Launches and sign-ups extra 25 November 2016

Kambi has pointed to the EGR Power 50 as proof of its success, with Kambi-provided operators Unibet (=5^th) and 888 (9^th) reaching the top 10 of this year’s list.

The supplier said it was “proud” to supply its sportsbook to seven members of the 2016 list, which ranks the highest-performing operators in the betting and gaming sector.

“We have worked tirelessly to ensure our sports betting product is the best in the industry, and are delighted to offer our partners the very best user experience on the market,” Kambi CEO Kristian Nylén said.

Zeal Network has launched a new investment arm created to provide finance and support start-ups to disrupt the lottery industry.

Zeal Investments, headed by lottery entrepreneur James Oakes, aims to help unearth new lottery business models and give existing models a significant competitive edge by employing fresh, imaginative approaches and technology.

“With only 5% of the $300bn worldwide lottery market currently played online, this is a huge opportunity for the industry to fully digitise and build more of a presence in the online and mobile spaces,” said Oakes.

“There are thousands of fantastic start-ups out there, all with their own unique ideas, some of which could really move the industry forward.”

ComeOn has agreed a deal to integrate Featurespace’s ARIC platform in a move to improve player protection from fraud attacks.

Featurespace’s real-time, machine learning ARIC platform detects anomalies in behaviour for fraud and risk management.

“Working with Featurespace ensures that our customers are protected by the most sophisticated fraud and customer management platform on the market,” ComeOn director Jovin Genovese, said.

Betsson has exclusively launched Viking Fire, the latest release from slot supplier Lightning Box Games.

The 4×5-reel, 40-line slot sees players don their helmets and pick up their shields as they catapult rocks at enemy ships to earn up to four extra wilds and eight free spins during the bonus game feature.

Designed in HTML5 and available on both desktop and mobile devices, it will be available exclusively to Betsson for a two-week period, before being released to the general market on 30 November.

“We are always looking for new games to bolster our already impressive portfolio, and Viking Fire certainly fits the bill,” Paul Malt, head of games at Betsson, said. “The bonus game feature is particularly exciting, and we are sure our players will have fun trying to take out the enemy ships,” he added.

Bulgaria’s National Lottery is to integrate Ezugi’s regulated and certified live dealer content, the company has announced.

Available on the operator’s 7777.bg site, Ezugi will provide aprivate studio with fully branded tables, including access to all of Ezugi’s other international public gaming tables.

“Continuing our philosophy we choose to work with Ezugi not only because they are proven to deliver high standard services, but possessing a studio located in Bulgaria, handled by Bulgarian team and live dealers,” Milen Ganev, managing partner of Bulgaria’s National Lottery, said.

“It is of a great importance for us to grant to our customers the chance for spectacular entertainment and second but not the last we open new job positions in Bulgaria.”

Yggdrasil Gaming has released the sequel to its popular slot, Vikings Go Wild, including a new Berzerk mode features including Rage Meters and Ragnarök Free Spins.

Vikings Go Berzerk is built on the supplier’s HTML5 framework iSENSE2.0 and comes with what Yggdrasil describes as a slick user interface, fast download speed, portrait mode and its collection of in-game promotional tools.

“Vikings Go Wild was a phenomenal success, so we wanted to continue their story,” product owner for games at Yggdrasil, Jonas Strandman, said. “Vikings Go Berzerk takes things up a gear, and features the most mesmerising graphics we have ever produced.”
NetEnt’s latest slot, Warlords: Crystals of Power, is the firm’s biggest in-house creation to-date and the result is an animation-heavy production with mass audience appeal, according to the supplier.

The 5×3, 30-line game is set in an age where rulers spend their days waging war over lands and treasure. After years of conflict, just three warlords remain – the Barbarian, the Priestess, and the Samurai. Each holds a crystal of power the others want to claim as their own.

Players are offered a triple dose of excitement with three different types of free spin, each corresponding to one of the character scatter symbols.

“An incredible amount of effort has gone into the creation of the game and the storytelling of Warlords: Crystals of Power,” Simon Hammon, chief product officer of NetEnt, said. “We are thrilled with the 3D graphics, soundtrack and gameplay, the result is simply stunning.