GameArt's Slots 777 interview: how Vid Daolio's promises held up

Key points

• On 15 January 2024, GameArt shared on its website the interview that Vid Daolio, then Head of Account Management at the studio, gave Infadawork for Slots 777. Across five questions, it never mentions a sales figure.
• Infadawork OÜ, which GameArt presents as Italy's leading affiliate, runs four sites. They include MachineSlotOnline.it, opened in July 2011, and Slots 777, its international portal launched in 2014.
• The same interview appears on four Infadawork sites as well as in GameArt's relay. The PathosOnline.it and Richslots.it pages are dated 4 January 2024, while the Slots 777 page carries 1 April 2024 (01/04/2024), most likely because the day and the month were swapped.
• The two English versions disagree about the roadmap for the first quarter of 2024. GameArt's text says it is coming soon and Slots 777 says it is out, yet the studio had already put it online on 11 December 2023.
• For 2023, Vid Daolio highlights the Maltese B2B licence of 6 February 2023 and Yellow Diver, the studio's first crash game, released on 14 November 2023. He adds a Yeet&Sweet promotion whose budget he bills as a record.
• For 2024, he announces classic fruit games, more Megaways™ and Hold'n Win titles, and Ancient Egyptian and Asian themes. New crash games and a Yeet&Sweet season backed by €1 million complete the list.
• Every promised family received at least one title, but two ran late. Luxor Secrets Hold'n Win arrived in mid-August 2024 instead of late March, and the next crash game open to all only came out on 24 April 2025.
• In the month of the relay, two new GameArt slots made the 7 their wild, 20 Super Sevens on 9 January 2024 and 7s Fury 20 on 16 January.
• Several answers travel from site to site. The 2024 release list resurfaces on CasinoScout.nl in May 2024, and the list of features (bonus wilds, multipliers, retriggers) on Daily Spin in October 2024.
• The interview could not foresee the March 2025 ISO certifications or the turn GameArt took in 2026, when it began publishing its own interviews under the Inside the Studio banner.
• GameArt's Maltese licence only covers its work as a supplier to operators. Playing its slots for real money depends on the casino's licence and on the law where you live.

GameArt's news section carried the Slots 777 interview on 15 January 2024. Vid Daolio, its Head of Account Management back then, had given it to Infadawork, an affiliate publisher focused on Italy. Five questions make up the exchange. They cover the studio's creative method and how to please the seasoned player as much as the weekend dabbler. Then come the milestones of 2023, market trends and the 2024 releases. There is not a single sales figure or casino name in it, and that is by design. The whole exercise looks like the window of a gaming hall first thing in the morning: everything gleams, and nothing has been used yet.

Still, a shop window has one virtue that press releases do not always have: it pins promises to a date. Almost three years later, every forward-looking sentence can be held up against the official game pages and the studio's news feed. So I ran the numbers, with a few detours the interview invites on its own. The first concerns the outlet asking the questions. The second is the technical vocabulary Vid Daolio uses without ever explaining it.

A word on where I stand, since it matters here. I have worked in affiliate marketing since 2011, the very year Infadawork opened its first site, and Kynox also lives on the revenue share that operators pay it. So I read these interviews as a fellow affiliate, quicker to spot the tricks of the trade than to forgive them.

What does Vid Daolio tell Slots 777?

Five questions and not a single figure

Vid Daolio answers Slots 777 on behalf of a Malta-registered studio founded in 2013, which builds its slots in HTML5. He credits it with two kinds of customers, online casinos and land-based venues. A sales policy he describes as flexible is supposed to connect the two.

The first two answers take us into the kitchen. Concepts start from cultural references, historical stories and fantasy worlds. Production polishes the graphics, characters and animations. The end player, he insists, remains the compass. To satisfy regulars and beginners alike, the studio says it offers a range of volatility levels. It also leans on three features he names without describing them: bonus wilds, multiplier symbols and free spin retriggers.

The third question takes stock of 2023. He cites the licence from the Maltese authority, the launch of Yellow Diver (the house's first crash game) and the Yeet&Sweet promotion. New markets and new partners follow, none of them named. The fourth credits younger generations with a taste for simpler, faster games. The EuroGambling interview had already made that case seven weeks earlier, in almost identical words. Hence, he explains, a steady flow of crash games and brightly coloured mini-games. The last question opens the 2024 notebook, which I take apart piece by piece further down.

