ICE Totally Gaming 2018 is in full force, today marking the third day of its enormous expo floor, including exhibitor OtherLevels, a digital messaging platform. According to OtherLevels CEO Brendan O’Kane, this year at ICE is all about in-play messaging, specifically for sports betting operators.
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Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Turkey will include a special pitch session, allowing participating companies to introduce their products.
The presentation will take place in the conference room. Companies will present their brands to attendees, investors and mass media representatives.
The pitch session will allow participants to draw the audience’s attention, talk about advantages of their products, catch the interest of investors and gain the recognition in the market.
Guests will be able to discover companies’ efficient innovative solutions, find a required product, examine appealing brands and ask their questions.
The opportunities available to the lottery industry and how to make it work with intuitive Point of Sale
Written by John Barrett, Managing Director of Fastrak
If you can get a customer to buy more, great! If you can get customers to buy something that has a better profit margin, so much the better.
Retailers have been upselling at the till as long as retailing began. With consumer habits changing and savvy retailers looking to make the most of every customer, a new wave of retail strategy selling to consumers as they wait to pay, has opened the world of in-lane selling.
Betsson Group to Offer Full Product Range to Spanish Customers
Online gambling operator Betsson Group has today announced the launch of its flagship brand in Spain. From today, 7th February, Spanish customers will have access to a full range of gambling products and games via www.Betsson.es, in a move which will see Betsson Group strengthen its Southern Europe operations.
Betsson.es will be one of the largest online casinos in Spain boasting a wide range of online gambling products and more slot games than any other operator in the market, offering over €2 million in jackpots.
For passionate sports fans, Betsson.es provides a very competitive Sportsbook, offering customers 4,000 sports betting channels for the greatest pre-match and live betting markets.
Feburary 8, London, UK: At this year’s ICE SoftConstruct is showcasing Fast Shift, a cross-product and cross-platform payment gateway with over 300 payment options. SoftConstruct CEO and Founder Vigen Badalyan says Fast Shift was designed taking into account the many years of experience we had working with hundreds of payment options and the struggle the company had when integrating hundreds of payment methods on our platform. Hence, we introduced an all-in-one-place solution that will save a lot of time and energy for many businesses.
FastShift customers will be able to easily get their payment systems regulated in their regions. Simultaneously, Fast Shift will provide an API integration and its documentation will be available on the website.
The payment gateway can be integrated with new businesses, offering them user wallets and avoiding bureaucracy and financial troubles, as well as with existing operators, offering them the utilization of either Fast Shift’s or their own wallets. We are in the process of getting Maltese MFSA license and PCI DSS.
Fast Shift is offering powerful backoffice that will allow to see all transactions, create reports, add websites that work under same merchant account. They can use the backoffice to order payout (monthly/weekly/daily) or schedule automatic payouts. VISA/Master Card will soon be available on Fast Shift.
February 8, 2018, Malta – Malta-based Wazdan, the major casino games producer with products covering slots, table games and video poker has attracted a steady stream of visitors to their stand at ICE Totally Gaming 2018 thanks in no small part to the announcement on the cusp of ICE that the company has been awarded a UK license and with a little magic has made available to celebrate on their stand a range of ‘Volatility Beers’ created in conjunction with passionate British brewers, that highlight Wazdan’s world’s-first ‘Volatility Level’. Wazdan is now
licensed in the UK, Malta and Curacao.
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The magic doesn’t stop there. Wazdan has a series of magic games that are proving to be very popular with operators, platforms, aggregators and affiliates such as Great Book of Magic Deluxe, Magic Fruits 4 Deluxe, Magic Hot 4 Deluxe, Magic Stars 3, Magic of the Ring Deluxe, Magic Target Deluxe and Magic Fruits Deluxe games that take the magic arts into immersive experiences for players across Wazdan’s portfolio of over 100 engaging and innovative HTML 5.0 slots that can be enjoyed on mobile, desktop and tablets.
Celebrities compete on the beach and at the poker table in new video series
ONCHAN, Isle of Man – February 8, 2018 – PokerStars has launched the finale of its current #GameOn series, continuing the poker-based feud between the world’s fastest man Usain Bolt and Hollywood comedian Kevin Hart. The final challenge in this phase of the series is designed to test the core qualities and skills of poker, by opening with the two mis-matched celebrities competing in a 100-metre sprint followed by a heads-up poker match.
