Launches and sign-ups extra 3 March 2017

LeoVegas has announced the addition of Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Service (BAGS) live stream greyhound racing to its sportsbook offering.

Video will be available on a ‘bet and watch’ basis, allowing users to stream greyhound races live after placing a £1 bet.

BAGS runs over 100 live races per day, and LeoVegas.com will be the first online operator on the KAMBI network to offer live stream greyhound racing.

The firm said it was looking to add more live streaming events in the near future.

“The BAGS live streams is a first step for us, as we continue to offer an improved service for our customers,” Shenaly Amin, UK country manager, said.

“By adding this innovative technology to our already extensive online and mobile platforms, we want to build the best mobile gaming experience possible for our customers, as well as giving them a personalised experience.”

BetVictor has launched Lightning Box Games’ latest slot release, Stellar Jackpot Dolphin Gold, with a period of exclusivity before general release.

The 4×5 reel, 40-line video slot is available exclusively to BetVictor players for the next week.

Arcangelo Lonoce at BetVictor, said: “Stellar Jackpot Dolphin Gold is an awesome game with a quirky theme that will stand out in our portfolio for all the right reasons. The math behind the slot is excellent, and offers an exciting and engaging player experience.

“We are delighted to be able to offer the game to our players ahead of our rivals, and believe it will quickly become a smash hit on both desktop and mobile.”

Oddschecker has launched the first Cheltenham Festival Traders Challenge, pitting traders from Betfred, bet365, Ladbrokes, Betway, William Hill, Coral and Sky Bet against each other throughout the duration of the festival.

Each bookmaker will have 10 points to play with each day in their bid to be crowned top traders in the industry, with another 20 points to be allocated antepost.

“It’s fair to say that confidence levels vary across the different bookmakers,” Oddschecker said,

“Ladbrokes are the self-selected early favourites after rating their chances at ‘1.01’. Betfred and Bet365 have kept expectations in check with the latter stating ‘it will be tough but we’ll be trying hard’ and it sounds like it will be a team effort over at William Hill (more people to take the blame) with their ‘superb team of compilers’.”

Betway has announced the launch of Betway Arena, a multi-event series of eSports competitions that begins with King of the Hill, a five-event series of DOTA2 matches in a weekly ‘winner stays on’ format.

The opening match, hosted by the Moonduck Studios and streamed on Moonduck’s Twitch channel, sees Evil Geniuses take on CompLexity Gaming on 3 March.

Betway’s Anthony Werkman, said: “We’re excited to introduce the Betway Arena to eSports fans, which begins with an all new format of world-class DOTA2 action running for five consecutive weeks.

“I’m confident that the King of the Hill series will be a fantastic event and the first match between Evil Geniuses and CompLexity Gaming is a mouth-watering prospect.

“eSports continues to grow beyond our own lofty expectations by featuring regularly in our daily top 10 sports for turnover, and the Betway Arena will give fans can’t miss events on the eSports calendar for many months to come.”

Malta-based sportsbook Roy Richie has launched an affiliate programme with Paysafe Group’s affiliate software provider Income Access.

The affiliate programme features a promotional 40% revenue share commission structure for new affiliates for the first three months following the launch. Commissions revert to a tiered revenue share structure of 25% to 40% after this period, depending on total revenue generated.

Paweł Teper, chief technical officer of Roy Richie, said, “Working with a leading technology partner is hugely important for us, especially as we move to offer customers and business partners something innovative and fresh in the online gambling market. We are excited to bring all of Roy Richie’s charisma to an expectant market and the Income Access platform is vital in helping us achieve that goal.”

Habanero has strengthened its position in Asia after striking a deal to supply mobile platform provider GWIN with its full suite of HTML5 games.

Daniel Long, head of sales at Habanero, said: “Our goal for the year is expand our reach in key markets around the world. This deal with GWIN puts our games in front of more players than ever before, and is a major win for us.

“GWIN is one of the largest and best established mobile platform providers, so it is a great opportunity for us to be working with such a power player. We believe our games will be a big hit with their operator partners and their players.”