A roadmap announced after it was already out

The most telling passage fits in a single sentence. In the text published by GameArt, Vid Daolio says the January to March 2024 release schedule will be out “very shortly”. On Slots 777, the matching answer calls it “just released”, and the Italian pages also describe a freshly published line-up. Yet the studio had put that schedule online as early as 11 December 2023, with ten releases dated from 9 January to 26 March 2024.

This gap reveals two things. The answers in GameArt's version were very probably written before 11 December 2023, around the time Vid Daolio was answering EuroGambling. The text was then reworked along the way. It is the kind of detail that changes nothing of substance and everything about method. Across the announcement breakdowns on this blog, a misplaced sentence often dates a text more reliably than its byline.

The Yeet&Sweet budget shows the same wobble. It comes up three times in the interview. Twice it reads €1,000,000. The third time, in the 2023 review, it becomes a record-breaking million with no currency attached. Nothing serious, but an attentive proofreader would have caught it.

Who is behind Slots 777?

Infadawork: an affiliate network born in July 2011

Slots 777 belongs to Infadawork OÜ. The company's legal form, the osaühing, comes from Estonian law, and GameArt calls it Italy's number one affiliate without putting a figure on it. Interviewed by SiGMA, co-founder Carlo Marafioti tells the story from the start. MachineSlotOnline.it opened in July 2011, and Slots 777 followed in 2014 to reach an international audience. The portfolio counts four sites, three Italian and one global. He also describes SEO growing harder every year, with visitor engagement now weighing on rankings.

The timeline is enough to raise a smile. Italy opened online casino games and cash poker on 18 July 2011. Online slots only became legal there in December 2012, with the first two activation Mondays falling on the 3rd and the 17th. A site whose name means “online slot machine” was therefore born seventeen months before the country's legal online slots. The name was ahead of the law.

The footers blur the picture of who owns what. Slots 777 displays Infadawork OÜ, while the Italian versions of the interview, on PathosOnline.it and Richslots.it, carry the name Tomorrowsland Limited. The two families of sites look no more alike. The English portal presents itself as a catalogue of demos, provider pages and news that takes no bets. The Italian addresses line up casino reviews and no-deposit bonus pages instead.

One last detail teaches a lesson. At the bottom of its pages, Slots 777 shows two logos of the ADM, Italy's regulator, linked to the authority's official website. A regulator's logo on an information site is neither a licence nor a guarantee. Only the regulator's own register says who is authorised, and that holds in every regulated market.

One interview under several titles

GameArt's relay links to four addresses: Slots 777 in English, then PathosOnline.it, Richslots.it and MachineSlotOnline.it in Italian. The title shifts from one address to the next, from “Nuove Frontiere nel Gioco Digitale” on PathosOnline to “Innovazioni nel Mondo del Gioco Digitale” on Richslots. Picture a single chip that changes colour every time it moves to another table.

The timestamp probably gives the English page away. Its metadata reads 1 April 2024 at 17:48, one minute after the Italian pages went live on 4 January. A mix-up between the American date format, which puts the month first, and the European one would explain everything. The publisher has not confirmed it, though. Above all, keep the principle in mind: a page's date is not the date of the words it carries. The EuroGambling page tells the same story, since it is dated July 2024 for an interview GameArt relayed at the end of November 2023.

The interview's jargon decoded for players

Vid Daolio puts forward three features to win over every type of player: bonus wilds, multiplier symbols and free spin retriggers. In one form or another, all three appear on the pages of the games GameArt released in the first quarter of 2024. You still need to know what they actually cover.

From bonus wilds to retriggers: three words from the interview

The wild, or joker, stands in for other symbols to complete a combination, though usually not for the Scatter. It becomes a bonus wild when it gains an extra power. On Great Buffalo Hold'n Win, released on 20 February 2024, wilds stick to the reels throughout the ten Free Spins. They also carry multipliers from x2 to x5, which stack up as the wins land.

A multiplier, as its name suggests, multiplies a win. Dragon King Megaways™, released on 6 February 2024, works on two levels. Wilds drop in carrying an x1, x2 or x3. Then come Free Spins whose multiplier can climb as high as x25, depending on which of seven options you choose, one of which is a random draw.

Finally, a retrigger means winning extra free spins during the Free Spins round itself, usually by landing new Scatters. It is the quietest of the three features. On Golden Furong, the game page mentions giant Scatters that add spins without ever using the word. Before you count on a retrigger, open the game rules in demo mode. The rules, not the interview, tell you how many spins a retrigger awards and whether there is a cap.

