode, granting 3 FS. Every time a special symbol is landed, it will lock it in place and reset the FS counter. Once the entire layout has been filled with the special symbols, the prize sum from each of them is combined and multiplied by the value determined from the prize wheel.

• “The Wild Machine”

  

  Sporting a 5x5 symbol pattern, this “steampunk” slot can randomly switch the layout of the reels, resulting in a 1x3x5x7x5x3x1 formation! If a player lands three scatter symbols, they will not only receive the free spins but will also engage the “wonder wheel feature”. The wheel is separated into 30 parts, every single one of which contains an award. The awards will grant either more free spins or cash rewards. Depending on which types of free spins you get, you will receive one of two effects – “fully stacked wilds”, or “guaranteed wilds” with a locking function. This slot will have two types of FS that will provide unique effects.

• “Aztec Bonanza”

  

  Another Aztec-styled slot, this game starts with the following basic layout: 2x4x6x4x2; however, during the course of the game, it can transform into a full 5x6 pattern. In addition to the shifting layout, there will be giant symbols that will bring the number of ways to win here, to 7,776! This cascading reel slot will “destroy” every winning combination, resulting in new symbols dropping from above. Every time two “symbol destructions” have occurred, a cover piece of the reel layout will be removed, expanding the playing field. A successful combination of special symbols will result in free spins, during which up to three low-paying symbols can transform!

Card and Table Games – There Are Only a Few of Them

We were surprised to find out that there was a single game out of each table game genre here. What this means is that Pragmatic offers only one Roulette, one Blackjack, one Video Poker, and one Baccarat game! We did find it peculiar, because all of them look amazing and play smoothly; however, due to the slots of Pragmatic being much more popular, it seems that the developer has taken a step back in producing more table titles.

The Live Dealer Titles Are Exceptional

Right off the bat, the games offered in the live lobby of Pragmatic Play, are Mega Sic Bo, Roulette, Blackjack, Baccarat, Auto Roulette, Speed Roulette, Roulette Italy, Roulette Germany, Roulette Russia, Roulette Macao, and Speed Baccarat. It is understandable that while some of these games will have several tables for each of them, some of the genres will have only one table. Another benefit of Pragmatic’s live dealer platform is the fact that it supports 30 languages, making it accessible to a large demographic of players.

It should be noted that the studio in which the live casino games are streamed, is equipped with the latest video technology that supports 4K streaming, making the footage as “clear as day”. Furthermore, Pragmatic Play offers its customers a service which allows the custom branding of a live table, for maximum accommodation of an operator’s needs.

Licenses, Certificates, and iGaming Industry Awards

Pragmatic Play is one of the most legally recognised iGaming developer in the industry, ever. The company is licensed and regulated by the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA/B2B/317/2016), the Romanian National Gambling Office (ONJIN), the Government of Gibraltar, and the United Kingdom Gambling Commission. Possessing so many legal accreditations, means that the company’s software products and systems undergo regular testing by the appropriate administrations – and it does.

The company is certified for fairness, security, and safety by the Accredited Testing Facilities (ATF) Gaming Associates Europe Limited, and Gaming Laboratories International. Pragmatic has more than 20 additional licenses and certificates, and today they continue to pursue other licensing possibilities as well. With their impressive business record, they won’t experience any difficulties in getting new licenses!

Since the company’s entry into the iGaming industry, they have been reaping many rewards, one after another. Pragmatic Play has been granted first place in events such as the EGR, the MGA, and the GA, in categories such as “Best Game Provider”, “Best iGaming Software Supplier”, “Best Game Vendor”, “Best Slot Game”, “Software Rising Star”, and “Innovation in Slot Provision”. A year doesn’t pass without Pragmatic Play being nominated or awarded first place in any industry events, so we are pretty sure that the company will be recognised for its excellent products in the future as well.

Mobile Functionality and Additional Platform Optimisation

A part from the Baccarat and Video Poker games that are made using the software platform Flash, all others are developed with the use of HTML5. This makes all of the other gaming software developed and provided by Pragmatic, fully compatible with all modern smartphones and tablets that run on the mobile operating systems iOS and Android. It is public knowledge that HTML5 has become the superior platform for creating casino gaming software – which explains why Pragmatic Play uses it as well.

Brief Company History and Future Business Direction

The company launched its website in the same year it was established, but that’s not all. Pragmatic started strong – the first version of their gaming portfolio consisted of more than 100 games, although they had not yet started offering live casino services. A good part of this company’s success is thanks to their strategic acquisition and re-organisation of other companies. One excellent example comes from a former live casino provider by the name of Xtreme Live Gaming in 2018. Once Pragmatic Play bought the business, they performed a complete overhaul of its operations before releasing it into its own platform.

Today, Pragmatic Play describes itself as “the best casino software and slots provider”; however, when they initially started out, their motto was “Creating the Ultimate Gaming Experience”. If we are to judge by the development of the business, we are convinced that Pragmatic stays true to their initial moto. So far, the company is dedicated to expanding its list of clients and partners, while developing new and exciting online casino games.

Products and Game Features Overview

Optimised functionality is the first trait that should be mentioned - the gaming platform of Pragmatic supports more than 20 currencies and 10 different languages. Among the other remarkable gaming features here, are the four types of jackpots – mini, minor, major, and grand. The gameplay of Pragmatic’s RNG games also stands out, namely for its advanced “reel speed control” options. These allow players to set the tempo of the game in “quick” as well as in “turbo” mode; when in turbo, a slot is capable of spinning the reels three times per second! Another function also allows players to skip any “win feature” animations, which shortens the time between spins even more.

News Sections and Additional Company Information

As a company that is considered to be among the most recently successful businesses, you can be sure that they will provide everyone who is interested in iGaming news, a dedicated section with a news press release. Pragmatic’s official website lists news about the company’s most recent business achievements, including the release of new gaming titles and the business alliances that have been recently made.

We should also mention the numerous social media profiles that the company has. Readers that are more engaged in mobile technology can easily get the latest information about Pragmatic on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram. Although the company does list the majority of its social media profiles, some of them (like their Instagram one) will need to be searched for manually.

How Does Pragmatic Play Compare to Others in the Industry?

Pragmatic Play is a company that is probably the most recently established iGaming business that can step up to the quality standards of companies such as Playtech, Evolution Gaming, NetEnt, etc. The unrelenting dedication of this developer has earned them the respect of the “big players” although they are not there, quite yet. Although only a few years old, Pragmatic easily towers around 70% of the competition out there.

Partnerships with Casinos and Other Companies

This developer-supplier works with some of the biggest names in the iGaming world – Poker Stars, 888casino, GVC Holdings, Kindred, William Hill, Paddy Power Betfair, LeoVegas, Mr Green, Casumo, 1xBet, SkillOnNet, Betsson, and so many others! Among the approximately 50 business partners of Pragmatic, there are online casinos, other developers, aggregation companies, investment firms, and others. Even today, Pragmatic Play is looking forward to expanding their circle of business friends!

In Conclusion – There Is More to Come from Pragmatic Play

Pragmatic Play is a company that not only provides iGaming companies with the products and services they need. The business of Pragmatic is a success story on its own, and an impressive one at that. The truth is that businesses that have more than two decades of experience have hardly managed to make even a tenth of what Pragmatic has managed to achieve. It is because of that, we are sure that Pragmatic will revolutionize the standards for online casino quality, and we hope that in the future, we will see how that will happen.