New Casinos 2026: Launch Data for International Brands

New casinos, in this directory, are international casino brands that opened to Nordic players during 2026, together with brands that are registered but not yet open. As of 7 October 2026 we track nine new live brands, from Spinju (around March 2026) to Shockz (terms dated 16 September 2026), all licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority except Gigasino, which holds an Anjouan licence. This page gives each brand’s launch evidence, operator, licence, welcome terms, payments and limits, plus a table of announced brands that have not opened yet.

1. 1
   SH

   Shockz

   Up to EUR 1,244 + 1,244 free spins over 6 deposits + up to 15% cashback

   • Newest brand in the directory: terms v1.0 dated 16 September 2026
   • Casino and sportsbook
   • MGA licence (EU)

   ★ 4.4/5 · Licence: Malta Gaming Authority MGA/B2C/1118/2025 (Ludaro Limited, Malta)

   Visit site18+. Min deposit EUR 20. Wagering 40x (deposit + bonus). Max bet EUR 5. Bonus must be wagered within 48 hours. Free spins have no wagering, winnings capped at EUR 1,000 per stage. Max conversion 5x bonus. Live casino and table games do not count. Welcome offer not available in Finland. T&Cs apply.
2. 2
   SP

   Spinskull

   Up to EUR 1,200 + 1,200 free spins over 6 deposits + up to 15% cashback

   • Launched around July 2026
   • Welcome offer not closed to Finland
   • MGA licence (EU)

   ★ 4.3/5 · Licence: Malta Gaming Authority MGA/B2C/1118/2025 (Ludaro Limited, Malta)

   Visit site18+. Min deposit EUR 20. Wagering 40x (deposit + bonus). Max bet EUR 5. Bonus must be wagered within 48 hours. Free spins have no wagering, winnings capped at EUR 1,000 per stage. Max conversion 5x bonus. Live casino and table games do not count. T&Cs apply.
3. 3
   SL

   SlotSpice

   Up to EUR 1,100 + 1,100 free spins over 6 deposits + up to 15% cashback

   • Launched around June 2026
   • Cashback 10% up to 15%
   • MGA licence (EU)

   ★ 4.3/5 · Licence: Malta Gaming Authority MGA/B2C/1118/2025 (Ludaro Limited, Malta)

   Visit site18+. Min deposit EUR 20. Wagering 40x (deposit + bonus). Max bet EUR 5. Bonus must be wagered within 48 hours. Free spins have no wagering, winnings capped at EUR 1,000 per stage. Max conversion 5x bonus. Live casino and table games do not count. Welcome offer not available in Finland. T&Cs apply.
4. 4
   QU

   Quickz

   Up to EUR 1,150 + 1,111 free spins over 6 deposits + up to 20% weekly cashback

   • Launched around May 2026
   • Cashback up to 20%, sportsbook
   • MGA licence (EU)

   ★ 4.5/5 · Licence: Malta Gaming Authority MGA/B2C/1118/2025 (Ludaro Limited, Malta)

   Visit site18+. Min deposit EUR 20. Wagering 40x (deposit + bonus). Max bet EUR 5. Bonus must be wagered within 48 hours. Free spins have no wagering, winnings capped at EUR 1,000 per stage. Max conversion 5x bonus. Live casino and table games do not count. Welcome offer not available in Finland. T&Cs apply.
5. 5
   HU

   Huzzlin

   Up to EUR 1,050 + 1,150 free spins over 6 deposits + up to 20% weekly cashback

   • Launched around April 2026
   • 10% cashback for every player
   • MGA licence (EU)

   ★ 4.3/5 · Licence: Malta Gaming Authority MGA/B2C/1118/2025 (Ludaro Limited, Malta)

   Visit site18+. Min deposit EUR 20. Wagering 40x (deposit + bonus). Max bet EUR 5. Bonus must be wagered within 48 hours. Free spins have no wagering, winnings capped at EUR 1,000 per stage. Max conversion 5x bonus. Live casino and table games do not count. Welcome offer not available in Finland. T&Cs apply.
6. 6
   GI

   Gigasino

   Up to EUR 1,300 + 1,355 free spins over 6 deposits

   • Terms v1.0 dated 17 August 2026
   • EUR 1,300 + 1,355 spins
   • Anjouan licence

   ★ 4.1/5 · Licence: Anjouan ALSI-202506036-FI2 (Hundise Limited, Anjouan)

   Visit site18+. Min deposit EUR 20. Wagering 40x (deposit + bonus). Max bet EUR 5. Bonus must be wagered within 48 hours. Free-spin winnings have no wagering, capped at EUR 1,000 per stage. Max conversion 5x bonus. Not available in Finland. T&Cs apply.

