Kiev-based developer of social casinos Murka is going to push the ranks of the largest market players. The studio recently reported revenue growth of 44.6% year-on-year, and its estimated quarterly revenue was $40.5 million. This put Murka on the tenth line of the rating of the most successful companies in the segment.

Sony Pictures Entertainment became the owner of GSN Games. She received this gaming asset by buying out the Game Show Network (GSN).

Sega has introduced its own social casino — Sega Slots. It contains 8 virtual machines in the theme of the company’s popular gaming franchises: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sinobi, Golden Axe and others.

The developer of social casinos FlowPlay will transfer its flagship title Vegas World to the cross-platform technology Haxe from the Adobe Flash platform in the next 2 years.

While everyone is discussing loot boxes, social casinos are attracting new investors. The mobile slots developer studio Huuuge Games raised about $50 million of investments in the investment round of the series C.

King Company in partnership with Playstudios studio held a softlonch of its first game in the genre of social casino — Royal House Slots.

What is the difference between slots in the App Store and Google Play from real slot machines and how best to monetize users hooked on mobile casinos, – said Akim Denisov, co-owner of Orc Work Games.

Alexander Shtachenko, the leading product manager of iLogos, told us about why people play slots, how users are kept in them, and also how the behavior of players in casual projects differs from the behavior in slots.

South Korean Netmarble Games is going to acquire Israeli slot developers Playtika for the sum of several billion dollars.

The release of the mobile game Princess Bride based on the movie of the same name took place.

Wanting to attract a young audience to games in the genre of “slots”, the American company Blue Crystal Labs has published a gambling game in which the winnings depend on the user’s skills.