It was back in 2015 when Big Time Gaming released their Dragon Born Megaways slot, which would turn out to be a defining moment for both the Australian software provider and the iGaming industry as a whole. It would be fair to say that Dragon Born was an interesting slot, but one that wasn’t quite the complete package, with a couple of extra ingredients still needed to create a winning formula. The stardust was then sprinkled by team BTG, Bonanza Megaways was released, and the recipe was finally perfected. Fast forward to the modern day, and casino lobbies are awash with Megaways slots now played by hundreds of thousands of players around the globe. Today, we’re focusing on the UK market, and as a bit of fun, we’re going to drill down into the numbers to find the ultimate city in the UK where Megaways reigns supreme.
A Quick Intro & What We Did
We’ve always loved the Megaways engine here at Demoslot from the very first release, so we thought it would be fun to see how popular the reel modifying mechanic still is around the UK and which city could lay claim to the Megaways throne. So, how do you go about trying to find out such a thing? Let me explain.
We picked the top 50 most populated cities in the UK, according to the last UK Census in 2021. The next task was to get some official search numbers, so we went to the most accurate online source, Google Keyword Planner. After we’d inputted the search data for each city, the next task was to put them all on a level playing field, so we normalised the data per 100,000 people to get our final and decisive figures.
The Results Are In
After crunching the numbers, we have a winner, but let’s list the top 10 cities in the UK where Megaways is the most popular.
- Bolton 🥇
- Middlesbrough 🥈
- Hull 🥉
- Newcastle
- Sunderland
- Warrington
- Peterborough
- Liverpool
- Leeds
- Swansea
Final Overview
There we have it; not just famous for the likes of Peter Kay, Vernon Kay and a league one football club, Bolton can now proudly boast to be the Megaways capital of the UK. These online slot players certainly know their Vikings Unleashed Megaways from their Centurion Megaways and have their finger on the pulse of one of the most entertaining slot mechanics to be released in the last decade. Don’t forget you can keep up to date with all the latest Megaways and slot releases here on our site, where we have a comprehensive list of demo slots to play, each containing a full game review.