Volatility as the tempo of a slot

Volatility describes how a slot spreads out its wins, not how much it pays back overall. A low-volatility slot pays often and in small amounts. A highly volatile one lets long dry spells pass before a bigger win. It says nothing about the RTP (return to player), which you check elsewhere. I like to compare it to the weather. It does not promise more rain over the year; it tells you whether the rain will come as drizzle or as a storm.

On this point, Vid Daolio is telling the truth. The first-quarter 2024 batch covers almost the whole scale, from the very low volatility of 7s Fury 20 to the medium-high volatility of Dragon King Megaways™. In between sit 20 Super Sevens at low, and Golden Furong and Great Buffalo Hold'n Win at medium. Choose volatility to suit your budget and the session length you allow yourself, never the mirage of a big win.

Three mechanics announced for 2024

Three of the promised families rest on a mechanic rather than a theme, and each one sets its own pace.

Megaways™: a grid that changes size on every spin

On Dragon King Megaways™, each of the six reels shows a different number of symbols on every spin. Winning combinations disappear and new symbols cascade down into their place. At its peak, the grid offers 117,649 ways to win: seven symbols on each of the six reels, or 7 to the power of 6. The figure is impressive, but it describes how wins are formed, not your chances of winning. Those depend on the RTP and the volatility.

Hold'n Win: an hourglass that keeps turning over

In a Hold'n Win game, symbols carrying values stay locked in place during a series of respins. On Great Buffalo Hold'n Win, six or more fireballs trigger three respins, and every new fireball resets the counter, like an hourglass turned over again. Four jackpots are in play (Mini, Minor, Major and Grand), and the Grand goes to whoever fills all twenty positions on the grid. Luxor Secrets Hold'n Win reuses the mechanic with golden suns, on fifteen positions.

Crash games and mini-games: a round in seconds

A crash game flips the logic of the reels. A multiplier climbs until it stops at a random point, and you have to cash out before it does. Yellow Diver, live since 14 November 2023, dresses that principle up as a yellow submarine. Mini-games bet on speed too. Plinko, released on 18 June 2024, drops a ball down a pyramid of 8 to 16 rows of pegs, with three risk levels to choose from.

Speed has a cost the interview leaves out. At the same stake, a faster format pushes more money through per hour, which means more expected loss. That is why the UK Gambling Commission has required at least 2.5 seconds between two slot spins since 31 October 2021. It also banned autoplay and turbo features, as the law firm CMS explains. Before you launch these formats, in demo mode or for real money where the law allows it, set your time and loss limits. That is the one setting that stays in your hands.

The 2024 promises checked against the calendar

Vid Daolio makes eight commitments for 2024, counting the mini-games he mentions in his answer on trends. All eight got under way. Two of them ran late. The Egyptian Hold'n Win scheduled for 26 March 2024 only saw daylight on 13 August. And no new crash game opened to every operator before 24 April 2025. Cash up at closing time and this is what the till shows.

For a PR exercise, the record is honest. Of the ten titles on the early-year schedule, nine kept their date. The only exception, Luxor Secrets Hold'n Win, ran four and a half months late. One title from the quarter fits none of the families he named: Clover Goes Wild, an Irish-themed slot released on 12 March 2024. The full list, sorted by family, appears in my breakdown of the interview GameArt gave EuroGambling.

The shakiest promise remains the one about crash games. Fury Penguins, shown at ICE London in February 2024, was designed exclusively for BlueOcean Gaming and is missing from the studio's public collection. It took Electric Power Play for a new crash game to join the library open to everyone. Fifteen months separate the promise from its public delivery. That is a long wait for a studio that claimed, in July 2026, to release around one game a month.

What the interview could not announce matters as well. In March 2025, GameArt obtained ISO 9001 and ISO 27001:2022 certification. In 2026, Gašper Žun is the one speaking as CEO. As for Vid Daolio, still quoted with his Head of Account Management title in April 2024, none of the interviews the studio relayed afterwards mentions his name.

The same score replayed from site to site

Between November 2023 and August 2025, GameArt's news feed relayed eight interviews given to gambling sites. Several answers pass from one to another almost untouched.

The reuse is hard to miss. The 2024 release list comes back almost word for word in the interview relayed on 8 May 2024, and the list of features in the one published on 18 October 2024. Repetition is no scandal. A studio that answers eight sites in about twenty months recycles its talking points, the way a croupier repeats the same calls at every table. It does change the value of the information, though. An answer that turns up in the Netherlands as well as in Italy describes the studio's strategy, never a market.

