On February 2024, Evolution broke news about its acquisition of Livespins, a small but innovative social streaming game provider. Livespins had mostly appeared on Softswiss-powered casinos and was famous for its Bet With Streamers gaming category.
Since its acquisition, we didn’t hear much about Evolution’s plans to integrate this innovative product into its own network, until October 2024.
About the Bet With Streamers gaming category
The original Bet With Streamers gaming niche by Livespins worked through an integrated API into online casinos.
Players could watch live streamers play games on selected hours and bet behind them. Betting options included the number of spins to back and bet size. The multipliers achieved by the streamer were applied to all players following the action individually.
Although the concept was original and perfectly timed with the uptick in live casino streams on social media platforms, Livespins didn’t get much traction due to the lack of prominent collaborations. It mainly provided streams of no-name personalities and random gamers.
What’s new?
The main idea behind the Bet With Streamers genre will remain unchanged under Evolution. We expect 24-hour streams to be hosted, and a bunch of prominent personalities to stream during peak hours.
With Evolution now owning Livespins, players can rest assured knowing that the content will be audience-friendly and the game outcomes fair. It will be interesting to see whether Evolution matches streamers with selected casinos for exclusive content.
Although Evolution has a background in live table games and game shows, casino streams mostly involve slots gaming. This is the main reason that makes me think that this gaming category will take off quickly under the new management.