Malta-based game provider Swintt are delighted to announce that it has received regulatory approval for a B2B Supplier license from the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA).

The license allows Swintt to distribute their game content to their existing, and future, list of Malta-licensed partners. Operators including Wunderino, Hero Gaming, Rabbit Entertainment, Rootz, Suprnation and Twin will be among those launching Swintt games imminently.

Swintt’s portfolio of games will be among those soon launched, including the popular land-based games which are widely anticipated from the industry. ‘Master of Books’, ‘Fresh Fruit’ and ‘Perseus’ are among the land-based classics popular in Germany and beyond which will be launching into the online casino industry for the first time.

Commenting on the license, Swintt CEO David Flynn said: “Obtaining the MGA B2B license just after our first birthday marks a huge moment in Swintt’s history as we move into new markets and take our games online with some of the biggest and best operators in the industry.”

LAS VEGAS – Thursday 7th May 2020 – Scientific Games Corporation (NASDAQ: SGMS) (“Scientific Games” or the “Company”) has been recognized as the leading betting and gaming employer by Great Place to Work® Hellas.

The Company’s digital business, SG Digital, was named one of the top places to work in Greece. Scientific Games was ranked 7th in the overall rankings for companies with over 250 employees alongside global brands including DHL Express and AXA Insurance.

The Company’s Greek sportsbook and gaming team includes a wealth of highly skilled technology, operations, product and trading experts. The team has a proven track record for bringing game-changing concepts to Scientific Games product suite including OpenSports and OpenGaming.

The Best Workplaces list is created by Great Place to Work®, an international institute that annually rewards companies that strive to create excellent working environments for employees.

Award-winning developer set for significant international expansion.

Thursday 7th May 2020 – Leading online gaming software developer EvenBet Gaming has been granted a supplier licence by the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) – allowing the company to significantly boost its international reach.

The licence, which covers EvenBet’s core poker offering, as well as casino and sports betting integrations, comes as a huge milestone for the developer as it bids to build its operator network in the European market and beyond.

MGA-licensed operators will now have access to EvenBet’s award-winning poker platform, which includes a Mini Games feature that offers hundreds of casino slots and games, as well as a sports betting function that allows players to wager on live sporting events within an online poker room.

The gambling news and casino podcast site Casino Gazette has undergone a transformation this week, nearly a year after it’s re-launch in July 2019, where it came out of a 16 year hiatus, having been closed since early 2003.

Established back in 2000 by industry veteran, Casinomeister owner Bryan Bailey, Casino Gazette was a pioneer website of its time, producing casino podcasts before the advent of webcasts and the existence of YouTube.

Since its relaunch last year, the main focus of the site has been the covering of the latest developments in the online gambling industry, with Casino Gazette’s Gambling news being updated throughout the day, 7 days a week, as and when stories pertaining to online casinos and online gambling break.

The new site design unveiled this week, provides visitors to Casino Gazette a more structured and fluid feel, with ease of site navigation a key consideration and factor behind the new look employed.

Tim and Todd McSweeney, with participation by Boston Seed Capital, Karlani Capital and Subversive Capital Company Invest In Latest Round For Company Formerly Known As RotoQL

(May 6, 2020) New York- The QL Gaming Group (QLGG), a leading direct to consumer sports data and iGaming affiliate platform, today announced an additional $1.1 million in funding, as well as the acquisition of Finnish sports simulation company, Accuscore. The combined announcement will expand the capabilities of BetQL, QLGG’s sports betting analytics platform for casual bettors and will accelerate the launch of BetQL’s player prop and in-game predictions and more sports like International pro soccer, tennis, golf and eSports.

The round was led by Tim and Todd McSweeney, with participation by Boston Seed Capital, Karlani Capital, Subversive Capital, Rob Seaver and Jere Doyle. QL Gaming, formerly known as RotoQL,  has now raised $8.3 million from investors that have also included the late David Stern, former commissioner of the NBA, John Kosner, Stern’s former partner at Micromanagement Ventures and former William Hill chief Ralph Topping.

