Buttons, tabs, address bar: the controls of the lobby
With a large game range, nobody scrolls through everything. That is what tabs, the studios’ own pages, search and the favorites list are for. Each of them filters in its own way, and each has its own blind spot.
This lesson is for players who already know which room they want to play in but are after a specific game or a clearly defined type. You will learn how to reach it and what to check on it before you hit start.
The starting point is simple. A tab is the casino’s opinion; the game’s help screen is the studio’s data.
The filters fact sheet
| Feature | On this shelf | Why it matters to you |
|---|---|---|
| Tabs | Filled from the casino’s own tags | A wrong tag produces a wrong results list |
| Studio page | An address of the form /casino/<studio>; Novomatic’s works, Relax’s does not |
A cleaner list by maker, though not for every studio |
| Search | By name or part of a name, if the interface offers it | Handy once you have a title in mind |
| Favorites | Its own menu item in the top bar | Takes you back to games you have already reviewed |
| Demo marker | Only the ‘Nodemoplay’ tag exists; there is no separate demo field | The marker shows a demo is missing; that one exists is only an inference |
A tab is not a query but a bundle of tags
When you click a tab, the lobby lists the games the casino has given that particular tag. It does not look at the properties of the game; it reads the tag. If the tag is missing or wrong, the tab is wrong too – and the tiles will not tell you so.
On top of that, the address bar accepts any tag name. An odd combination, such as a slot tag on the instant games path, loads just as happily as a sensible one. A page opening does not mean the shelf behind it makes sense.
So tabs are good for browsing. Not for deciding.
Seven tags whose names promise something else
In the lobby on 12 October 2026 we saw these slips:
- High RTP – in practice a collection of games with the word ‘Hot’ in their names. You will find Willy's Hot Chillies (96.00%) and Red Hot BBQ (95.66%) here, while Well of Wilds Megaways, with its 97.71%, did not make it. RTP itself is covered on the payout percentage shelf.
- Bonus Buy – shows almost only Novomatic titles. Red Tiger’s Vault Cracker Megaways and BGaming’s Book of Kemet both let you buy the bonus round, yet neither got the tag.
- Jackpot – carried by Red Tiger’s Mega Rise, although the studio says it has no jackpot; BGaming’s Piggy Bank Hold&Win works with fixed jackpots and has no tag. Whether a jackpot is fixed or fed from a shared pool is explained on the jackpot games shelf.
- Bonus Friendly – the tab exists, but it was empty on 12 October 2026.
- Megaways – covers other ‘ways’ mechanics beyond the brand name.
- Slots – also given to Relax Gaming’s Blackjack Neo and Roulette Nouveau, even though both are table games.
- Hold & Win – the ‘Hold the Spin’ games, which work in a similar way, were left out.
A technical field can mislead you as well: the lobby data marks every game with a full wagering contribution. With a bonus this is not what counts – sections 2.14 and 2.15 of the terms decide.
Searching by maker: where it works and where it fails
The cleanest list is often the studio page. With Novomatic it works: you see all of the studio’s games in one place. The catch is that every Novomatic game carries the ‘Nodemoplay’ marker, and the maker publishes no RTP either – so the list tells you nothing about payback.
Relax Gaming games are in the lobby, but their studio page returns an error. Here you need to search by name. And on 12 October 2026 Quickspin was not in the range at all; its page did not work either.
Good habit: if a studio page will not open, do not conclude that its games are missing too. Search for a specific title.
Searching with part of a name, favorites for coming back
If the interface offers a search field, type part of the name rather than the full title. Studios do not spell game names consistently: the same mechanic can appear as ‘Hold&Win’, ‘Hold and Win’ or ‘Hold the Spin’. A short, distinctive word – say ‘Piggy’ or ‘Kemet’ – finds its target more reliably.
The Favorites item sits in the top bar. It lets you go straight back to games you have already vetted, without working through the tabs every time. If you have read a game’s help screen once and it suited you, that is where it belongs; if not, better not to save it.
A favorite is not a winning ranking. Just a shorter route.
Nodemoplay: what can be known about demos
The lobby has no separate field that states a game has a demo. Only one marker exists, the Nodemoplay tag, and it means the opposite: this game has no trial version. Every Novomatic game has it.
Where the tag is absent, the lobby suggests the game should also be playable as a demo. That is an inference, not a certainty – check the screen before launch for a trial button.
A demo lets you get to know the rules and features. It does not stand in for real stake sizes or your own patience, though.
Finding and vetting a game in six steps
- Narrow it down to a room. Decide whether tonight is for slots, live tables or instant rounds.
- Start from the studio or the name. If you know the maker, use the studio page; if you know the title, search beats the tabs.
- Use a tab only for ideas. Do not take a result under High RTP, Jackpot or Bonus Buy as fact.
- Open the help screen. Read the RTP, the bet steps, the features and the maximum win there.
- Check the demo marker. With ‘Nodemoplay’, the first round is already played for real.
- Save it or let it go. Whatever passes the check can go into Favorites; buying bonus rounds is covered on the special features shelf.
The tuition fee of a game without a demo
Worked example with invented values – independent of Dukat.bet:
There are two new slots you want to get to know. You reckon it takes about 40 spins to see each feature in action once. Game ‘A’ has a demo; game ‘B’ carries the ‘Nodemoplay’ marker. With real money you would play at 0.20 EUR a spin.
Question: how much do you stake in each game purely to learn it?
Solution: ‘A’: the 40 trial spins are played with play money, so the real stake is 0 EUR. ‘B’: 40 × 0.20 = 8 EUR of real stake, before you even know whether you like the game.
Those 8 EUR are not necessarily lost, but they are exposed to risk. If your budget for the day is 15 EUR, getting to know the game can eat more than half of it.
Before you click on the result
- Did you find the game by name or studio, not just through a tab?
- Have you read the RTP and the features from the help screen?
- Have you checked whether it carries the Nodemoplay marker?
- If you were to play with a bonus, do you know the technical field is not the terms?
The next shelf walks you through your first session, from setting a budget to logging off.