The following conversation with Anastasios Ioannidis of Pragmatic Play, laureate of the AskGamblers Award for Best Provider, is part of our Winners Interview series, done on the very night of the Awards ceremony in June. While the entire venue was still buzzing with excitement, we stole a couple of minutes of Anastios’s time to ask for his thoughts on winning our prestigious award. Enjoy!
Let’s start by congratulating Pragmatic Play on this year’s Best Provider Award! This is the third time the supplier has won this award, and if we add the Best New Slot Award to the count, the number is significantly higher. What do you think about Pragmatic being one of the rare multiple recipients of AskGamblers awards?
It’s an honour for Pragmatic Play to receive multiple AskGamblers Awards. Being recognised and celebrated by players as a trusted supplier of online gambling products is always special. Pragmatic Play aims to deliver player-favourite experiences across its ever-growing portfolio, releasing exciting new games every week.
Pragmatic also won the Best New Slot Award. Did the winning slot (Sweet Bonanza 1000) surprise you? Did you expect it to rank so high among players, or did you have another personal favourite?
Sweet Bonanza 1000 winning best new slot came as no surprise at all. It’s a fantastic game. Based on the award-winning original title, which remains incredibly popular to this day, the supercharged 1000 version with bigger multipliers and greater win potential was always going to be a hit with players. It was certainly one of the best games in the period. Pragmatic Play releases around nine new slots every month, so there’s no shortage of fresh themes and mechanics being made available to players. Wild West Gold Blazing Bounty, Gates of Hades, and Gates of Olympus Super Scatter are some of my new personal favourites at the moment.
Let’s turn away from the Awards for a second and make this interview a bit more fun: If you could insert a Pragmatic Play game into a movie scene, what movie would it be, and how would the scene play out?
What a question! The movie would need to be rated for adults only, and the game would need to fit the narrative. That’s a difficult one. I’m going to switch up the question a bit and say which Pragmatic Play game I think could be made into a great movie. Zeus vs Hades – Gods of War, Gates of Hades, Waves of Poseidon… Any of these could be epic. But I think it would have to be Big Bass Bonanza 1000 – a supercharged monster that keeps beachgoers out of the water during peak tourist season, and only one fisherman can catch it. So much potential for sequels! (And I believe that answers your original question.)
What fictional character (from books, movies, comics or TV shows) would you like to see grace the reels of a Pragmatic Play slot?
It’s been done already – Zeus!
Finally, with more AskGamblers Awards added to its trophy cabinet, what does Pragmatic Play have in the works for the rest of this year? Share some juicy details with our readers.
Players who voted for Sweet Bonanza 1000 as Best New Slot are in for a treat with the launch of Sweet Bonanza Super Scatter at the end of July. Like the supercharged 1000 version, this latest iteration includes the same great gameplay as the original but offers even greater win potential. When Super Scatters help to trigger the bonus game, the player can win up to 50,000x depending on how many symbols land. Other slots to watch out for in the coming weeks include Zombie Highschool Megaways™, Big Bass Reel Repeat, and Jackpot Blaze.
Thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us!
The pleasure is all mine.