DoubleU Casino’s DUC Dream Town requires players to spin slots and progress in certain features in order to construct and upgrade buildings in a town. Completed buildings then produce currency and rewards for those features, which directs engagement back into other parts of the app.

Slotomania’s Reel Owners is the first major NFT feature we’ve seen in a top mobile gaming app outside of the play-to-earn (P2E) market. In this feature, players buy NFTs representing slots symbols from a store or other players. Players who collect six different symbols from a single machine can exchange those symbols for an NFT representing that machine, which grants rewards.

Bingo Bash’s Frosty Farm offers an unusually complex crafting and order fulfillment system for the casino market. Players use resources earned during base play to plant flowers on a farm. Harvesting flowers fulfills orders and unlocks more farm plots and types of flowers. As players advance, orders become increasingly complex, which adds a layer of strategy.

This month’s Casino Report focuses solely on teardowns of innovative feature and event releases. At the end of this month, you will also receive a Recap Report that examines major trends across markets from 2022 as well as areas of opportunity for 2023.

Lightning Link Casino’s Once Upon a Time is a rare example of a casino app using a story to connect a long series of events. Players access the events through pages of a storybook that contains a short narrative about a wizard. The events award tokens that players exchange for rewards in a shop.