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Gaming Innovation Group, better known as GiG, has been around for a few years now and is behind some of your favorite online casinos including Guts, Rizk, Thrills, Kaboo and more.
The gaming provider’s dedicated games studio, GiG Games, was behind a number of successful slot games including Book of Souls and Popstar. Unfortunately. GiG Games was officially shut down in September 2025.
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Starting out, the games were limited to GiG-owned casino brands or what are termed as Tier1 operators. This implies that the casinos referenced in the introduction, i.e., casinos like Guts and Rizk, received initial access to any GiG products. That's quite an advantage.
In this respect, Mathias Larsson, then-MD of GiG Games, commented that:
“To try out new games on some of our GiG-owned casino brands first obviously makes a lot of sense. With GiG’s reputation of quality known across the industry we will target the Tier1 operators once everything is tested and quality assured.” This approach strengthens relationships.
This did make plenty of sense during the initial phases, since, as Larsson points out, GiG is progressively becoming associated with standards of quality within the industry. Industry standards are crucial.
As it is however, players can access GiG Games products from other online casinos too, alongside the company’s own branded casinos.
So, let’s rewind a little and take a look at the guys behind the games. Who exactly is GiG and where did it start from?
Back in 2008, a group of friends started Donkr – an online poker site. Fast-forward five years, and the company had launched their first casino – Guts. From that point on, the company rode a wave of success, and GiG now has five distinct business areas: operators (GiG’s consumer brands), lead generation (GiG Media), game service providers (GiG Games), sports (BettingCloud) and platform provider (iGamingCloud) as cited by the company itself.
With over 700 employees and growing, GiG is one of the largest iGaming companies around. Heck, it even has offices across 6 different countries. It operates primarily out of Malta, but it’s also spread over Marbella, Gibraltar, Oslo, Kristiansand and Copenhagen. Talk about multi-cultural!
GiG Games’s first slot game, Wild Reels, set the ball rolling, with its typical fruit machine theme and features, making it highly entertaining for lovers of classic slots.
Next came the jungle-themed Book of Souls, which follows the adventures of Lara Jones as she sets out to explore ancient Mayan temples and the riches found within.
Popstar was a result of a collaboration with Swedish musician Erik Segerstedt, one game that brought all the musical feels and then some. This was followed by FruitSlot, a roulette-inspired videoslot set up in a classic Asian arcade, and Midnight Madness, which has a distinctly 80s vibe.