Game providers · Methodology
How the IBO Index of casino game providers is built
An index from 0 to 100, made every day from public sources. Method gp-v1.
Who is ranked
Companies that make their own casino games: slots, live casino, table, crash and instant, bingo. Aggregators without their own games are not here. The unit is the group; the studios it owns are its brands.
Six parts
| Part | Weight | From what |
|---|---|---|
| Scale | 20 | Revenue: a reported figure, else the middle of an IBO estimate band (at most 70% of the weight). Log scale. |
| Portfolio | 20 | Games live as the company states them, and the kinds of games it makes (slots, live casino, table, crash and instant, bingo). |
| Distribution | 20 | Markets where its games are certified or licensed, and its B2B licences. |
| Trust & licences | 15 | B2B licences by the regulator’s tier and years licensed, minus sanctions and fines of the last 3 years. |
| Reach & buzz | 15 | News mentions in 30 days (GDELT) and Wikipedia views; spikes damped by a 7-day median. |
| Transparency | 10 | The share of the 20 profile fields filled from public sources. |
Each part is the company’s percentile among the 132 casino game providers we track, times its weight; the parts add up to the index. Indexes of different rankings (operators, game providers, platforms) are not compared. A score is published again only when it moves by 0.3 or more.
Method versions
| Version | Since | Note |
|---|---|---|
| gp-v1 | 2 Nov 2026 | The first method for game providers |
Sources
- News · GDELT DOC 2.0 API · free, attribution
- Company press pages · logo files the companies publish for the media · the list you approved (market import logo-sources)
- Regulator registers · UKGC, MGA, SGA, iGO, NJ, GIB, IOM, CW · open data / download
- Company reports · investor relations PDFs, annual reports · listed operators
- Wikidata and Commons · Wikidata API (CC0) · logo image, country of origin, founded · Commons: logo files with their licence
- Wikipedia views · Wikimedia REST API
We read only the companies’ own corporate and investor pages, regulators’ registers and reputable trade press — never a casino site, a slot catalogue or an affiliate page, and never a game demo.
How we keep the data accurate
Every fact links to its public source and the date we checked it. IBO updates the data every night.
What we never collect
No names of people. No links to games, demos, casinos or bonuses.