Wednesday March 11th, 2020 – Salsa Technology’s confidence is sky high following its latest content partnership with leading casino game developer, Zeusplay.

As part of the deal, Salsa Technology is to integrate Zeusplay’s unique and compelling games portfolio onto its Game Aggregator Platform (GAP). Zeusplay’s in-house production studio takes a 360 approach to design and has delivered a wave of successful games to the market.

Some of Zeusplay’s games being made available for Salsa Technology include Trojan Horse – Tiny Heroes, Wild Charger and the soon to be released Arabian Dreams. All the games will be available on Salsa Technology’s GAP through one single integration

Salsa Technology’s Global Business Development Manager Victor Arias said: “Zeusplay is passionate about casino games and its library of titles will sit perfectly on our Game Aggregator Platform. These new games will increase our cross-selling capability and contribute to our business growth”

Director of Marketing Patrick Turiano to be honored as U.S. payments industry gamechanger at ETA’s TRANSACT conference in April.

Houston, Texas. March 11th, 2020 – Paysafe, a leading specialized payments platform, today announced that Patrick Turiano, Director of Marketing, North America, has been selected in the Electronic Transactions Association (ETA)’s annual ‘Forty Under 40’. Turiano and the class of 2020 will be formally honored at the ETA’s TRANSACT event at the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, where Paysafe will exhibit at booth #415 from April 27th to 30th, 2020.

The Washington, D.C.-based payments industry trade association has named Paysafe leaders in the ‘Forty Under 40’ every year since its inception in 2018. The ETA’s class of 2019 included two leaders after a Paysafe Vice President was recognized in its inaugural class.

This year’s Paysafe honoree, Turiano, who has over a decade’s payments industry experience, oversees the company’s marketing strategy for its U.S. and Canadian payment processing division. His role includes managing investments in numerous acquiring strategies and channels – from agents, independent sales organizations (ISOs), and financial institutions (FIs) to independent software vendors (ISVs), direct channels, and point of sale (POS) partners. Turiano leads a team of channel marketing managers and specialists based on the U.S. east and west coasts.

Malta, 13th March 2020 – Relax Gaming, iGaming aggregator and supplier of unique content, is celebrating a decade of solid growth and major achievements as it enters its tenth year of business.

Founded in 2010 with a vision to become a leading technical provider of high-quality gaming solutions, Relax started out building a bespoke poker product for Kindred, which has continued to experience growth against the industry trend, picking up multiple awards.

Based on its success, Relax was commissioned to do the same for Kindred’s bingo and has since grown into a powerhouse in casino content delivery with a growing partnership base of over 100 operators, 350+ brands, and studios that span across a broad network, covering multiple regulated markets and jurisdictions.

The company’s success has been propelled by the launch of its revolutionary Powered By and Silver Bullet partnership programmes, which provide hand-picked studios with a fast and cost-effective route-to-market via access to its scalable technology and distribution network.

March edition of AOPS is back with greater prize money; winner of extravaganza series will be declared on Sunday.

New Delhi: The much-talked-about mega online Poker tournament is back with its March edition that has begun on the felts of Adda52.com on 6th March. This action-packed 10-day tournament series saw a total of 4,702 entries with more than 1,003 players making it to the tournament, from all across the country in the first 5 days of the tournament. The winnings have gone bigger in the March edition, with INR 1.75 Crore prize money being distributed amongst 330 winners so far.

Organized on the country’s No. 1 online gaming platform from 6th to 15th March, AOPS is expected to witness more than 15,000 registrations across all the 41 tournaments. In the February AOPS series, the tournament series paid out a record 2,000 entries, while the players count in the March edition is expected to exceed 2,000 players, which clearly depicts the popularity of the event that has offered a thrilling platform for poker players across the country.

The top five winners that made it big, include Jayjit Ray (pokerminator) who won INR 10,26,990 in winnings in the tournament- ‘Mega Suits’, followed by Rohit Mishra (rohit22rm) who won INR 7,33,594 in the same tournament. In the ‘AOPS Millions’ tournament Gaurav Sood (gauravarod) took home INR 8,75,000, in winnings. Additionally, in the ‘AOPS Whale’ tournament the first rank was secured by Vinayak Bajaj (bhai_on_mary_jane) with INR 6,18,593 winnings followed by the second rank holder Prati (Abhishin) who won INR 5,34,632 prize money.