Launch timeline, 2024 to 2026

Brand	Operator	Licence	Launch evidence	Method
Reko Casino	Frenwall Limited	EMTA	July 2024	First web-archive capture 17 July 2024
Wizz Spin	Frenwall Limited	EMTA	December 2024	First web-archive capture 15 December 2024
Spinju	Elvel Limited	MGA/B2C/1072/2024	About March 2026	Onset of search interest
Spinara	Elvel Limited	MGA/B2C/1072/2024	About April 2026	Onset of search interest
Slamz	Elvel Limited	MGA/B2C/1072/2024	About April 2026	Onset of search interest
Huzzlin	Ludaro Limited	MGA/B2C/1118/2025	About April 2026	Onset of search interest
Quickz	Ludaro Limited	MGA/B2C/1118/2025	About May 2026	Onset of search interest
SlotSpice	Ludaro Limited	MGA/B2C/1118/2025	About June 2026	Onset of search interest
Spinskull	Ludaro Limited	MGA/B2C/1118/2025	About July 2026	Onset of search interest
Gigasino	Hundise Limited	Anjouan ALSI-202506036-FI2	August 2026 or earlier	Terms version 1.0 dated 17 August 2026
Shockz	Ludaro Limited	MGA/B2C/1118/2025	September 2026 or earlier	Terms version 1.0 dated 16 September 2026

Search-interest dates are estimates: they mark the month when people in Sweden first searched for the brand name in measurable numbers, which usually follows a launch by a few weeks. Terms dates are firmer evidence, because a casino publishes its first terms version when it opens.

New brands in numbers

Measure	Value
New live brands in 2026 (tracked)	9
Licensed in Malta (MGA)	8 (Elvel 3, Ludaro 5)
Licensed in Anjouan	1 (Gigasino)
With a sportsbook	2 (Quickz, Shockz)
With ongoing cashback	5 (Huzzlin, Quickz, SlotSpice, Spinskull, Shockz) plus weekly slots cashback at Gigasino
Welcome offer open to Finland	Spinskull only among the Ludaro brands
First-bonus wagering	40x (Ludaro, Gigasino) or 50x (Elvel) deposit + bonus
Payout caps	EUR 5,000 per 24 hours, EUR 20,000 per 30 days at all nine

Data notes on each new brand

• Shockz: Ludaro’s newest casino and its second with a sportsbook. The MGA seal lists shockz.com. Finnish players can use a Brite no-account flow, though the welcome offer excludes Finland. Spins are on Big Bass Bonanza, Fishing Whiskers and Reactoonz Blitzways.
• Gigasino: the only new brand in the table outside the EEA. Its cash stages carry 40x wagering, the spin stages pay up to 1,355 spins in total, and weekly slots cashback runs from 5% to 15% with 1x wagering. Deposit limits are set through support.
• Spinskull: the exception on Finland, with a welcome offer that does not exclude Finnish residents and a Brite no-account flow. Spins run on Book of Dead Go Collect, Pray for Six and Big Bass Splash.
• SlotSpice: styled “SlotSpice” in the lobby and “Slot Spice” in its footer. Cashback starts at 10%, higher than the 5% base at Spinskull and Shockz.
• Quickz: the most searched-for new brand in Sweden among the Ludaro set, with a sportsbook supplied by Delasport according to the licence’s supplier list, and support in Finnish as well as English.
• Huzzlin: not on its operator’s public brand roster when we checked, but live and listed on the licence. Cashback of 10% applies to every player.
• Spinara: the largest headline among the new Elvel brands, with most of the cash on the fifth deposit (100% up to EUR 1,044) and 50x wagering on the first.
• Slamz: three equal cash stages of 100% up to EUR 400 and 1,200 spins on Legacy of Dead, Book of Dead and Tome of Madness.
• Spinju: the earliest 2026 launch in the table, with EUR 1,111 and 1,111 spins on Legacy of Dead, Iron Bank 2 and Big Bass Bonanza.

Specification sheets for the new brands

The 2026 launches come first, followed by the two Frenwall brands from 2024 that the old version of this page still listed as new.

Data from each brand’s terms, welcome page, payments page and the regulator’s register, fetched from a Swedish connection on 6 and 7 October 2026.

Shockz

Gigasino

Spinskull

SlotSpice

Quickz

Huzzlin

Spinara

Slamz

Spinju

Wizz Spin

Reko Casino

Welcome offers at the new brands compared

All wagering figures apply to deposit plus bonus, with 48 hours to complete each cash bonus and a EUR 5 maximum bet. Free spins are worth EUR 0.10 and carry no wagering, with winnings capped at EUR 1,000 per stage.

