RakeTech Group, one of Europe’s leading iGaming affiliates, today announced Christian Lundberg as the new chairman of the company’s board. Christian has extensive experience from leading international organisations, with a focus on building successful company cultures that support long-term and profitable growth.

Raketech is in a maturing phase where the company strengthens both its executive management and board to secure continued high and long-term growth as well as a strengthened leadership in the European affiliate market. Christian Lundberg currently works as a strategic advisor to several corporate leaders in both publicly listed and private companies through his own business A Force 4U. Previously, he has had leading operational positions in regulated and tech-oriented environments at Fortum (as COO Sweden) and Microsoft (as Regional Director Nordics).

”Raketech is a company with high operational capacity and advanced technical solutions, active in the fast-growing European iGaming industry”, said Christian Lundberg. “I believe Raketech has real possibilities to drive the continued development of the sector through responsible affiliate services with a focus on user value, and consequently secure a long-term and sustainable growth. At the same time, we will continue to pursue our active acquisition agenda, where we target assets of high quality with leading market positions”.

”With Christian joining, we will further sharpen Raketech’s leadership,” said Michael Holmberg, Raketech Group CEO. “Christian has vast experience from building winning cultures where everyone works towards the same goals and meets market demands with a focus on long-term values and profitability. He joins in an intense period where we among other activities recently have acquired several assets in Denmark. In addition, we have just reached our 100th employee, from being just some 30 people a year ago. I look forward to working together with Christian and the rest of the board members to take Raketech to the next level.”

Long-term contract extends across Casino, Live Casino, Bingo

London: July 4th 2017 – Sky Betting & Gaming has agreed a multi-product renewal with Playtech, the world’s leading Omni-channel gaming software, systems and services supplier.

The contract extends across an exclusive Playtech Casino, exclusive dedicated Live Casino environment, Bingo and dedicated Bingo game and network development.

The multi-product agreement highlights the huge strength of Playtech’s leading products and the relationship and trust that Playtech and Sky Betting & Gaming have established over the many years they have worked together.

4th July 2017 – Content from quality slots and table games provider Habanero is now live with Belgium’s leading online casino, starcasino.be.

The company’s 75 video slots titles have been made available to the operator’s customers across a wide range of desktop and mobile devices.

Among them will be Habanero’s latest releases Panda Panda, Bird of Thunder, and Fire Rooster, which are proving popular with players across the world.

Daniel Long, Head of Sales at Habanero, said he was delighted to agree the partnership, which will see their games go head-to-head with leading suppliers including Net Ent and Microgaming.

Poipet, Cambodia, July 4, 2017 – Day 1A of the APT Main Event is in the books and sitting at the top is a very familiar face, Malaysia’s Choong Kian Weng. Two weeks ago Weng crushed the APT Macau Main Event to capture his first-ever APT championship title.3

Main Event Day 1A Chip Leader, Choong Kian Weng

The early rounds didn’t start off very well for Weng. He was one of the first players to hit the rail but with late registration still open, he quickly re-entered. On his second bullet, Weng’s stack fluctuated in and out of average stack, not really getting too big nor too short. It was only during the final hands of the night did his stack soar to the leader’s seat after shipping in two massive pots.

The first winning hand saw three players stare down a flop of 10♦ 6♣ 3♦. One player shoved, and without batting an eyelash Weng joined him, putting himself at risk of elimination. Seeing the heated action, the third player opted to fold while revealing his 7♦ 5♦ flush draw hole cards. At the showdown, Weng turned over 10♠ 5♥top pair and was up against his opponent’s A♦ 2♦ nut flush draw. The 7♥ turn and 10♥ river secured Weng the victory and he was awarded a huge double up.

Runners taking part in this year’s Mitchell Street Mile in Darwin have just been given extra incentive to start pounding the pavement in preparation for the iconic event.

Locally-based betting company Lottoland Australia has jumped on board as main sponsor and is offering a staggering $2 million in prize money, with $1 million up for grabs for the winner of both the Men’s Elite and Women’s Elite races if they can run a world record.

The newly named Lottoland Mitchell Street Million Dollar Mile takes part in the heart of Darwin’s bustling CBD and attracts running enthusiasts from all over the world. This year’s event will be held on Sunday 17 September.

If the winner of the Men’s Elite race clocks a time quicker than the current world record of 3:43.13, he will pocket 1 million bucks thanks to Lottoland. The Women’s Elite champion needs to beat a world record time of 4:12:56 to pocket their $1 million courtesy of Lottoland Australia.

