TV Presenter and journalist Jean Johansson will become the new face of Postcode Scratch and Postcode Bingo this month.

Postcode Scratch and Postcode Bingo give 10% of their revenue direct to Dogs Trust and have donated over £100,000 since June 2014. The two gaming brands are managed by People’s Postcode Lottery.

Glasgow-born Jean Johansson started her career after winning a nationwide search for a presenter. Jean’s first TV appearance was for CBBC and she has since presented for The Disney Channel, Challenge TV, and starred in modelling campaigns for Toni&Guy and Molton Brown Cosmetics.

TV Presenter and new ambassador Jean Johansson said, “I am delighted to be named as the new face and ambassador for Postcode Bingo and Postcode Scratch. As a dog lover, I am especially delighted that 10% of the revenue from Postcode Bingo and Postcode Scratch goes directly to Dogs Trust.”

Re-vamped affiliate programme for the UK’s second most popular lottery brand to be managed by Income Access using company software

Montreal, QC. September 29th, 2015 – The Health Lottery, a London, UK-based lottery brand operated by Northern and Shell and comprising 51 local society lotteries representing local authority areas across the country, has re-launched its affiliate programme in partnership with Income Access, a technology and digital marketing services provider for the global iGaming industry. The Health Lottery’s new affiliate programme has integrated with Income Access’ award-winning affiliate management platform and will be managed by the company’s in-house team.

Launched in 2011 and regulated by the UK Gambling Commission, The Health Lottery, which is today the UK’s most popular lottery after the National Lottery, provides lottery games to players online or at 32,000 national retail outlets. Offering British players the most affordable lottery option in the country, the brand features a 50 pence ticket that provides the chance to win £25,000 every Tuesday and Friday as well as a £1 ticket allowing players to win up to £100,000 every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Generating over £68 million since launch for UK charities such as Mencap, Dementia UK, and the Alzheimer’s Society among others, The Health Lottery recently rebranded itself. In addition to new celebrity brand ambassador Anthea Turner, the rebranding has involved the re-launch of The Health Lottery’s affiliate programme, which will now be powered by Income Access’ affiliate management platform, the recipient of eGR’s B2B ‘Affiliate Software’ Award for the last three consecutive years.

Endorphina has signed a deal with Georgian online and land-based gaming operator Europe-Bet and all Endorphina slots are now live at europe-bet.com.

Europe-Bet is the largest operator in the regulated Georgian market with close to a 30 per cent share. Endorphina, based in the Czech Republic, has become a significant player on the igaming market. Their slots are getting a huge popularity thanks to unusual and inventive games such as Satoshi’s Secret but also for their classic yet original fruit slots.

Although Europe-Bet was established in 2010, they added online slots just 3 years ago, same year when Endorphina started to develop their games. Apart from slots, www.europe-bet.com also offer other online gaming services such as bookmakers, live casino, roulette and blackjack and became an online casino leader in Georgia offering the biggest variety of high class, original slot games.

„We’ve been having a discussion with Europe-Bet for several months and I’m really glad that we came to an agreement that is profitable for both parties. Moreover, europe-bet.com is a strong casino that has established itself as one of the top online casinos worldwide, “said Ruslan Lyulko, Business Development Manager from Endorphina.

25 September 2015; Kyiv, Ukraine. DLA Piper Ukraine a global law firm, has become a silver sponsor and one of the speakers of Game ON Conference, which will be held on 13-14 October in Kyiv. The firm will rely on currently existing legislative initiatives aiming to provide for regulation of gambling in Ukraine with primary focus on online gambling sector.

DLA Piper’s Gambling team provides a ‘one-stop-shop’ for legal services to operators, suppliers and investors delivering first class multi-jurisdictional advice on gambling law and regulation. The firm’s expertise includes licensing, regulatory, commercial advice attuned to the sector, all IP matters, advertising and branding, technology, telecommunications, data protection, consumer law, corporate, real estate and tax. The practice group has been ranked No 1 in the areas of sports, gaming and gambling by international legal directories Legal 500 and Chamber Global, 2015 edition.

