Last year, it was announced that Marvel slots would be pulled from online casinos. Now, the day has finally come, as several online gambling sites are no longer carrying the popular branded games. The issue came about shortly after Disney acquired Marvel. It was an interesting business decision, since Marvel had taken a more mature approach to its films in recent years.
Since Disney is such a family-friendly company, you can expect that it would not be entirely pleased about associating with the gambling market. “Marvel discontinued plans to initiate or renew slot machine licensing arrangements as part of its integration with Disney,” a spokesperson for Marvel said, as we reported previously. “The handful of remaining license agreements have expiration dates within the next few years.”
The casinos that will be most affected by the withdrawal are sites that operate on PlayTech and Cryptologic software. Since these two developers were the main manufacturers of Marvel pokies, sites that are powered on their software will be losing a significant portion of their most popular titles. Another operator that has announced it will no longer carry Marvel-themed pokies is 888.
The company has stated that it plans on creating new games that will be similar to Marvel pokies and appeal to the same audience. There is no word on what themes this will include, but we have some idea. There are plenty of popular superhero characters that are not included in the Marvel universe.
Batman, Spawn, Superman, The Watchmen, Wonder Woman, Conan the Barbarian and Scott Pilgrim are just a few comic boo heroes that would make great themes for online pokies. The news is still quite underground, as it is unlikely that operators want to broadcast that some of their most popular online pokies are no longer available.
So, if you cannot find your favourite Marvel pokie at your online casino of choice, you’ll know why.
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