Bluberi online casinos: licensed operators and Devil's Lock

Key facts about Bluberi as a game provider

• Profile: Bluberi Gaming designs slot machines and the cabinets that house them. Founded in Drummondville (Quebec) in 1994, the manufacturer is now headquartered in Las Vegas and had 275 employees in September 2025.
• Move online: Bragg Gaming Group adapts and distributes a selection of its titles online under an exclusive agreement signed in November 2021. ODDSworks is set to launch a new wave on its BETguard server towards the end of 2026, and Bluberi announced an iGaming studio in Montreal on 20 August 2026.
• CASINO button: it only shows online casinos authorised where your IP address places you, and only if they offer Bluberi. If the list stays empty, no casino can legally offer you its games from your jurisdiction.
• Legal markets: real-money online casinos are licensed in only some countries, US states and Canadian provinces. Everywhere else, the CASINO button stays empty.
• Licences: the manufacturer claims 213 active licences across 195 jurisdictions, according to its press release of 8 January 2026. Nevada granted its manufacturer and distributor licences on 25 September 2025, and its online versions rely on the licences held by its distributors.
• Online offer: Bragg's selection includes twelve slots as of 12 October 2026, among them Devil's Lock, Shark's Lock and Emperor Mystery. Berry Bucks, Colada Cash and Cash Raccoons are expected at ODDSworks.
• RTP: it ranges from 95.00% to 96.01% across the ten online titles that publish it, with a median of 95.21%. Emperor Mystery (96.01%) edges out Devil's Lock (96.00%) by a hundredth of a point.
• Devil's Lock: launched on casino floors in 2022, this game with 15 independent reels became Bluberi's star title and spawned the Lock series. Its Slice 'N Dice spin-off won an award at the EKG Slot Awards 2025.
• Land-based library: the official site lists 143 entries on its All Games page. Of these, 95 carry the Class III tag, 90 the Class II tag and 20 the HHR tag (historical horse racing), since one game can serve several markets.
• Demo: Bluberi publishes no demo on its official website, which is why this page has no GAMES filter.
• Owner: funds managed by The Catalyst Capital Group, a Toronto private equity firm, have owned Bluberi since 2019, and Andrew Burke has run the company since 13 January 2020. The restructuring that began in 2015 led to Supreme Court of Canada ruling 2020 SCC 10, which lawyers call the Bluberi case.
• Grey areas: neither Bluberi nor its distributors publish the list of connected casinos, and the online offer is limited to twelve titles against 143 land-based entries.

Bluberi: the Quebec-born maker of Devil's Lock

Bluberi Gaming is a North American manufacturer of slot machines, cabinets and game content, founded in Drummondville (Quebec) in 1994 and now headquartered in Las Vegas. Long confined to the bingo-based Class II floors of American tribal casinos, the company changed scale in 2022 with Devil's Lock and its grinning little devil. It now claims more than 12,000 machines sold across North America. Online, its titles travel two separate roads. One is the Bragg group's network, under a deal signed in November 2021. The other is ODDSworks' BETguard server, which is due to host a new wave of releases towards the end of 2026. If you are looking for a Bluberi online casino, the CASINO button at the top of this page only lists operators licensed in the jurisdiction you are connecting from. All the data below was collected on 12 October 2026 from the official website, from Bluberi's distributors and from public registers.

Where to play Bluberi online in 2026?

To play Bluberi for real money, you need an online casino connected to one of its two distributors, Bragg or ODDSworks, and licensed in your jurisdiction. As of 12 October 2026, Bragg's Bluberi selection shows twelve titles adapted for online play, Devil's Lock included. ODDSworks, meanwhile, is preparing Berry Bucks, Colada Cash and Cash Raccoons for the end of the year. No casino holds a “Bluberi licence”. The manufacturer supplies the games, and the operator answers for its own authorisation before the regulator of its market.

How the CASINO button on this page works

On Kynox Casino, the CASINO button relies on your IP address. It only displays operators authorised in the country, state or province you are browsing from, and it hides all the others, whatever bonuses they dangle. An empty CASINO filter means that no online casino offering Bluberi is legally available from where you are. There is no hidden list, no private access and no link to request by email.

