SmartSoft Gaming is the independent Georgian studio behind JetX, the 2018 flying-jet crash game that helped turn a rising multiplier into a genre. Founded in Tbilisi in 2015, it now ships a catalogue of more than 100 titles to operators across Africa, Latin America and Asia.
If you have played a crash game outside the Aviator universe, there is a fair chance it was a SmartSoft title. The studio is a second-tier specialist: smaller than Spribe or Pragmatic Play, but a genuine pioneer of the format and a top-five name in most markets it serves.
This profile covers who SmartSoft is, what it makes, how its games are licensed and tested, and the one feature that matters most to players: a configurable RTP band that is among the widest in the genre.
The 30-second version
SmartSoft Gaming is an independent Georgian B2B studio and the maker of JetX, one of the games that defined the crash format. Its titles are licensed in Malta (MGA/B2B/925/2021) and certified by labs including iTech Labs and eCOGRA. The defining player fact: JetX runs on an operator-configurable RTP from 96.2% to 98.9%, so the same game can offer materially different odds depending on the casino.
🏢 Who SmartSoft Gaming is
SmartSoft Gaming is an independent, privately owned B2B iGaming studio founded in Tbilisi, Georgia, in April 2015 by three software developers. It has never taken external funding, has no parent company, and is the parent of its own Georgian and Maltese entities.
The two entities matter for anyone checking the licensing. The Georgian business trades as Smartsoft, LLC and is regulated by the Ministry of Finance of Georgia. The Maltese entity is SmartSoft Limited, company registration C 99015, which holds the B2B licence and runs a satellite office in Birkirkara that opened in 2023.
Leadership is split along a useful line. Co-founder Daniel Ratiani is the developer side of the house, with a background at MagtiCom, Bank of Georgia and Alta Software. The current CEO and managing partner is Guga Gotsadze (Guga is short for Guram), whose background is finance: Bank of Georgia, TBC Bank, and an economics degree from Bocconi. The third original co-founder has not been publicly identified.
📝 For the record: SmartSoft’s Georgian company registration number is not retrievable from open sources, so we do not quote one. The business trades as Smartsoft, LLC in Georgia. Headcount is also approximate: the company most often says “80+”, a 2023 release said 120, and third-party databases range from roughly 54 to 159.
⚙️ The crash games: JetX and the X-Games series
SmartSoft’s reputation rests on its crash titles, branded the X-Games series, with JetX as the flagship. The full catalogue runs past 100 titles across crash, slots, roulette, keno, bingo and player-versus-player formats, all built in HTML5 and offered in more than 20 languages and 50 currencies.
The crash and X-Games line-up is where the studio earns its name. RTP figures for the non-JetX titles below are drawn from catalogue listings rather than studio par sheets, so treat them as indicative.
JetX3 is the one figure we will not pin down. It is the triple-bet sibling of JetX: three independent jets launch at once, letting a player run a low-risk and a high-risk bet in the same round. Its RTP is the problem.
🔍 Worth noting
JetX3’s RTP is reported two ways. Some sources give a fixed 97%, others a 95.5% to 98.9% band. We have not been able to resolve which is live, so treat the number as unconfirmed and open the in-game info panel to read the active figure before you play.
For JetX’s full mechanics, probability tables and feature breakdown, see our dedicated JetX game guide. This profile stays at the company level.
📊 The configurable RTP model
JetX’s most consumer-relevant feature is not a bonus or a mechanic, it is the fact that its RTP is set by the operator, not fixed by SmartSoft. Like most providers serving many markets, SmartSoft ships adjustable-RTP games so operators can meet local rules and tune their commercial models.
JetX’s officially stated band is 96.2% to 98.9%, quoted verbatim on SmartSoft’s own game page. One reading of the rules file gives 96.24% to 98.96%, with the maximum reached only when betting on the lowest crash multipliers. At roughly five percentage points wide, this is among the widest configurable bands in the whole crash genre.
The practical effect is real money. The same JetX can cost a player about 1.1% of stake over time at the top setting, or about 3.8% at the bottom. That is more than a threefold difference in house edge on what looks, plays and is branded as one identical game. JetX is not one set of odds, it is a range, and the casino picks the number.
“JetX is not one set of odds, it is a range, and the casino picks the number.”
The catch for players is that there is no on-screen indicator of which setting is live. You generally cannot tell whether you are on a 96.2% deployment or a 98.9% one unless you open the in-game info or help panel, where the active RTP should be disclosed.