Based on developments in the last 24 hours, relating to the travel advisory issued by the Indian government dated 11 March 2020, which cancels all existing visas for foreign nationals except diplomatic and employment visas until 15 April 2020 to curtail the COVID-19 impact, Eventus International has concluded that unfortunately, it is impossible to continue with SPiCE India 2020 as per its current schedule of 25-27 March 2020.

We are, at this time, left with no choice but to postpone SPiCE India 2020, which will be rescheduled. New dates will be announced shortly after discussions with our stakeholders and advisors.

Expressing disappointment at the postponement, Yudi Soetjiptadi, Managing Director of Eventus International, commented, “Although our team was fully ready to host the event as per schedule and all preparations were done, due to recent developments and the most recent travel ban issued by the Indian government, it is impossible for us to continue with SPiCE India 2020 on schedule. We are evaluating the situation further and will discuss with our advisors and stakeholders before making an announcement on the new dates. Despite this postponement we look forward to welcoming all our clients to the third annual SPiCE India on its new dates. We hope everyone stays healthy and safe!”

The Eventus International team would hereby like to thank all SPiCE India 2020 participants for their support and understanding in the matter which is beyond our control. We would also like to give all participants the assurance that the event will take place on the new dates once decided, and Eventus International will continue to promote SPiCE India through our various channels for optimum brand exposure for all current sponsors and exhibitors.

Betway is set to launch Global Bet’s premium virtual sports portfolio. Betway’s African licensee partner has gained access to Global Bet’s full product portfolio. Betway was founded in 2006 and is currently one of the biggest betting operators worldwide. The brand is currently operating under local licenses in a number of local jurisdictions.

“We are thrilled that Betway’s African licensee partner selected us as their virtual sports provider. They have quickly become market leaders in the region, and we are looking forward to support them with our full range of products as they expand,” comments Global Bet’s CEO, Daniel Grabher.

Grabher added “being in the African market for almost a decade now, we have set a standard in virtual sports and shaped the market to what it is today. Our virtual football game is regarded as the most successful virtual sports game by operators in the market. With operational margins exceeding traditional sports betting operations in some regions, virtual sports are currently the most sought after gaming products in Africa.”

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SBC Events has announced that it has delayed two of its international gambling conferences as the global situation around the COVID-19 outbreak continues to develop.

CasinoBeats Malta, the dedicated gaming conference and exhibition organised by SBC Events, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Malta will now be held on 22-24 June 2020. Betting on Sports America at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey, has been moved to 1-3 December 2020.

A statement by SBC Events said: “While the global COVID-19 situation evolves and the official advice and restrictions concerning travel and public gatherings continue to change, we feel we have no alternative but to postpone both events until later in the year.

“The changing situation and the fact that an increasing number of industry organisations are introducing their own travel bans for staff, means that both CasinoBeats Malta and Betting on Sports America would have been severely impacted had we not made the decision to postpone them until later in the year.”

Starting life in the South Caucasus almost two decades ago, Armenian solutions provider BetConstruct has expanded its influence of the industry both East and West, with two hemispherical domes at ICE London 2020 illustrating the company’s 360° approach to markets across the world. Key to this vision is BetContruct’s ability to consistently deliver genuine innovation, with Chief Product Officer Edgar Mkrtchyan highlighting the company’s wide range of launches in London last month, which included a training academy, an industry content aggregator app, and a VR Fight Club among others.

BetConstruct came out swinging at ICE London 2020 with a wide range of launches including an industry training academy and VR Fight Club, making ExCeL’s main corridor home to one of the show’s most exciting attractions.

Inside the hall on BetConstruct’s official stand, there were more interactive concepts for attendees to explore, including its latest company concept: East and West. It represents the idea that BetConstructs’ high diversity now appeals to almost any player and operator around the world, with 15 offices across the globe testament to that. Such a reach, explained Product Officer Edgar Mkrtchyan, can only be achieved by utilising emerging tech to deliver genuine innovation.

“We are using the latest technologies – virtual reality, artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain – along with our vast experience and knowledge in the industry to really push the boundaries” he said, adding that the latter was essential for their new educational offer, BetConstruct Academy.

LAS VEGAS (March 9, 2020) – The International Gaming Standards Association (IGSA) has announced its new Board of Directors.

Leading IGSA is Roman Czubak, NOVOMATIC AG, who was re-elected Chair. Earle G. Hall, CEO of Axes.ai, was elected as Vice Chair and Paul Burns, Senior Manager Strategic Gaming Development at the Atlantic Lottery Corporation was elected as Treasurer.

