3 Oaks Gaming is an established studio and content distributor that specialises in Hold and Win slot titles, working partly with game assets originally developed under the Booongo brand. Its portfolio leans heavily on respin mechanics, sticky cash multipliers and multi-tiered fixed jackpots in games such as Coin Volcano, Aztec Fire and 100 Burning Hot. The provider builds in HTML5 with 2D and 3D asset pipelines, ships across multiple languages and currencies, and supplies operators whose random number generators are typically audited by independent laboratories such as eCOGRA, iTech Labs or Gaming Laboratories International.
The March 2022 release marked a real jump in max payout potential for the series. The original Sun of Egypt and its immediate sequel offered top wins in the 1,000x to 5,000x range, while Sun of Egypt 3 pushed the ceiling to 10,000x stake, specifically through the Royal Jackpot tier.
Updated: Industry commentary often credits studios such as Booongo and Playson with popularising and formalising «Hold and Win» branding in the second half of the 2010s. We could not verify a single authoritative primary source fixing the exact date or originator of that terminology, so treat it as an industry attribution awaiting documentation rather than a confirmed fact. What is verifiable is the mechanic itself: locked triggering symbols, a resetting respin counter and fixed jackpot tiers now form a core structural template across the 3 Oaks catalogue.