By Jack Henshaw, Head Writer · Published · Last updated
Playson is the Malta studio that spent two years building quietly before it ever showed a game: founded by Alex Ivshin and Ivan Farrugia in 2012, it didn’t go live until ICE London 2014, and has stayed independently owned and self-funded ever since. Its modern identity is built almost entirely on one evergreen format — Hold and Win — refined across a decade from Wolf Power to a current wave of Coins-and-Clovers releases, work that earned Playson the EGR B2B “Slot Supplier of the Year” title in 2023. Our verdict: 7/10. This Playson review covers the best Playson slots ranked, how Hold and Win actually pays, which Playson casinos carry the catalogue, and the full licence file.
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Playson at a glance
The essentials — a decade-old Malta independent that never took outside funding.
| Full name | Playson Limited — Sliema, Malta |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 (background partnership work); first slots publicly showcased at ICE London 2014 |
| Founders | Alex Ivshin (now Strategic Advisor) and Ivan Farrugia (Managing Director) — both still with the company since day one |
| Owner | Independently owned and self-funded — no outside investment or venture funding taken since founding |
| UKGC licence | Playson Limited, account 41337 — both Active: remote gambling software (since July 2015) and remote casino (since April 2016) |
| Catalogue | 85+ omni-channel slots (130+ released across the studio’s history) distributed across 27 regulated jurisdictions and 200+ operator partners |
| Typical RTP | Mostly 94–97%, clustering around 95.5–96%, see the maths |
| Flagship mechanic | Hold and Win — a coin-collect respin format refined across a decade of releases |
| Recognition | EGR B2B Awards “Slot Supplier of the Year”, 2023 |
| Best-known games | Wolf Power: Hold and Win, Buffalo Power: Megaways, Solar Queen |
| Our score | 7/10 — full verdict below |
✓ Facts checked against the UKGC business licence register and Playson’s published company history — 5 July 2026
The best Playson slots: 10 games that actually matter
From founding-era hits to 2026’s newest Coins releases — ten games that trace Playson’s whole design arc. RTPs quoted are typical published defaults. The full ranked catalogue is near the end of the page.
1. Wolf Power: Hold and Win (2021)
The game that turned Hold and Win into Playson’s house style: land six energy-sphere symbols and the triggering positions lock for three respins, with a full screen of Power and Bonus symbols doubling the win outright. Add Mini, Minor, Major and Grand jackpot tiers and a Nudging Wild free-spins mode, and you have the clearest statement of everything the studio has built since. Max win potential 50,000x; published default around 95.04%.
2. Buffalo Power: Megaways (2021)
Released the same year as Wolf Power, this one bolts the licensed Megaways engine (up to 117,649 ways to win) onto Playson’s American-wildlife theming — proof the studio can execute a borrowed mechanic as confidently as its own. A genuine dual hit alongside Wolf Power that cemented 2021 as the year Playson found its modern identity. Published default around 96%.
3. Solar Queen (2019)
An Egyptian sun-goddess theme that predates the Hold and Win era by two years, and still holds up as one of the studio’s better-regarded pre-2021 releases — sharp presentation, a clean free-spins structure, and none of the format the studio would later become known for. Published default around 96%.
4. Legend of Cleopatra
Another entry in slots’ most crowded theme, distinguished by a 100-payline structure, stacked Wild reels and an Anubis scatter that together give it more depth than the theme usually earns. A reliable mid-catalogue lobby regular rather than a headline act. Published default around 95.05%.
5. Royal Joker: Hold and Win (2023)
A classic-fruit-machine Hold and Win entry, built two years after Wolf Power proved the format, layering the same Mini/Minor/Major/Grand jackpot ladder onto a joker-and-crown aesthetic. A dependable mid-decade example of Playson iterating a proven idea rather than reinventing it. Published default around 95.5%.
