iGaming

The Mexican igaming market has been disrupted by the introduction of a new ‘16% digital services tax’ for all foreign-based companies. Last week, Mexico’s Finance Ministry launched its new ‘SAT Tax’ scheme enforcing the nation’s standard 16% value-added tax charge to be sanctioned on all digital transactions and services, effective from 1 July 2020. The VAT extension forms part of …

NSoft has agreed to make its virtual sports and draw-based games available on EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine after the two secured a new agreement. The integration will ensure that NSoft’s games will become more accessible to EveryMatrix’s clients, having already integrated their games with three betting operators. Lazar Miucin, VP of Strategic Partnerships at NSoft, commented: “This is something different for us …

BMIT Technologies, a provider of customer support solutions, has announced the launch of its AI-powered ‘CX Virtual Agent’, providing customer-centric teams optimal support amid a tougher industry backdrop. Co-developed with engineering studio EBO.ai, the CX Virtual Agent is an industry-tailored customer service tool designed to automate key operational functions reducing operator resources and burdens on workforce. In its product breakdown, …

Sports betting and igaming solutions provider Delasport has strengthened its online casino offering by securing a new agreement with Betsoft.  The new agreement will strengthen Delasport’s network of casino content providers, which already includes Evolution Gaming, Microgaming, Vivo Gaming, Evoplay, Quickspin, Asia Gaming, Pragmatic Play, Reel Time Gaming and many more. Operators running off the Delasport software will be able …

Highlight Games has agreed to make its portfolio of products available via EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine platform. Under the terms of the agreement, the London-based video virtual sports specialist will make English, Italian and Greek variants of its Soccerbet product available to operators on EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine platform. This will soon include a Turkish variant. Amund Stensland, CasinoEngine COO for EveryMatrix, commented: “We …

Pronet Gaming has strengthened its games portfolio after agreeing to integrate ESA Gaming’s EasySwipe portfolio. EasySwipe is a lightweight HTML5 mobile-first library of games which allows players to swipe between playing classic casino games and placing bets on their favourite sports. As part of the integration, Pronet Gaming’s partners will benefit from slots such as Fruit Staxx and table games …

Playtech has been granted regulatory approval by New Jersey’s DGE, allowing the technology group to provide casino product services to state licensed incumbents.  The FTSE250 technology group will launch its casino products in the Garden State, servicing long-term partner bet365’s transactional waiver with the Hard Rock Atlantic City property. Securing its DGE approval, Playtech detailed that it is actively seeking …

ConnectPay will, this year, invest an additional €750,000 in Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Financing of Terrorism compliance solutions. The online banking service provider believes that security of transactions must be top priority for higher risk sectors such as online gambling, adding that financial crime across all industries has reached $2.1 trillion per annum – a figure ConnectPay expects to …

Conducting a survey among its licence holders, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has published first insights of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Malta’s online gambling sector. The study, carried out in April by the MGA’s ‘Information & Research’ unit, detailed pandemic impacts on each individual licensee segment including B2C operators, technology providers, marketing services and operations. “The survey …