Quickspin mobile slots

Quickspin: a Stockholm studio inside Playtech

Quickspin was set up in Stockholm in the early 2010s; reference listings give 2012 as the founding year. Playtech, the London-listed gambling technology group, bought the studio in May 2016, and Quickspin has run as a games brand within the group ever since. Alongside its Stockholm base, it has offices in Sliema, Malta and Kyiv, Ukraine.

In Great Britain Quickspin is licensed by the Gambling Commission under account 38516, and Quickspin AB also holds a Malta Gaming Authority supply licence (MGA/CRP/137/2007). The studio says it releases at least two games a month and has moved into live dealer games with a separate brand, Quickspin Live, whose stated aim is a new live game every quarter.

Because Quickspin belongs to Playtech, you will often find it in casinos that also stock Playtech games, but the two catalogues are separate. Our Playtech page covers the parent company's own slots and jackpots.

The Quickspin style: fairy tales, polish and steady features

Quickspin earned its name with slots that retell familiar stories. Its early hit Big Bad Wolf turned the three little pigs into a reel game, Goldilocks followed the same idea with bears and porridge bowls, and later titles moved into Asian, Western and fantasy themes. The games tend to have clear paylines, readable symbols and bonus rounds that build gradually rather than resting everything on one jackpot moment.

That makes many Quickspin slots comfortable on a phone. With 20 to 40 paylines on a 5×3 or 5×4 grid, symbols stay large in portrait, and the bonus features are mostly visible on the reels themselves rather than in side panels that get squeezed.

Recurring Quickspin mechanics

• Swooping reels. Quickspin's name for cascading reels: winning symbols drop away and new ones fall in, as in Big Bad Wolf.
• Transforming symbols. In Big Bad Wolf, pig symbols turn wild after a run of consecutive cascades.
• Sticky and spreading wilds. Sticky Bandits keeps wilds in place across respins, a style explained under sticky wild.
• Growing grids. Phoenix Sun adds rows as you win, taking the reels from 243 to 7,776 ways.

Popular Quickspin mobile slots compared

Our Big Bad Wolf guide walks through its free spins, where the wolf blows down the pigs' houses. If you prefer higher published returns in general, our high RTP slots apps page lists other games to look at.

Why one Quickspin slot can have very different RTPs

Quickspin, like most studios, lets casinos choose from several RTP versions of a game. Usually the gap is a point or two. Sakura Fortune is a striking example: the published maximum is 96.58%, but a version at around 90% also exists. Visually the two are identical.

Here is what that means in pounds. Over a very long run, the 96.58% version is designed to return about £96.58 for every £100 staked, a theoretical cost of £3.42. The roughly 90% version returns about £90, a theoretical cost of around £10, nearly three times as much. In a single evening the difference is hidden by luck, but over many sessions it adds up. This is why the RTP range of a game matters as much as the headline figure.

1. Open the Quickspin slot in your casino app.
2. Tap the menu icon, usually at the bottom left or right in portrait.
3. Open Game rules or Paytable and scroll to the return to player line.
4. Write down the figure, or screenshot it, and compare with the published maximum.
5. If the number is well below the top version, consider a different game or casino.

Our guide to finding a slot's RTP in an app describes where the line appears in different lobbies.

Playing Quickspin slots on iPhone and Android

Quickspin games are HTML5 and load within your casino's app or mobile site. The studio's mid-sized grids mean portrait play generally works well: reels on top, win line and balance below, then the spin and stake controls. Some players prefer landscape for 5×3 games because the reels fill more of the screen; both views show the same game and the same result.

Data use is modest compared with live games, but the first load is the biggest. If you are on a capped plan, see Wi-Fi vs mobile data for casino apps.

Quickspin Live: the studio's live casino games

Quickspin Live is the studio's move into live casino games, streamed from a studio with a real presenter. One of its featured titles, Big Bad Wolf Live, borrows the theme of its best-known slot. Live games use far more data than slots because you are watching video, and UK rules for non-slot games require at least 5 seconds per round with no autoplay. If you are new to live play on a phone, our guide on how to play live casino on mobile explains the screen layout.

UK rules that shape Quickspin slots in apps

British versions of Quickspin slots have no autoplay, turbo or slam-stop, take at least 2.5 seconds per spin, and do not celebrate a return smaller than your stake. Feature buys are not offered to players in Great Britain. Stakes are capped at £5 per spin from age 25 and at £2 per spin for those aged 18 to 24. Demo play is only available after the casino has verified your age. Our UK slot design rules guide explains each rule.

How to find Quickspin games in a casino app

1. Open the casino app and sign in.
2. Tap Search and enter a game name, for example Big Bad Wolf.
3. To browse the full range, open the lobby filter and pick Quickspin under Providers, if the app offers that filter.
4. Check the loading screen shows the Quickspin logo.
5. Tap the heart or star to save it to favourites.

Lobby layouts vary by operator; finding games in a casino app covers the common patterns.

Where to play Quickspin mobile slots

Quickspin games are only available through licensed casinos that have added them, and the range varies, so search the app before you deposit. The apps below are UKGC-licensed and carry thousands of games; their welcome offers are not linked to Quickspin. 18+, terms apply.

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