The word “certified” covers two very different checks here. Each game must first be approved for the market where it is offered, and the operator hosting it must then hold a licence for that same market. I check the second condition casino by casino, from the outside, by comparing the licence on display with the regulator's register. A regulator's logo in a footer proves nothing until the number turns up in the official register.

Why might the list be empty where you live?

An empty list is not a glitch. Many countries still refuse to license real-money online casinos or reserve them for a state-owned operator, while others only allow sports betting, horse racing or poker online. Even Bluberi's international expansion plans, set out in its 5 February 2025 review, target physical casino floors rather than the web. From restricted countries, Kynox Casino therefore shows no online casino at all, and that is deliberate.

North American markets to watch

ODDSworks' upcoming releases should reach regulated North American operators first. The BETguard server and its O-Connect aggregation layer are licensed or approved in Connecticut, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. They are also cleared in Ontario, Alberta and Quebec, according to ODDSworks' press release of 26 September 2026. The same aggregator has already launched an omnichannel provider from the United Kingdom in Michigan and West Virginia, proof that the pipeline works. American players who see Bluberi arrive will simply need to check that their state allows online casinos, which remains the exception rather than the rule.

In Canada, everything depends on the province. Ontario and, since summer 2026, Alberta welcome licensed private operators, whereas Quebec keeps online casino gaming for the platform of its state-owned lottery corporation. On these Canadian sites, direct payment from a Canadian bank account ranks among the most common deposit methods. Bragg also named Bluberi in a press release dated 20 February 2025. It listed the manufacturer among the partners of its Powered by Bragg programme whose titles were due to reach the Quebec state corporation's platform.

Bragg and ODDSworks take Bluberi from the floor to the screen

Bluberi has never launched an online platform under its own name. The company chose to entrust its titles to remote game server specialists, first Bragg and then ODDSworks, before opening its own digital studio in 2026.

The 2021 licensing deal with Bragg

The first deal dates back to autumn 2021. On 8 November, Bragg Gaming Group announced an exclusive worldwide content licensing agreement with Bluberi, billed as a five-year deal in the headline of the release. The web adaptation was entrusted to an experienced team led by Doug Fallon, Bragg's head of content and founder of the Las Vegas studio behind Dragon Power. The release promised a first North American rollout in 2022, before an expansion into Europe and Canada.

Bluberi now ranks among the partners of the Powered by Bragg programme, which distributes the creations of third-party studios under the group's licences. Its titles sit alongside those of Bragg's in-house studio in Las Vegas. All of them run through the group's licensed infrastructure, including the Maltese licence MGA/B2B/298/2015 held by Oryx Gaming Limited. For a manufacturer without an online supplier licence in its own name, it was the shortest route to regulated operators.

Twelve titles in Bragg's Bluberi selection

For now, Bluberi's online offer fits on a single page. As of 12 October 2026, the Bluberi page on Bragg's website presents twelve titles, all on a 5x3 or 5x4 grid. Ten of them display an RTP, the theoretical share of stakes paid back to players over the long run.

The range is narrow, from 95.00% to 96.01%, with a median of 95.21% across the ten published values. These versions are served from the platform that runs Bluberi's online versions under the studio code BBR. Their help files declare 27 language codes, including two for French (FRA and FRC). The versions on record date from 13 May 2026 for eleven titles and from 31 July 2026 for Emperor Mystery.

The ODDSworks partnership announced in April 2026

The second channel opened in spring 2026. On 29 April, Bluberi and ODDSworks announced a strategic partnership in online gaming to develop, deploy and distribute Bluberi's portfolio on the BETguard server. This server brings bonusing tools, free spins and jackpots designed for real-money play. Scott Richards, Bluberi's vice president of online gaming, sees it as an important step in the company's digital strategy.

ODDSworks presented Berry Bucks, Colada Cash and Cash Raccoons at the G2E show in Las Vegas, held from 29 September to 1 October 2026. All three are due online towards the end of the year. On this server, Bluberi will rub shoulders with a provider already distributed by ODDSworks in North America and a Swedish studio that set out to conquer North America with ODDSworks. For regulated operators, it will be one more access point to titles that have already proven themselves on casino floors.

