Malta – Wednesday March 22nd Multilotto’s ongoing expansion has gathered pace with the announcement that Natalie Harrison has been appointed Chief Marketing Officer.

Natalie brings a wealth of experience to the role, having joined the company from Lottoland where she served as Head of Marketing Operations and latterly Head of Commercial Operations over a two-year period.

Natalie, who completed a Masters in Marketing and Innovation at the London School of Marketing in 2014, has held a number of senior roles in the gaming and technology industry.

Key positions include 18 months with Bwin (now GVC) as VIP Player Marketing Manager and 3 years with software giants ARM (sold this year for £24 billion) where she led on corporate marketing for the company’s mobile division.

Naples, USA and Sankt Gallen, Switzerland – March 22, 2017 – Payment21® and ACI Worldwide today announced a strategic collaboration enabling payment service providers (PSPs) to offer merchants anti-money laundering (AML)-compliant Bitcoin acceptance via ACI’s UP eCommerce Payments solution. ACI’s network of more than 130 PSPs, serving more than 56,000 merchants, can now accept Bitcoin payments as a result.

Payment21.com is the first regulated Bitcoin payment processor with a strong focus on the compliance needs of enterprise-level businesses and the legal prerequisites of their banking partners. The award-winning Bitcoin cashier system provides AML-compliant cryptocurrency transactions, designed to meet the needs of eCommerce merchants and multinational corporations with specific regulatory requirements. This approach makes Bitcoin a viable solution for publicly-traded companies, licensed gaming enterprises, concessionary wireless network providers, and authorized investment funds.

ACI’s UP eCommerce Payments solution provides connectivity to a global network of more than 350 card acquirers and alternative payment methods via a single technical integration with a RESTful API. ACI’s collaboration with Payment21.com allows PSPs and merchants to quickly and easily add Bitcoin payments to their checkout pages, without additional integrations. The solution includes inbound payments and payouts in Bitcoin offering real-time settlement capabilities on a global scale, which accelerates merchant cash flow.

“Our relationship with ACI Worldwide allows us to achieve scale by enabling AML-compliant bitcoin acceptance for more than 130 PSPs globally,” added Bernhard Kaufmann, general manager, Payment21.com. “With Payment21, PSPs and merchants are able to meet Know-Your-Customer (KYC) rules in European and international jurisdictions, as the Bitcoin cashier system caters to global KYC-regulations. This, together with no chargeback risk, makes enabling Bitcoin payments an effective solution for merchants that are seeking to address traditional points of friction—including delays and costs associated with cross-border payments.”

Nektan launches IWG’s instant win portfolio

London, 22nd March 2017 – IWG – a world leader in supplying online, instant win games – has struck an agreement to deliver its content to Nektan.

IWG’s entire portfolio of games will be made available via its RGS, allowing Nektan to offer its partners instant win games for the first time.

The deal is IWG’s third RGS integration in the past few months, having recently joined forces with the Michigan Lottery in the United States.

At the Irish Gaming Show this year (2017) the Memorial Trophy was awarded to Spintec for the Product of the Show. Spintec with its local distributer Milan Gaming showcased Karma Multi Player Roulette solution combining automated center and attractive virtual dealer at the same time. This compact solution is perfect example of modular possibilities offered by Karma line. Karma roulette solutions are well known on the Irish market for many years and they’ve gained trust of big and small operators. They excels in technical stability, ergonomics designed around player comfort and customization options. The Product of the Show award proves Spintec has innovative approach in designing different solutions of electronic table games with needs of local market in mind.

About Mark Sinnott Memorial Trophy:

Mark Sinnott was a director of Sinnott’s Amusements in Courtown, Co Wexford and was Deputy Area Officer of Courtown Coastguard, which he joined when he was 16.

Mark would attend the Irish Gaming Show (then known as AmEx) each year and help the exhibitors with setting up their stands and moving equipment for them. After his death at 40 years of age, exhibitors wanted to have some way of remembering him so the Mark Sinnott Memorial Trophy was donated by them to be given to Product of the Show each year. The trophy is a Waterford Crystal centerpiece bowl with Seahorse stem.

