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Asian games developer XIN Gaming has launched a new Euro Football Champ slot ahead of this summer’s UEFA Euro 2016 tournament.

The 5-reel, 3-row, 20-line football themed-slot is packed with features such as random wilds and penalty-shooting random wilds. Players are also offered a free spin feature through which they can choose the country they wish to play for.

Mathias Larsson, chief executive of XIN Gaming, believes that the release of Euro Football Champ will strengthen the company’s position at the top of the Asian slots sector. “We are now showing our ability to deliver not only a great game, but also provide it for a special event,” he said. “Not many companies are able to pull this off, but I believe we have done a great job with Euro Football Champ.”

UK-based operator Sky Bet has signed a multi-year deal with Fresh 8 Gaming for its personalised ad serving platform.

The deal will see Fresh 8’s contextual and personalised ad-tech rolled out across Sky Bet’s content estate. The deal covers web and app content channels and will include rolling out Fresh 8’s software development kit (SDK) to deliver personalised ads in-app.

Sarah Orrill, head of acquisition & media at Sky Bet, said: “Sky Bet have evaluated many advertising technologies but the fact Fresh 8 specifically targets the gambling industry means their performance is a magnitude higher than any of their competitors. This is a key deal for Sky Bet ensuring that we achieve maximum conversion from our high profile content deals”.

Betfair has launched a Euro 2016-themed jackpot game supplied by casino software developer Red Tiger Gaming.

“Deadline Jackpots” is tied to an evening football match with odds of winning the progressive jackpot increasing as the match progresses. Towards the end of each match, the Euro jackpot turns ‘hot’ with payout guaranteed by the end of the game.

The jackpots complement the existing progressive jackpots on Red Tiger’s ‘Macau’ tab on Betfair, which is soon to be rolled out on the Paddy Power brand.

Mike Phelan, head of egaming marketing at Paddy Power Betfair, said: “We are proud to be first to market with another unique gaming innovation from Red Tiger and look forward to the forthcoming release of their powerful new Smart Spins bonusing application.”

European operator BetOlimp has unveiled a Twitch inspired live video streaming service for the Euros in conjunction with Independent Content Services Limited (ICS).

The live ‘in-play betting’ companion video streaming service provides on-demand video content presented by a real team of individual sports experts and statisticians who analyse in-play betting and cash-out opportunities. Match commentary for football punters’ for all 51 Euro 2016 matches during the 90 minutes of the game is also included.

The stream begins approximately five minutes before the scheduled match kick-off time and ends when the final whistle is blown. The service is currently available in English and German respective language versions.

Colossus Bets has revealed punter-friendly results of Euro 2016 has resulted in its first two ‘Millionaire’ correct score Pick 6 pools won and its headline ?10,000,000 Colossus pool on the cusp of being landed.

Poland’s 1-0 defeat of Northern Ireland was the final leg in the first Euro Pick 6 pool from which players bagged ?416,000 in combined winnings and cash-outs. An additional ?807,000 was landed by players in Colossus’s second Euro Pick 6 pool which culminated in Italy’s 2-0 defeat of Belgium. Winning players now shoot for an additional ?500,000 in the bonus legs for these two pools combined.

After five completed legs of the Pick 7 Colossus, players had already banked more than ?1.25m in cash-outs with live cash-out offers totaling an additional ?1.34 million on Tuesday morning.

Bernard Marantelli, founder and CEO of Colossus Bets, said: “Only four days into the tournament and the obvious results are producing truly life-changing winnings for our players. The global nature of our pools is apparent from the players who are still live in our ?10,000,000 Colossus pool.

Table game and slots supplier Play’n GO’ has released Fire Joker, a 3×3 slot featuring a modern take on a retro theme, with symbols such as bars, lemon, cherries and lucky sevens emerging from fiery lava to bring wins across five fixed pay-lines.

The game features high-definition animation, distinct sound, and smooth performance across phone, tablet, and desktop versions.

Martin Zettergren, chief operating officer of Play’n GO, said: “Combining best-in-class graphics, audio and sound, we’re certain that Fire Joker will be a red hot favourite for both operators and customers alike.”

Yggdrasil Gaming has reached an agreement with Interwetten to provide the operator with its full suite of video slots.

The deal will see the supplier’s content integrated into the operator’s casino in a number of key European jurisdictions.

Werner Becher, speaker of the board at Interwetten, said: “We are always looking to improve our casino proposition, and the addition of Yggdrasil content is particularly exciting news for our customers.”

FAST TRACK has entered into agreement with Chance Hill to migrate the operator’s casino on to the supplier’s front-end platform.

As part of this move, Chance Hill Casino will also be powered using iGaming Cloud’s back-end platform service and is scheduled to go live in July 2016.

It is the second agreement in the last two months between the two firms, with a brand new casino titled Ikibu set to be launched in Q3 2016.

“We have been working with FAST TRACK for the last few months now with our upcoming casino, Ikibu. After seeing how they work it was a simple decision for us to also move Chance Hill to FAST TRACK,” said Rafael Rios from Chance Hill Ltd.