6. Rhino Coins: Hit the Bonus (2026)
Part of the studio’s 2026 African-wildlife wave, trading the classic Hold and Win coin-lock for a “Hit the Bonus” trigger structure — a small but deliberate mechanical variation showing the format is still being tinkered with rather than left on autopilot. Published default around 95.5%.
7. Sugar Piggy: Hold and Win (2026)
A cheerful confectionery theme joining the crowded candy-slot trend, distinguished mainly by its full commitment to the standard Hold and Win coin-lock structure rather than a themed twist — competent, colourful, and exactly what returning Playson players expect. Published default around 95.9%.
8. Thunder Coins XXL: MultiCoin (2026)
The MultiCoin subtitle signals the mechanical tweak here: multiple coin values can land and combine within a single respin sequence, extending the payout ceiling beyond the standard Hold and Win format without abandoning its core logic. Published default around 95.5%.
9. 4 Scarab Coins: Hold and Win (2026)
An Egyptian-themed entry in the same 2026 Coins wave as Rhino Coins and Thunder Coins XXL, showing how far the studio now stretches a single mechanical template across totally different visual worlds. Published default around 95.9%.
10. Pink Clovers XXXL: Hold and Win (2026)
An Irish-luck theme from May 2026, its “XXXL” tag pointing at an expanded jackpot ceiling within the familiar coin-lock respin structure — the most recent top-10 example of Playson treating Hold and Win as a chassis to keep rebuilding on rather than a finished idea, though June’s 4 Pots Riches and 3 Thunder Coins releases (covered in new for 2026) have since carried the format further still. Published default around 95.5%.
Playson vs the studios it competes with
Playson fights in the mid-large independent studio bracket, distinguished by its total focus on refining one mechanic rather than chasing genre breadth. Against our previously reviewed studios:
| Playson | Stakelogic | Greentube | Blueprint Gaming | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012, Malta | 2014, Eindhoven | 1998, Vienna | 2001, UK |
| Calling card | Hold and Win mastery | Super Stake transparency | Book of Ra; the Book genre | Jackpot King network |
| Ownership | Independent, self-funded since 2012 | Sega Sammy (2025) | Novomatic (since 2010) | Games Global |
| Signature format | Coin-collect respin, iterated a decade | Bet-boost tiers | Expanding-symbol Book | Progressive jackpot network |
| Catalogue size | 85+ live, 130+ released | 100+ | 400+ | 200+ |
The honest read: Playson is the most single-mindedly focused studio on this comparison — where Greentube built a genre and moved on to refine it occasionally, and Stakelogic built one transparent bet-boost feature, Playson has spent a full decade making incremental improvements to the same coin-collect idea across dozens of themes. That’s a narrower bet than Blueprint’s jackpot-network breadth, but it’s also why Playson’s 2023 Slot Supplier of the Year award landed on craft rather than novelty.
The Playson game families, in depth
A catalogue built almost entirely around one mechanical thread rather than named story franchises. The full ranked list covers the rest.
The Power series
Wolf Power: Hold and Win and Buffalo Power: Megaways (both 2021) — the twin releases that established the studio’s modern identity, one built on Playson’s own Hold and Win format, the other on the licensed Megaways engine.
The 2026 Coins wave
Rhino Coins: Hit the Bonus, Thunder Coins XXL: MultiCoin, 4 Scarab Coins: Hold and Win and Pink Clovers XXXL: Hold and Win — four themes released in close succession through Q1–Q2 2026, each testing a small mechanical variation on the same coin-lock chassis.
The pre-2021 foundation
Solar Queen (2019) and Legend of Cleopatra — the studio’s output before Hold and Win became its defining format, worth knowing for context on how far the catalogue has shifted since.
The Joker lineage
Royal Joker: Hold and Win (2023) sits between the two eras — a classic-fruit-machine theme wearing the modern jackpot-ladder structure, two years into the format’s life.
