• Evoplay - Avia Rush - Evoplay offers a mobile-first, social experience with its Avia Rush crash game. The competitive nature of the gameplay has driven strong engagement and positive feedback from players. Since launching in April 2025, Avia Rush has seen a 65% monthly rise in Bet Sum and 48% in GGR. With its sleek, colourful visuals and easy-to-understand storyline, Avia Rush has redefined the crash game experience into a simple yet compelling narrative.

• Pragmatic Play - High Flyer - One of bet365's top-performing games globally in 2025, High Flyer is the third release in Pragmatic Play's growing crash games portfolio. This is no surprise when you consider that the multiplier can reach up to 1,000,000x and the game champions a baseline RTP of 97%. The UI also includes social elements and statistics, such as the top results, previous round details and the percentage breakdown of multipliers from the last 500 games.

• CHAMPION - Hero’s Quest - This innovative crash game ditches the skies and instead invites players to engage with reinvented minesweeper mechanics to get their brave knight from one side of the board to the other. Its launch aligned with Champion’s best growth to date: bets rose from €976,000 in April to €1.8m in June, and topped €2m in August; while GGR climbed to €131,000. Hero’s Quest also offers a suite of options for players, including board sizes and a Randomiser button.

• SPRIBE - Aviator - Aviator is the world’s #1 crash game, played by 60+ million players across 5,500+ online casinos every month in over 30 regulated markets. It handles 15,000 simultaneous bets and over 400,000 bets per minute, driving the game’s rise as a global phenomenon. Players have placed more than 90 billion bets on the game so far in 2025, averaging 290 bets per player per month. Aviator has enjoyed a 54% year-on-year growth in Monthly Active Players throughout the past 12 months.

• BGaming - Aviamasters - Released in July 2024, Aviamasters™ has rapidly become one of BGaming’s standout titles. In just five months, it drove a 335% increase in new players, with steady weekly growth of 13.1%. On social media, mentions surged 740%, fueled by more than 2,280 user-generated posts and a reach of 3.5M+. For operators, Aviamasters™ delivers longer sessions, high replay rates, and seamless performance - proving itself a true breakthrough in crash games and casino gaming as a whole.

• PopOK Gaming - Avi - PopOK keeps things simple with Avi, its latest crash game. The clean UI and low minimum bet of €0.04 ensures  everyone, no matter their experience, can enjoy this online casino game. It also comes with an innovative, built-in promotional suite featuring the Prize Storm functionality, which allows operators to instantly grant free bets and target specific player segments for enhanced retention. This attention to detail always enhances products and is what sets them apart from the rest.

• Million Games - Chicken X - Chicken X flips the crash formula on its head - blending humour, arcade-style suspense, and risk-reward mechanics in an unforgettable experience. Million Games set out to give crash games players something they’d never had: a story, and a character they could truly connect with. Rather than soaring upwards, players are tasked with the ultimate goal – helping the chicken to cross the road. Since launching in March 2025, customers have played 8.4 million rounds of Chicken X and attracted a strong playerbase of over 109,000.

• Upgames - Icefield - Over the past year, Icefield has redefined the crash game category in EMEA, driving a 17% increase in player retention and a 22% boost in engagement across key markets like South Africa. Localised in 16 languages and 50+ currencies, Icefield combines familiar crash mechanics with immersive storytelling to generate longer play sessions, averaging 9 minutes per user. It helped sportsbook-led operators capture new audiences during off-peak betting hours. By bringing fresh storytelling and localized delivery to a format trusted by players, Upgames proved that crash games can become a growth engine for EMEA operators.

• KingMidas Games - Elite Aviator Club - KingMidas Games’ Elite Aviator Club, launched in June 2024, redefines crash gaming. The unique feature of seeing other players parachuting out of the plane, along with a percentage of how many have already cashed out, creates a warm social element for players. This next-gen evolution of the beloved classic rapidly captivated Europe. Boasting a 97.00% RTP, high volatility and massive payouts, its thrilling aerial journey delivers unmatched excitement and strategic depth.

• SmartSoft - JetX - JetX by SmartSoft has captivated over 100 million players worldwide with its fast-paced gameplay, sleek design, and social, competitive experience. Ranked among the Top 2 Crash Games in South Africa, JetX continues to deliver exceptional engagement and retention across global markets. Its speed and reliability are the result of close collaboration between SmartSoft’s developers, designers, and QA specialists - supported by strong partnerships with operators who provide continuous player feedback. This has allowed SmartSoft to adapt JetX to meet real market demands.

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