Play'n GO Casinos

Play'n GO is one of the better-known names in casino software now, though recognition arrived late: for most of the company's near-thirty-year run it was a name only industry insiders knew. This page goes through what its catalogue contains — the slots above all, then the table games — along with payout rates, the mobile side, and some background on the company itself.

The aim is to leave you able to pick a Play'n GO casino on your own judgement. The content is split into short thematic sections, and the navigation tool at the bottom jumps straight to whichever one you want.

One thing worth stating before anything else: Play'n GO holds the certifications required to supply regulated markets — the UK's Gambling Commission and Malta's MGA both license it as a supplier — so its games sit legally in licensed casinos.

What’s in the Play’n GO catalogue

The range is wide by design. A Play’n GO casino stocks slot machines first of all — the players’ favourite category, and clearly the studio’s too — alongside roulette, blackjack, baccarat and video poker, plus a scattering of less common games. Hundreds of reel machines have come out of this studio over its decades of activity, which is why the slots get the longest section below.

Play’n GO slots

Slots are where the catalogue earns its reputation. The themes run across fruit, magic, folklore and animals, and a handful of titles stand well clear of the rest. The flagship is Book of Dead, Rich Wilde’s Egyptian expedition — openly a reinterpretation of Book of Ra, the famous machine from the internationally known developer Novomatic. Reactoonz is the other name UK players search for: a 7×7 cluster-pays grid with a 96.51% RTP and a top win of 4,570x, covered in full in our Reactoonz review. Further down the list sit Pimped, built on the excess and glitz of American rapper lifestyles, and Irish Gold, the studio’s take on leprechauns and four-leaf clovers.

Casinos carrying the range generally let you open these slots in fun mode first, and that costs you nothing. A few play-money sessions show you a game’s character — and whether it suits you at all — before your bankroll gets involved, so we’d always take that route ahead of betting real money.

The roulette variants

Roulette is the second pillar of the portfolio. All the main variants are here: English, French, European and European Pro. Which you choose comes down to the rules you’re most comfortable with, though the Pro version, as the name suggests, is best left to experienced players.

The same goes for the tables: if roulette is new to you, free sessions teach the rules and the flow of the game; if it isn’t, they show which of the four wheels actually fits your play before any money goes down.

Blackjack, four ways

Blackjack likewise comes in four forms: Multihand, European Multihand, Double Exposure Multihand and Single Deck Multihand. Multihand deals from four decks at once, a feature the other three share. European Multihand is simply the same game under European rules. In Double Exposure, the dealer’s cards land face up from the start, while Single Deck Multihand runs on one deck only.

Novices should start with Multihand or its European version. The other two assume you already know the game well, and they reward that knowledge rather than forgiving its absence.

Baccarat, video poker and casino hold’em

Beyond the big two, baccarat is comfortably the most popular of the side games. Play’n GO offers a single variant, Mini-Baccarat, which is essentially a simplified version of the classic table. Video poker means one title here, Deuces Wild — though it happens to be among the most played on the web. Poker players get Hold’em and Stud Poker.

Payout rates: what Play’n GO games return

Return to player is the percentage a game pays back to the people betting on it, and licensed casinos publish these figures on their sites. The numbers serve two purposes: they’re one signal that an operator is running legal, audited games, and they give a rough idea of which titles pay best. Working from that published data, Play’n GO games average out at roughly 92–98% — a respectable band, and in line with what other established providers return.

Playing Play’n GO slots on mobile

Play’n GO’s games open in the phone or tablet browser once you’re signed in — an account at the casino of your choice is the only requirement, and nothing gets installed. For anyone who prefers an icon on the home screen, dedicated apps exist as well, downloaded from the Apple App Store or, on Android, from Google Play; those two platforms are the only ones with apps at present.

Play’n GO: a bit of history

The story starts in 1997 in Växjö, a small town in southern Sweden, with a company that set out from day one to make igaming titles that would leave a mark. It has grown a great deal since. The headquarters remain in Sweden, with management offices added in Hungary, Malta, the Philippines and the UK.

Industry experts have handed the studio plenty of awards over the years, and its games have drawn repeated positive notices in eGaming Review. Market approvals have followed the same curve: at this point, players across most of Europe can find Play’n GO games at their usual casino sites.

Play’n GO: Company information

• Company: Play'n GO
• Registered office: Växjö, Sweden
• Founded: 1997
• Offices: Hungary, Malta, the Philippines and the UK, alongside the Swedish headquarters
• Known for: Book of Dead and Reactoonz, at the head of a catalogue of hundreds of slots plus roulette, blackjack, baccarat and video poker
• Awards: multiple industry awards, with repeated positive notices in eGaming Review
• Regulation: supplier-licensed in regulated markets including the UK (Gambling Commission) and Malta (MGA)

Is a Play’n GO casino worth choosing?

There are plenty of Play’n GO casinos about, and the games hold up on their own merits — a session or two with Book of Dead or Reactoonz will tell you more than any prediction of ours could. The dedicated apps and the continual optimisation of its most popular titles say something as well: this is a company still investing in where players actually are. Taken together, that puts Play’n GO among the stronger software houses in regulated gambling, and the casinos carrying its games deserve a look for exactly that reason.

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