The law firm has launched and constantly contributing in its ‘THE ALL-IN’ gaming blog which is a valuable resource for legal and regulatory updates for gambling sector (http://blogs.dlapiper.com/all-in/). Twenty regular contributors to the online resource, representing senior gaming law specialists from DLA Piper offices, provide timely topical analysis from across the globe.

Natalia Pakhomovska, Partner, Head of Intellectual Property & Technology in Ukraine, said: “Today almost all countries have at least one form of authorized gambling and Ukraine is on its route to introduce its own regulation. At a time where government is increasingly looking to gambling duties to fill the gaps in the state budget, operators and suppliers need to be alive to the challenges if they are to make the most of the resulting opportunities. Thanks to the cross-border expertise we can guide the clients around the pitfalls of working in new environments and help run and support successful international businesses with global brands.”

Montreal, QC. September 28th, 2015 – Income Access, a technology and digital marketing services company for the global iGaming and land-based casino sectors, has announced that the company has again won the ‘Digital Acquisition Program of the Year’ Award at the Global Gaming Awards. The second annual awards ceremony, which took place on 28th September 2015 in the Venetian Palazzo Congress Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, comes on the back of the addition of a mobile app-tracking solution to Income Access’ acquisition tracking software.

Taking place the day before the start of the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) 2015, which runs from 29th September until 1st October 2015, the second annual Global Gaming Awards (GGA) was held once again in the Titian Ballroom of the Venetian Palazzo Congress Center. Sponsored by B2B gaming industry media company Gambling Insider and the NYX Gaming Group, the event celebrated the online gambling operators, land-based casinos and service providers that have excelled in their business areas since the last GGA ceremony in autumn 2014.

At the inaugural GGA event in September 2014, Income Access won the ‘Digital Acquisition Program of the Year’ award, which recognizes the gaming industry’s most impressive products, platforms and promotions for the acquisition of new digital players. Since GGA 2014, the company has made numerous upgrades to its affiliate programme management platform, including the addition of a mobile app-tracking solution in Q4 2014.

In addition, over the course of the last 12 months, numerous high-profile gaming operators have chosen to integrate Income Access’ acquisition tracking technology. These include online, mobile and social gaming company Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE), US-facing online horse-racing wagering brands MyWinners.com and DerbyJackpot, and Asia-facing online sportsbook and casino brands 12BET and INBET88.

Vermantia, provider of premium content for lotteries, gaming & betting operators worldwide, today announces its agreement with the leading Italian sports betting operator SNAI.

Vermantia will provide two live sports betting channels which will allow SNAI to offer live sports videos combined with supporting data and statistics to its customers. The video content will be provided in collaboration with Perform Group, market leader in the commercialization of multimedia sports content & rights, providing a fully customized Watch & Bet Retail solution and delivered to SNAI’s betting shops via satellite.

The channels have been designed according to the specific needs of SNAI shops in terms of live sports video content, data and statistics, design and branding. Customers will gain access to more than 6,000 sports events per year with SNAI’s live markets and odds. The rollout of the channels will start with a daily schedule of live sports video content such as football, tennis, basketball and volleyball.

Commenting on the agreement, SNAI President and CEO Gabriele Del Torchio said:

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25 September 2015, London, UK (Press Release) – Leading online and mobile game supplier iSoftBet is proud to announce the launch of its latest branded title, based on the highly acclaimed TV drama “24”. The game supplier has partnered with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products to debut the “24” slot, incorporating the pulse-pounding exploits of heroic Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer and the dramatic scenes that fans have come to expect from the multi-award winning TV series.

Featuring Free Spins, exploding Wilds and a high octane bonus round alongside many of the series’ distinctive audio effects and stunning visual elements, iSoftBet’s “24” slot brings all of the adrenaline-fueled action from the show straight to the reels.

“This unique partnership with iSoftBet has resulted in an action-packed game recognizable to fans around the world featuring the twists and turns that kept viewers on the edge of their seats from week to week while watching ‘24’,”said Michael Doyle, Vice President of Interactive Games at Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products.”