In 2026, the microphone changes hands. On 17 July, GameArt published the first edition of Inside the Studio, an in-house interview with its CEO Gašper Žun. A second edition followed on 7 August, devoted to what keeps a Hold'n Win slot going. As of 29 October 2026, its feed relays no interview given to an affiliate site this year. On Kynox, the studio's other interviews are read with one constant rule: separate the talk, which sets out a strategy, from what the game pages prove.

The triple seven: from the site's sign to GameArt's reels

The name Slots 777 refers to the king of fruit-machine combinations, three sevens in a row, and GameArt mines that very vein. In January 2024, when the interview was relayed, the lucky number played the wild in two of its new releases.

The two titles do not give it quite the same job. 20 Super Sevens, released on 9 January 2024, turns it into a symbol with two hats: it is both wild and Scatter. The grid has five reels and 20 lines, with low volatility. 7s Fury 20, launched on 16 January, makes it the wild and leaves the Scatter role to the star, with stacked symbols and very low volatility. The genre is no passing fad at GameArt. 40 Super Blazing Sevens came before them in July 2023, 40 Splendid Sevens was released on 25 August 2026, and Bursting Crowns 40 relit the fruit-machine neons on 27 October 2026.

The game pages hold two surprises. The one for 20 Super Sevens exists in thirteen languages, while 7s Fury 20 makes do with English only. Both games also offer a Gamble feature that doubles or quadruples a win. On 40 Super Blazing Sevens, the game page explains the rule. You bet on a card's colour to double and on its suit to quadruple, which in theory gives you a one-in-two and a one-in-four chance. A double-or-nothing gamble does not make a slot more generous. It turns a small win you already hold into one more bet.

Nobody owns the triple seven. GameArt is not alone in keeping the flame alive, and other guardians of the triple seven serve up cherries and bells on screen, sometimes on even shorter grids. What sets them apart lies in the detail: the number of lines, the role given to the 7, and whether a Gamble feature is on offer.

What the interview means for players

There is no single rulebook for the whole map. Gambling has no sector-specific EU law, and each member state organises its own market, as the European Commission explains. Some countries allow every type of game online, while others only allow betting, poker or casino games. The patchwork is just as wide outside Europe.

So whether you can play the slots Vid Daolio mentions for real money depends on two things: the licence held by the casino and the rules of the country you connect from. The studio's own B2B licence covers the supply of games to operators, nothing more. Kynox's casino filters work on the same principle, since they are geolocated and only list online casinos that are legal where you are. To size up the provider with Slovenian teams, its licence and the breadth of its library, start from its profile page rather than its interviews. After that, three habits will do.

• Check: the grid, the lines and the volatility are listed on the official game page. That is where you compare two slots, not in an interview.
• Open: the game rules, available in demo mode, tell you whether the Free Spins can retrigger and how the Gamble works.
• Limit: a time and an amount set before your first spin are worth more than any promise about pace.

The next Inside the Studio will announce releases and trends of its own. Keep the calendar reflex: a studio's promise is only worth the date you can hold against it three years later, official game page in hand.

FAQs:

Who gave the Slots 777 interview for GameArt?

Vid Daolio, who at the time looked after the studio's client accounts as Head of Account Management. Conducted by Infadawork, the interview first came out in Italian on 4 January 2024, and GameArt relayed it on 15 January.

What is Slots 777?

Infadawork OÜ's international portal, launched in 2014. It offers slot demos, provider pages and news, and it takes no bets.

Who is behind Infadawork?

Carlo Marafioti, its co-founder, and a partner whose first name is Michael. The network started in July 2011 with MachineSlotOnline.it and runs four sites, three of them Italian.

Why is the Slots 777 page dated 1 April 2024?

Its technical timestamp falls one minute after that of the Italian versions published on 4 January 2024. Most likely, someone swapped the day and the month, a point Slots 777 has not confirmed.

What releases did GameArt announce for 2024?

The studio promised fruit games, more Megaways™ and Hold'n Win titles, Ancient Egypt and Asian settings, further crash games and a new season of Yeet&Sweet tournaments worth €1 million.

Did GameArt keep its 2024 promises?

Largely, yes. Of the ten titles planned for January to March 2024, only one missed its date: Luxor Secrets Hold'n Win, pushed back to 13 August. A new crash game open to everyone did not arrive until April 2025.

What is a Free Spins retrigger?

A retrigger extends the free spins round in progress, as Scatters that land during the Free Spins add more spins. How many spins you get, and any limit on them, is set out in the game rules.

Can you play GameArt slots for real money?

Only at an online casino licensed for the country you play from. GameArt holds a supplier licence in Malta, which says nothing about whether a given casino may accept your bets. Demo versions, played with virtual credits, let you try a slot without staking money.

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