London: October 27th 2017 – Playtech has acquired BetBuddy, the Responsible Gambling analytics solution provider, for an undisclosed fee.

Playtech’s strategy is to acquire complementary technology which extends its software and services offering to the gambling industry’s leading operators. The integration of BetBuddy’s behavioural identification and modification software into Playtech’s powerful IMS player management system will enable Playtech to continue to lead the industry in the delivery of Responsible Gambling products and services.

The integration will deliver an industry leading Responsible Gambling player management platform and will give Playtech’s licensees the opportunity to offer their players a safer environment in which to enjoy Playtech’s omni-channel products, features and functionality. The acquisition will ensure the Playtech platform will be well placed to navigate the continually evolving global regulatory challenges around Responsible Gambling in online and retail markets.

Over the past five years BetBuddy, in collaboration with the clinical, responsible gambling, and machine learning scientific communities, has developed a proven track record in implementing Responsible Gambling solutions in regulated markets through its patent-pending behavioural identification and modification solution.

It’s been an innovative year for Asia Live Tech. Kicking it with their new website and a brand new line of services, they could have stopped here for a little while. Fortunately for iGaming operators looking for new possibilities and opportunities, they decided to not rest on their laurels, coming up with two additional solutions that you can blend in one title: Bitcoin Casino Software with Online Gaming License in Cambodia. Let’s explore both of them.

Bitcoin Casino Software

The Bitcoin Casino Software part (also called Bitcoin Online Casino Solution) reveals a modern service, which is the creation of online casinos where payment methods accept cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin of course, but also Ethereum, Litecoin, Dash, and many others. Built on their White Label software solution, it is a turnkey solution for iGaming operators, where all technical difficulties are handled by Asia Live Tech. Web design, game implementation, payment methods obviously, hosting, protection against hacking and the essential management software to run everything.  They are in charge of all of this, only leaving the operators with marketing and communication to focus on.

It is a thrilling development, as the digital industries have been massively becoming crypto-friendly over the latest months, to the point where coins exclusively designed for its operations are now created by the hundreds. In such a rapidly growing environment, the natural move for Asia Live Tech was to streamline the cryptocurrency implementation, making Bitcoin payments easier to understand, use, and adapt to. Despite the breakthrough the digital currency has been knowing since the beginning of the year, it is still complicated to grasp for newcomers.

27th October 2017 – Yggdrasil Gaming has gone live with Gaming Realms via an integration with Bear Group Limited.

Players at Bear Group’s brands, including Slingo, Spin Genie and Pocket Fruity, will enjoy popular titles such as Vikings Go Berzerk and Jungle Books, as well as Yggdrasil’s progressive jackpot slots.

The operator will also have access to Yggdrasil’s collection of in-game promotional tools, BOOST™, and social sharing tool, BRAG™.

Yggdrasil Gaming CEO Fredrik Elmqvist said: “Gaming Realms is among the new-breed of innovative, fast-growing operators which have taken the industry by storm in recent years, so of course they are a natural fit for Yggdrasil.

The iGaming Super Show, EiG and Amsterdam Affiliate Conference come together at consolidated three-brand event launching 2018

Clarion Gaming has announced the launch of iGB Live! a new consolidated event which will feature leading brands, iGaming Super Show, EiG, and the Amsterdam Affiliate Conference, each of which will retain its own dedicated presence and brand personality. The creation of iGB Live! is part of the commitment made by Clarion to streamline the events calendar and provide stakeholders with a unique opportunity to engage across the entire iGaming space at a single event.

Event Director, Shona ODonnell, who was responsible for bringing the iGaming Super Show to market eight years ago and has overseen its development, believes the rebranding is timely and sees the creation of iGB Live! as a key initiative which will benefit all sectors and stakeholders. She explained: “Our pledge is to deliver a global events, knowledge and training strategy to what is a global industry. This involves exploring how we can deploy the power and influence of our brands to best effect on behalf of our customers.

“From speaking with the market we know how much importance it places on reducing the volume of business events currently on the calendar but at the same time raising standards and improving ROI. The iGaming Super Show, EiG and the Amsterdam Affiliate Conference will retain their individual personalities, identity and vision that have made them three of the best known and respected brands in gaming. This strategic move will enhance the value and appeal of attending what will be the biggest dedicated iGaming exhibition and conference for the industry and one which is guaranteed to meet stakeholder needs from a networking, education and business perspective.

Insurance-backed platform is an industry first

London, 27th October 2017 – RISQ, the London-based technology company, have launched a gaming industry first with the development of a random number generator platform boasting jackpots of up to £25m.

The insurance-backed solution is suited to a range of games, including slots, tables games, lottery, keno, bingo, and instant win, and can be tailored to the individual needs of the operator or game developer.

