The week in B2B news (05 October 2018)

Pragmatic Play signs PokerStars portfolio agreement

Pragmatic Play has signed an agreement with PokerStars Casino that will see Pragmatic Play content featured on the PokerStars site.

The partnership will give PokerStars Casino’s players access to all of Pragmatic Play’s portfolio, such as recent releases like Da Vinci’s Treasure, Peking Luck and Madame Destiny.

Yossi Barzely, Chief Business Development Officer at Pragmatic Play, said: “The commercial arrangement was one of the most significant in the provider’s history.

He added: “We are delighted to have secured a deal with one of the biggest businesses in our industry. The Stars brand has a worldwide reach which will allow players across the globe access to Pragmatic Play content.”

RISQ pays out record £25m jackpot

RISQ have announced their first £25m jackpot winner via the sweepstake and contests platform, Happy Pay.

The lucky winner of this life-changing prize entered the free-to-play prize draw via one of Happy Pay’s portfolio of promotional jackpot products.

RISQ’s insurance-backed solution enables the creation of non-networked prizes across a wide range of game types and channels.

RISQ’s B2B director, Tom Mitchell, said the record £25m jackpot provided ready proof of RISQ’s “unique ability to pay out promptly on even the biggest industry jackpots”.

EveryMatrix seals casino integration deal with Adjarabet

EveryMatrix has signed a deal to integrate its CasinoEngine with Georgian operator Adjarabet’s existing platform.

The CasinoEngine egaming Integration Platform that permits operators access via a single API to the entire product suite, integrated directly with its front-end, third party wallet and platform.

Tom Hutchinson, Director of Casino at Adjarabet commented: “The CasinoEngine will allow us to launch the broad selection of Casino vendors offered by EveryMatrix onto the Adjarabet sites at a much faster rate than was possible before, solidifying our market leading position in Georgia and positioning us well to increase our market share in Armenia.”

High5 Games launches Triple Topaz

High5 Games has announced the launch of Triple Topaz, a five reel slot with variable rows featuring Art Deco design with slim silver frames surrounding reels and 720 ways to win.

The higher value symbols are all jewels and include the topaz, the jade and the ruby; 9, 10, J, Q, K and A make up the lower values. Both the topaz and the A appear only on reels one, three, four and five. In addition the topaz symbol can land with one, two or three jewels and these count for that number in a winning line.

The wild is a big ‘Wild’  which appears only on reels two, three and four; it will replace all others to help make winning matches except for the Free Spins and Find Your Fortune bonus symbols. If the wild subs for a topaz symbol it will count as three jewels.

“A refreshing new tweak to a proven math feature that will keep players in their seats searching for the perfect gem combination” says Nick Chin, Senior Business Development Director at High 5 Games.

Yggdrasil signs Svenska Spel and ATG content agreements

Yggdrasil has signed agreements to provide Svenska Spel Sport & Casino (subsidiary of AB Svenska Spel) and with horse racing operator ATG  to provide its casino slots content ahead of the Swedish markets re-regulation in 2019.

Svenska Spel is the largest and most established gaming operator in the Swedish market with brands including Lotto, Triss, Stryktipset, Oddset, Vegas and Casino Cosmopol.

ATG is Sweden’s sole trotting and thoroughbred racing betting operator, offering betting opportunities to thousands of players at around 900 race days annually across the country as well as online and in retail outlets.

The operator will take Yggdrasil’s portfolio of slot games including Penguin City, Hanzo’s Dojo, and latest release Wolf Hunters. The Swedish market will open its doors to regulated egaming on 1st January 2019.

SIS signs greyhound racing content deal with 888

SIS (Sports Information Services) has signed a deal to provide operator 888 with its British and Irish Greyhound content.

As part of the deal SIS will deliver its live greyhound pictures and data from more than 48 meetings per week from British tracks including Central Park, Crayford, Doncaster, Harlow, Henlow, Hove, Monmore and Romford, as well as Irish action from Curraheen Park, Limerick, Mullingar, Tralee and Youghal.

With over 30,000 greyhound races taking place per year, the operator’s customer base will have access to regular short-form betting opportunities occurring every eight minutes, designed to increase engagement and dwell time.

Chris McKenzie, Head of Product at 888, said: “We’re thrilled to have partnered with SIS in a deal which allows us to significantly expand our greyhound offering with quality live racing from Britain and Ireland.”