The week in B2B news (11 August 2017)
A round-up of the biggest deals, hires and product launches from egaming suppliers over the last seven days, including Nektan, Quickspin and Pragmatic Play
Quickspin has launched its blockbuster HTML5 games on Sky Bingo for the first time.
Players on the UK-facing site of the Playtech company will have access to titles like Second Strike and The Wild Chase, with more to be rolled-out in the coming weeks and months.
The first batch of games have been successful having already gone live with the likes of Unibet, LeoVegas, and Casumo.
Quickspin CEO Daniel Lindberg said: “Sky Bingo is the latest in a growing line of integrations we are on track to complete this year as we extend our reach in to the UK market, so watch this space!”
Nektan has taken its first real-money mobile wager in the United States following the launch of its Evolve in-venue mobile games solution with a tribal casino in California.
The solution from Nektan gives customers the chance to play casino games on their mobile devices while on premise and the gaming provider expects to install the platform across a further three casinos in Northern California.
Nektan chairman Jim Wilkinson said: “After the strong growth achieved during the last year in Europe, it is a testament to the management that the company is managing to establish its business as a market leader in mobile casino gaming in the North American market.”
MetalCasino.com launched this week with an aim to become a platform for a global community of metal-heads and casino lovers to share their passion.
The gaming website is licensed by Malta Gaming Authority and the UK Gambling Commission and has launched on GiG’s platform service iGaming Cloud.
Metal Casino is set for an international launch in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Chief marketing officer Clas Dahlén said: “Creating a vertical marketing strategy, based on social media, collaborating with Metal artists as influencers and vertical Metal media is a game changing way to penetrate the marketing landscape out there.
“With a loyal fan base, Metal Casino becomes highly marketing efficient, being relevant creates loyalty and maximizes the retention and ROI.”
AfroMillionsLotto, a new lotto with a minimum jackpot close to a billion naira, is to be launched in support of the Nigeria Professional Football League in partnership with British-based Ofertas365.
The lotto, due to go live later this month, has jackpots larger than every lottery in Nigeria combined, and the biggest available anywhere in Africa.
All 20 NPFL clubs are to be branded with their own page on AfroMillionsLotto.com where people can buy tickets online for the twice-weekly draws.
Ofertas365 CEO James Leppard said “We are delighted to work with Africa’s largest and most prestigious football league in launching AfroMillionsLotto, which will offer players, whether they are football fans or not, the ability to win truly life-changing jackpots.”
Pragmatic Play has announced the appointment of Harry Biring as its senior business development manager.
Biring joins the slot company having previously worked for SG Interactive, Betsoft Gaming, Smart Gaming Group, NetEnt and Skrill.
Biring brings with him considerable experience in the gaming industry, having enjoyed a three-year spell as a senior account manager at SG Interactive prior to his new role.
Head of business development Yossi Barzely said: “Harry’s experience and know-how will prove invaluable as we expand our footprint in regulated markets.
“His immediate focus includes the UK and Gibraltar so we’re confident that he’ll be a great acquisition for the business.”
OneTouch.io has released a new blackjack game designed to provide the most intuitive user experience to date via single-touch ergonomics.
Perfect Pairs Blackjack offers players a side bet which pays out immediately, giving players the chance to use their side bet winnings on a double or split in the same round.
The creation, which is available in low, medium and high limits, pays 5-1 on non-coloured pairs, 12-1 on coloured pairs and 25-1 on perfect pairs.
The game has already been integrated with leading bitcoin casino operator Bitcasino.io.
Head of technology Matthew Rochman said: “Perfect Pairs Blackjack’s mobile-first design means it’s brilliant for on-the-go betting and the option of a side bet gives players even more chances to win. I am sure it will prove very popular.”