Playson’s signature mechanics & technology
Playson’s toolkit is narrower than most studios on this site by design — one format, refined relentlessly:
Hold and Win
The house signature: land enough Bonus/Power coin symbols to trigger a set number of respins (typically three), during which triggering symbols lock in place and any new coin landing resets the respin count. A full board of coins usually pays a top jackpot tier, with Mini, Minor, Major and Grand values layered beneath it. Playson didn’t invent the format, but few studios have iterated it across as many themes as consistently.
MultiCoin and Hit the Bonus variants
The 2026 release wave shows the format still evolving: Thunder Coins XXL’s MultiCoin mechanic lets multiple coin values combine within one respin sequence, while Rhino Coins swaps the coin-lock trigger for a more direct “Hit the Bonus” structure — small but real experiments on top of a proven base. That same “Hit the Bonus” naming shows up independently at 3 Oaks Gaming, whose Storm of Olympus runs an almost identical direct-entry variant on its own Hold and Win chassis — two studios converging on the same fix for the same format’s slow build-up.
Megaways under licence
Buffalo Power: Megaways demonstrates Playson executing the licensed Megaways engine (up to 117,649 ways to win) as confidently as its own house mechanics, though it remains the exception rather than the rule in a catalogue otherwise built on Hold and Win.
Playson slots RTP: the real numbers
The defaults: a genuinely wide band for a studio this focused — published defaults run from roughly 94% up to 97.3%, though most releases cluster around 95.5–96%. Like most of the modern industry, several Playson titles ship with two or three operator-selectable RTP tiers rather than one fixed figure — 4 Scarab Coins: Hold and Win, for example, is certified at 92.7%, 94.7% and 96% depending on which build the casino runs — so the “published default” quoted per game on this page is the most commonly cited build, not a guarantee of what any specific casino serves. What Playson doesn’t offer is the real-time player-adjustable risk that Wazdan’s Volatility Levels™ provides instead.
The volatility spread: most Hold and Win titles sit at medium-to-high volatility, with max win potential ranging from the low thousands up to Wolf Power: Hold and Win’s headline 50,000x — a wide enough spread that checking the specific game’s paytable before playing matters more than trusting the studio average.
Jackpot tiers: the Mini/Minor/Major/Grand structure common across the Hold and Win range means a game’s effective return varies with how often each tier triggers in a given session — part of the format’s appeal, and worth understanding before chasing the top tier specifically. Our responsible gambling guide applies as always.
From ICE London debut to Slot Supplier of the Year
| Year | What happened |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Alex Ivshin and Ivan Farrugia begin building Playson in Sliema, Malta, spending two years on background partnership work before any public launch |
| 2014 | Playson showcases its first slots at ICE London and goes live on international regulated casinos for the first time |
| 2015 | UKGC remote gambling software licence begins (account 41337) |
| 2016 | UKGC remote casino licence adds to the same account, completing the modern UK licence estate |
| 2019 | Solar Queen and Legend of Cleopatra extend the pre-Hold-and-Win catalogue |
| 2021 | Wolf Power: Hold and Win and Buffalo Power: Megaways launch, establishing the studio’s modern identity around the Hold and Win format |
| 2023 | Royal Joker: Hold and Win extends the format to a classic-fruit-machine theme, and Playson wins Slot Supplier of the Year at the EGR B2B Awards |
| 2025 | Alex Ivshin transitions to Strategic Advisor; Ivan Farrugia continues as Managing Director; the catalogue passes 85 live omni-channel titles across 22 jurisdictions |
| 2026 | Rhino Coins, Sugar Piggy, Thunder Coins XXL, 4 Scarab Coins, Pink Clovers XXXL, 4 Pots Riches: Super Wheel and 3 Thunder Coins ship in quick succession, alongside expanded UK distribution via Bally’s/Intralot and a PAGCOR approval in the Philippines taking the licensed footprint to 27 markets |
The arc that matters: two founders spent two full years building before showing anyone a game, then spent the next decade refining a single mechanic across dozens of themes rather than chasing trend after trend — a patient, narrow strategy that eventually won the industry’s top supplier award anyway.
