Slots Tracker: NetEnt ends Play’n GO’s hopes of unbeaten year
Starburst storms into first place as ranking methodology is redrawn leaving Book of Dead in second place
Play’n GO’s Book of Dead’s nine-month reign atop the iGaming Tracker rankings has come to an end.
NetEnt’s Starburst, this year’s perennial challenger, has finally overtaken its rival to secure first place for October.
Book of Dead has slipped to second while new entry Reactoonz 2 from Play’n GO has secured third place.
Red Tiger’s Gonzo’s Quest Megaways and Big Time Gaming’s Bonanza dropped one place each to fourth and fifth respectively.
There were six new titles in the October rankings, including Red Tiger’s Clash of Beasts and Pragmatic Play’s Wild Walker.
Blueprint’s Fishin Frenzy, which finished in seventh place in September, was the highest-ranking title to fall out of the rankings completely.
The iGaming Tracker has changed its methodology of data collection and ranking for this month which will give a fairer and broader reflection of the rankings.
Games are now ranked by their position throughout the month on more than 500 of the largest casino sites in Europe. Only the ‘main’ page of the casinos is taken into account and the top 10 most prominent positions on those pages.
The previous number of sites the iGaming Tracker took into account was just 50.
The iGaming Tracker compiles the slots rankings by tracking casino sites across 24 European countries including the UK, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Norway and Denmark.
Each casino page is tracked every day over the month as well as which game occupies each position. Each position is weighted so the top positions on the page have a higher weighting than the positions on the bottom of the page. Likewise, the pages, sites and countries are weighted to give a fairer view on the success of casino games.
Table games such as roulette and blackjack are excluded from the rankings and so are live casino games.
1-31 October 2020