The Montreal iGaming studio

The third stage of the rocket is called Montreal. On 20 August 2026, Bluberi announced three new studios, including its first iGaming studio. The iGaming studio is headed by Simon Papineau, a senior studio director with more than twenty years of experience. Its mission is to adapt the most popular land-based franchises for online play and to create digital-first titles. Bluberi thus joins a Canadian studio already well versed in online gaming in the still small circle of Canadian companies producing for the web. It remains to be seen whether the Montreal team will take over the adaptations entrusted to Bragg so far.

Another project remains on hold. On 8 May 2025, Design Works Gaming and Bluberi announced a version of Devil's Lock reworked with LuckyTap, an instant-win mechanic that DWG already runs online. No release date had been published as of 12 October 2026.

Devil's Lock and the Lock dynasty

Devil's Lock is the title that brought Bluberi out of the shadows. Launched in 2022 and designed by the research and development teams in Drummondville, the game runs on 15 independent reels loaded with prizes and jackpots. A grinning little devil can unlock them at any moment. Two pigs perched above the reels swell each time the devil appears, and each one can award six free games, with the devil staying locked for the whole session. In late 2024, columnist Buddy Frank described it in CDC Gaming Reports as the slot industry's newest hit theme.

Success spawned a real dynasty. Shark's Lock, released in early 2024, became the fastest-selling title in the company's history. Devil's Lock All In followed, previewed in April 2024 at a large tribal resort in Southern California. The Slice 'N Dice versions then grafted a waterline beneath the main grid, and Devil's Lock Slice 'N Dice won the award for most innovative floor game at the EKG Slot Awards 2025. These sequels stack up tiers in the manner of designers of multi-tier progressive jackpots, with a Major Jackpot promised to whoever fills a 5x5 grid. In 2026, Imperial Lock Dragon carried the formula into an Asian setting, with three progressive jackpots and a Blackout Jackpot.

What the online version of Devil's Lock reveals

The version distributed by Bragg shows a 96.00% RTP, low volatility and a 5x3 grid. Only Emperor Mystery does better in this selection, by a hundredth of a point. Bragg publishes no detailed page for this title, and I could not verify that every feature of the floor version survived the port. To get familiar with this kind of mechanic, Hold & Spin jackpots to try from other studios remain the best school, without risking a single cent. You will find the same locked coins and respins that give the Lock family its flavour.

The devil has also conquered historical horse racing. After an intellectual property licensing deal with Exacta Systems in November 2022, Devil's Lock made its HHR debut in October 2023 at a New Hampshire casino, then in Kentucky the following month. Bluberi publishes no demo on its official website, so free demos from providers that publish them are the only practice ground available on Kynox Casino. For that reason, this page offers no GAMES filter.

What does the Bluberi portfolio include?

The Bluberi library counts 143 entries on the official site's All Games page as of 12 October 2026. Of these, 29 have a public page and 114 point to the area reserved for logged-in customers. The entries cover three land-based markets, namely Class II, Class III and historical horse racing, which the industry calls HHR. The site's filters tag 95 titles as Class III, 90 of which are also available in Class II, plus 20 HHR-compatible titles. Another 48 older entries carry no tag at all.

Three land-based markets with three different rulebooks

In the United States, Class II covers bingo and its electronic derivatives operated by Native American tribes under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988. That is why terminals that look exactly like slot machines are actually drawing bingo cards behind the scenes. Class III means casino machines in the traditional sense, governed by compacts between tribes and states or by the laws of commercial-gaming states. Finally, historical horse racing relies on pari-mutuel bets on races that have already been run, dressed up as spinning reels. Bluberi moved into Class II in 2006 and into Class III in 2012, and its first HHR titles arrived in 2023.

Mechanics with a signature style

A handful of mechanics keep coming back from one title to the next. Hold & Spin and credit prizes placed directly on the reels, which Bluberi calls Cash-on-Reels, shape most recent releases. They often come with pots to fill, each one triggering a different bonus. Berry Bucks pushes the idea further with three pots and a meter that signals when all three bonuses trigger at once. Xìng Fú 888, for its part, lets players pick their Lucky Spot among fifteen positions. This grammar brings Bluberi closer to video slot makers moving from land-based floors to the web, whose games must work as well on a casino cabinet as on a phone. The Jumbo version of Timber Jack even adds a physical gesture, with two independent PLAY buttons each linked to a pot.