The people who built Playson
Alex Ivshin
Ivshin has been with Playson since day one, steering the studio from its 2012 formation through to its 2023 industry-award peak. As of 2025 he has stepped into a Strategic Advisor role, a transition that suggests a studio maturing past its founder-operator phase without a change of ownership.
Ivan Farrugia
Farrugia has occupied several executive roles alongside Ivshin over the years and serves as Managing Director as of 2025 — the operational continuity behind a company that has never taken outside investment in over a decade of trading.
An unusually patient launch
Few studios on this site spent two full years in background development before a public debut. That patience — and the decision to keep refining one mechanic rather than diversifying aggressively — is arguably Playson’s defining founder trait, more than any single game. It’s a deliberate contrast to volume-first studios like Spinomenal, which has instead optimised for a sustained 1–3-releases-a-month cadence across a much wider catalogue.
Is Playson fair? Licensing, regulation & the record
Checked against the Gambling Commission’s business licence register on 5 July 2026.
The licence. Playson Limited holds a single UKGC account, 41337, with two active licence types: remote gambling software (since July 2015) and remote casino (since April 2016). Verify it on the UKGC public register.
The record. Clean: no UKGC enforcement action against Playson Limited that we can find, across a licence history stretching back over a decade.
So is it fair? Yes — certified RNG across the catalogue, an unbroken clean UK licensing file since 2015, and a published RTP band consistent enough that the main variable is which specific game and jackpot tier you’re playing, not whether the studio is being straight with its numbers.
The biggest Playson wins
An independent mid-tier studio whose biggest numbers show up in individual jackpot hits rather than network-wide progressive records. Documented context only:
| The number | What it is | The detail |
|---|---|---|
| 50,000x | Wolf Power: Hold and Win’s max win | The studio’s highest published max-win ceiling |
| 2023 | EGR B2B Slot Supplier of the Year | The industry’s top supplier recognition, a decade after founding |
| 85+ | Live omni-channel titles | Across 27 regulated jurisdictions as of mid-2026 |
| Royal Joker Major | A documented community jackpot hit | Filmed below |
On tape: a Wolf Power Megaways major win and a Royal Joker jackpot hit landing live:
Videos embedded for illustration — results shown are the players’ own.
Beyond the reels
The corners of the story the ranking competitors never reach:
Two years of silence before ICE London
Most studios launch loudly and iterate in public. Playson did the opposite — two full years of background partnership-building before a single public showcase. That patience shows up again in how slowly and deliberately the studio has expanded its signature mechanic ever since, rather than diversifying into every trend.
Never took outside money
In an industry increasingly defined by private-equity roll-ups and cross-border acquisitions — see Stakelogic’s three ownership changes in a decade — Playson’s self-funded independence since 2012 is genuinely unusual, and likely part of why its strategy has stayed so consistent. It’s also a contrast worth noting against studios chasing headline-grabbing moves instead: Booming Games’ 2026 licensed Ronaldinho crossover drew more attention than any single Playson release, even if Playson’s 2023 Slot Supplier of the Year award reflects deeper, more consistent craft.
A founder stepping back, not out
Alex Ivshin’s 2025 move from operational leadership to Strategic Advisor, with Ivan Farrugia stepping up as Managing Director, is a rare visible example of orderly founder succession in a sector where studios usually change hands via acquisition rather than internal transition.
A quietly widening regulatory footprint
Playson’s licensed reach grew from roughly 22 regulated jurisdictions in 2025 to 27 by mid-2026, most recently with a Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) approval that opened distribution in the Philippines. The studio has also been striking new distribution deals outside its core European base — supplying Mohegan Digital’s PlayFallsview.com in Ontario and partnering with Caesars Entertainment’s Ontario casinos via Light & Wonder’s aggregation platform — alongside the UK-facing Bally’s/Intralot rollout already covered above. None of that changes what’s on offer in a UK lobby, but it’s a useful signal of a studio still actively growing its commercial footprint rather than coasting on its 2023 award.