Each simple integration offers adjustable odds, flexible jackpot totals, and variable pay tables, allowing operators to build their own unique jackpot games.

SoftGamings, an online casino platform provider and games aggregator, has released a new product: Live Casino Bundle.

Live Casino Bundle is a package of 8 top live casino providers. The main benefit of obtaining a bundle instead of integrating providers separately is in the fact that the package can be integrated through a single unified API – quickly, easily and cost-effectively. Apart from being a cost-efficient and time-efficient solution, the Live Casino Bundle is also fully mobile-ready.

Vladislavs Hveckovics, the CIO and co-founder at SoftGamings, specified that “SoftGamings offers great commercials on obtaining this product bundle. Compared to getting each game provider separately, Live Casino Bundle means serious savings for operators. What’s more, we offer a single agreement to sign, which implies no need for lengthy legal discussions with each of the providers, which usually takes months.”

The bundle includes the following live casino market suppliers: Evolution Gaming, NetEnt Live, BetGames.tv, Lucky Streak, Ezugi, Asia Live Tech, Authentic Gaming and Vivo gaming.

Sami Helenius is excited about his new project

Helsinki, Finland: Former NHL player Sami Helenius has announced the launch of his new business, a casino affiliate website called Kasino Curt, which targets Swedish casino enthusiasts. Helenius runs his business from Finland.

Of his new project, Helenius said, “When it comes to online gambling, Sweden is a very interesting country. A Swedish market survey by the Mediavision consultancy found that 61 percent of all new online gambling accounts set up over the past year were with internationally licensed operators. From an affiliate’s point of view, this means that referring Swedish players to online casinos should not be difficult, as long as the affiliate website has traffic. I believe that in a couple of years internationally licensed online operators will be allowed to apply for Swedish licenses. I am very excited about Kasino Curt.”

Helenius cannot promote his website in his native country, as in Finland only three organizations, which merged in the beginning of this year, are allowed to run gambling operations under the Lotteries Act. On the other hand, Sweden is reportedly pressing forward with plans to overhaul its online gambling market by ending Svenska Spel’s online monopoly and allowing international operators to apply for local licenses. If that happens, operators who continue serving Swedish players without a local license will face hefty penalties.

Multi-year deal will see LeoVegas continue to benefit from Kambi’s award-winning Sportsbook

Kambi will continue to provide its Premium Sportsbook and technology services to LeoVegas for the long-term after the two companies agreed a multi-year contract extension.

The new agreement reflects LeoVegas’ successful expansion into the sports betting vertical, having launched LeoVegas Sports using the Kambi Sportsbook ahead of the 2016 European Championships.

Leveraging Kambi’s customer empowerment tools and open frontend, LeoVegas has delivered one of the fastest mobile sportsbooks on the market, and one aligned with the LeoVegas brand.

Casino Scouts Launches Advisory Board

Las Vegas, NV (October 2017) – Casino Scouts announced today that that reality TV personality, director, producer, and entrepreneur, Peter Madrigal, has joined its newly launched Advisory Board.

“We are delighted with Peter’s interest in Casino Scouts, and his desire to collaborate in the development of its casino apps,” said Stephen A. Crystal, Esq., CEO of Casino Scouts. “Peter, being a millennial, is part of the most desired market sector the casinos industry is targeting, and yet understands minimally. Peter’s insights, as well as ability to reach other millennials through his social platform, are invaluable assets to our development process.”

In catching up with Peter, he stated “My generation lives its lives utilizing mobile technology to enhance our daily experiences. Whether it is making reservations, looking up the capital of Italy, investigating vacation options, settling an argument between friends while we are out to dinner, we utilize apps that allows us to live an easy life multi-tasking, and provide us with instant gratification.”

Montreal, QC. October 2017 –  Income Access, Paysafe’s digital marketing technology and services provider, has announced that it will both attend and exhibit at this year’s Berlin Affiliate Conference (BAC), which will be held at the Messe Berlin, Berlin, Germany, from 1st to 4th November.

Sarafina Wolde Gabriel, Vice President of Strategy & Operations; Sarah Robertson, Head of Business Development; and Alexandra Bogdanova, Supervisor of Affiliate Services, will be located at Booth A50, alongside other colleagues, to showcase the company’s multi-channel tracking and analytics affiliate platform as well as its Ad Serving tool and mobile app-tracking solution.

Paysafe’s Income Access team will also focus on promoting the company’s full range of marketing services, which include affiliate programme management and corresponding affiliate network, media buys, marketing audits, content marketing, SEM and web design.

Income Access is proud to have OlyBet, Tau Affiliates, and Trada Casino as its featured partners for BAC. All three brands will have representatives available at Booth A50 to discuss potential partnership deals.