💡 Key insight
Before you play any SmartSoft crash game, open the in-game info panel and check the live RTP. Two casinos can run the same JetX at very different odds, and the only way to know which version you are on is to look.
Set against Spribe, the picture is contested rather than clear-cut. Spribe-aligned material insists Aviator’s 97% RTP is fixed and cannot be changed by the operator, while independent guidance counters that some casinos run Aviator at 96% or even 94%. Either way, SmartSoft’s published JetX band is both higher at the top and more openly variable than Aviator’s marketing, which leans on a single uniform headline figure. You can read how that plays out in our Spribe company profile.
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🛡️ Provably fair and certification
SmartSoft’s crash games carry two complementary layers of fairness: a provably-fair system and certified RNG. The provably-fair layer generates a cryptographic hash before each round, which a player can check afterwards through the round-history panel. The certified-RNG layer is independent lab testing of the random number generator itself.
The labs evidenced for SmartSoft are iTech Labs, eCOGRA and Gaming Associates. Notably, BMM and GLI, which crop up for some other studios, are not specifically documented for SmartSoft, so we do not credit them. For how provably-fair cryptography works in general, see our provably fair explainer.
⚠️ JetX predictor apps are scams
Every JetX predictor app, hack and signal bot is a scam, and the maths is the reason why. JetX’s fame has spawned a large ecosystem of these tools, heavily targeting India and Africa, that claim to forecast where the jet will crash. In practice they steal credentials and one-time codes, charge subscription fees for randomised dashboards, or earn an affiliate cut by funnelling player losses to specific casinos.
⚠️ Scam alert: JetX uses a provably-fair, server-side RNG. The result is fixed and the prior round’s hash is published before betting opens, so no third-party tool can predict the next crash. Any app that claims otherwise is selling you randomness with a logo on it.
SmartSoft does not run a high-profile takedown campaign against these tools. Its de facto answer is the provably-fair messaging itself, with most explicit warnings coming from operators and affiliates rather than the studio. We cover the broader rigging question in our is JetX rigged guide and the scam mechanics in detail in our predictor scams guide.
📈 Where SmartSoft sits in the market
SmartSoft is a clear second-tier crash specialist, behind genre leader Spribe (Aviator) and slot giant Pragmatic Play (Spaceman), but a genuine pioneer with real regional strength. Independent rankings consistently place Spribe first on audience; the specific market-share splits that circulate (such as 45% and 30%) are marketing-grade estimates, not audited figures, and we do not present them as fact.
Where the studio is strong, it is very strong:
- Africa. JetX is close to a household name, and it took SiGMA Africa Best Crash Game in 2024.
- Latin America. SmartSoft is the Official Crash Game Partner of the Argentine Football Association, a deal first announced in October 2023 and elevated to a regional sponsorship in September 2024.
- CIS and Eastern Europe. Its home region, where the X-Games series has long shelf space.
- Asia and India. Growing presence, though Aviator typically leads on raw share.
Distribution runs through the major aggregators: SOFTSWISS and Pariplay Fusion (both 2022), Relax Gaming’s Powered By Relax (January 2023), SoftGamings and Salsa Gator (2023). Direct operator deals include Entain, deployed via Crystalbet with a rollout to bwin, PartyCasino and Sportingbet, and Supabets in South Africa from May 2025.
On awards, alongside the 2024 SiGMA Africa win, JetX took SiGMA Americas Best Gaming Experience in 2026, and the studio was Login Casino’s Debutant of the Year back in 2020.
The scale claims should be read with care. CEO Guga Gotsadze said in a May 2026 podcast that SmartSoft has around 30 million monthly active users, and the company says it has partners in 70 countries. Both are company-sourced and unverified. JetX rounds are fast and easy to repeat, which is part of the appeal and part of the risk.
The same fast, repeatable rounds that drive crash games’ popularity also carry real risks of harm. We cover the research evidence, the risk factors and what regulators are doing in a dedicated guide: crash gambling and player harm.
💡 What it means for players
SmartSoft is a legitimate, well-licensed studio with a real claim to having shaped the crash genre. It is not the market leader, but it does not need to be to be worth knowing. The single thing to take away is the RTP point.
The bottom line: SmartSoft’s games are provably fair and properly certified, but JetX’s odds are set by the casino, not the studio. Check the live RTP in the info panel before you play, favour the higher-RTP deployments, and ignore every predictor app on principle.