Malaysia-based Vela Gaming is a leading supplier of mobile casino solutions to the Asian region, with their own bespoke slots, plus games bought in from a number of top developers. They provide a full back-office service including so-called ‘white label’ casinos to those looking to start their own sites. Vela Gaming also offer some unique, innovative ideas to clients and players, such as the ability to transfer a slot to a mobile device without losing their current credit on the game.
They are part of the Denizen Strategies Group, or GSG for short, which has been running for just a few years, but since they started up in 2012, the company has grown rapidly, tapping in to the vast Asian market, where mobile gaming is king. They haven’t forgotten about the huge land-based casinos market however and are even major players in the sea-born gambling business, providing games and equipment to cruise ships. The Vela Gaming side of DSG is focused on developing slots, virtual cock-fighting, live casino tables and casino services to clients, while also aggregating games from other sources to give customers the widest possible choice.
Anyone looking to start their own online casino in Asia should perhaps take time to chat with Vela Gaming, as they provide just about everything needed to get a new site off to a flying start. It’s a complicated business, with lots of hurdles to jump before a casino can open its virtual doors to the public. Vela Gaming will guide prospective clients all the way through to completion and then continue to supply a wide range of back-office services to give them the best chance of success in a competitive world.
It’s claimed that new online casino operators can be up and running in a matter of weeks, which is a tall order, but Vela Gaming have lots of experience in getting sites off the ground in double-quick time. Standard casino templates are offered, with new operators only needing to add their own unique logos and any bespoke design features they wish to include. All of these templates are mobile optimised of course, so a new casino can be accessed by many more people than a more traditional desktop-only site and they come as standard in multiple languages, supporting multiple currencies.
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Once a site is up and running, or for those clients who already have an online gambling business in operation, Vela Gaming offers continued support services. These can be cherry-picked by customers and include player management, affiliate settings, reporting and banking facilities. Operators can have customer service handled by Vela Gaming, while bonus and promotional management can also be organised by the i-gaming experts of the company. In short, just about anyone can start their own online gambling business in the region with the help of Vela Gaming, but all for a fee.
Casinos need to have games of course, and Vela Gaming have this covered with heir own range, plus easy integration of those from third-party developers. These include the range of Playtech games, IGT slots, NetEnt titles, and Aristocrat slots among others, with all games coming from trusted and reliable sources. Vela Gaming have a decent selection of their own slots and table games, and while cock-fighting may seem a bit controversial to many, virtual versions are popular in their target countries. Many of their games are also specifically aimed at the Asian market, with numerous slots that follow traditional Chinese themes, while they often tend to be slot machines with high volatilities, which is a format favoured in the region.
Let’s take a quick look at a couple of the top Vela Gaming slots to see what they offer. Fortune Dragon is a classic example of the Asian theme, where ancient scrolls, lucky coins and jade pendants appear. It’s a five-reel slot, but there’s 243 Ways to Win across them, which potentially helps players to collect more frequent prizes. Four colourful dragons are featured, three of which only turn up in the free spins games, awarding different win multipliers with every combination that they help to complete.
Belt and Road follows the highly unusual, but quite topical subject of Chinese expansion. The Belt and Road initiative is driving growth within the country and the slot machine has symbols of construction sites, airports, railways and military bases appearing on the five reels. A bank building is the wild symbol, while piles of cash are the scatter icon which triggers a free spins round. Players can choose the number of games and symbol combinations in the bonus round.
Stepping away from the Asian theme, we have The Witch Must be Crazy, a Halloween style slot game that comes with five reels and 15 paylines. Pumpkins, spell books, potions and eyeballs in jars line up to complete high-paying combinations, and the beautiful witch is a wild symbol. When three or more cauldrons appear, players are given a choice of five, eight, or 15 free spins, but each option has different symbol mixes which can make it harder or easier to land wins during the feature.
Vela Gaming also offers innovative live dealer Roulette, Blackjack, Sic Bo and Baccarat tables which can be played by multiple gamblers at once, and like everything else they provide, these tables are fully optimised for Android, Windows and Apple mobile devices.
Clients looking to design their own games can rely on support from Vela Gaming, whose technical department is happy to help out. If a casino wants to have their own logo incorporated into a slot, for example, or they have their own ideas about a theme and features, Vela Gaming will work with them to deliver just what they are looking for.
They can transform concepts into reality in very little time, and have developed card games, peer-to-peer games, virtual bullfighting and hi/lo type games to order. Their website proclaims that they thrive on challenges, so no matter how unusual the idea, they can turn it into reality.
Vela Gaming really seem to have covered all the bases with their PC, Android, Windows, and iPhone compatible casino games. From game design, to integration of third-party games and from initial contact with prospective casino operators to ongoing support, there’s pretty much nothing that this company doesn’t offer. With the help of Vela Gaming, operators will be able to provide a selection of bonuses, features, support options and secure deposit and withdrawal facilities to their players. It leaves them with time to market their sites, but with the option of an integrated affiliate network, even this is made easier by the services of Vela Gaming. All of this comes at a price but starting a white label casino is perhaps the safest option for new entrants to the business.
Their own slot games are a popular choice, not only at casinos which they have helped to set up, but also at major sites throughout the region. Some of them may be far more interesting in Asia than elsewhere, and expansion into Western markets with games based on blood sports may not be easy.