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Thomas: Casino game developers take 50% to 80% revenue splits

Evan Thomas · #6 Guru Games · Mar 3, 2025 · at 6:45

Evan Thomas, co-founder of Guru Games, explains industry revenue-sharing economics to investors on The Pitch.

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“So typical deals look like a seventy-thirty or a sixty-forty split. Some can go as high as eighty-twenty, and some can go as low as fifty-fifty in terms of .”

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