The Beacon and Novus cabinets

The Beacon family

According to Bluberi, the Beacon range grew out of more than 400 hours of research. Beacon+ brings 360-degree lighting from the base to the top screen and a 49-inch monitor rated at 620 nits. Beacon Elite has served as the premium showcase since April 2024, and Beacon Jumbo bets on a curved 75-inch 4K touchscreen. At G2E 2026, Bluberi launched the Beacon 55 Elite and Beacon+ SoundWave. The latter is a bank of cabinets whose audio was designed with Soen Audio, the company's partner for eight years. According to the Patents page updated on 15 July 2025, the Beacon cabinet design is protected by US design patent D1,124,141, while the Jumbo and Beacon 55 designs are still pending.

Novus b49 and mechanical reels

Unveiled at G2E 2021, the Novus b49 pairs a 49-inch vertical 4K monitor with the in-house Bluberi Dragon game board and the Unity engine. Before the Beacon wave, Bluberi also explored physical reels. Reels of Steel was designed with bZillions for a Big Mech cabinet over nine feet tall, followed by the Phoenix Stepper shown in 2023. Part of the repertoire stays loyal to three-reel machines inherited from casino floors, with three-reel, five-line variants such as American Stars 3R5L or Fire King 3R5L. Both worlds still live side by side in the site's filters.

Bluberi licences and jurisdictions

On the regulatory front, Bluberi now plays in the big leagues. The manufacturer claims 213 active licences across 195 jurisdictions in its 8 January 2026 press release on Nevada. The count has climbed fast, since the company held only 66 in 2019 and added 29 new jurisdictions in 2024 alone. Nevada was the big prize. The Nevada Gaming Commission approved its manufacturer and distributor licences on 25 September 2025, as reported by CDC Gaming Reports, which also cites the 2019 figure. The first machines were installed in the south of the state in late December 2025.

No online supplier licence in Bluberi's name appears in the documents consulted as of 12 October 2026. Its digital versions run under its distributors' authorisations, Bragg's for the current selection and ODDSworks' for the wave announced for the end of the year. That is what keeps the CASINO button consistent, since the operator, the distributor and the regulator must all line up on the same market.

From Labtronix to Catalyst Capital

Bluberi's legal history is more turbulent than its little devils. The Careers page recalls that the company was born in Drummondville in the early 1990s and has gone by several names, including Blitz and Technologies Labtronix. Searched on 12 October 2026, Canada's Business Registries keep track of this lineage through companies registered in Drummondville, Toronto or Las Vegas.

An insolvency that became case law

In 2012, Callidus Capital granted Bluberi a $24 million credit facility, partly secured by a pledge of shares. In 2015, the company sought protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, accusing its lender of having taken de facto control of its decisions. The following year, Callidus took over almost all the assets by extinguishing part of its debt. The debtor company, renamed 9354-9186 Québec inc., kept a claim of more than $200 million against Callidus.

The case went all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada, which ruled on 23 January 2020 and published its reasons on 8 May 2020. In its case in brief for ruling 2020 SCC 10, the Court sums up why the supervising judge could set aside Callidus's vote and approve third-party litigation funding without a creditors' vote. Canadian lawyers still commonly refer to this decision as the Bluberi case, now a benchmark for litigation funding in insolvency.

Who owns Bluberi today?

According to the latest public documents, Bluberi belongs to funds managed by The Catalyst Capital Group, a Toronto private equity firm that bought the company from Callidus in 2019. The filing presented to the Maryland gaming commission in September 2019 details the ownership chain. Bluberi Gaming USA Inc., incorporated in Delaware in April 2016 as BGT III Inc. and renamed in May 2017, appears there as a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Bluberi Gaming Canada Inc. Three Catalyst funds hold that company with stakes of 20.91%, 63.38% and 15.71%.

The same document states that The Catalyst Capital Group is 83% owned by Newton Glassman and 17% by Gabriel de Alba. Callidus had taken control of Bluberi in February 2017, then sold its shares to the Catalyst funds for $92.7 million. One reason was that one of Callidus's shareholders did not meet the disclosure requirements of certain regulators, including Maryland's. In September 2025, Andrew Burke was still presenting Catalyst as a partner ready to fund growth.