Worked example: first deposit of EUR 100 at three new brands

Expected cost is a long-run average, not a forecast of one session, but it shows that the cash stage at 40x to 50x costs more in expected losses than the bonus is worth. The spin stages, with no wagering on winnings, carry no such cost.

Bonus rules shared by the new MGA brands

• Minimum qualifying deposit EUR 20 at every stage.
• Cash bonuses on the first, third and fifth deposits; spins on the second, fourth and sixth.
• Each cash bonus must be wagered within 48 hours, with a EUR 5 maximum bet.
• Bonus winnings convert to cash up to five times the bonus.
• Live casino and RNG table games do not count towards wagering.
• At the Ludaro brands, stages two to six must be opted into before depositing, and marketing consent is required to receive bonuses.
• E-wallet deposits do not qualify for bonuses.

Cashback programmes at new brands

Brands that changed licence in 2026

A brand can feel new because its licence changed even if its name did not. During 2026, several casinos that had been licensed in Malta under Infiniza Limited’s licence MGA/B2C/367/2016 moved to Hundise Limited’s Anjouan licence ALSI-202506036-FI2, with their legacy .com domains redirecting to new .io addresses.

For a Swedish player, the move turns potentially tax-free winnings (EEA) into winnings taxed at 30% of net winnings per operator and year (non-EEA). Players who joined before the move should read the new terms they accepted at login.

What to watch at a new casino in its first months

• Terms changes. New brands often revise terms quickly; Huzzlin, Quickz, SlotSpice and Spinskull were already on version 1.1, dated 4 September 2026, when we checked. Note the version you accepted.
• Payout behaviour. Start with a small withdrawal to see how the process works before you let a balance build up.
• Bonus wording. Look for differences between the banner, the bonus page and the bonus terms; where they conflict, the terms usually win.
• Support quality. Ask a specific question about the withdrawal limits and see whether the answer matches the terms.
• Regulator action. Check your regulator’s decisions for the operator name from time to time; bans can come quickly.

New casinos and Nordic regulators in 2026

New brands enter a market where Nordic regulators are more active than ever. Spelinspektionen banned Softon Ltd on 9 July 2026, naming all ten of its brands, after banning the Malta-licensed Claymore on 8 January 2026. Denmark’s courts ordered another 98 gambling sites blocked on 8 July 2026, on top of 334 in 2025. Norway’s DNS blocking, available since 1 January 2025, began with 57 sites on 1 April 2025. Finland’s National Police Board opened licence applications on 1 March 2026 for a market that starts on 1 July 2027. None of the new brands in our table has been named in a Nordic decision we could find, but none holds a Nordic licence either. That means Spelpaus and ROFUS do not reach them, payments can be blocked in Norway and Finland, and the tax treatment of winnings depends on the licence and on where you live, as the country table on our homepage sets out.

Brands removed from the old new-casinos page

The previous version of this page listed 21 “new” casinos, including Jackpot Cow, Nitro Casino, Slothype, MoonWin, Reko, Instant Casino, Wolfy and BetPlays. Several had launched years earlier, some had changed licence, and others could not be re-verified. We removed the ones we could not confirm and moved established brands to the full table, keeping this page for 2026 launches.

Terms used on this page

• Launch evidence: the source we used to date a brand, such as its first terms version or first web-archive capture.
• Search-interest onset: the month when searches for a brand name first appear in measurable numbers in Sweden.
• Cashback: a percentage of net losses returned to the player, usually weekly.
• Max conversion: the cap on bonus winnings that can be withdrawn, five times the bonus at the new MGA brands.

Availability of new brands by Nordic country

“Not excluded in terms” means the country is not on the operator’s named list of excluded territories. Every set of terms adds a catch-all clause for countries where local law conflicts, and none of these brands holds a Norwegian, Danish, Swedish or Finnish licence.

Player-protection tools at the new brands

Game suppliers on the licences behind the new brands

Because the lobbies require a login, we recorded the B2B suppliers attached to each MGA licence in the regulator’s register. Ludaro’s licence, which covers five of the new brands, lists Play’n GO, ELK Studios, Relax Gaming, Yggdrasil, Playtech and N2 Digital, together with aggregators Pariplay and Hub88 that bring in further studios, and the sportsbook supplier Delasport. Elvel’s licence lists a similar set: Play’n GO, Playtech, ELK Studios, Relax Gaming, Yggdrasil, Reevo, Thrilltech and the aggregators Hub88 and Pariplay. The free-spin games chosen for welcome offers show the mix: Book of Dead, Big Bass Splash, Le Fisherman, Reactoonz Blitzways, Money Train 3 and Pray for Six all appear in the new packages.

