Executive Summary

Platforms & Regulations

Apps on iOS that require players to sign in using a third-party or social media login service must also offer Sign in with Apple by April 2020.

California’s CCPA contains a few key differences from the EU’s GDPR that companies must adopt by January 1, 2020 in order to comply with both regulations.

Coin Master-Style Events

For the duration of each Mini Pops edition, revenue was +2% compared to the previous period. The closing events of both editions saw the largest revenue increases, +32% and +24% WoW.

Events and Sales Announcement Feature

Revenue was +14% and downloads were +46% 2Wo2W after Cash Frenzy launched the Events & Offers feature.

Collection Missions with Event Store

Quick Hit Slots’ revenue was +7% with downloads +13% 20Do20D (beginning on the same DoW) for the duration of the Santa’s Workshop rewards event.

Market Trends

Collections and mini-games became the most popular event types in 2019, displacing challenges and purchases from 2018. Collections made up 23% of new events, compared to 14% in 2018, and mini-game events jumped to 15%nearly double the amount from 2018. Purchases fell to the sixth most popular event type.

Bingo Pop released 14% of all new collection events in 2019, the most of any app. Scatter Slots and several Playtika apps (SlotomaniaCaesars Slots, and Bingo Blitz) released the most mini-game events.

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Table of Contents

Platforms & Regulations

  • Sign in with Apple
  • CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act)

Revenue Drivers

  • Coin Master-Style Events
    • Mini Pops Collection in POP! Slots
  • Events and Sales Announcement Feature
    • Events & Offers in Cash Frenzy
  • Collection Missions with Event Store
    • Santa’s Workshop in Quick Hit Slots

Market Trends

  • Events in 2019
  • Collection & Mini-Game Events by App

Market Watch

  • Notable Releases I, II, & III

New L&G Capabilities

  • Feature Database Tool: Notifications
  • Slack Shared Channels

Appendix

  • Liquid and Grit Slots Personas
  • Premium Partnerships
  • Casino Mechanics Taxonomy

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