Zitro Interactive

About the Company

Zitro Interactive is the online arm of Zitro S.A.R.L., a company incorporated in Luxembourg and founded by father and son Alejandro and Johnny Ortiz in 2007. The company's primary markets are in Latin America with machines deployed across the region. The Interactive division has in a very short time released about 25 video bingo games as of late 2017. Subsidiary Zitro Malta Limited was the first company of its kind to be licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority. The company holds a Class 4 license: MGA/CL4/1053/2014 which it received in late 2016.

Online casinos carrying the company's games in the LATAM region are usually those associated with land operations such as Big Bola, Caliente, and Codere. Casino Magic also carries their video bingo games in Argentina. All land-based video slots and video bingo games in Mexico are required to be server controlled. No physical machine has its own RNG or program. Many of the smaller Mexican "casinos" are in reality sports betting shops with video bingo machines.

Online Casino Caliente uses the company's software along with a Playtech solution and offers bingo, mobile bingo, lottery, and other casino games. More than 20 of their games including Power Force, Loteria Mexicana, and Mexican Gold are available at the Caliente online casinos. Vera&John Casino launched Zitro video bingo games in early 2017. The first four games picked up were Tacomania, Lucky Hero, Fishmania, and Rabbit. The games were first released in Brazil with more markets added later. Betboo, Betmotion, Ondiss, Playbonds, Sportingbet, Suertia, and Winner Casino also carry Zitro Interactive video bingo games.

The company's video slots brand found at some land-based casinos is called Bryke. Popular titles in Mexico and elsewhere include Spin Hit, Viking legend, Magic Golden Fruits and Wonderful Lamp. The company also produces multi-game cabinets known as Pick & Win with each console offering five different video slot games. In addition to a full line of slots and video bingo for terrestrial and online casinos, the company also owns and operates the social gaming site, World of Bingo, allowing people to enjoy the games at no cost on Facebook.

Software and Games

The company focuses on bringing their land-based digital success to the online world with Zitro Interactive. Many of the games found on the World of Bingo social site are also available online for real money play in slightly different adaptations. Games created for real money play may also be adapted for launch in social gaming. All games are adapted to play on PC, mobile phones, and tablets (iOS and Android). Java, HTML5, and Flash are used depending on the final platform and application.

Game servers are replicated across multiple secure data centers around the world for continuous uptime and low latency regardless of the consumer's location. Technical support is offered to operators so that integration of the games is seamless.

Tacomania is an online video bingo game that lets you play with four cards. The game has uninspiring graphics and animations, at least when compared modern video slots. The game took several minutes to load over a 5Mbps connection. The top prize according to the pay table was for a blackout Bingo and it paid 1,500x bet.

Fishmania Bingo also loaded very slowly but offered a slightly better game experience. The game offers four 5x3 cards with a top prize of 1,500x bet. In addition to the 30 balls played automatically you can buy more, one at a time.

Final Analysis

While the bingo games may appeal to a certain market niche, it will be more exciting when the company begins to release their video slots online. The current video bingo games are uninspired, unremarkable, and uninteresting.