The week in B2B news (9 August 2019)
The latest news from the supplier side of the industry, including updates from Northern Lights Gaming, Videoslots and Pragmatic Play
888casino unveils Northern Lights Gaming portfolio
Northern Lights Gaming (NLG), a cutting-edge video slots developer, has inked a deal to showcase its games at 888casino. Northern Lights Gaming is a new, disruptive company with a highly-experienced team of designers, developers, and game creators.
888casino is one of the most recognised and longest standing online casino brands. Through its own platform, the operator offers its customers a broad selection of online casino games developed in-house or through leading third-party suppliers, which now includes Northern Lights games.
Customers at 888casino can enjoy an impressive selection of Northern Lights games including Blast Off, Electric Wilds, and Rocky’s Gold, with new titles under development. The 888casino platform fully supports PC, Mac, Android, and iOS gameplay with these video slot machine games.
Pragmatic Play live with Supranation
Pragmatic Play, one of the leading software providers for video slots, live casino and bingo, has launched its slot games with SuprNation.
The operator’s customers will now have access to the provider’s full portfolio of award-winning videoslots, including successful recent releases John Hunter and the Aztec Treasure, Sweet Bonanza and Pirate Gold, as well as portfolio favourite Wolf Gold.
Pragmatic Play’s titles will be available to players across SuprNation’s casino brands, Voodoo Dreams, NY Spins, and Duelz.
Yossi Barzely, chief business development officer at Pragmatic Play, commented: “We are delighted to further extend our reach across regulated markets and look forward to a long and illustrious relationship with SuprNation.”
All aboard the Money Train with Relax Gaming’s new slot
Relax Gaming, the innovative content provider and aggregation platform, is offering a journey to the Wild West with Money Train, an exciting new addition to its proprietary offering.
Fiery volatility and immersive features make for an action-packed gaming experience in this 5×4, 40 fixed payline slot, which takes players on a trip through lawless lands full of smoking hot wins of up to 20,000x the original bet.
The Money Cart bonus round – triggered when bonus symbols land on reels 1, 3 and 5 – awards free spins and multipliers, while the in-game Buy Feature allows players to fast-track to the action for a chance to crack open the game’s safes.
Simon Hammon, CPO at Relax Gaming, commented “With buy-in features that offer players gunning for excitement a chance to win lock, stock and barrel, Money Train’s combination of high volatility and dynamic gameplay make it a great addition to any portfolio.
Red Tiger Daily Drop network pays over £2.5m since April
Red Tiger’s Daily Drop Jackpot Network has become the company’s fastest growing jackpot product, paying out more than £2.5m in just four months since launch.
Introduced in April this year, the network-wide ‘must-drop’ jackpots have been an unprecedented hit with tier one brands and millions of their players.
In July, the Daily Drop Jackpot Network paid out its biggest ever daily prize with one UK Betsafe player (a Betsson Group brand) scooping £61,500 from a £2 stake on classic hit slot Dragon’s Luck.
Carl Ejlertsson, business development director at Red Tiger, commented: “The Daily Drop Jackpot Network has truly caught the imagination of the players and we’re absolutely delighted with its performance since we went live earlier this year”.
Playson fully compliant for Swedish market
Casino software developer Playson, has demonstrated its commitment to the regulated market of Sweden with its gaming content now fully compliant and certified.
Playson has been certifying its most popular games, such as Book of Gold: Double Chance, Wild Warriors, Rise of Egypt, as well as the top performing titles from the Timeless Fruit Slots series to be available for the operators, since the establishment of regulated gambling in Sweden.
This latest approval showcases the supplier’s robust approach to compliance and its long-term commitment to operating in regulated markets.
Liubomyr Bedratiuk, compliance manager at Playson, commented: “Sweden is an important market for us and to have our offering made fully compliant is an important move for the company”.
Videoslots makes loss limit requirement mandatory
Videoslots.com has further strengthened its position on responsible gambling by making it a mandatory requirement for customers in the United Kingdom to set a loss limit budget before they can bet.
The casino operator rolled out its mandatory policy in the UK in order to help protect its players and ensure gambling remains fun, becoming the first operator in the industry to do so.
Alexander Stevendahl, Videoslots CEO commented “Responsible gambling is our number one priority and this requirement adds an extra level of safety for Videoslots players.
“We believe gambling should be a fun and engaging form of entertainment and we hope our initiative will help keep it that way. Hopefully other operators will join us in our stance.”