NetEnt

No — and this is the single most important thing for an Aussie player to know about NetEnt. Under NetEnt's supplier Terms and Conditions, jackpot wins on NetEnt games (including Mega Fortune, Hall of Gods, Divine Fortune and Arabian Nights) are annulled for players from Australia, Azerbaijan, China, Denmark, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Qatar, Russia, Spain, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, the UAE and Ukraine. Offshore AU-facing casinos replicate this restriction in their own T&Cs (National Casino Section 6, for example). You can still spin the reels, but a jackpot hit will be voided on payout. If progressive jackpots matter to you, look at Red Tiger Daily Jackpots or the Playson jackpot range instead — those are not subject to the NetEnt supplier exclusion.

Starburst is still the single most-loaded NetEnt pokie at Australian-facing offshore casinos despite being over a decade old — it's fast, low variance and frequently bundled into welcome-bonus free spin packages. Gonzos Quest and its Megaways variant are the second tier, followed by Dead or Alive 2 (high volatility, popular with bonus-hunting players) and Divine Fortune (the one NetEnt progressive jackpot that still occasionally appears in AU lobbies despite the jackpot annulment, played for base-game value only).

NetEnt was acquired by Evolution Gaming in 2020 for approximately €1.95 billion, making it part of the same corporate group as the Evolution live dealer studio, [Red Tiger Gaming](/game-studios/red-tiger-gaming) and [Big Time Gaming](/game-studios/big-time-gaming). NetEnt continues to operate under its own brand with its own game catalogue and studio identity — the acquisition was a commercial ownership deal, not a merger. For Australian players the practical result is that the Evolution group now spans live dealer, pokies and Megaways pokies under a single corporate umbrella, though each studio brand is what you see on the game tile in the casino lobby.

NetEnt Live is a small live casino vertical under the NetEnt brand, running live blackjack, roulette and baccarat from a studio in Malta. It has never been a significant part of NetEnt's product mix and is rarely deployed at offshore Australian-facing casinos — the Evolution group's live dealer operations run under the Evolution Gaming brand instead. If you see "NetEnt Live" at an AU-facing casino it will be a handful of tables rather than a full live lobby.

NetEnt pokies ship with multiple RTP configurations — the casino chooses which version to load. The highest RTPs on major titles sit around 96.1 to 96.26 percent (Starburst, Gonzos Quest standard version), with Blood Suckers reaching 98 percent and Jackpot 6000 at 98.86 percent. The lower RTP versions drop as far as 88.9 percent, which is well below market average. Check the game info panel at the casino you play to confirm which RTP version is running — this is a real issue with NetEnt pokies specifically because the multi-RTP system is widely exploited by offshore operators.