“Our thesis is betting properties with the best data and analytics will win, and our acquisition of Accuscore vastly increases our IP, grows our marketplace position and puts us in a very strong place as the sports world returns to active play in the near future,” said Justin Park, QL Gaming CEO. “Our new and long term investors are very bullish on the casual gaming and sports betting market, and we are now poised to emerge stronger.”

Strategic Partnership embraces the challenge as an opportunity for further growth.

SiGMA Group and Macau Gaming Show (MGS) have announced a new strategic partnership. This joining of forces will foster a stronger presence amongst gaming communities in both Manila and Macau, whilst also strengthening ties to a growing network of thought leaders and experts in land-based gaming.

The 2020 pandemic has undoubtedly been a catalyst which has spurred land-based gaming companies and IRs on to diversify their offering and allay risks by incorporating online gaming and emerging tech into their remit, making the launch a well timed initiative.

As a result this will be SiGMA’s most diverse speaker lineup yet. Through this new strong partnership with MGS, we’re now fully prepared to welcome speakers from land-based gaming as well.

Integration boosts supplier’s presence in North American lottery market.

Wednesday 6th May 2020 – IWG has launched its instant win games portfolio with Kentucky Lottery, through the Lottery’s website.

As part of the deal, the Kentucky Lottery is integrating IWG’s content library via its online lottery platform found at kylottery.com. The launch includes IWG’s flagship game, Super Cash Buster, which is now available in portrait mode for the first time.

IWG believes this partnership will provide an improved instant win gaming experience for players in the Bluegrass State.

Alessandro Fried, BoBet’s Chief Executive Officer, will be joining a panel composed of key industry figures and legislators for the Brazilian market to discuss the current and potential changes in the Brazilian gambling market.

Together with Deputy Newton Cardoso, President of the Tourism Commission; Itamar Pereira, Technical Manager SECAP from the Ministry of Economy; and André Gelfi, Suaposta’s Managing Partner, Fried will be reviewing the current gaming and betting scenario in Brazil and how it can evolve in the future.

The BtoBet sponsored “Webinar Brazil: Sports betting and gaming – how has the global pandemic impacted on the change and rollout” will also give an indepth update of the regulatory process currently being carried out by the Secretariat of Evaluation, Planning, Energy and Lottery (SECAP), a division of the Ministry of Economy, which is responsible for the process of developing the sports betting regulations.

The regularization of the Brazilian gambling industry has generated a lot of interest in the gambling community, with a report put together by KPMG on behalf of the Remote Gaming Association (RGA) suggesting a combined online betting and gaming market would be worth up to $2.1bn annually.

Macau, Wednesday, May 6, 2020 – Asia Pioneer Entertainment Holdings Limited (“APE” or the “Company”, with its subsidiaries collectively referred as the “Group”; Stock Code: 8400.HK) announced today the donation of epidemic-prevention supplies which includes protective clothing, face masks, 1:99 liquid bleach, etc. to the local charity “Caritas Macau” and its social service agencies to provide a safer and more comfortable environment for the elderly nursing homes and socially vulnerable groups. Meanwhile, the supplies were locally purchased, in order to support the local enterprises to weather the storm. The supplier also shows its great support to the event by donating materials such as alcohol-based handrub, 75% alcohol spray and etc.

“It’s been a tough situation for all of us in Macau. APE would like to express our appreciation to the social welfare agencies which continually provide aid to the people in need. I hope the donation to Caritas Macau can relieve the strong demand of epidemic prevention supplies from the front-line workers, and benefit the vulnerable people.” Said Mr. Herman Ng, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of APE.

About Asia Pioneer Entertainment Holdings Limited

Asia Pioneer Entertainment Limited (“APE”) is a leading Electronic Gaming Equipment supplier in Macau. It is listed on the Growth Enterprise Market of Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Stock Code: 8400.HK, APE was established in 2006 in Macau and is an approved gaming machine agent licensed by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau of Macau (DICJ). APE is a global distributor, presenting gaming manufacturers from Slovenia, US, Taiwan and Australia. For more information, please visit http://www.apemacau.com/.

Proceeds from month long fundraiser to support hope lodge for health care providers and cancer patients in need.