How we date a launch

Casinos rarely announce a launch date, so we use three kinds of evidence and say which one applies. The strongest is a dated first version of the terms and conditions, which a casino must publish before taking players; Shockz (version 1.0, 16 September 2026) and Gigasino (version 1.0, 17 August 2026) fall into this group. Next comes the first capture of the site in the Internet Archive, which shows a public site existed by that date; Reko Casino (17 July 2024) and Wizz Spin (15 December 2024) are dated this way. When neither is available, we use the month when Swedish searches for the brand name first appear in keyword data. It is the least precise, typically lagging a launch by a few weeks, so we label it “about” and treat it as an estimate.

What a pre-launch page tells you

A domain that appears on an operator’s licence seal before it opens is a useful early signal: it means the regulator has approved the domain under an existing licence. A landing page with a licence number confirms the operator’s intention, but it is not a live casino, and its offer text is a draft. Some pre-launch domains show only an access-restricted login page, which means the site is being built behind closed doors. We never rate or link to a casino before it opens, and when it does, we run the same checks as for every other brand.

The operators behind the new brands

Ludaro is the most active launcher: its licence was granted in 2025 and all five of its live brands appeared during 2026, with more domains already approved on its MGA seal. Elvel added three brands to an existing portfolio. That concentration matters to you because a problem at the operator level, such as a regulatory action, would affect all of its brands at once.

Payments at the new brands

Warning signs at any new casino

• No licence number, or a placeholder such as “MGA/B2C/XXXXXX”, on a site that is already taking deposits.
• Terms with no version number or date, or terms copied from another brand with the old name still in them.
• A welcome offer on the banner that differs from the bonus terms.
• Withdrawal limits that are not stated in the general terms.
• No responsible gambling page, or tools that exist only “on request”.
• An operator that a Nordic regulator has already banned under another brand name.

None of the live brands in our tables showed these signs when we checked. Pre-launch pages sometimes do, which is one more reason we wait for a brand to open before listing it.

2026 at a glance

New versus established: what the data shows

The table shows why “new” matters less than it seems at these brands. A new Ludaro or Elvel casino shares its licence, platform, payment rules and support model with older sisters, so most of the risk usually attached to a new casino, such as untested payouts, does not apply in the same way. What a new brand lacks is its own complaint history, which is why we rate it slightly below an established sister with similar terms.

Our ratings for the new brands, explained

Ratings run from 1 to 5, are reviewed whenever terms change, and weigh licence strength, wagering and time limits, payout terms and player-protection tools. They are not predictions of any individual withdrawal.

Five questions for a new casino’s support team

1. Which version of your terms applies to me, and when did it change?
2. What are the processing time and the daily and monthly caps for withdrawals?
3. Is the welcome offer open to residents of my country?
4. Can I set deposit limits myself, and do exclusions cover your sister casinos?
5. Which independent body handles complaints you cannot resolve?

Checks we run before a new brand enters the directory

1. The domain appears on the operator’s licence seal or in the regulator’s register.
2. The terms are published, versioned and dated, and do not exclude Nordic countries by name.
3. No Nordic regulator has acted against the operator.
4. The welcome offer shown to a Swedish connection matches the bonus terms.
5. Withdrawal processing, caps and verification rules are stated in the general terms.
6. Responsible gambling tools are described and available from the account.

Why we keep new and established brands on separate pages

Mixing a casino that opened last month with one that has run for years makes both look misleading. A new brand’s strengths are its fresh offers and, at these operators, a proven platform; its weakness is the absence of its own complaint record. An established brand has a record you can check but may have older terms. Keeping 2026 launches here, with the date evidence for each, lets you judge them on what is actually known. Once a brand has been live for about a year and has a visible complaint history, we move it to the main table and rate it on that history as well.

Licence and tax notes for new brands

Eight of the nine new brands hold Malta licences, inside the EEA. For Swedish players, winnings are tax-free only if the game does not require a Swedish licence; otherwise, and at Gigasino (Anjouan, outside the EEA), 30% of net winnings per operator and year is due. Finland generally exempts EU/EEA gambling winnings; Denmark exempts them only if all of Skattestyrelsen’s conditions are met; Norway taxes single wins above NOK 10,000 from commercial foreign gambling as a rule. None of the new brands is covered by Spelpaus or ROFUS. See the country table for the full rules.

Where to go next

Compare every brand on the full casino table or filter to MGA casinos. If you want sports as well, see the betting sites data. Finnish readers interested in no-account deposits can check the Pay N Play data. Our scoring rules are on the how we rate page, and limit tools are on the responsible gambling page.

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