Daniel Negreanu, the world’s highest-earning live tournament poker player and member of Team PokerStars Pro, will once again join Bolt and Hart as the game’s commentator to provide expert insight and analysis. The stars will also put to the test the poker skills they’ve been honing since the campaign started in June 2017.
“Usain may be fast on the track but I’m going to be fast taking his chips at the table,” said Hart, one of the most successful comedians in the world and star of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.
Democrat gubernatorial candidate Sue Bell Cobb laid out a detailed plan for a state lottery Wednesday, saying the proposal would put Alabamians in a better position to get higher paying jobs.Starting a Lottery, Alabama, Politics, Government, Video
Swisslos have today put pen to paper on a deal that will see Betradar provide its Managed Trading Services to the Swiss national lottery.
Swisslos have worked with Betradar since 2003 and this development adds the company’s fully flexible risk and trading management instrument into the mix.
The Managed Trading Services (MTS) are available for any national lotteries, bricks and mortar or online operators on a stand-alone, platform-agnostic basis or as a turnkey offering. In this case, Betradar will be supplementing the MTS offering with some bespoke creative content, including schwingen, Athletics Zurich as well as some equestrian events.
Speaking about the development, Swisslos CEO Dr. Roger Fasnacht said: “We have worked with Betradar for 15 years now and we are really excited to see the efficiencies that this proven product can bring to our organisation. At Swisslos, we are committed to providing the most reliable and competitive offering to our Swiss nationals: our collaboration with Betradar, the addition of MTS and their commitment to deliver bespoke competitions and content will ensure we become the destination of choice for Switzerland’s sports fans again”.
LAS VEGAS – February 08, 2018 – Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) (“Scientific Games” or the “Company”) announces that SG Digital, a leader in iGaming, Sports Betting and iLottery, has unveiled a comprehensive portfolio of new games at this year’s ICE Totally Gaming exhibition in London, offering some of the most exciting and engaging content available on the market.
Featured in the suite of new games is Tetris® Super Jackpots, which brings one of the most recognized video game brands in the world to the online slot sector for the first time. In this title, developed by SG Digital’s Bally studio, players will be mesmerized by the iconic Tetriminos. To add to the frantic fun, Tetris® Super Jackpots also includes an exciting Tetrimino feature in the base game, which can occur randomly on any spin. If activated, the Tetrimino feature will randomly be placed on or above the reels, replacing any covered symbols with a random Tetrimino. The feature can add up to 477 additional ways for players to win. The title also boasts a free games bonus that features the catchy Tetris theme song with guaranteed wins.
SG Digital will also showcase Wonder Hounds™, the latest innovative title from the NextGen Gaming studio, part of the recently acquired NYX Gaming Group. The 3×5, 25-payline slot has players join a pack of international pooches on the prowl for big prizes. Up to 15 sticky wilds can be awarded during the free games round, while the Wonder Hounds icons can transform into a Wild reel per spin. Wonder Hounds will launch in February 2018 to coincide with the Lunar New Year – Year of the Dog. As part of the launch, NextGen is proud to be making a charitable contribution to animal welfare charities.
The launches represent the combined creative forces of legacy SG Interactive and NYX Gaming Group. The new SG Digital division of Scientific Games will offer the broadest portfolio of games in the iGaming industry from its world-class development studios.
The international gaming industry was out in force at The ExCeL Centre, on day 1 of ICE London 2018. The world’s biggest gaming expo, comprising a record 589 exhibiting companies, occupying 43,500sqm of net space, has become the meeting place of choice for the international industry with streams of visitors passing through the doors at ExCeL for ICE London’s 10:00am start.
Reflecting on the first day of ICE London, Senior Marketing Manager, Dan Stone said: “While we are not in a position to announce our attendance figures, I would say that all of the anecdotal evidence is positive. The industry arrived as soon as the doors opened and stayed right through to the show closing, taking full advantage of the unique opportunities ICE London offers to see the entirety of gaming in a single venue.”
ICE London continues through Wednesday, 7 February and Thursday, 8 February 2018. To register for 2018 edition of ICE London, visit: icetotallygaming.com
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Australian betting operator Tabcorp Holdings saw its net profits fall nearly 60% in the final earnings report before its official merger with rival Tatts Group.
