What is Megaways Licence?

Megaways is a patented reel engine owned by Big Time Gaming, and most Megaways slots are not made by Big Time Gaming. The mechanic is licensed to other studios, which build their own games on it and pay a fee for the right to use the name and the maths. The engine varies the number of symbols on each reel every spin, so the number of ways to win changes from spin to spin — commonly between a few hundred and 117,649 on a six-reel build, and higher on grids that hold more symbols. That is all the licence covers. Everything else about a Megaways slot — the theme, the bonus round, the volatility, the maximum win, the RTP — belongs to whoever built it. The practical consequence is a naming trap worth knowing. Blueprint, Pragmatic Play, Red Tiger, Barcrest and others all publish Megaways titles, and listings routinely file those games under Big Time Gaming because the engine's owner is the name attached to the word. Getting the studio wrong is not a trivia slip on a comparison site: which casinos carry a game depends on which studio actually made it, so a misfiled title points readers at lobbies that may not have it.