InBet is a b2b solutions provider for lottery, betting, gaming and amusement industries. Proud to be active in more than two dozens countries globally, we have amassed over 15 years of experience in full-cycle product development. Along with lots of commercial lotteries two countries have trusted us the mission of supplying their national lotteries.

Our particular strength is in meticulously adjusting our solutions to the most challenging national and legal environments. Relying on extensive research and our vast expertise with some of the most dynamic and heavily regulated markets like Russia and Kazakhstan, we tailor our products to meet the strictest regulatory standards worldwide. Today’s booming betting & gambling markets of Latin America and some African countries are something that we have already been through. The patterns of industry growth and regulatory trends here are similar to what was happening in CIS markets not long ago – and here in InBet we know exactly how to go about it. Here are just a few examples.

Classic slots & RNG games enjoy tremendous popularity across the globe, yet in many regions legislators have put restrictions on them. In order to help our clients who operate under such regulations to meet the massive demand for slots & RNGs, we came up with a tool that keeps the attractiveness of slot machines without meeting the legal definition thereof. Animations is based on making bets on real-life events. This solution has been approved and certified by BMM Testlabs – the world’s leading gaming certification entity. Another acclaimed solution that we have developed is called the lottery license optimization. It helps to connect players to lotteries that take place in offshore jurisdictions, where draws occur once in every 20 seconds or even more often.

When it comes to meeting regulation requirements, we don’t play hit or miss. Every product we offer undergoes scrutiny by a team of lawyers, which consists of both our employees and local attorneys. We maintain best practices in terms of ensuring perfect legality of our solutions and certifying them according to local legislation.

July 2017 – Transylvania – EEGMedia is excited to announce that their recent project has been successfully launched. The new project will serve the b2b sector of the online gambling industry in a form of streaming news and press releases with music being played to ease the office hours of peers working in the industry.

Zoltan “Hawkie” Tundik, Founder and Head of Business at EEGMedia commented: “We are really excited to bring such an opportunity for our audience and move our news broadcasting process into a new channel. I feel that this new service will increase our offerings and services for the benefit of partners and clients.”

iGaming Radio is the first online radio which is streaming igaming industry related news exclusively thorough daily shows, interviews and press releases.

The aim of the station is to keep its audience connected 24/7 with the online gaming industry by playing awesome music and serving the news first hand. Your days in the office will never be the same again!

Football is in the air. As the FIFA Confederations Cup is ready to unfold in Russia, we are reminded that the great feast of the Game, the long anticipated 2018 World Cup, is just around the corner, too. Here at InBet, we share many of our friends’ and customers’ passion for the Game. The football vibe that we all feel chimes in with our resolution to always deliver the products that best fit the players’ needs – here and now. That is how the Penalty Kick came to be.

We are thrilled to unveil our new game, which combines elements of both dynamic action and football drama. The idea behind it was the drive to replicate one of the most nail-biting moments of the Game – a penalty. Will the kicker be victorious, or will the goalkeeper make an unlikely epic save? Will the shot be powerfully placed in the top corner, or volleyed to the center? Penalty Kick’s 3D simulation will keep you guessing until the very last second.

Betting on wide range of outcomes makes for extra excitement. One of the key decisions that the player takes is predicting where the ball will be placed:

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Slots are at the heart of every gaming hall, either physical or online. Every spin of colorful reels fascinates and thrills the player, keeping them enchanted until they reach either the bottom of their wallet or the magical pot of gold. In order to keep the sorcery alive, here at InBet Games we relentlessly refine both the exterior and the mechanics of our slots in order to make them even more engaging.

With HTML5 responsiveness, HD graphics and high quality animations, our slots are the new incarnation of the classic format. Each game is equipped with a mobile optimization engine, tasked to adjust screen resolution and optimize the gaming process for better mobile performance. This ensures players’ engagement and keeps the batteries of their gadgets alive for a longer time.

The extensive pool of InBet slots has recently seen new entries, and we are delighted to announce the arrival of two fresh games: Aladdin’s Lamp and Pirate Cave.

Aladdin’s story is the one that have inspired countless generations of adventurers and gamblers: a peasant-turned-royalty, he played big and risked everything in his quest for love. Authentic design of the interface combined with smart gameplay will immerse the gambler in the world of the Medieval Middle Eastern treasure hunters. One feature that reviewers have praised specifically is the fun execution of the double or nothing option: squeezed between a street vender and a clammy guard, you will have to pick one of the hidden cards and hope it is of a higher value than the one exposed by the vender.