“iSoftBet’s branded games collection has grown immensely over the past 12 months, and with the addition of such a well-loved and reputable title as ‘24,’ our portfolio is stronger than ever,”said Luci Apostolou, sales manager at iSoftBet. “The TV series ‘24’ and agent Bauer are hugely popular all over the world, and we are sure our customers will be blown away by the innovative content and features of this thrilling new slot.”

COLOSSUS BETS today announced the launch of ‘Fracpot’, a landmark disruptive slot for the gaming industry, alongside partners CORE Gaming and Sky Vegas. With its £1,000,000 jackpot prize the Colossus Fracpot game is the first slot to incorporate a cash-out feature.  

Traditional slots are designed to be an ‘all or nothing’ experience for the player to land the jackpot prize. In contrast, the Colossus game will enable players to cash-out their position between reels being resolved, including the option to cash-out in parts and thus continuing to play for a part of the jackpot prize.

Bernard Marantelli, founder and CEO of Colossus Bets said: “Partial cash-out has become a sports betting juggernaut, with industry leaders such as Bet365 and Paddy Power this year following the lead set by Colossus Bets when launching our sports pools with the feature in 2013. We believe that the application of partial cash-out to other gaming verticals will have a similarly transformational impact. The Colossus slot is the first in what will be a series of gaming products enabling players to bank profits as they progress through a game.”

Justin Chamberlain, CEO of CORE Gaming commented: “Slots have lacked real innovation for some time and become a battle of the brands. This Colossus ‘Fracpot’ slot represents real innovation and as a result the interest from operators has been huge. We are delighted that in Sky Vegas we have a top tier operator who is first to go live with the game and we are looking to develop a suite of partial cash-out games with Colossus Bets.”

In a month, on October 14-15, 2015, the capital of Belarus will host a professional event dedicated to the gambling industry – Belarus Gaming Congress. Both domestic and foreign experts from various sectors of gambling will take part in the event. And one of the speakers at the Congress will be Igor Rechka, representative of the company General Manager.

As part of the event, Igor will report on the topic: “The history of the gambling business development in Belarus from 2009 to 2015: analysis, forecasts” http://minsk.rgweek.ru/en .

 Information about the speaker:

Igor Rechka has been working in the gaming industry since 1998. For almost 10 years (since 2007) he has been CEO of the Management Company General Manager. In 2002-2008 he was the head of the project Staffroom, as well as the chief editor of the newspaper “Casino inside” and publisher of «Casino Magazine». And for over 13 years (since 2002), he has been our speaker – a professional player.

On October 14-15, 2015 in Minsk, he will present a report on the theme: “From the land-based to online casinos. http://minsk.rgweek.ru/en

David has 10 years of experience in helping brands build million dollar revenue streams from streaming live casinos to consumers remotely. He will speak about the technology and marketing strategy to launch an on-line casino successfully. Don’t follow the heard – be unique is his motto for success.

David Wawright is the founder of HollywoodTV, a specialist entertainment company that focuses on delivering gaming to the mass market. Collectively over $100 m NGR is generated today through HollywoodTV technology in 8 different countries. The company has the expertise and technology to deliver scalable solutions.

HollywoodTV specialises in developing and installing live casino based studios for TV companies and land based casinos. Its clients include famous companies such as PAF / WINGA , Netplay, Real.casino,  Dragonara Casino, CasinoTV and others.

Global Betting and Gaming Consultants, a specialist gaming consultancy with more than 15 years’experience, has produced two new reports investigating African sports betting and emerging trends in virtual betting.

The reports are based on groundbreaking research conducted as part of GBGC’s flagship Global Gambling Report, a market-leading study of more 250 gaming and betting markets which is now in its tenth edition.

GBGC CEO Warwick Bartlett commented: “We’re pleased to be releasing reports into these exciting emerging sectors. Both topics have been very interesting to research, and we’re certain that our readers and subscribers will find them engaging and a catalyst for ideas. Tax and regulation have put pressure on operators’ profits in recent years so it has never been more important to seek out new sectors.”

