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This Week in Online Casinos: Big Partnerships For Small Brands, Octoplay Dominance And a Million-Dollar Winner

Octoplay wins its sixth straight US supplier award, Rush Street’s iGaming revenue jumps 39% and a Borgata player hits a $1 million jackpot.
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Awards, partnerships and big jackpot win highlight the top online casino news from this past week. 

Light & Wonder to distribute 3 Oaks slots

3 Oaks Gaming, a Europe-based online game developer, signed a partnership this past week with Light & Wonder, a prominent online and land-based gaming brand. 

The deal gives Light & Wonder the rights to distribute 3 Oaks Gaming’s online slots in its various jurisdictions, although the companies did not say where the games will launch. 

The partnership is part of 3 Oaks’ strategy to broaden its reach in the online casino world, Emilia Kazberuk, the company’s sales manager, said in a statement. 

“I’m very proud that 3 Oaks Gaming is now collaborating with Light & Wonder,” Kazberuk said. “This achievement marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter and will create significant opportunities for our continued growth.”

Octoplay tops US supplier rankings again

Octoplay, an online game creator with titles in the Michigan online casino and New Jersey online casino markets, has won a prestigious industry award for the sixth consecutive time. 

The company was named the top US online casino game supplier this year, according to the 2026 Eilers-Fantini Online Game Performance Report. 

In June, Octoplay’s gross gaming revenue, or GGR, rose from 2.0% to 2.9%, its biggest jump since it joined the US market in 2025, according to Eilers & Krejcik Gaming.

Hard Rock Bet launches 26 new casino games

Hard Rock Bet, an online casino brand that operates in Florida, New Jersey and Michigan, launched 26 new online games this past week. 

Of those, 23 games debuted in Michigan and New Jersey, and three Oktoberfest-inspired titles launched in Florida. 

Most of the new games were Halloween-inspired, including “Spooky Link: Go Ghost,” “Frankenstein’s Fortune,” “Oktober Cash,” “Ultimate X Poker Bonus Streak” and “Break the Diamond Piggy.” 

Rush Street online casino revenue jumps 39%

Rush Street Interactive, which owns prominent US online and land-based casino brand BetRivers, announced during an earnings call Wednesday that its iGaming revenue grew 39% from July to September.

BetRivers has made huge strides in the Delaware online gaming market, where it took over the state’s online casino operations from 888 Holdings in late 2023. Revenue in the First State has soared from just over $10 million in 2023 to nearly $50 million in 2026, according to Rush Street’s third-quarter investor presentation. 

“Online casinos remains the foundation of our business model, and it was once again the core driver of growth and profitability this quarter,” CEO Richard Schwartz said during the call. 

That said, the company’s growth across North American online casinos and sports betting slowed in the third quarter compared with a year earlier. 

“During the third quarter, North American online casino and sports markets saw a more measured pace of growth,” Schwartz said. 

The company ranks among the top four operators for online casino net revenue in the US, as it noted in its presentation. 

Borgata Online player in NJ wins $1 million

One lucky New Jersey player hit the jackpot of a lifetime playing online slots.

A player won $1,034,194 on a $4 bet playing “Quantum Crown MegaJackpots” in late September at Borgata Online, the parent company, BetMGM Casino announced Wednesday. 

The big win was one of 30 online casino wins of $1 million or more this year, according to New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE) records. 

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J.R. Duren is a news specialist for PlayUSA and has covered all forms of gambling for more than a dozen states for Catena Media since 2015. His past reporting experience includes two years at the Villages Daily Sun and a stint as a writer for CBS News. He is a first-place winner at the Florida Press Club Excellence in Journalism Contest. J.R. currently lives in Jacksonville, Florida.

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