New Playson slots: what’s launched for 2025–26
The state of Playson right now: mid-decade momentum, with a steady release cadence built almost entirely around new spins on Hold and Win. The two newest additions, 4 Pots Riches: Super Wheel and 3 Thunder Coins: Hold and Win, shipped in the second half of June 2026 — both too fresh for the top-10 list above, but part of the same run that also expanded UK distribution via Bally’s/Intralot. This section refreshes with every significant launch.
| Release | When | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Thunder Coins XXL: MultiCoin | March 2026 | Introduces a multi-value coin mechanic extending the standard Hold and Win payout structure |
| Rhino Coins: Hit the Bonus, 4 Scarab Coins: Hold and Win | April 2026 | Two themed entries in the same coin-collect wave |
| Sugar Piggy: Hold and Win, Pink Clovers XXXL: Hold and Win | May 2026 | Rounds out a five-title release run in under three months |
| 4 Pots Riches: Super Wheel | 18 June 2026 | A second entry in the four-pot format, adding a Super Wheel bonus round with a 10,000x Mega Bonus jackpot |
| 3 Thunder Coins: Hold and Win | 26 June 2026 | The latest Thunder Coins entry — Sticky, Boost and Multi coin features on a 5-fixed-line grid, 95.43% RTP, 10,000x max win |
| UK distribution expansion via Bally’s/Intralot | 2026 | Broadens Playson’s existing content across additional established UK gaming platforms |
All ship with published figures. Paytable first, always.
What players actually say
From forums where Playson is discussed as a dependable, format-focused mid-tier studio — our words, cons intact.
The love: Wolf Power: Hold and Win and Buffalo Power: Megaways draw consistent praise as genuinely satisfying, well-balanced games, and players specifically credit Playson for sticking with and improving the Hold and Win format rather than abandoning it for the next trend. The studio’s independence is also cited approvingly — no corporate ownership churn to worry about.
The gripes, plainly: the catalogue’s heavy reliance on one mechanic draws fair criticism from players wanting more variety, several of the 2026 Coins-wave titles are seen as minor variations rather than genuinely new games, and Playson’s UK lobby presence remains thinner than the largest studios on this site. All fair, and the Hold and Win loyalists remain unmoved.
Which Playson slot should you play?
The thirty-second version of everything above:
| If you want… | Play | Why |
|---|---|---|
| The essential experience | Wolf Power: Hold and Win | The format that defines the studio, at its best |
| Megaways scale | Buffalo Power: Megaways | Licensed-engine execution done right |
| Pre-2021 polish | Solar Queen | The catalogue before Hold and Win took over |
| The newest release | 3 Thunder Coins: Hold and Win | Shipped 26 June 2026 — see the new releases section for the full picture |
| The highest ceiling | Wolf Power: Hold and Win | 50,000x max win, the studio’s published peak |
| A dependable classic feel | Royal Joker: Hold and Win | The format on a fruit-machine theme |
Our verdict on Playson
Slot Providers score: 7/10 — the patient specialist: a decade spent refining one mechanic, capped by a genuine industry award, docked only because the catalogue’s range is narrower than this site’s biggest names and several recent releases read as minor variations rather than fresh ideas.