He continued: “In our decade-long work on the Global Gambling Report, we’ve always tried to take a comprehensive long-term view on the industry as a whole – but we understand that operators are looking for the most intriguing opportunities in the here and now. That’s what these two new reports are all about.”

On September 29, 2015, Radisson Blu Hotel in Kyiv will host the first Ukrainian Gaming Congress. This is a milestone event for gaming industry on CIS market, as there’re more and more discussions taking place in Ukraine regarding the possibility to legalize gambling business, there’s even a relevant draft pending.

CASEXE has become one of the event sponsors, being a vivid supporter of establishing the legislative regulation on the gambling market, so the Ukrainian Gaming Congress is a perfect opportunity for meeting and dialogue with authorities, experts and gaming business representatives.

Ivan Kondilenko, CASEXE brand manager:

 “We’ve always supported, and will continue to promote such events, devoted to the progress and development of gambling business. Ukrainian Gaming Congress is a perfect opportunity to drive attention to this sector, and to tell about its benefits and advantages for the state, business and people.”

March 9th-11th, 2016  China Import and Export Fair Complex (Area A)

CIAE 2015 Highlights

Having been successfully held during March 28-30, CIAE 2015 presented the best of what china has to offer the amusement, attractions and gaming industry domestically and globally.

Totally 40,000 sqm was covered. CIAE 2015 was well organized and brought in quality visitors, and most of the exhibitors made the sales at the site. CIAE 2015 attracted many foreigners, especially clients from Middle-eastern countries and Africa, as well as customers from Australia and USA.

Leaders of the Zhongshan Administration of Culture, Press and Publication, Radio, Film and Television, leaders of Zhongshan Gangkou Town, leaders of GDGameCity, and representative of the invading enterprises pushed rod together and declared that Guangdong Game & Amusement Culture Industry City (GDGameCity) is to be a formal sub-venue of G&A 2015!

Yuhua Hu, the vice president of Guangdong Grandeur International Exhibition Group, introduced that G&A 2015 will be held at Zhongshan Convention Center and sub-venue-GDGameCity.

Compared with the last year, the exhibition scale has grown and has engaged the industry in a more interactive and participatory way. The Main Venue is at Zhongshan Convention Center, the area is 30,000 sq.m.(Comprehensive Hall: 18,000 sq.m; Outdoor and Tent Exhibition Area 12, 000 sq.m).

More than 200 brands have confirmed their participation, which can be roughly divided into theme park service & game machine pavilion, children amusement pavilion, arcade game pavilion. Presently, exhibitor acquisition work of the main venue have finished and all the booths have been booked out.

Coingaming.io, the leading software provider for white-label Bitcoin casino and sportsbook solutions, today announced that it reached the landmark milestone of twenty-seven premium games content integrations for bitcoin gaming players.

The business is leading the way in bitcoin enablement of leading games content providers and studios such as Microgaming Quickfire, Betsoft, Ezugi, GameART, and NetEnt. High-end slots gaming studio Booming Games has now become the twenty-seventh gaming integration for bitcoin gaming players.

Mark McGuinness, Communications Director of Coingaming.io, said: “Bitcoin is the payment choice for the Connected Generation, of digital natives seeking digitally connected gaming entertainment, especially withdrawals. For these gaming customers, everything is and needs to be on-demand, with value and services that make lives simpler.Need a cab, use Uber, send an instant message open Telegram. Bitcoin provides that adjunct for on-demand gaming experience and gratification.  Instant transfers, discreet methods and borderless fulfilment, Bitcoin allows a payment from anyone, anywherewithin the online gaming ecosystem. Coingaming’s strategy is to ensure gaming content providers don’t miss out on having their games enabled for bitcoin to reach the most connected generation in human existence especially in underbanked societies around the world. ”

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September got off to a great start for one Swedish LeoVegas slots fan, who managed to win just over £100,000 from a 46p spin.  Ann-Kristin Ahlin from Sandviken, a small town north of Stockholm, won the six-figure sum playing Cosmic Fortune.

