Playson and Sesame sign new online gaming content deal
Top-rated software developer Playson has announced a new partnership with Sesame, a gaming group based in Bulgaria. The supplier will be providing content to a new online casino launched by Sesame. The deal helps to strengthen the developer’s position in Bulgaria with its games to be featured prominently in the online space.
Quality Games Provided:
The new online casino will be set to offer an assortment of games from Playson. Each title has its own unique theme and quality features. Games that players can expect to see include Timeless Fruit Slots as well as Solar Queen, and Pearl Beauty: Hold and Win.
Sesame will also get a boost via the integration…
PokerStars adds mobile capability and more variants to Home Games
The Home Games program of PokerStars is one that is popular among players due to the ability to set up games with family and friends. To boost the Home Games offering, PokerStars has now added several changes, including mobile capability as well as more variants. Customer feedback helped the online poker brand to decide to complete the series of upgrades.
New Variant Options and Mobile:
For a while now, players have asked PokerStars to allow Home Games via mobile devices. The capability is now available for most Android devices. Those who have an iOS device will find the option to play via mobile available in the next few weeks.
PokerStars also decided to add more variants so players ca…
Pragmatic Play adds sweet addition to slots portfolio with Extra Juicy Megaways
Multi-product content provider Pragmatic Play is wrapping up the month of February with a brand new slot title, Extra Juicy Megaways. The fruit fiesta is the latest sequel in the developer’s fast-growing portfolio, following Chilli Heat Megaways, another title that features the powerful game engine on lease from Australian developer Big Time Gaming (BTG), the popular John Hunter collection and the fishing-themed Big Bass Bonanza game series.
The second iteration of the original from March 2019, has gone from 5 to 6 reels and the biggest change, of course, is the Megaways enhancement, which sees the number of symbols changes on every spin, creating
IGT to co-found $415 million fund to settle DoubleDown Casino class-action lawsuit
Multinational gaming machines, lottery, sportsbetting and iGaming innovator International Game Technology (IGT) has announced that it is to help establish a special fund to settle the class-action federal lawsuit earlier brought against its former DoubleDown Interactive LLC subordinate.
The London-listed behemoth used an official Monday press release to detail the signing of an agreement in principle regarding the Benson v DoubleDown Interactive LLC suit filed in 2018. The company also disclosed that this arrangement, which remains subject to final court approvals, will see it contribute $269.75 million to a bespoke account with fellow defendant DoubleDown Interactive Company Limited subsidizing a further $145.25 million.
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Red Rake expands reach in Asia and beyond via Hub88 content distribution deal; launches new “1 million ways to win” video slot Million 88
On the heels of releasing its latest hit slot, specialist slots developer Red Rake Gaming has partnered with Estonia-based integration platform, Hub88, having agreed a deal that will see its player-favorite titles distributed to the content aggregator’s operator partners globally.
Under the distribution agreement, which expands its reach across Asia and beyond, Red Rake’s wide-ranging, localized offering will be added to Hub88.io’s ever-growing portfolio.
Partnership details:
Included are newly-released titles, such as the popular Japanese-themed Ways of the Samurai; the classic Hot & Win, which comes with an immersive mini…
Just For The Win scores with new slot Rising Royals available exclusively to Microgaming operators
Delivering the third addition this month to its award-winning portfolio of games, Isle of Man-based technology provider, Microgaming, presents Rising Royals, developed exclusively by Swedish software development company Just For The Win.
The launch comes just a week after Microgaming released a Golden Rock Studios exclusive to its games suite.
Creators of the popular video slots, Tweethearts, the jungle-themed title released in Sept, and Deco Diamonds Deluxe, a 1920s Art Deco-inspired slot launched in early October, the talented developer was established in 2016.
Versailles backdrop:
The five-reel, 20-payline online slot is home amongst the immaculately gro…
Recreativos Franco and Orenes Grupo unveil merger plan
Two of the largest gaming machines manufactures in Spain have reportedly announced that they will be merging so as to be better able to exploit a host of coming domestic and international opportunities.
According to a source, the move involving Orenes Grupo and Recreativos Franco is destined to create the largest gambling machine manufacturer in Spain and allow the pair to better exploit a range of new rules that are being brought in by their home nation’s government covering the operation of land-based casino, arcade and café gaming.
Castilian concern:
Established by brothers Joaquin and Jesus Franco Munoz in 1965, Madrid-headquartered Recreativos Franco reportedly already holds a d…
Relax Gaming makes Serbia debut via new online slots supply deal with Meridian Gaming
Looking to “make a statement in the region,” Relax Gaming has partnered with Meridian Gaming in a deal that will see it supply its portfolio of top-performing online slots games to the operator group, marking its first appearance in the Serbian market.
Courtesy of the new alliance, the iGaming aggregator and supplier’s player-favorite titles ranging from the classic Aztec-themed Temple Tumble released in February 2019 and the blockbuster hit Money Train 2, which was launched in September 2020, to the recently launched Beast Mode, which is the second collaboration between Relax and casino streaming community Casino Grounds, will now be accessible to the sports bett…
Florida legislators remove online and mobile from proposed gaming compact
In the southern American state of Florida and legislators have reportedly removed a section of a proposed agreement with the Seminole Tribe of Florida that would have allowed the tribe to offer mobile and online gaming.
According to a Monday report from the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper, the revelation from the Speaker for the Florida House of Representatives, Chris Sprowls (pictured), comes as state lawmakers are seeking to finally agree a gaming compact with the federally-recognized tribe. The Republican purportedly disclosed that the 75-page agreement now calls for the tribe to be allowed to offer sportsbetting at its seven land-based casinos spread across ‘The Sunshine State’ but without a mobile or online component.
Scientific Games Corporation announces key acquisition
A little over two months after agreeing a deal to buy British online casino games developer Red7Mobile Limited for an undisclosed amount and Scientific Games Corporation is set to further expand its digital gaming empire with the acquisition of NYX Gaming Group Limited.
Las Vegas-based Scientific Games Corporation revealed that it has provisionally agreed to spend approximately $631 million in order to acquire all of the digital games and technology provider’s outstanding shares with the price representing a 112% premium on NYX Gaming Group Limited’s stock price as of September 19.
“This important transaction creates a global gaming and lottery powerhouse,” read a statement from Kevin Sheehan, President and Chief Exec…