A very successful inauguration of the World Gaming Expo in Monaco confirmed Igor Gamba’s attention to organize this important event on a yearly basis. The 2018 edition of the World Gaming Expo is scheduled for beginning of December 2018.

Gaming industry from 4 continents meet for the very first time on December 6, 7 and 8 in Monte – Carlo at the lavish exhibition venue – Grimaldi Forum. The inaugural edition was small compared to the gigantic plans Igor Gamba, the founder and CEO of the WGE, has for the future editions but nevertheless the event is considereda huge success as it joined the gaming industry exhibitors, conference speakers, visitors and media from all over the world.

The doors of Grimaldi forum opened on Wednesday when Exhibitors from 14 countries presented their glamorous stands. Some were very impressive, even outshined Las Vegas, as you will have the chance to see in the photos. Already on this first day celebrities joined the WGE exhibitors and visitors. Patrik Antonius, the biggest winner in history of on-line poker and the 2017 WGE guests of honor was accompanied by Hassan N’Dam, 3 times world champion in middle weight boxing, Maro Engel theE-formula pilot withother local sports and entertainment personalities. The celebs were hanging out in the WGE stylishly-furnished VIP lounge sponsored by Espresso Games. Yes “Espresso”, but nothing to do with coffee as the newly re-emerged Italian gaming company with this playful name provides solutions for on-line and land based gaming.

Many Monaco based gaming professionals, including numerous SBM members were there as soon as the doors to the expo opened to visitors. Already on the first day, the WGE team counted visitors from more than 30 different countries and the numbers kept raising through the following days. Without a doubt the most visited part of the exhibition ground during this first day was the open-space conference area where conferences and panels were chaired by incredibly entertaining veteran in the gaming industry Steve Donoughue. WGE team made sure to include the FB fans and shared these exciting debates on FB live stream.

The leading supplier of point of sale display products to the lottery industry, Fastrak Lottery Solutions, has revealed its part in the re-launch of the Kazakhstan Lottery with new scratch card dispensers and promotional material delivered across the country.

Following the successful licence bid by Satty Zhuldyz to run the Kazakhstan National Lottery, the new operators quickly looked to revamp the point of sale units, choosing the Fastrak Lottery Solutions POD scratch card dispenser to display and dispense its new range of scratch cards.

To date Fastrak has built 1,000 modular scratch card dispensers which started rolling out in Kazakhstan in September 2017 with a further 2,000 installations planned for early 2018.

John Barrett, Managing Director of Fastrak said; “The new operators of the lottery in Kazakhstan recognised that they needed an effective solution for the display and sale of their games and identified that a new and vibrant point of sale unit could significantly enhance how they reach and engage their consumer – so we were asked to bring a fresh approach to their instore image.”

Platform provider integrates full suite of slots and table games

22nd December 2017, Yerevan: Multi-channel sports betting and casino platform provider Digitain is set to integrate content from leading online slots and table game supplier Habanero.

Among the games made available to their operator partners via the deal will be Habanero’s latest release 5 Mariachis, as well as a popular titles Rolling Roger, The Dead Escape, and Panda Panda.

The integration adds some extra muscle to the Armenian supplier’s casino platform, as it continues to expand in international markets, and brings a new premium range to its existing portfolio.