A leadership team schooled at the big manufacturers

Andrew Burke has led Bluberi since 13 January 2020. He came from PlayAGS, where he had overseen gaming products in the United States and Canada and helped with the AGS takeover of Cadillac Jack. The target, Amaya Americas Corporation, then belonged to the Pointe-Claire group later absorbed by Flutter, a detail that already ties Bluberi to another big Quebec name in gaming. Since then, his creed has fitted into a single house motto: becoming the easiest company to do business with.

Around him, the management team lines up defectors from the biggest manufacturers. Mike Brennan, chief product officer since February 2022, spent more than sixteen years at Atronic and GTech, within the manufacturer into which Atronic and GTech eventually merged. Casey Whalen has been chief commercial officer since June 2020 and Steve Kohon chief operating officer since 1 March 2024. Both come from Konami. Billy Register serves as chief financial officer.

Scott Richards joined in April 2024 after eighteen years at three major manufacturers and now holds the title of vice president of online gaming. Mike McKiski came on board in May 2025 as senior vice president of sales. He had previously run global table games at the American giant renamed Light & Wonder and held leadership roles at AGS and Interblock. In my view, this cast largely explains the speed of the expansion, because everyone arrived with a contact book full of operators.

Seven locations and a constellation of studios

Bluberi employed 275 people in September 2025 according to CDC Gaming Reports, up from 200 spread across five offices in May 2024. The organisation relies on autonomous studios, a strategy Mike Brennan justifies by the wish to stop any single studio from turning into a game factory. You will find the same multi-workshop logic in several reviews of North American manufacturers and their rivals, from Las Vegas to Sydney. The table below maps each location and its role.

What the official website leaves lying around

A provider's website says a lot about how rigorous the company is. Bluberi's site is lively, bilingual and rich in press releases, but it piles up approximations that I noted on 12 October 2026.

I admit I smiled at the “Niche à chien Beacon+” page (Beacon+ dog kennel), published on 31 March 2025. It presents a cabinet for dogs with paw-sized buttons, a treat dispenser that pays out with every jackpot and three exclusive titles, including Poodle Payouts. This April Fools' joke has vanished from the English version of the site, but it lives on in the French version, written in English and still online. In an industry that often takes itself very seriously, this kind of wink makes the company likeable to me, provided the pranks are put away once the party is over.

Namesakes to keep apart

The name invites confusion. Bluberi has nothing to do with Blueprint Gaming, the British studio with an almost identical name. Nor is it linked to Bluberi Hi Inc., a company from Stratford (Ontario) incorporated in 2020, or to a former beauty salon in Aurora. In the Canadian register, only the Drummondville, Toronto and Las Vegas companies listed above belong to the manufacturer's lineage.

My take on Bluberi

In fifteen years of affiliate work, I have seen plenty of land-based manufacturers promise the web and then lose their way. Bluberi sets off with real assets: a crowd-pleasing title, rare regulatory depth with its 195 jurisdictions and two recognised distributors. Yet its online library remains tiny, with twelve titles at Bragg against 143 land-based entries and RTPs that top out at 96.01%.

What holds me back more is the lack of an official demo and the blur around which operators are actually connected. Neither Bragg nor ODDSworks publishes the list of casinos offering Bluberi, and I do not rebuild it by guesswork. Many rival studios display their RTPs and certified markets right on the game page, and this silence weighs on trust. The real test will come at the end of 2026, when Berry Bucks, Colada Cash and Cash Raccoons reach ODDSworks' first operators.

One question remains open, and nobody is settling it publicly. The Bragg deal, presented in 2021 as exclusive and five years long, reaches its theoretical end in November 2026, at the very moment ODDSworks announces the next wave. Is it a simple matter of timing or a change of course? No statement answers that as of 12 October 2026, and I will update this review as soon as a press release clears up the doubt.

Bluberi timeline

FAQ: Bluberi

What is Bluberi Gaming?