Returning as Board Members are Adrian Marcu, Vice President of Architecture for International Game Technology; Nimish Purohit, Sr., Director of Technical Compliance at Aristocrat Technologies; Simon McKeown, Technical Compliance Manager, Microgaming; and Syed Hussain, Chief Information Officer, State of Oregon Lottery

Joining IGSA’s board are Bala Kuthyar, VP of Engineering, Scientific Games, and Martin Pedak, Director of Technical Compliance Playtech.

Parimatch’s Chief Product Officer Sergey Berezhnoy spoke to iGaming Times at ICE London 2020 about how the operator plans to evolve the traditional sports betting experience with a focus not just on technology, but on storytelling. With a history in the video gaming industry, Sergey can see many narrative-building concepts that would translate nicely to the betting sector, although he believes the main overlap – esports – still has a few mountains to climb.

Sergey Berezhnoy, Parimatch’s Chief Product Officer

Following a strong 12 months in its home markets, Parimatch attended ICE London 2020 with a clear vision in mind for the future of its sports betting offer.

The international operator has grown its market share with bold marketing campaigns and a strong product backed by great tech, but the main focus for Parimatch’s Chief Product Officer Sergey Berezhnoy over the next year is to research, develop and evolve sports betting’s current customer journey. Many of the innovations at ICE provide the backbone of that journey, providing several payment methods, hundreds of ways to bet, and thousands of events and markets to bet on, with other exciting developments such as VR and AI further bolstering to the industry’s toolbox in recent years. For players, the customer journey is smoother than ever before, but for Sergey, that’s not enough. His background is in the video gaming industry, and he believes that to tap into the widest possible market, the sports betting sector has to develop a story around the act of betting that is as engaging and rewarding as current popular mobile games.

SiGMA Manila is inviting leading start-ups from the iGaming industry across Asia to compete in the event’s Start-up Pitch, vying for a prize package that will set them on the road to iGaming success.  The pitch activity will occupy a headlining spot on the conference stage during the inaugural SiGMA Manila super expo, taking place June 8th-9th 2020 at the SMX Convention Center in Makati, Manila.

The idea of the Startup Pitch is to create a conducive environment for start-ups to grow their businesses by getting some branding visibility on the expo floor, though our website/social channels and by receiving advice and funds from professionals in the industry.

All the start-ups shortlisted will get a small booth space on the expo floor, invites to premium networking events during SiGMA Manila, and free consultancy and potential new business leads from leading industry figures.

Ten successful start-ups will be selected to participate in the Start-up Pitch, where they’ll take part in a live showdown in front of a panel of the most prominent experts and investors from across the iGaming industry.  Taking place on the main stage at peak time during day one of the event, the Start-up Pitch is always a favourite with the SiGMA audience.

Praesepe, the Gauselmann owned AGC and bingo club operator with 160 venues located in 99 towns and cities in the UK, is using its’ entire estate of digital B3 and Category C machines to promote safer gambling. Following last December’s review of the 2019 Responsible Gambling Week and analysis of player exit research, Praesepe has confirmed that the suite of messaging developed and agreed by both Bacta and the Bingo Association will be displayed and communicated from over 4,000 of its digital gaming machines, making it the single biggest AGC supporter of responsible gambling on the British high street.

Praesepe’s head of compliance, Amanda Kiernan, who also serves as Vice Chair of Bacta’s Social Responsibility Committee, believes the company’s inclusion of Category C machines as part of the initiative will amplify the safer gambling message to huge effect. She stated: “We were very impressed by the exit research conducted as part of Responsible Gambling Week in particular the player’s level of engagement with and recall of the messaging. As such we have taken the decision to include all of our digital gaming machines, an initiative that will significantly increase visibility and as a result will connect with more players.”

She added: “This is just part of our social responsibility commitment to customers of both Cashino and Beacon Bingo. While the primary audience is obviously players, the social responsibility messages, which are visible when games are in their attract mode, also acts as a prompt for our customer facing staff, serving as a constant reminder of the SR commitments we expect them to uphold and which are an important part of their training and development. As the research undertaken by the Bingo Association has demonstrated, messaging that is pitched in the right way and expressed appropriately can make a significant difference to the way some at risk players approach and view their gambling.”

