Booming Games moves Ontario slots to 93.5% RTP

Slot studio Booming Games will certify a single return-to-player (RTP) rate of 93.5% for its games in Ontario from the end of October 2026. Every new Booming Games release in the province will use that rate, and 12 existing titles will be recertified and replaced with 93.5% builds. The studio announced the change in a press release titled "Introducing Ontario's New RTP Certification".

According to the release as reported, Ontario partners asked for a lower RTP band that suits their commercial models. The rate will be certified by the studio itself rather than switched through a setting on the operator's side, so there is one approved version of each game for the market. Operators need no integration work: Booming Games supplies new certification documents and replacement builds, and the game IDs and lobby assets stay the same.

LCB, which reported the release, says each replacement takes the place of its 96% predecessor, leaving the 93.5% version as the only edition of that game in Ontario.

The 12 games being recertified

• Polar Buffalo Hold and Win Extreme 25,000
• Fish Tales: Double Catch Max Scatter
• Tasty Bonanza Max Scatter
• Cash Pig 2 15,000
• 64 Gold Coins Hold and Win 20,000
• Buffalo Hold and Win Extreme 10,000
• Henhouse Hustle: Hold and Win
• Tasty Bonanza 10,000
• Diamond Forge: Link & Loot
• Way of the Wolf: Hold and Win Extreme 10,000
• Blazin' Bonus
• Mr. Oinkster's Hold and Win

Upcoming titles named for 93.5% in Ontario are Greedy for Gold: Power Hit 10,000, Trailer Trash, Booming Buffalo Hold and Win: Extreme 2, Black Friday Cart Craze: Hold and Win, Holly Jolly Bonanza 10,000, Fish Tales: Jingle Bass, Express Fortune Surge, Blazin' Bingo Trio, Goldline Express and Chilli Fever: Hold and Win. The studio calls them "coming soon" and gives no individual release dates. The transition starts in late October, with the exact timing for each game depending on certification and deployment.

What 93.5% means in practice

RTP is the share of all money staked on a game that it is designed to pay back over a very large number of spins. It is a long-run average, not a prediction for any one session. At 93.5%, the game's theoretical margin is 6.5% of stakes; at 96%, it is 4%. By our arithmetic, for every 1,000 units staked over the long run, the 93.5% version is designed to keep about 65 rather than about 40. Short sessions can land far above or below either figure.

The practical point for players in Ontario is that the name, the artwork and the place in the lobby stay the same, so a recertified game will look exactly like the one you played before. The way to know which version you have is to open the game's information or help screen and check the RTP stated there. Our guide to studio RTP sheets versus what the lobby shows explains where to look, and why symbol weighting is not the same thing as RTP.

The change applies to Booming Games titles in Ontario only.

Booming Games and the AGCO

Booming Games is a registered supplier in Ontario's regulated market. On 20 August 2026, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) ordered C$70,000 in penalties against Booming Games (Malta) Limited after prohibited auto-play was available to Ontario players on several of its slots for months. That case is separate from the RTP change, which the studio attributes to requests from its Ontario partners.

For more on Ontario's regulator, see the AGCO's recent penalty for theScore Bet over cash-out offers and PointsBet Canada's two-day suspension.

If you play in Ontario and want to talk to someone about your gambling, ConnexOntario offers free, confidential support around the clock.