Multi-year distribution deal includes virtual racing and football

London – Virtual games specialist Kiron Interactive has struck a deal with UK racing broadcaster At The Races to supply its leading portfolio of virtual gaming content to licenced betting operators in the United Kingdom.

The multi-year commercial partnership will see ATR distribute Kiron’s virtual horse racing and greyhound racing products, as well as virtual football via Kiron’s association with VSoftCo, to its online bookmaker customers.

Kiron’s virtual games will be made available via At The Races’ wholly owned streaming platform, Sport Mediastream with data being disseminated through the Press Association’s feed. A generic service will be available, as well bespoke streams to operators on request.

22nd January, 2018 (London) – iGB Affiliate, the leading information provider for the iGaming affiliate industry, has announced the networking schedule for next month’s London Affiliate Conference (LAC).

Delegates will be provided with an action-packed schedule giving them an opportunity to network with colleagues in the trendy east side of London.

Among the highlights are the official opening party at Trade Union, an official UPAYCARD networking party at Tropicana Beach Club and the unwind session at the Draft House.

iGaming Business’ head of operations, Shona ODonnell, commented “This is traditionally the busiest time of the year for our industry, but we can’t wait for the London Affiliate Conference to get underway next month.

Multi-year distribution deal includes virtual racing and football

London – Virtual games specialist Kiron Interactive has struck a deal with UK racing broadcaster At The Races to supply its leading portfolio of virtual gaming content to licenced betting operators in the United Kingdom.

The multi-year commercial partnership will see ATR distribute Kiron’s virtual horse racing and greyhound racing products, as well as virtual football via Kiron’s association with VSoftCo, to its online bookmaker customers.

Kiron’s virtual games will be made available via At The Races’ wholly owned streaming platform, Sport Mediastream with data being disseminated through the Press Association’s feed. A generic service will be available, as well bespoke streams to operators on request.

Zach Piester: We’re finding some great social enterprises coming through in Middle East and especially Africa

Zach Piester: Singapore has become a hub for ICOs

Zach Piester, a co-founder of Intrepid Ventures, works in the Central Asia and refers this part of the world to a center of the universe for him and his colleagues. During the interview with the media office of Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Philippines, he described the region in terms of the growth of blockchain companies there and revealed why investments in cryptocurrencies and blockchain would be a prerogative of major investors soon.

Interviewer: Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Philippines (BCP)

Betsoft Gaming will be using the 2018 ICE Totally Gaming Trade Expo to reveal their most ground-breaking year to date. A quick trip to their stand will demonstrate just a taste of what Betsoft has in store for the upcoming year. Utilising their SHIFT platform to its full potential, Betsoft continues to deliver captivating 3D animations, while introducing some innovations that could redefine the online landscape.

During the show, Betsoft will be showcasing their most recent success – LEGEND OF THE NILE. This game is a great example of how form and function work hand in hand. Beautifully rendered scenery captures the serene essence of Egypt whilst revolutionary game mechanics keep players engaged. The newly introduced “trail system”, designed to take advantage of the SHIFT platform, allows players to collect certain Gods during play, and to earn special rewards for doing so. The dynamic Ra trail offers significant wins in a single turn, while the static Isis and Anubis trails allow players to collect symbols from spin to spin, meaning that players are rewarded the longer they play.

In a glimpse of what the future has to offer, Betsoft is unveiling the much-anticipated sequel to the fan-favorite Sugar Pop.  The follow up, dubbed SUGARPOP 2: DOUBLE DIPPED, will be packed with fun new features, Sugar Pop 2 will incorporate Free Spins and Wilds, with new events like a Candy Bomb, and special effect candies including a Jelly Bean Cannon and Sweet Hammer. It’s a fast-paced feast for the eyes and a rewarding slot from start to finish. Dan Cooper, Betsoft’s CTO, summarizes the careful planning and thorough consideration that go into every Betsoft title:

“Betsoft believes in a game’s flow: the way the mathematics function, the sounds and animations, the speed in which things happen and the order in which things happen. All of these various elements play a synergistic part in the creation of a game… the closer to perfection each element becomes, the better the resulting game performance can be.”

