Launches and sign-ups extra 14 October 2016
A round-up of the latest launches and sign-ups in egaming including Cherry, Tempobet and Vermantia
Cherry is to launch live casino powered by Evolution Gaming after striking a deal with the supplier.
Under the terms of the deal, Cherry brands will have access to Evolution’s full range of standard and VIP live games streamed from Evolution’s Latvia studio, while also using native speaking dealer tables streamed from Evolution’s Malta studio.
“Having monitored the exciting growth trends in the Live Casino market we have chosen to partner with the industry’s leading provider to better capitalise and increase our growth on this product category,” Cherry iGaming CEO Jonas WÃ¥hlander, said.
“Evolution’s extensive Live Casino offering with its turnkey generic and localised solutions for Europe enables us to do that very efficiently together with our outstanding in-house knowledge.”
Staying with Evolution Gaming, Tempobet has extended its relationship with the supplier by bolstering its live casino portfolio powered by the firm.
Tempobet’s branded studio will now host 12 blackjack tables, as well as being one of the first to feature Evolution’s Immersive Lite Roulette.
“Everybody knows Evolution is the best in the business, so it’s great to scale up our offering and create one of the largest Live Casinos around,” Tempobet managing director, Mark Clayton, said.
“Tempobet is always looking for the most cutting edge and immersive products on the market in order to continue our rapid growth and we are confident this deal will help us do exactly that,” he added.
Betway has hired Accuity to streamline its account and payments screening processes and help better identify financial crime risk, highlight potential sanctions breaches and flag potentially high-risk customers.
The operator will be using an Accuity financial crime screening solution, Firco Compliance Link, together with its Global WatchList data offering.
“Betway operates in multiple regulated markets across the globe and it is important that we are constantly improving our understanding of who our customers are in all jurisdictions,” Betway marketing director, Anthony Werkman, said.
“Compliance and anti-money laundering are at the heart of Betway’s growth and vision, which is why this partnership with Accuity is so important.”
Vermantia has launched what it claims to be the first virtual baseball game in the egaming industry.
The game uses professional baseball players, the latest motion capture technologies and advanced animation techniques.
Available in full high definition, it offers a variety of bet markets and customisation options, automated or live commentary in any language and a game logic adaptable to any regulatory framework.
“The launch of Virtual Baseball proves Vermantia’s continuous effort to develop its product portfolio and its adaptability to address the growing needs and requirements of its customers,” Vermantia’s chief product officer, Yiannis Gangas, said.
Social betting operator EveryFan has boosted its platform offering with the launch of a native Android app.
The app will mirror its iOS and web-based platforms already available, with up to 40 betting markets available across all major international and club football matches.
Leon Walters, chief executive officer at EveryFan, said the launch “improves the ease” for players using the Google mobile operating system.
World Match has released its latest title, Mr Moneymaker HD, a 5-reel, 3-row slot created with luxury in mind.
Developed in HTML5, the highly-detailed graphics recreate the most exclusive locations packed with posh cars.
Features included a Free Spin and Wild, while a bonus game enables players to choose among different jewel boxes and the bigger the solitaire they pick, the greater their winnings.
Italian sports betting operator GoldBet has integrated live casino games powered by Medialivecasino onto its site.
Paola Bausano, general manager of GoldBet Italy, said: “GoldBet is enriching the offer of casino games, and is pleased that it has launched a product much sought and appreciated by its users.”
Angelo De Gobbi, sales & marketing director at Medialivecasino, added: “I am sure that this partnership will also bring great results thanks to the offer for their betting shops of our Roulette live on big-screen.”
Malta-based operator IBA Entertainment has agreed a deal for its German-facing brand, Bet3000, to integrate Perform Group’s Watch&Bet live streaming service.
The deal provides Bet3000 with access to over 18,000 live events per year including La Liga Santander, French Ligue 1, the EFL Cup and WTA & ATP Tennis.
Metin Türk, marketing director for Bet3000, said: “[The deal] will enable our customers to enjoy live video streams while betting in-play across our multiple platforms including bet3000.com and our mobile apps.”
Slots and table games supplier Realistic Games has signed an agreement to distribute its titles via fellow provider Iforium as it looks to expand its presence in additional territories.
Games will soon be available on Iforium’s multi-vendor casino aggregator platform, GameFlex.
“iForium has built a reputation as one of the leading suppliers in regulated and emerging markets, and we are thrilled to be able to offer our content to their partners,” Andy Harris, CEO at Realistic Games, said.
Phil Parry, CEO at Iforium, added: “Realistic has some of the most engaging and entertaining games on the market and is a very welcome addition to our portfolio.”
Platform provider Digitain has rolled out a new online sportsbook for Bosinia operator Xlivebet.com.
As part of the deal, Digitain is also supplying its sportsbook solution to Xlivebet’s retail operation in the country, via an integration into the land-based betting terminals of Xlive’s sister company EEP Casino.
“It is great to be working with Digitain which has a lot of experience in offering retail sportsbook and online casino customers like ours an excellent online alternative when it comes to enjoying sports betting,” Dean Todorovic, Xlive CEO, said.
“The ability to have a proper multi-channel offering will not only provide our players with more choice, but will give us an advantage over our competitors.”
Bit8 has secured a class two B2B licence in Romania, allowing the software provider to offer its multi-channel platform to both land-based and online operators.
Romanian retail and online bookmaker, Super Bet, has its online casino site powered by Bit8.
Angelo Dalli, Bit8 CEO, said: “Romania is an exciting market, and we are thrilled to have received our licence from the regulator. It’s testament to the quality of our platform that it passed so quickly; it has always been scalable and designed to be multi-jurisdictional.”