On Wednesday, Tabcorp reported revenue of A$1.37b (US$1.07b) in the six months ending December 31, 2017, a year-on-year improvement of 18.7% over its previous fiscal H1. But net profit after tax (NPAT) before significant items fell 20% to A$82m and statutory NPAT was down 58.2% to just A$24.6m.
The significant items contributing to that profit plunge included A$57.4m in Tatts acquisition costs, A$49m from an “onerous contract provision” in the failing UK-facing Sun Bets joint venture plus another $3.2m in Sun Bets impairment charges, A$12.4m stemming from the closure of the underperforming Luxbet online betting arm and A$6.3m from the divestment of the Odyssey video poker machine monitoring business.
The above inglorious parade of red ink would have pushed Tabcorp into a net loss for the period were it not for a A$72.8m net gain on a cash-settled equity swap.
The sky may be the limit for a pair of recent maiden winners from the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, and they’ll have a chance to deliver on their promise Feb. 10 in the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.
In this week’s poker news round-up we bring you up to speed on the US Poker Open at ARIA, PokerStars and Winning Poker Network woes, a new venue for the World Poker Tour and much more.
I’m going to split the week right down the middle.
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Casino operator Wynn Resorts’ share price may have bounced back after Steve Wynn’s resignation, but the company’s regulatory woes are far from over.
Wynn Resorts stock price closed out Wednesday’s trading up 8.6% to $177.32 as investors reacted positively to Tuesday’s resignation of chairman/CEO Steve Wynn. The announcement came 10 days after the Wall Street Journal broke the story of decades’ worth of sexual harassment allegations by Steve Wynn against Wynn Resorts female staff – allegations that Steve continues to deny.
Wynn’s shares still have a long way to go to regain the nearly $200 price they enjoyed before the WSJ report, and more aftershocks appear possible, particularly given the three separate regulatory probes – in Nevada, Massachusetts and Macau – into the company’s knowledge and handling of the allegations.
On Wednesday, Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) exec director Ed Bedrosian said the MGC’s probe “aggressively continues” and while investigators would “consider” Steve’s resignation as they go forward, “it will not stop their work.”
Unibet Poker’s parent company Kindred Group won the International Gaming Award for Online Poker Room of the Year in a glitzy evening in London.
It’s happened again.
The high heels, warpaint and Gladrags, came out for another night of booze-filled revelry at a gaming awards show, and PokerStars didn’t win the Online Poker Operator of the Year award.
Back in October, partypoker won the Poker Operator of the Year award at the EGR Operator Awards putting a hard stop to a three-year winning streak for Stars.
The UK-born pro, Stephen Chidwick, takes a substantial lead in the US Poker Open after winning back-to-back $25k events in a 48-hour span including the Mixed Game Championship.
Daniel Negreanu believes Steffen Sontheimer is the best poker player in the world. The subsequent eyebrow twitching prompted Kid Poker to release a post edit clarifying his claim is limited to No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE) tournaments.
Because if we’re talking about the best player in the world, then many of his peers would hurl the name of Stephen Chidwick into the ring. I have seen them do it in the past.
For a long time, Chidwick had the words ‘The Best Player in the World to Never Win Anything’ sewn into his psyche. In the next five days, that may change.
A look ahead at the ties between Spurs v Arsenal, Chelsea v West Brom, Huddersfield v Bournemouth and Stoke v Brighton as the battle for Champions League places and relegation heats up.
27 weeks into the Premier League season we can make a few solid assumptions. Man City will win the league and qualify for the Champions League. The other three places will go to either Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs or Arsenal.
At the other end of the table, we will see one of the tightest relegation battles for some time with West Ham, Brighton, Crystal Palace, Southampton, Newcastle, Swansea, Stoke, Huddersfield and West Brom all fighting the little corpse inside their minds telling them they are going down.
All of that means we don’t care about Burnley, Leicester, Bournemouth, Everton or Watford. For that quintet, the rest of the season is as pointless as a tobacconist.
As grade 1 winner La Coronel readies for her 4-year-old debut in the Feb. 10 Lambholm South Endeavour Stakes (G3T) at Tampa Bay Downs, Mark Casse again is putting some ambitious hopes on her dark bay shoulders.
Chris Meyers nearly quit poker a year ago. He was tired of the grind with little to nothing to show for it. But thanks to a friend, Meyers decided to […]
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