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Instant Win Gaming (IWG) has agreed a deal to deliver its popular blockbuster titles Slingo and Cashbuster to 888 Bingo. This is the first major operator deal for IWG since Leon Thomas joined the company from Rank Group subsidiary Mecca Digital, where he served as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Working out of IWG’s London base as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), …

Casino games provider Yggdrasil has continued to expand its global footprint after agreeing a deal with Adjarabet, the largest online operator in Georgia. The agreement will see Yggdrasil games made available in the jurisdiction for the first time, while Adjarabet will also gain access to BOOST™, Yggdrasil’s in-game promotional tools which enhance gamification via missions, tournaments and social sharing. Fredrik Elmqvist, CEO at …

Malta and Tel Aviv-based industry white label and turnkey platform provider Aspire Global has been approved listing on the Stockholm Nasdaq First North Premier market. The firm now plans to make its initial public offering next Friday 7 July setting a target price of SEK 30 per share on the Stockholm Nasdaq. Aspire governance has detailed that it will initially …

Industry next-generation games developer Gaming Realms Plc has this week announced that it has secured content rights with UK broadcaster ITV to build and develop gaming products for its hit reality TV show ‘Love Island’. The London AIM-listed games developer will build ‘Love Island’ based games in partnership with Storm Games studio, which will be hosted through Gaming Realms mobile …

Following this month’s Annual General Meeting, Amaya Inc shareholders have approved the corporate name change of the company to ‘The Stars Group’. The name change proposition was put forward by Amaya governance last May following the firm’s Q1 2017 trading update. Following a shareholder vote, Amaya governance details that The Stars Group name change has gained outright stakeholder backing. The …

Updating the market, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has announced that Gibraltar-based online lottery operator Lottoland has been fined £150,000 for advertising failings of unclear communication of its services and promotions. The UKGC details that Lottoland advertising ‘did not make it clear to consumers that they were betting on the outcome of a lottery draw and not actually taking part …

B2B lottery, betting and gaming provider InBet Games has announced the release of two new slot games, Aladdin’s Lamp and Pirate Cave. The new releases, which form part of InBet’s iGaming solution Happy™, expands its portfolio to more than 50 classic slots and 41 HTML5-ready games. Unveiled in October 2016, Happy provides a working interface for 11 key languages, an …

The Rank Group recently reported 13% digital revenue growth, with a 35% uplift in its Grosvenor Casino brand’s digital performance, and credited Bede Gaming with enhancing its digital platform to generate these significant gains. Having switched to Bede in 2016 from OpenBet, Rank has not only seen strong growth in the digital field but has also achieved greater operational efficiency, …

Updating the market, Toronto-listed Amaya Inc has confirmed the promotion of David Carrion to the leadership position of Director of Marketing for its PokerStars division. Carrion has been involved with PokerStars marketing and operations since 2010, joining the online poker room under the management of Rational Group. Carrion has worked on a number of international expansion projects for the PokerStars …

Online gambling software and games provider 1×2 Gaming has announced that it will rebrand its corporate identity and structure to ‘1×2 NETWORK’, which company leadership believes better represents the firm’s services and overall industry proposition. The decision to rebrand to 1×2 NETWORK follows an internal review, in which 1×2 management wanted to highlight new asset Iron Dog slots studio alongside …