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Yggdrasil Gaming has launched its new slot game, Super Heroes, alongside a special comic book which outlines the story of the heroes, and a network tournament worth a total of €25,000. The 5×3 slot game, which features an audio and visual layer with cinematic music and full character voice-overs, takes place in an apocalyptic setting where alien overlords are attempting …

SIS, a supplier of products and services to the online and retail betting industry, has signed a multi-year deal to bring 49s-branded virtual racing games to online customers for the first time. A staple of UK and Irish retail betting shops for over a decade, the 49s-branded virtual horse and greyhound racing, provided by Inspired Gaming Group, will now be …

Stakeholders from across the wide world of igaming will be meeting in Cape Town this week as the 4th Annual BiG Africa Summit gets underway today.  Issues such as compliance, responsibilities and the future of the market in South Africa will be discussed. Another major point of discussion on the table will be esports which continues to garner the attention of major investors, …

Industry data and analytics provider Betradar has secured an extensive live betting solutions partnership with Greek licensed gambling operator OPAP. The partnership will see OPAP the biggest bookmaker in Greece integrate Betradar provisions for automated live betting markets and in-running trading services throughout the operator’s retail and online betting network. OPAP governance detailed that Betradar live betting services were needed …

Three members of the Leicester City Premier League title winning team swapped their football boots for hockey sticks, as they took on Team GB hockey goalkeeper Maddie ‘Mad-dog’ Hinch in the BetStars Hockey Shootout Challenge at the Foxes’ training ground. Danny Simpson, Marc Albrighton and Christian Fuchs were joined by two members of Team GB’s gold medal winning hockey team, …

Sky Betting & Gaming has partnered with the UK-based sport for employment charity Street League, to introduce the first of its kind for the company; a combination of educational and sports coaching sessions delivered by employee volunteers. As part of its ‘Giving Back’ policy, the company allows two paid days per year for employees to put their time towards good causes. And this week, …

UK independent bookmaker BetVictor has partnered with social media and ‘influencer’ marketing specialist Ball Street to boost the launch of its £100,000 ‘Golden Goal’ campaign. The Gibraltar-based bookmaker will utilise Ball Street’s network of influencers (YouTube content creators, fan channels and football commentators) to socially boost its Premier League promotion. BetVictor has previously worked with Ball Street during this summer’s …

Arena Racing Company (ARC) has confirmed UK racing Authorised Betting Partner (ABP) Betway as sponsor of its fourth season of the All-Weather Championships. The bookmaker takes lead sponsorship of three categories – the Sprint, Middle Distance and Marathon categories. Confirming the  multi-year deal, Betway joins ABP boomaker 32Red as category sponsors for the upcoming All-Weather Championships. The Middle Distance championship …

Publishing its Q3 2016 trading update (period ending 30 September), Stockholm-listed industry games developer NetEnt AB has reported a further consecutive quarter of top-line growth on all metrics. Closing its Q3 2016, NetEnt would record a corporate revenue increase of 27.7% to SEK 357.4 (Q3 2015: 279.8 million). Its strong revenue performance would see the games developer post operating profits …

The Man Booker Prize is one of Western literature’s most coveted. This year the winner is being announced on Monday October 24th. The stipulations of the award are that the book must be fictional, penned in English and published in the UK. It’s been running since 1969 and the winner these days gets a sizable £50,000 cheque.  Ion Tewin, Literary …