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The Gambling Business Group, the strategic voice of the industry, has achieved clarity on the value and allocation of financial sanctions and voluntary settlements issued by the UK Gambling Commission following a freedom of information request.

The request, which was submitted by GBG a full two years after it first approached the Commission using more orthodox means, revealed financial sanctions totalling £58,946,578 over a five and a half year period between June 2014 and December 2019. As is their prerogative, the Gambling Commission has taken £756,997 from these funds to cover their own costs in carrying out the investigations. Some £24m of the penalties has been repatriated to those who fell victim to illegal gambling activity with £34,843,338 apportioned to agreed ‘socially responsible purposes’ as per the Commission’s Statement of Principles for determining financial penalties (June 2017).

Explaining the background to the FOI request and what the report means, Gambling Business Group CEO, Peter Hannibal, said: “When we first wrote to the then Minister, Tracey Crouch and subsequently requested the information from the Commission, we were informed (by the Gambling Commission) that they did not consider it to be a priority. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), citizens have the right to request information from any publicly funded body and to get answers, which I’m pleased to say we have now received.

“Apart from the straightforward issue of why did it take an FOI request to get this information in the first place, it appears that the Commission does not have an independent process in place for checking whether the funds they have allocated to socially responsible purposes have been spent effectively and have delivered the impact intended. This is despite the fact that within the Commission’s own Statement of Principles there is an obligation to meaningfully evaluate the effectiveness of the spend on socially responsible purposes.”

The international CRM giant Zendesk released its Annual State of Messaging Report 2020 last month providing key data and insights on the most important conversational business and messaging trends ahead. The coming months will see core expansion in the global messaging landscape with strong advances ahead for the industry in mobile, integrated resorts and Latin American expansion, as messaging finally moves beyond boundaries according to Zendesk’s VP of Conversational Business, Warren Levitan.

In 2019, the number of messages exchanged between businesses and customers on Zendesk’s Sunshine Conversations platform increased 500%, and if the data revealed in the company’s third annual State of Messaging report is anything to go by, this is just the tip of the iceberg for the year ahead. “2020 will be the year of connecting conversations in the enterprise,” explained Warren Levitan. “We are seeing businesses embrace messaging as a shared platform for customer engagement, allowing them to truly unify sales, marketing and service interactions for the first time. This is a massive step toward putting customers at the centre of our businesses.”

Zendesk’s 2020 report combines interviews with more than two dozen customer experience product, sales, and marketing leaders from companies such as Google, Twitter, Hootsuite, Birchbox, and more, providing a measured analysis on the future of messaging across online, mobile and social platforms. Featuring expert commentary and in-depth analysis alongside original Zendesk research and third-party data, the report provides key insights into how messaging is changing the face of business with some notable parallels with the gaming industry in the coming decade.

As the international gaming industry continues to expand into emerging markets such as Brazil and Argentina, one significant area of focus within the report is that the LatAm region is leading the way. “Latin America – where WhatsApp is queen – is embracing conversational business faster than other regions, with Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa following closely,” states Levitan. “In many developing countries, messaging has leapfrogged web, email, and mobile apps to become the digital commerce channel.”

India Gaming Awards has recently declared the winners of 2019 in all the major categories and aspects of gaming in India.

Delhi, India, February 25, 2020: India Gaming Awards is pleased to announce the names of winners for 2019 in all the major categories of gaming to celebrate and encourage creativity and services by game developers and operators across India. Leading online rummy operator Ace2Three has been awarded as the Best Online Rummy Operator of the Year while Adda52 is the Best Online Poker Operator of the Year. MPL has been rewarded with the award of Best Fantasy Sports Operator.

The first of its kind, India Gaming Awards represents a neutral platform which honours innovation, creativity, excellence and hard work in the Indian gaming industry.

“We are excited to release the names of the most deserving winners of the Indian gaming ecosystem for the year 2019. The current gaming scene is bustling with a great bunch of premium gaming technology companies and operators that should be recognized and celebrated. India Gaming Awards aims to acknowledge their great contributions in the gaming scene and champion their hard work and excellence through these most deserving awards. We extend our heartiest congratulations to the winners this year and best wishes to our nominees”, said one of the Judges – Jaydeep Chakravartty, Vice President, Nektan Plc.

Players in the exclusive CasinoBeats Malta 2020 poker tournament hosted by Molly Bloom will have the chance to win €10,000 for a charity of their company’s choice, thanks to Great.com.