SEATTLE – May 5, 2020 – FlowPlay, creator of one of the most powerful immersive gaming platforms, today announced the start of a new in-game fundraising campaign for the year on behalf of the American Cancer Society (ACS). During the month of May, players within FlowPlay’s flagship social casino, Vegas World, can contribute directly to the ACS’s Hope Lodge program, which has responded to the COVID-19 crisis by providing rooms for health care providers to rest between shifts or stay overnight.

On the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors, nurses and other medical professionals are often working gruelling 24-hour shifts in high stress, high-risk environments. Many are also spending the night in their cars or in hotel rooms, fearful of spreading the virus to their loved ones at home. All funds from FlowPlay’s campaign will directly support the ACS Hope Lodge program which provides thousands of free rooms for cancer patients who must travel away from home for treatment. During the pandemic, ACS has repurposed its lodging facilities to support health care providers.

“Because our Hope Lodge facilities are located near medical centers, we have a unique opportunity to support front line healthcare workers,” said Howard Heino, Vice President of Hope Lodge Operations for the American Cancer Society. “We’ve always been about saving lives and we’re humbled to step forward during this unprecedented time in this special way. We also look forward to once again serving cancer patients as soon as it’s safe to do so. We’re extremely grateful to FlowPlay and the Vegas World community for their support in these critical efforts.”

Following a highly successful first installment of the AGB Webinar Series on April 9th, featuring Earle Hall on “Life After COVID-19”, Asia Gaming Brief is pleased to announce the second AGB Webinar.

This time, AGB will take a look at the roadmap to tourism recovery in Asia, particularly with the important Chinese tourism segment.

Titled ‘Road to Tourism Recovery’, the AGB Webinar Series’ panel of experts includes Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Arlt, Founder of COTRI, Glenn McCartney, Associate Dean of the University of Macau, and Ben Lee, Managing Partner of iGamiX Management.

Discussion points will include the timelines of tourism recovery, taking a look at historic trends from SARS and MERS outbreaks, indicators for the resurgence of travel, and how to ramp up offerings when the time comes.

Degree 53 founder, Andrew Daniels, has launched a brand new gambling technology business, Sharp Gaming. Sharp Gaming is an advanced platform which provides a full suite of operational services for sports betting and gaming businesses worldwide.

Andrew Daniels will take the role as the Chief Executive Officer at Sharp Gaming, stepping away from the day-to-day running of Degree 53. Andrew has appointed Richard Wagstaff as the new Managing Director at Degree 53, who has been supporting the team as Operations Director for the past four years. However, Andrew will still remain a director and shareholder at Degree 53.

Andrew Daniels received over £25m investment from the U.K. leading bookmaker owner, Fred Done, to create Sharp Gaming. The business stems from Degree 53, capitalising on the company’s vast knowledge of creating digital products for the online gambling industry.

In 2017, Degree 53 created a gaming division, which began the process of building the basis and recruiting specialists for Sharp Gaming. During this time, the new company has employed over 100 technology experts to support the large scale of work necessary to build the platform. Sharp Gaming continues to develop the technology suite and is currently trialling its capabilities on a test product. Once fully operational, it will offer extensive functionality to create digital and retail products, integrating third-party services, as well as improving the overall performance for operators.

Esports affiliate SickOdds will be speaking at AffiliateCon Virtually Live on Tuesday 12 May.

Following their appearance at AffiliateCon Sofia 2019, Tom Wade and Nick Pateman, SickOdds co-founders, will present ‘Pandemics & The Future: An unprecedented opportunity for esports?’ for this year’s virtual edition.

AffiliateCon Virtually Live will be free to watch on YouTube, following the postponement of AffiliateCon Sofia to 2021 due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Wade and Pateman tell us more about their panel below; for the full event agenda, visit affiliatecon.com.

On May 20 at 15:00 CET, Gaming in Germany will kick off its new webinar series with its first installment “Responsible Advertising in a regulated iGaming market.”

The sixteen German federal states recently agreed on a treaty that will allow country-wide online gambling from July 1, 2021 onward. The regulation of online gambling will open up significant advertising and business development opportunities for licensed operators.

In this webinar, we will discuss what the German media environment looks like and how operators can advertise in a manner that is both effective and sustainable.

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