Bluberi Gaming is a North American slot machine manufacturer founded in 1994 in Drummondville (Quebec). Now based in Las Vegas, it sells its games and cabinets mainly to land-based casinos in the United States and Canada. A small part of its repertoire is adapted for online casinos by specialist distributors.

How do Bluberi games reach online casinos?

Bluberi games go through distributors that already hold online gaming licences. Bragg Gaming Group, tied to the manufacturer by an exclusive licensing agreement announced on 8 November 2021, currently distributes a selection of twelve titles. ODDSworks is set to open a second channel on its BETguard server towards the end of 2026, following a partnership agreed on 29 April 2026.

Which online casinos offer Bluberi slots?

The online casinos that offer Bluberi are the ones shown by the CASINO button at the top of this page. Kynox Casino only keeps operators licensed in the jurisdiction of your IP address, whether that is a country, a US state or a Canadian province. An empty list means that no legal operator offers Bluberi where you are connecting from.

Can you play Bluberi online in every country?

No, real-money online casinos are only licensed in some jurisdictions. Many countries ban them outright, reserve them for a state-owned operator or only allow sports betting, horse racing or poker online. From those countries, no legal site offers Bluberi slots, and the CASINO button on this page stays empty.

Is Bluberi Gaming a licensed manufacturer?

Yes, Bluberi Gaming is licensed as a manufacturer and supplier of games for land-based casinos. The company claimed 213 active licences across 195 jurisdictions on 8 January 2026, including the manufacturer and distributor licences granted by the Nevada Gaming Commission on 25 September 2025. Online, its titles are covered by its distributors' licences, and each casino must hold its own operator licence.

Which Bluberi games can you find online?

As of 12 October 2026, Bluberi's online selection distributed by Bragg includes twelve slots. Among them are Devil's Lock, Shark's Lock, Emperor Mystery, Fortune Filler and Dragons Legacy. Berry Bucks, Colada Cash and Cash Raccoons are due to follow at ODDSworks towards the end of the year. The official website lists 143 game entries in total, designed first and foremost for casino floors.

What is Devil's Lock?

Devil's Lock is Bluberi's flagship slot machine, launched on casino floors in 2022. Its 15 independent reels carry prizes and jackpots, and the appearance of a grinning little devil can unlock them on any spin. Its success spawned a whole series, from Shark's Lock to Imperial Lock Dragon. Online, Bragg distributes a version with a 96.00% RTP and low volatility.

What RTP do Bluberi online slots offer?

Bluberi online slots show an RTP between 95.00% and 96.01% as of 12 October 2026, with a median of 95.21% across the ten Bragg titles that publish it. RTP, or return to player, is the share of stakes a game pays back in theory over a very large number of rounds. Emperor Mystery and Devil's Lock sit at the top of the range.

Is there a free demo of Bluberi games?

Bluberi publishes no free demo on its official website, so this page offers no GAMES filter. To get familiar with the locked coins and respins of the Lock series, try the free Hold & Spin slot demos from other providers available on Kynox Casino instead.

Who owns Bluberi Gaming?

Bluberi Gaming belongs to funds managed by The Catalyst Capital Group, a private equity firm based in Toronto. According to the filing presented to the Maryland regulator in 2019, these funds bought the company from Callidus Capital, the former lender that had taken control of it in 2017. Andrew Burke, a PlayAGS alumnus, has run the manufacturer since 13 January 2020.

Sources:

• Bluberi, 5 February 2025 review on the 10,000-machine milestone
• Bluberi, 8 January 2026 press release on the Nevada licence
• Bluberi, ODDSworks partnership of 29 April 2026
• Bluberi, three new studios announced on 20 August 2026
• Bluberi, Patents page
• Bluberi, Contact page
• ODDSworks, G2E press release of 26 September 2026
• Bragg Gaming Group, licensing agreement with Bluberi of 8 November 2021
• Bragg Gaming Group, 20 February 2025 press release on the Powered by Bragg programme in Quebec
• Bragg Gaming Group, Bluberi page
• Supreme Court of Canada, case in brief for 2020 SCC 10
• Osler, analysis of the Bluberi case of 12 May 2020
• Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, Bluberi Gaming USA filing of September 2019
• European Gaming, sale of Bluberi Gaming Canada to the Catalyst funds in June 2019
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