ELK Studios Mobile-First Video Slots

ELK Studios sets a high bar for every release, and the industry has noticed. Wild Toro, still one of its best performers, was named Game of the Year in 2017, and in the 2018 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 the studio ranked fourth among Sweden’s fastest-growing tech companies.

Mobile has been the priority since the company’s start in 2013. With no older back catalogue to stay compatible with, ELK could design every game around the smartphone from day one and then scale it up to larger screens.

The studio has also worked to refresh promotional tools, which it felt had become stale across the industry. ELK Compete brought promotions into the core offer and is now used by most of its clients.

Its newest idea is X-iter™, a set of game modes built into selected slots. Players can jump straight into a chosen bonus experience, such as free spins with multipliers or guaranteed base-game features. The modes differ from game to game, and a slot can have up to five of them.

ELK Studios is privately owned. Annual revenue is estimated at $5 million.

Key people

• Filip Säfbeck: CEO
• Jens-Christian Villadsen: Business Development Manager
• Yrsa Thunholm: Brand and Marketing Manager

Behind the games sits a platform with promotional tools and a feature set built for many regulated markets.

ELK Compete

Compete turns ordinary sessions into challenges. Players might race to hunt down Matadors in Wild Toro or chase the biggest coin win in Vegas Diamonds. Operators can configure it heavily, running one-player challenges or multiplayer tournaments on almost any in-game event, and players get instant visual feedback when they hit point milestones, climb the rankings or land big wins.

ELK Rewards

Rewards is ELK’s free-rounds engine. It works across the whole game suite and can be set up in many ways to fit an operator’s campaign plans.

ELK says its platform delivers very high uptime, with monitoring around the clock.

The portfolio has grown steadily since launch, and it is made up entirely of video slots. Fan favourites include Voodoo Gold, Wild Toro, Vegas Diamonds, Lake’s Five, Ivanhoe and Tahiti Gold. Three more titles show the range:

ELK games read the specs of the device they run on, including speed and connection, and adjust their settings to match, so the experience stays smooth on any phone.

Machine learning powers the Betting Strategy feature, which lets players adapt a game to the way they like to play. It offers four settings for building a personal approach to betting.

X-iter™ takes player control further, with up to five game modes per slot that unlock base-game features, free spins with multipliers and other extras on demand, for a more immersive session.

Although smartphones come first, HTML5 lets every title scale to any screen size, so the same games play equally well on desktop.

ELK Compete is an optional add-on that lets operators organise slot tournaments inside ELK games. Formats range from solo challenges to large multiplayer events with a live leaderboard and prizes.

Holding licences from several regulators shows that ELK’s software meets strict security requirements. Each licence also requires proof that games are fair and that every spin outcome is random. ELK Studios is licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority, the UK Gambling Commission and the Gibraltar Gambling Commission.

ELK slots are widely distributed. Well-known casinos carrying them include:

• Casumo Casino
• Betsafe Casino
• Cashmio Casino
• Everum Casino
• Slotum Casino
• Melbet Casino
• Thrills Casino

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