Ahlin, who describes herself as a casual player, said the win will help with debts and other troubles. She said: “I’ve played a bit in my life but I can’t describe how much this amount of money means to me. I will pay for my partner and his daughter to go to America, we’ve always talked about it.”

Despite being £100,000 richer Ahlin still went to work the night of her win. She said: “After working late that night my partner and I went to a bar and celebrated with an Irish coffee, it was, it was very cosy and I was having trouble believing it. When I first told him of the win he yelled and asked me if I was a millionaire [converted into Krona £103,827 is equal to 1,352,603 SEK].”

Commenting on Ann-Kristin’s win, LeoVegas UK country manager, Shenaly Amin said: “Ahlin’s win goes to show that anyone can win big at LeoVegas, even if they’re just betting 46p. We hope she and her family have a fantastic time in America and it’s a great feeling for everyone here to know that playing at LeoVegas helped her get there. Maybe when she gets there she can celebrate with something stronger than an Irish coffee.”

For anyone who’s been waiting years to make a dollar from the hundreds of hours spent honing their skills on phone games, the moment has arrived. GamyTech a company focused on skill games decided to release the first version of Flappy Bird for Money.

The key to GamyTech’s success is that while casino style-games have been waiting for legislation that legalizes online betting for games of chance, gambling on games of skill is already legal in 36 States. 

In my opinion, gambling on skill-based video games could become much larger than any casino-style mobile game said Jonathan Swerdlow, GamyTech’s CEO.

Money Birds has been inspired by one of the most addictive game in the history of gaming: Flappy Bird. In just a few weeks, the mobile app Flappy Bird became a global phenomenon. It was a simple game, but frustrating and endless. Sharing many similarities with the famous Helicopter Game — only with Super Nintendo-style graphics — it’s safe to say Flappy Bird took over the web.

The US gaming industry has always kept a close tab on the Macau and Asian markets, but this year the interest is intensifying with a number of new American exhibitors signing up to MGS 2015. Crossing sectors within the gaming genre, the US contingent adds to the international dimension of the Macao Gaming Show with an estimated 20+ countries likely to be exhibiting on the Venetian floor.

The Macao Gaming Show (MGS) has strengthened its fast expanding exhibitor list with a host of leading gaming companies from the United States signing up for this year’s expo at the Venetian Macao (17-19 November).

Leading US companies from across the gaming, leisure and technology sectors have all decided to step up to the ‘Gateway to Asia’ – each using MGS as their starting point to reach the all-important Macau and Asian marketplace.

The US contingent will be travelling to this year’s Macao Gaming Show from a number of different states in America including Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky and of course, Nevada – covering all aspects of gaming from machine manufacturers to testing labs, from casino fixtures to payment solution companies.

London, September 2015: Gamesman, the international gaming equipment, components and systems manufacturer, part of Esterline Corporation, will  be using its presence at G2E to bring its Target 25k fundraising activities ‘Stateside’. Launched at February’s ICE exhibition in London, Target 25k is a Gamesman campaign to raise £25,000 (US$39,000) in order to fund research into Mesothelioma, an aggressive form of lung cancer which the company’s Technical Director James Cove is receiving treatment for.  The US fundraising event comprises  a Charity Poker Tournament to be held on Sunday September 27th at Green Valley Ranch, starting at 6pm.

Gamesman Sales Manager Martin Rigby explained “Mesothelioma is a form of lung cancer caused by exposure to asbestos and is incurable, and at the age of just 43 it came as a huge shock, not just for James and his immediate family but also for his friends and colleagues, many of whom have known him since Gamesman was formed in 1996.

“Since his diagnosis James has undergone some particularly invasive surgery in his battle against this terrible disease and is currently well, against all the odds, which is wonderful news.  However, this does not detract from the fact that this is a life-limiting condition, something that James has to live with every day and does so with typical good humour and positivity.

“In order to try and do something to support James in his fight and help raise both awareness and funds, we launched Target 25 at ICE in February.  Our aim is to raise a minimum of £25,000 in the course of one year through various activities in support of two charities that James has chosen, Mesothelioma UK and the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.