The week in B2B news (22 December 2017)

Instant win games supplier IWG has signed a deal with William Hill to integrate its full portfolio of games.

Following the integration of IWG’s Progressive Play RGS via OpenBet, Hills now offers a much improved instant win portfolio including Cash Buster and Slingo.

The deal marks another commercial agreement for the supplier following similar deals with 888, Foxy Bingo and Mecca Bingo.

Rhydian Fisher, CEO at IWG, said: “Partnering with one of the industry’s most recognised names is a major deal for us and we’re thrilled William Hill has entrusted us to expand their online instant win offering.”

Ciara Nic Liam, head of gaming at William Hill, added: “The demand for instant win games has grown exponentially in recent times and we’ve been looking to boost our offering in this space.

Multi-channel sports betting and casino platform provider Digitain has agreed to integrate content from online slots and table game supplier Habanero.

Among the games made available to their operator partners via the deal will be Habanero’s latest release 5 Mariachis, as well as a popular titles Rolling Roger, The Dead Escape, and Panda Panda.

Suren Khachatryan, Digitain CEO, said: “We have been working hard to forge fresh casino alliances recently and are aiming to arm ourselves with the prized products from the best suppliers in the business.

“Like us, Habanero have been very successful in their expansion during 2017 and together we present a compelling platform and content solution to operators. We’re very pleased to have them on board.”

Twin casino has signed a deal with Pragmatic Play to offer its entire catalogue of slots games.

Twin has initially gone live with seven titles, including recent releases Vegas Nights, 7 Piggies and Wild Spells as well as player favourites, Wolf Gold and Dragon Kingdom, with more video slots from Pragmatic Play’s catalogue of more than 80 HTML5 games to be released every week in January.

The agreement with Twin is the latest commercial success for Pragmatic Play, having signed a number of large casino operators over the past couple of months.

Yossi Barzely, chief business development officer at Pragmatic Play, said: “We are very proud of the commercial momentum that we have built up in the last year, and this deal with Twin is an excellent marker of our ambitions as we enter 2018.

Omni-channel slots specialist Play’n GO has reinvigorated the much-loved fruit slot in its latest title Mystery Joker 6000.

The 3-wheel, 5-payline game delivers the same classical symbols known to slots fans, with the introduction of the Joker symbol which triggers free spins and big wins on finding it.

Mystery Joker 6000 allows players to transfer winnings from the main game into the Super Meter mode, where bets cost double but wins even bigger, and with the Mystery Wheel easier to find.

Johan Törnqvist, CEO of Play’n GO, said: “The traditional fruit slot has been a mainstay of the casino space for decades with players loving its simplicity and regular pay outs.

“We’ve decided to add the Play’n GO creative touch to the classic and reinvigorate the genre for today’s player, and we’re sure they’ll enjoy Mystery Joker 6000’s much-improved gameplay.”