| Game quality | 7/10 — the headline Hold and Win titles are genuinely well-built; newer Coins-wave entries are more incremental |
|---|---|
| Innovation | 6/10 — real craft and iteration within one format, but limited appetite for genuinely new mechanics |
| Maths & transparency | 7/10 — a broadly consistent, honestly published RTP band, with several 2026 titles offering operator-selectable tiers like most of the industry |
| Mobile experience | 7/10 — solid and functional across the range |
| Catalogue depth | 7/10 — 85+ live titles is a healthy independent-studio size, concentrated heavily around one mechanic |
What Playson gets right
- A full decade spent relentlessly refining one format, Hold and Win, capped by a genuine industry award (EGR B2B Slot Supplier of the Year, 2023)
- Independently owned and self-funded since 2012 — no private-equity roll-up or ownership churn to factor in
- A consistent, honestly published RTP band across a healthy 85+ live-title catalogue distributed to 27 regulated markets
- Genuine 2026 momentum — seven new releases and expanded UK distribution via Bally’s/Intralot inside twelve months
Where it still falls short
- Heavy reliance on a single mechanic — genre breadth is thinner than Greentube or Blueprint Gaming
- Several of the 2026 Coins-wave titles read as incremental variations rather than genuinely new games
- No progressive jackpot network of the kind that gives some rival studios their headline win numbers
- UK lobby presence remains thinner than the largest studios on this site
Playson suits players who specifically enjoy the Hold and Win coin-collect format and want to see it done consistently well across many themes, and anyone who values backing an independent, self-funded studio over a private-equity-owned one. Look elsewhere if you want genre breadth — Greentube and Blueprint Gaming both offer considerably more variety — or a studio actively inventing new mechanics rather than refining an established one.
Every Playson slot that matters, ranked
From a catalogue of 85+ live titles (130+ released across the studio’s history), the 22 entries that matter, ranked by all-time greatness — craft, influence, maths and staying power blended.
| # | Slot | Year | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wolf Power: Hold and Win | 2021 | The format that became the house style |
| 2 | Buffalo Power: Megaways | 2021 | The studio’s Megaways showcase |
| 3 | Solar Queen | 2019 | A pre-Hold-and-Win era standout |
| 4 | Legend of Cleopatra | — | More depth than the theme usually gets |
| 5 | Royal Joker: Hold and Win | 2023 | The format, two years on |
| 6 | Rhino Coins: Hit the Bonus | 2026 | 2026’s variation on the format |
| 7 | Sugar Piggy: Hold and Win | 2026 | The format, sweetened |
| 8 | Thunder Coins XXL: MultiCoin | 2026 | Extending the ceiling |
| 9 | 4 Scarab Coins: Hold and Win | 2026 | One template, another world |
| 10 | Pink Clovers XXXL: Hold and Win | 2026 | May 2026’s build on the chassis |
| 11 | Fruit Crown | — | 96.30% RTP, one of the studio’s leanest builds |
| 12 | Sizzling Crown | — | A high-RTP classic-fruit staple |
| 13 | Burning Wins: Classic 5 Lines | — | Simple, high-RTP, dependable |
| 14 | Pirate Sharky | — | 20,000x max win, high-seas theme |
| 15 | Hit the Bank | — | A heist theme with a 20,000x ceiling |
| 16 | Sugar Teddy X1000 | — | The confectionery wave, an earlier entry |
| 17 | Vegas Glitz | — | Classic Vegas-strip theming |
| 18 | Timeless Diamonds: Hold and Win | — | The format on a gemstone theme |
| 19 | Clover Strike: Hold and Win | — | An earlier Irish-luck entry in the format |
| 20 | 4 Chili Amigos: Hold and Win | — | A spicier take on the coin-collect chassis |
| 21 | 4 Pots Riches: Super Wheel | 2026 | A second four-pot entry with a new Super Wheel bonus round |
| 22 | 3 Thunder Coins: Hold and Win | 2026 | The newest release, 95.43% RTP, 10,000x max win |
Ranked 5 July 2026 from a catalogue of 85+ live titles. Availability and RTP build vary by casino; always check the in-game paytable.
Casinos with Playson Games
Playson’s UK footprint spans a healthy range of mid-tier and slot-specialist operators. A cross-section of well-known UKGC-licensed operators carrying the catalogue (listed for information only — no commercial relationship, no endorsements; verify any operator on the Gambling Commission register before depositing):
| Casino | Domain | What you’ll find |
|---|---|---|
| MrQ | mrq.com | A strong cut of the Playson catalogue including Wolf Power and Buffalo Power |
| Videoslots | videoslots.com | Broad coverage across the Hold and Win range |
| LeoVegas | leovegas.com | A mobile-first cut of the catalogue |
| Casumo | casumo.com | The headline titles alongside the wider release slate |
| PlayOJO | playojo.com | Playson slots alongside the wider slot-specialist shelf |
Checked 5 July 2026. Game availability and RTP builds change — always confirm in the casino’s own lobby and the in-game paytable. 18+, please gamble responsibly.