CasinoBeats Malta will see more than 1,500 high-level delegates meet in St Julian’s this March for a conference and exhibition featuring 150 internationally-renowned speakers from the online casino sector. It will close on a high with Molly’s Malta Game in association with OlyBet, a 100-seat poker invitational for industry executives at Casino Malta on the evening of 26 March.

Bloom is famed for organising high stakes underground poker events for Hollywood superstars – exploits that saw her life story turned into the Oscar-nominated movie Molly’s Game – but the gaming industry A-listers will not be playing for the seven-figure pots seen in those games. However, they will have the opportunity to secure a very worthwhile prize.

Great, the charitable project spearheaded by Catena Media co-founder Erik Bergman, has generously provided a €10,000 donation that will be made to a charity selected by the winner of Molly’s Malta Game.

Become inspired by the greatest in the industry, establish friendships with those from whom you can learn significant things, and surround yourself with individuals who are willing to share their many years of experience. BET2020, which will be held between April 7-9 at an iconic Old Billingsgate venue, proposes you to take a step in the right direction. We are keen to become partners with iGaming Business and IGB Affiliate – together we can take a step towards achieving a prosperous future for the gambling industry.

iGaming Business and iGB Affiliate are part of Clarion Events – a large iGaming industry event organiser with thousands of followers across the globe. It is one of the industry’s best meeting places and platforms for those who are looking for new business partners, investors, and decisions that will enable the increase of brand awareness as well as profitability.

Join one of the best iGaming communities attending various events throughout the year including iGB Affiliate London, iGB Affiliate Berlin, iGB Affiliate Amsterdam, and the iGB Affiliate Awards.

In just two conference days, we will share with you the vast experience of over 30 BET2020 experts. We have prepared 6 blocks that will affect and unveil the most important main verticals of the gambling business in general. Two of the conference’s blocks will be held in the special workshop format organised and moderated by iGaming Business and iGB Affiliate: IGB Workshop & IGB Affiliate Workshop.

Malta – Tuesday, March 3, 2020 – B2B marketing platform provider BlueRibbon Software is pleased to announce the procurement of its Class 2 Gaming License in Romania.

Granted by the Romanian National Gambling Office (ONJN), this license enables BlueRibbon to leverage its unique Player Engagement Platform to operators based in the regulated Romanian market. Enhancing player loyalty and brand differentiation, BlueRibbon gives operators the capability to create content agnostic, bespoke player incentives tailor-made to their objectives.

Following its recent collaboration with the leading Romanian online gaming company MaxBet.ro, the online extension of the prominent MaxBet Group, BlueRibbon continues to strengthen its ability to secure additional partnerships with accredited operators, providing them with market-leading gamification tools to  reward their players with a new layer of excitement and anticipation during game play.

“Obtaining this reputable certification from the Romanian regulator marks yet another great milestone for us at BlueRibbon, enabling us to deliver our powerful solutions to even more operators and their players across the globe,” said Dan Fischer, co-founder and CMO of BlueRibbon Software.

Fireside Chat between important figures of the gambling industry at Prague Gaming Summit 2020.

In this photo (from left to right): Dr. Simon Planzer (Founder and Partner of PLANZER LAW) and André Wilsenach (Senior Vice President and in charge of Government Relations at BMM Testlabs) at European Gaming Congress 2019 Milan. Copyright © European Gaming Media and Events

There are just 3 days left until the 4th edition of the Prague Gaming Summit will open its doors and the organizer would like to point out that you lookout for a very informative Fireside Chat in the program.

As you may know, compared to other traditional presentation formats, a fireside chat is an informal, yet structured dialogue between a speaker and a moderator, who focuses on adding a casual tone to the conversation while providing massive value to the audience. And European Gaming Media and Events organized conferences have the best of them.

On April 29, Athens will host the first Greece Gambling Conference dedicated to the specific nature of the Greek gambling market, gaming regulations and industry development. The event is organized by Smile-Expo.

The conference will be useful to representatives of online and land-based casinos, betting providers, gambling platform founders, gaming software developers, SEO specialists and everyone engaged in gambling.

Relevancy of Greece Gambling Conference

Greece is a promising country for gambling business growth. The industry has been extensively transforming for the past 20 years. A package of reforms ‘Investments in Greece’ became effective in autumn 2019. Therefore, the authorities have reviewed the existing rules of gambling business operations in order to combat market monopolization.