Shanghai Beauty

What is Shanghai Beauty?

Funds held in customer accounts also declined sharply. Operators held £886.6 million ($1.19 billion), down 13.9% from the same point a year earlier.

Retail betting diverged significantly from the wider market, with non-remote betting GGY falling 3.3% to £2.4 billion ($3.2 billion). The number of betting shops dropped for a 12th consecutive reporting period to 5,617 premises—a 3.6% annual decline (down 208 shops from March 2025).

Other retail sectors performed better. Bingo GGY increased 8.2% to £703.8 million ($941.8 million), while arcade GGY rose 10.7% to £800.1 million ($1.07 billion).

How to play Shanghai Beauty

PopOK Gaming has added Piggy Dynasty to its slot catalog. It’s a release worth a look less for its wealth-and-prosperity theme than for how tightly it leans on a single multiplier mechanic inside a deliberately small format.

Piggy Dynasty is built on a compact 3×3 layout with 5 paylines, and it puts the focus on smooth gameplay with frequent win potential. That structure signals a studio that prioritizes quick, repeatable spins over sprawling reel setups. It’s a design choice that suits shorter mobile sessions, where players tend to want fast rounds rather than a slow build toward a single bonus.

The game is backed by a solid mathematical model, with a Return to Player (RTP) of 96.01%. That figure sits within the standard band for mainstream slots. In other words, this is steady core content rather than a high-volatility outlier.

About Shanghai Beauty

Both LiveScore and Tombola, who were a part of the original 10 operators to receive a licence, exited the market in 2024. 

Compared to the 2021 licensing round, the KSA adopted a more granular and stringent approach to its licence renewal process. This was expected following new policy rules set out by the regulator in September 2025.

One such rule was for licensees that had faced compliance enforcement during the five years operating in the Netherlands.