Join Games is proud to showcase their unique cutting-edge product “Zombie Escape VR” at ICE Totally Gaming event in London. At ICE 2017 the reveal of the World First Mobile VR iGame “Kleopatra VR” caused a show sensation with the Join Game’s stand delivering over 450 demonstrations across the three days. “Zombie Escape VR” is a fast-moving iGame with unprecedented multi-level, multi-character immersive play.

The game delivers non-stop action with an exciting storyline and realistic highly detailed environments with stunning visual effects and atmospheric soundtracks. It is like being inside a movie. The player has an opportunity to choose his survival partner and a weapon to kill all the zombies across interactive bonus levels that includes a short car-chase with everything being for real-money casino play.

Join Games VR has again raised the benchmark for player experiences by developing and delivering a unique 3D ‘Heads Up Display’. The HUD provides the player with Omni-directional constant game information including winnings, clock, time elapsed since start of play, warning system for enemies approaching out of line of sight (e.g. behind the player), etc.

“Zombie Escape VR takes Join Games’ initial groundbreaking VR iGame product design to an entirely new level of Virtual Reality gameplay. In addition to the best in class VR user experiences, a key objective for Join Games is delivering VR game products that add valuable revenue streams for our Operator clients.” said Martin McDonald, Chief Commercial Officer, Join Games. “This is the reason we chose the more difficult Mobile VR development route, because that is where the market is. We make high quality games that players will love and want to play and play, and for which they have no financial or technical barriers to entry. Every eligible player has a smartphone in their pocket and VR headsets are easily affordable from as little as £15 online with next day delivery. Zombie Escape sets the VR bar extremely high and we intend to keep pushing the limits of what is possible in our pursuit of the very best VR iGaming experiences.”

It may be just over 20 weeks away to the biggest World Cup in history but punters can already start building a juicy betting bankroll in time for the big kick off in Russia on 14th June.

Rapidly expanding bookmaker, 21Bet, have launched a great new promotion offering the opportunity for customers to bolster their World Cup kitties with their latest promotion ‘World Cup Bank Builder’.

This is the first major promotion from any Sportsbook ahead of the World Cup can give smart punters a head start ahead of the 46 games.

Richard Hogg, CEO of 21Bet, explained the idea: “There’s an understandable buzz before any World Cup, and we wanted to add that extra bit of excitement for our customers by rewarding them with lots of free bets before the first game kicks off. We’ve made the process as simple as possible – bet £20 on a footie match and get £1 added to your free bet bank.  The bonuses will automatically accumulate so most of our clients will have a healthy World Cup Bank simply by placing their everyday football bets on our web, mobile or IOS sites.”

Since its modest and pioneering start ten years ago, live casino gaming has become a key income generator for the remote gaming industry. In 2014, almost a third of online casino GGR in EU regulated markets was already generated by live gaming, according to data provided by H2 Gambling Capital.

Live gaming GGR in regulated EU markets is estimated to increase to 50% by 2020.

Because of these market developments, the Live Gaming Summit is bringing together, for the second time, providers, operators, experts, and other stakeholders to discuss the latest developments in the live gaming industry.

An international event

This year’s Global Gaming Women (“GGW”) ICE session will take place on Wednesday 7 February 2018 at 2pm in South Gallery Rooms 13 & 14.  The event is being organised by Bahar Alaeddini of Harris Hagan, who sits on GGW’s Events Committee and Great Women of Gaming Committee, and is leading GGW’s initiative across Europe, and run in partnership with Clarion and its Diversity & Inclusion in Gaming seminar.

Sarah Harrison, CEO of the British Gambling Commission, will deliver GGW’s keynote speech on the benefits of diversity, driving the change from the top and the importance from the Commission’s perspective.  The keynote will be followed by a leadership panel with senior executives from the land-based and online gambling industry across Europe.  The panel will discuss the state of the industry, lack of women at senior management level, the benefits of gender diversity, commercial drivers, the impact on corporate governance, changing recruitment approaches, new initiatives and joining forces.

The panellists will include:

• Tracy Damestani, CEO of the National Casino Forum and Vice-Chair of the European Casino Association

The Gaffg Awards 2017 winners are announced and like previous years, it features repeat winners along with first time winners. This is the 7th year of the Gaffg Awards and features the following award categories

● Trusted Affiliate Manager

● Trusted Affiliate Program

● Charity Recognition Awards