Introduction

Like in the previous year, the SlotCatalog team was happy to participate in the CasinoBeats summit and provide data for choosing winners in the three special nominations:

• Rookie of the Year
• Game Studio of the Year (Small, Medium, Large)
• Outperforming Game Studio of the Year (Small, Medium, Large)

What makes these nominations unique is the selection of the winners. We at SlotCatalog have developed a special empiric approach and the winners were mathematically calculated based on data that had been gathered among casino sites and received from our DataPartners. Our algorithm is similar to the daily calculated SlotRank/ProviderRank v3.0. Learn more about Slot|Provider Rank. The ranking method is utterly simple: we scan casino sites on a daily basis and check what games are placed in the casino lobbies and their position in a specific market. The higher position in the lobby, the more points (Slot Rank Values) the games receive. We are calculating the ProviderRank metric by summarizing Slot Rank Values (SRV) of all games from a certain provider. The bigger the sum of SRV, the higher the ProviderRank.

With a significantly improved Slot|Provider Rank v3.0, we now have an additional parameter for our ranking. In the previous version of the algorithm, the ranking was solely based on the games' positioning in the casino lobbies. Now, thanks to our Data Partners, we have enhanced our ranking system by using the number of spins made by players in specific games at certain casinos. The more spins, the higher SRV respectively.

We have been gathering data for the past 12 months, in 6 different key markets. In order to build an objective rank, we utilized geos from different continents and different jurisdictions, including such countries as the United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Canada, and Brazil. The latter has become a highly promising market in South America lately, and it was a great surprise that the awards were handed out by Gilberto Silva, a famous Brazilian footballer, and a champion of the World Cup. Gilberto is a true superstar and an exemplary person who achieved great success and fame through hard work and daily training. It was a big honor for me to share a stage with Gilberto Silva and celebrate the achievements of casino game developers in 2022 together.