First birthday celebrations ramp up with guarantees galore including the Big Sunday $100,000 on April 2nd

ONCHAN, Isle of Man – March 2017 – The schedule for the month-long birthday celebrations for PokerStars NJ has just nudged past the half way point, yet it still is gifting fun and cash and giving players even more opportunities to win, and to win big, at PokerStarsNJ.com, an Amaya Inc. (Nasdaq: AYA; TSX: AYA) brand. Today is officially one year since launch and celebrations are in full swing with a range of innovative promotions on offer to suit all.

For new players, there is a $50 in free play offer, while current players who deposit during this period could enjoy an instant windfall of up to $10,000 with the Mega Cash Bonus. There are enhanced poker prize pools galore, including the $100,000 guaranteed Big Sunday on April 2, and pedal-to-the metal tournaments such as The NJ City Series that delivers a choice of poker games to play, culminating on March 26 in an online Atlantic City NLHE Main Event with a $50,000 guarantee.

The last 12 months have seen many highlights for PokerStars New Jersey with a massive 32 great player promotions up to now, partnering with the New Jersey chapter of Autism Speaks, the largest tournament series New Jersey had ever seen – the New Jersey Championship of Online Poker (NJCOOP) paying out an enormous $1,405,276, PokerStars sponsored live and ‘onlive’ events, all sorts of online Festivals and Series, and mega winning moments such as when ‘VaderWolf’ hit the $100,000 Spin and Go Jackpot in January. His excitement was so infectious that his video has already been shared across social media more than 30,000 times. These are just a few of so many amazingly feel good moments that PokerStars NJ has delivered, and is committed to delivering many more over the next year.

The AskGamblers Casino Complaint Team achieved all-around record-breaking results in 2016.

During 2016 the AskGamblers Casino Complaint Service received a total of 5,268 new cases, submitted by more than 3,800 players against 613 different online casinos. Out of all the received complaints, over 2,300 cases were accepted, 70% of which were successfully resolved, with the average complaint resolution time being less than 8 business days.

Additionally, AskGamblers launched a new feature in 2016, allowing industry professionals to submit complaints against affiliate programs, as well.

Even though the AskGamblers Casino Complaint Team implemented new and stricter complaint reviewing procedures, last year’s record was still surpassed and the Complaint Team managed to return to players over $2,7 million of unpaid, delayed or unfairly confiscated money. The amount, combined with the money returned up until that point and since, has thus far reached an impressive $8,8 million.

March 2017 – Singapore: The largest sports media property in Asian history, ONE Championship™ (ONE), has just announced a blockbuster Grappling Super-Match between former ONE Lightweight World Champion Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki and IBJJF World and Pan American Brazilian jiu-jitsu champion Garry Tonon. The matchup will be held at ONE: DYNASTY OF HEROES set for 26 May at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. The spectacular fight card is headlined by an exciting main event bout between ONE Women’s Atomweight World Champion Angela “Unstoppable” Lee and top challenger Istela Nunes.

Ticket information for ONE: DYNASTY OF HEROES is available at www.onefc.com

Victor Cui, CEO of ONE Championship, stated: “Shinya Aoki is considered probably the greatest grappler in all of mixed martial arts. His ability to scientifically break down opponents on the mat is nothing short of legendary in the industry. At the same time, Garry Tonon is known as one of the most exciting Brazilian jiu-jitsu competitors in the world. The Aoki-Tonon Grappling Super-Match is certainly a matchup that fans will not want to miss. Catch them in Singapore this May!”

Lightweight veteran Shinya “Tobikan Judan” Aoki of Shizuoka, Japan, is one of the world’s most decorated mixed martial artists. He is the DREAM Lightweight Champion, former Shooto Welterweight Champion, and the former ONE Lightweight World Champion. The 33-year-old Aoki is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Yuki Nakai and has won multiple grappling tournaments across the globe. He also holds a black belt in judo. A veteran in both MMA and the Brazilian jiu-jitsu scene, Aoki’s reputation as a grappling specialist is unrivaled.

1. Mysterious Long (March, 10) BTC/USD

Before SEC ruling became public knowledge bitcoin surprised us once again by reaching a new all time high and we could all see that mysterious Friday Long. Truth be told that was not exactly a long, it seemed to be a temporary correlation between bitcoin and usd.

If we compare Chart 1 and Chart 2 below, we will see that bitcoin price was going up when USD was going down (from Fri, 10 Mar 2017 12:30:00 GMT till Fri, 10 Mar 2017 13:00:00 GMT).

Source: tradingview.com