Inside Pragmatic Play: Innovation, Live Casino & What's Next
Pragmatic Play offers a broad catalogue of slots, live casino games and game shows. Gates of Olympus Roulette brings the provider’s recognisable slot setting into a live casino production, complete with a polished studio presentation.
Anastasios Ioannidis, Head of Affiliate Marketing at ARRISE, discussed how the game was developed, the crossover between its formats and what the provider may pursue next.
Q. How did the idea take shape for Gates of Olympus Roulette, which brings a popular slot into a live casino setting?
Gates of Olympus Roulette is a notable release, but Pragmatic Play has previously carried a familiar slot identity into another format. Sweet Bonanza CandyLand introduced the popular Sweet Bonanza slot to live casino audiences through a wheel-based game show.
The new title makes a similar link between slots and live casino. It takes another established provider brand and reimagines it as a live roulette game with its own distinctive presentation.
Ioannidis said adapting Gates of Olympus for a new format was a natural choice: the brand’s recognition and fantasy setting were well suited to an immersive live game show.
Players step into Zeus’ realm, where the familiar roulette format is enhanced with multipliers and the bonus round from the original Gates of Olympus slot. The game’s stated top win is 10,000x.
Q. What posed the biggest difficulty in reworking Gates of Olympus as a live roulette game?
Ioannidis said quality is a key priority for Pragmatic Play’s live casino productions, especially those built around a high-impact game show.
The team also needed to honour the globally recognised Gates of Olympus brand while combining details that would feel at home in both a slot and a roulette game.
Q. Which parts of the original slot were essential to carry into the live game?
Zeus remains central to the setting. A defining figure in the original game, the King of the Gods returns as a prominent character, with a more muscular build, bright white hair and his signature thunderbolts.
The live version also incorporates visual details from the slot, including flashes of lightning and storm-like scene changes.
The bonus round echoes the original, with Zeus presiding over a large grid. If a Super Booster is active when it triggers, it can add up to an additional 10x to wins, bringing the bonus game’s stated maximum potential to 10,000x.
How does Gates of Olympus Roulette compare with Pragmatic Play’s other live roulette titles? Does it build on the classic table format or take a different approach?
It is designed to do both. The title follows multiplier-driven games such as Fortune Roulette and Mega Roulette 3000, while adding another game show to Pragmatic Play’s range and a fresh setting for its multipliers.
The familiar live roulette format remains, with Lucky Numbers and a Super Booster added. A slot-inspired bonus round brings in another mechanic that distinguishes the game from a standard table.
Q. What would you point to as the main reason for a newcomer to try Gates of Olympus Roulette?
Ioannidis drew attention to the roulette format and potential top wins, as well as the studio setting and production values.
The design aims to immerse players in the game’s world through details such as a marble-clad roulette wheel and a cinematic scene change leading into the bonus round.
The hosts’ Grecian-inspired outfits complement the temple-themed studio and contribute to the game show’s visual style.
Q. For someone new to the game, how does its learning curve compare with traditional roulette?
The game is designed for players with varying experience, including roulette regulars and those more familiar with slots. Its combination of formats may appeal to both groups.
At its heart is classic European roulette, with standard inside and outside bets on a familiar wheel and betting layout.
The added multipliers follow a simple structure. As the wheel spins, up to seven Lucky Numbers can be picked at random, each with a multiplier of up to 250x, along with one Bonus Number. A winning straight-up bet on a Lucky Number pays its multiplier; landing on the Bonus Number triggers the separate slot bonus.
A Super Booster can also add a further multiplier of up to 10x to any selected number.
The Gates of Olympus pay-anywhere bonus features a 6×5 slot grid and begins with 15 free spins. A prize is awarded when at least eight matching symbols land anywhere on the reels.
Winning symbol groups may trigger a tumble, and multipliers of up to 500x can appear at random during a spin or tumble. Additional Scatter symbols can award extra free spins.
Q. Might Pragmatic Play develop more hybrid games in future, perhaps drawing on other popular titles?
Ioannidis pointed to the enduring success of Sweet Bonanza CandyLand as evidence of interest in games that combine formats.
Gates of Olympus is one of several successful Pragmatic Play franchises, he said, and the provider continues to explore new ways to present its established brands. He invited readers to keep an eye out for what comes next.
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