As the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off, Booming Games has expanded its partnership with Brazilian football icon Ronaldinho, launching a new street-football-themed slot: Ronaldinho's Streetball Bonanza.
Key takeaways
- Booming Games released Ronaldinho's Streetball Bonanza on 11 June 2026, timed to the World Cup.
- It is the third title in the Ronaldinho series, after Ronaldinho Spins and Ronaldinho Scores: Shoot & Win.
- A 6×5 reel set with Scatter Pays and a maximum win of 6,500x the stake.
- Free spins with combining multipliers up to 500x, plus a Buy Feature.
- The release anchors a South American push the studio unveiled in April, with Brazil at its centre.
Booming Games has added another game to its growing collaboration with one of football's most recognisable faces, unveiling Ronaldinho's Streetball Bonanza just as the 2026 FIFA World Cup gets under way. The studio launched the title on 11 June 2026, deliberately riding the wave of global football fever, and it extends a partnership that began back in late 2023.
Set on the streets of Brazil, the slot blends street-football culture with cascading-win mechanics and multiplier-driven bonuses. It runs on a 6×5 grid and advertises a top payout of up to 6,500 times the stake.
The timing is precise. The 2026 World Cup opened on 11 June and runs until 19 July across 16 host cities in Canada, Mexico and the United States. It is the first edition with 48 national teams, up from 32, and the expanded format stretches the schedule to 104 matches played over 39 days.
A new chapter in the Ronaldinho partnership
Booming Games first signed with Ronaldinho Gaúcho on 20 November 2023, leaning on the star's worldwide profile — a résumé that includes FIFA World Player of the Year, UEFA Football Player of the Year and FIFPro World Player of the Year honours, plus a social-media following north of 170 million. Streetball Bonanza is the latest instalment in that deal, following Ronaldinho Spins and Ronaldinho Scores: Shoot & Win.
Born in Porto Alegre in 1980, Ronaldinho came through at Grêmio before spells at Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona and AC Milan. He was part of Brazil's attacking trio with Ronaldo and Rivaldo when the country won the 2002 World Cup, collected the Ballon d'Or in 2005 and lifted the Champions League with Barcelona in 2006. Later, back in South America, he won the 2013 Copa Libertadores with Atlético Mineiro. He finished his Brazil career with 97 caps and 33 goals.
The game leans hard into Brazilian street-football culture, with colourful urban backdrops, graffiti-style artwork and a soundtrack inspired by Ronaldinho's flair and roots.
"Ronaldinho embodies everything we believe in at Booming Games: entertainment, an extraordinary story, and living life with a smile on our face. We are thrilled to be bringing this latest instalment to market now, as World Cup fever reaches a crescendo across the globe."
— Craig Asling, Director of Games, Booming Games
Asling also pointed to the setting as a selling point beyond the World Cup itself, describing a game built around the informal football of Brazil's streets.
"We are proud to have captured the world of Brazilian street football, where creativity, skill and spontaneity define the game."
— Craig Asling, Director of Games, Booming Games
Part of a bigger bet on Brazil
The slot was not a last-minute tie-in. Booming Games first previewed it on 8 April, when it set out a strategy to become the leading premium content provider in South America. The studio pointed to Brazil's move to a fully regulated online gambling market in 2025 and to forecasts that Latin American online gambling revenue will pass $10 billion a year by 2030.
That announcement listed partnerships with major Brazilian-facing operators, among them Betano, Betnacional, bet365, Superbet, Sportingbet and Esportes da Sorte, along with a set of titles designed for local players. Streetball Bonanza was presented alongside a second Ronaldinho game, Bruxo da Sorte, a 3×3 slot that casts Ronaldinho as "The Wizard" and carries a x10 win multiplier. The locally targeted line-up also included the Fortune Surge Series, Fortune Paw and Monkey Charm, with every title available for operators to white-label under their own branding. The announcement coincided with SiGMA BiS South America in São Paulo, held from 6 to 9 April, where the studio hosted a VIP lounge designed around the world of Streetball Bonanza.
"Ronaldinho gives us a unique bridge between global appeal and local relevance."
— Dan Paleu, Chief Operating Officer, Booming Games
Brazil is the latest step in a wider push into regulated markets. In February 2024 the studio said it had secured a full business-to-business licence from Ontario's gaming regulator, the AGCO, after entering Spain, Colombia, the Netherlands and Denmark during 2023.
How it plays: Scatter Pays and cascades
Streetball Bonanza uses a Scatter Pays engine: a win lands whenever eight or more matching symbols appear anywhere on the grid. Winning symbols then vanish and fresh ones drop in, opening the door to chained, cascading wins from a single spin.
Its signature mechanic is the Street Cred Meter. Scatters picked up during the base game feed the meter, which can randomly fire the bonus round; alternatively, players take the classic route by landing four or more scatters for free spins. Notably, the meter's on-screen progress doesn't change the underlying odds of triggering the feature — it simply offers a second path into it.
Game at a glance
- Reels: 6×5, Scatter Pays (8+ matching symbols)
- Max win: 6,500x the stake
- Free spins: 10 to start; 3+ scatters add 5 more
- Multipliers: 2x–100x, combined per cascade, up to 500x in the feature
- Buy Feature: instant access to the bonus round
Free spins and multipliers carry the payouts
The bonus round is where the game's potential lives. Players start with 10 free spins, and landing three or more further scatters during the feature tops them up with five more. Multiplier symbols worth anywhere from 2x to 100x can land throughout, and at the end of each cascade every visible multiplier is added together and applied to that sequence's winnings — a stack Booming Games says can push individual wins as high as 500x. For those who would rather not wait, a Buy Feature unlocks the bonus directly.
Booming Games is leaning on the licence as much as on the mechanics. In April it called Ronaldinho one of the most recognised figures in Brazilian culture, and the studio is betting that his name carries weight with players in its priority market long after the World Cup final on 19 July.
"If you get Brazil right, you don't just win locally — you can change the global game."
— Max Niehusen, founder, Booming Games