Sources & Verification
Primary sources checked 5 July 2026, re-verified and expanded 9 July 2026: the Gambling Commission’s business licence register (account 41337); Playson’s official site, including its leadership team page and individual game information pages for RTP, volatility and feature data across the ranked catalogue. Award history cross-checked directly against the EGR B2B Awards’ own published winners archive. Additional catalogue, licensing-footprint and leadership-transition context corroborated via industry trade press (iGaming Business, Gaming Intelligence, Yogonet, Eastern European Gaming). Imagery from official promotional assets and documented gameplay. Spotted an error? Tell us — corrections are actioned as a priority.
✓ Updated 9 July 2026: corrected the EGR B2B “Slot Supplier of the Year” win from a mislabelled 2024 to its actual year, 2023 (confirmed against EGR’s own winners archive) — this correction runs through the intro, quick facts, history, founders, big-wins and beyond-the-reels sections; corrected Legend of Cleopatra’s published RTP (was listed as ~95.9%, actual published default is 95.05%); updated the regulated-jurisdictions count from 22 to 27, reflecting Playson’s 2026 PAGCOR (Philippines) approval, and added the 200+ operator-partner figure; corrected the RTP section’s claim that Playson doesn’t run multi-tier RTP builds — several 2026 titles, including 4 Scarab Coins, do ship operator-selectable tiers; added 4 Pots Riches: Super Wheel and 3 Thunder Coins: Hold and Win (Playson’s two newest releases, June 2026) to the new-releases section and ranked list; added a new regulatory-footprint note to “Beyond the reels”; added a pros/cons verdict block with matching Review schema notes, a UK-availability FAQ, and moved the on-page navigation up under the ads module.
Playson FAQs
Who owns Playson?
Playson has been independently owned and self-funded since its 2012 founding by Alex Ivshin and Ivan Farrugia — it has never taken outside investment or been acquired.
Is Playson fair, or are its games rigged?
Playson Limited holds an active UKGC licence (account 41337) with a clean record since 2015, certified RNG across the catalogue, and a consistent published RTP band.
What is the best Playson slot?
Wolf Power: Hold and Win is the essential experience, Buffalo Power: Megaways the Megaways showcase, and Solar Queen the pre-2021 standout. Our full ranked ten, with reasoning, is above.
What is Playson’s Hold and Win mechanic?
A coin-collect respin format: landing enough Bonus/Power coin symbols triggers a set number of respins with triggering positions locked, building toward Mini, Minor, Major and Grand jackpot tiers, with a full board typically paying the top prize.
When was Playson founded?
Playson began building in 2012 in Sliema, Malta, but didn’t publicly launch its first slots until ICE London in 2014.
What are the newest Playson slots?
3 Thunder Coins: Hold and Win (26 June 2026) and 4 Pots Riches: Super Wheel (18 June 2026) are Playson’s two newest releases, following Sugar Piggy: Hold and Win and Pink Clovers XXXL: Hold and Win (both May 2026), Rhino Coins: Hit the Bonus / 4 Scarab Coins: Hold and Win (April 2026) and Thunder Coins XXL: MultiCoin (March 2026). Full picture in our new releases section.
Where can I play Playson slots in the UK?
Playson content is distributed to a healthy range of UKGC-licensed mid-tier and slot-specialist operators, including MrQ, Videoslots, LeoVegas, Casumo and PlayOJO among others — see our casinos section above for the full breakdown, and always verify any operator on the Gambling Commission register before depositing.
Jack spent years in slot QA and platform integration before turning reviewer — reading studios’ maths sheets and RTP configurations was literally his job. Every fact on this page is checked against the Gambling Commission register and Playson’s own published data. More about Jack →