GAMING1, a leading developer and distributor of online casino and sports betting games is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement in terms of which it has gone live with Kindred Group’s flagship brand Unibet.
The agreement has also seen a range of interesting slot and dice games from GAMING1’s outstanding portfolio launching in Unibet’s Belgian and .comsites, with Romania and Sweden due to follow in the near future.
This latest partnership between GAMING1 and Unibet further enhances the developer’s international reach with access to new markets and commercial agreements anticipated over the next few months.
As well as its esteemed in-house gaming suite, the company currently operates over 20 online gaming brands with land-based partners in Portugal, Serbia, Columbia, Spain, France and Peru.
Sabri Tekaya, the Managing Director at GAMAING1 MALTA, commented on the new agreement by saying that Kindred is one of the gaming industry’s major groups and Unibet is their flagship brand, so they are thrilled to be partnering with them.
Tekaya went on to say that their immersive in-house games catalogue is enjoyed by a wide range of international players, and they are sure Unibet’s customers in Belgium and beyond will really enjoy playing the games.
David Robertson, Head of Casino at Kindred said that they are delighted to partner with GAMING1, a market leader with a multi-channel portfolio that has earned deserved plaudits from across the industry.
Robertson added that their portfolio of games fits perfectly with their premium quality customer offering and they look forward to a long and productive relationship.
Betting services supplier Sports Information Services (SIS) has expanded its horse racing portfolio after entering into agreements with LAB representing Czech racing and Kincsem Park, the home of Hungarian racing that will see it become the exclusive distributor of live pictures and data of Czech and Hungarian horse races.
In terms of the new deals, SIS will broadcast a minimum of 300 races per year 4 of the Czech Republic’s largest race courses – Most, Prague, Karlovy Vary and Pardubice – as well as 265 races per year from Hungary’s Kincsem Park.
Included in the rights package are a number of Eastern Europe’s most high-profile races that includes the world famous Velka Pardubicka on 11th October 2020.
The races will all be made available through SIS’s international retail channels, as well as its 24/7 live horse racing channels and 24/7 live horse and greyhound channels, which provide a betting event every three minutes.
William Morris, head of international horse racing at SIS, commented that securing the exclusive rights to deliver live pictures and data for horse racing in the Czech Republic and Hungary is a boost to their international offering.
Morris added that these additional races further enhance their 24/7 racing service, providing even more quality betting opportunities throughout the day, regardless of time zone, with content that will appeal to bettors and help drive turnover for operators.
Vicki Gibbins, operations and sales director of LAB said that many bettors will be aware of their world-famous race, Velka Pardubicka and they are excited that thanks to this deal with SIS, more bettors from all over the world will be able to enjoy and wager on it.
The coronavirus outbreak saw all major sports leagues, including the English Premier League, suspended indefinitely and the European Championships and Olympics being postponed to next year.
The door was then opened for online poker, casino, eSports or other verticals to fill the void.
Vertical sports betting, in particular has become popular with players who are only required to wait between 90 seconds and 3 minutes in most instances in order to have the result of their bet come through without it being necessary to have knowledge on the sport to play.
Long before the coronavirus outbreak, Martin Wachter, the Chief Executive Officer of virtual sports supplier Golden Race, revealed that virtual sports have the potential to exceed sports betting revenue.
It would appear as though Virtual sports has proven itself to be a profitable business due to consistent margins and low operating costs, which are likely to continue once sports betting returns, as players become more familiar with virtual sports.
Virtual sports became very beneficial for operators during the coranavirus pandemic with companies that did not introduce virtual sports and virtual games suffering an ever higher decline in business.
In April, sports betting solutions provider ExeFeed released its virtual product Simulated Reality Football, in an endeavor to help fill the void of sports betting.
Brooks Pierce, the President and COO of Inspired Entertainment commented that virtual sports can fill the void of live sports with ultra-realistic content and with attractive betting options that sports wagering fans are used to and can easily adopt.
Leading online and mobile casino content provider iSoftBet, has announced the release of its latest slot game, the gothic-themed Night Queen.
The new 5 reel, 3 row and 20 pay line ‘Night Queen’ is a medium variance slot with a set RTP of 96.26 per cent that is playable from £0.20 up to £100 per spin.
A unique Switching Stacks mechanic in the slot game sees any full stack of one symbol switching with any other full stack of a different symbol helping to create wins, while three consecutive matching stacks form a colossal symbol, with a chance for a win multiplier of up to 30 X to be applied to it.
One symbol is randomly selected on every spin to become super-stacked on all 5 reels with the super-stacks being even longer in the Free Spins, leading to lucrative win potential.
The Free Spins bonus is triggered by 3 or more Night Queen symbols with added mystery symbols always landing in stacks to transform into any other random symbol. These stacked mystery symbols can also switch with any other stacks to produce even more colossal wins.
Mark Claxton, the Head of Games at iSoftBet, commented on the new release by saying that ‘Night Queen’ combines tried and tested land-based game-play with a ghoulish, haunting theme that has been inspired by classic novels of the era.
Claxton went on to say that loaded with both stacked and mystery symbols, alongside their unique Switching Stacks mechanic and colossal multipliers, their new slot game’s compelling game-play will keep players entranced as they enter the domain of the mysterious Night Queen.
A coalition of professional North American sports leagues have publicly expressed their support for single-event sports betting in Canada.
The Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) published a joint statement signed by the National Basketball Association (NBA), Canadian Football League (CFL), National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Baseball (MLB) and Major League Soccer (MLS) hailing efforts to allow legal betting, which read as follows-
“[The leagues] support an amendment to Canada’s federal laws that would authorize provinces to offer betting on single sporting events. Sports-betting happens illegally in Canada; creating a legal framework would shift consumers from illicit, unregulated markets to a legal and safe marketplace. Regulating single-game betting would allow for strong consumer protections as well as safeguards to further protect the integrity of sports
Sports betting gives fans another exciting way to engage with the sports they love and because a legal and regulated sports betting market in Canada would be beneficial to sports and their fans, we urge prompt action to make this a reality.”
Copies of the above letter were sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as well as the country’s Attorney General, Justice Minister and Finance Minister.
Canadians can currently only bet legally on sports via parlays at the provincial lotteries. There is, however, a flourishing market for offshore operators. It is estimated that an amount of $14 billion is wagered yearly with illegal, offshore bookmakers while $500 million is wagered through regulated means.
A bill – the “Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act” – was introduced in Parliament in February, which is Canada sports betting’s best chance of federal legislation.