Big Time Gaming

Big Time Gaming is an Australian software provider, most famously known as the inventors of the Megaways system. Despite their short time in the industry, they have made massive contributions to slot design.

After being acquired by Evolution, Big Time Gaming (A.K.A. BTG) continues to release new games and innovate with new slot mechanics. Here you can learn about this company’s earliest years, its most popular slots, and the innovations it has brought to the iGaming industry.

Name	Big Time Gaming
Founded	2011
Headquarters	Surry Hills, Australia
Licenses	UK, Malta, Alderney, British Columbia, Gibraltar
Game Types	Slots
Number of Games	60+

History

Big Time Gaming was formed in 2011 under Nik Robinson, an industry veteran who has been in the scene since 1996. Robinson still leads the company as CEO, and it has never moved from its Australian stomping grounds. They specialized in slot games for a few years, innovating on classic slot structures.

BTG’s site names tech guide Huw McIntosh and “creative genius” Ian Schmidt as important contributors to their early success. That success came in 2016 with the release of Bonanza, widely hailed as one of the world’s first Megaways game. Bonanza put Big Time Gaming on the map and solidified their place in the iGaming history books.

Megaways catapulted the team to success, leading to Big Time Gaming being acquired by iGaming giants Evolution in 2021. Now part of a world-leading iGaming brand, Big Time Gaming continues to invent new ways to play slots.

Popular Games

Big Time Gaming have over 60 games under their belt, with over half of those being Megaways titles. While they became famous for pioneering Megaways slots, the BTG library is full of many different slot variants. True to their reputation, Big Time Gaming experiments a lot more than other developers out there.

You can find some of their biggest and best slot games below, including the Megaways hit that started it all.

• Bonanza: Play the first-ever successful Megaways slot, where you unearth gems across 117,649 ways to win.
• Danger High Voltage: A dazzling disco slot that introduced players to mystery sticky wilds that stay triggered for the whole bonus round.
• White Rabbit: Another Megaways title, this time inspired by Alice in Wonderland, that debuts BTG’s extending reels system.
• Extra Chilli: The anticipated follow-up to Bonanza, this Megaways slot is the first BTG game to let players gamble to win free spins.
• Apollo Pays: A slot set on fantastical Mount Olympus, combining BTG’s Megaways feature with hold and win mechanics.
• Big Bad Bison: A fierce wildlife slot where players can use the win exchange feature to trade big wins for more free spins.

Innovations and Awards

As you’d expect, Big Time Gaming’s greatest innovation was Megaways. It’s not just a feature, it has become its own brand that BTG licenses out to leading names like Microgaming and every other provider that wants to make a Megaways game. Their slot mechanic innovations haven’t stopped, but none have reached the heights that Megaways did.

On the awards front, Bonanza and Danger High Voltage won #1 and #2 for the Casinomeister Best iGaming Software Experience Award 2017. After the fanfare surrounding Megaways had died down, BTG haven’t made any notable appearances at iGaming award shows. That isn’t surprising for a slots-only provider with a smaller library of games.

Conclusion

That’s everything you need to know about Big Time Gaming. They’re a dedicated slot developer who found very early success thanks to their innovative game mechanics. Now they’re back to the drawing board, experimenting with new ways to play. Rest assured, if they concoct another success like Megaways, you will hear about it.