Greentube, the NOVOMATIC Interactive division and supplier of casino entertainment to players around the world, has further enhanced its presence in Romania by going live with Baumbet.
The supplier launched via the Pariplay platform for the first time and a huge selection of its’ top-notch games are now available on Baumbet.ro. Titles include ‘Book of Ra deluxe’, ‘Dolphin’s Pearl deluxe’, ‘Sizzling Hot deluxe’ and ‘Lucky Lady’s Charm deluxe’. A popular slot among local players ‘Plenty on Twenty’ has also gone live together with a number of top-performing NOVOMATIC games tailored for the market in Romania.
Baumbet is a notable name in Romania, with its retail operations comprising a period of 25 years and having established a powerful online presence since the market opened in 2018. The integration indicates another important step for Greentube as the company continues to display market share in the Eastern European territory.
Michael Bauer, Chief Financial Officer/Chief Games Officer at Greentube, commented that launching with such an established operator further demonstrates the high demand for their portfolio among local players.
Bauer also said that they expect their games will be an instant hit with Baumbet’s customers. He added that Romania has quickly proven to be a strong market for Greentube as their classic titles and new, modern content continues to perform strongly.
Daniel Cordos, Chief Operating Officer at Baumbet, said that Greentube has more than lived up to its reputation for creating quality interactive games that stand the test of time both in the land-based market and online. He added that their diverse range of content is already ranking high with their players and will contribute to their goal of providing an online casino experience that outperforms the market.
Springbok Casino, a leading South African-friendly online gaming site, has announced that Realtime Gaming’s exotic new Hawaiian themed ‘Wild Hog Luah’ slot game is due to go live at the site on 24th June 2020.
Players will find socially distanced Wild Hogs providing hilarious entertainment in exotic island outfits in this new tropical wonder game.
The new slot game has 15 independent reels that spin individually giving players a chance to win up to 50 Free Games.
A Lucky Streak Re-Spin Trigger feature can be set off in any winning pay line, which can then lead to lucrative wild wins. The winning reels are held during the Re-Spin feature while the remaining reels can re-spin.
Players have a chance to trigger up to 50 Free Games with the Totem Scatter symbol which can then be re-triggered and could lead to more Lucky Streak Re-Spins.
Daniel van Wyke, the Casino Manager at Springbok Online Casino, commented on the new game by saying that they know that a lot of people are dreaming of the sun, sea and sand right now, so they are bringing the beach party to them with their summery slot ‘Wild Hog Luau’.
van Wyke went on to say that the game is exotic, entertaining, full of fun and comes with fantastic features. He also said that they have gone Wild for it is there at Springbok Casino and they are sure that their players will do so too.
‘Wild Hog Luau’ slot is playable on download, instant play and mobile.
Inter Miami goalkeeper Luis Robles has revealed that while being quarantined during the COVID-19 pandemic, he realized just how fanatical his Inter Miami teammates and a number of other people are about eSports. He has, therefore, decided to invest in the pro gaming industry and has teamed up with the flourishing band of sports stars to make an investment in eSports.
The Inter Miami stopper has followed in the footsteps of Steph Curry, Michael Jordan, Odel Beckham Jr and Kevin Durant who have all backed projects in pro gaming in the past few years.
Robles is a member of the Inter Miami squad owned by David Beckham and is among the investors in Luckbox – a fully licensed betting company that enables eSports fans to wager on their favorite professional games.
Quentin Martin, Chief Executive Officer at Lunchbox, commented that it is well documented that eSports is super hot right now and many famous names from the world of sports and entertainment have recognized this by backing a host of projects.
Martin went on to say that they have been live in 100 countries for just over a year now, so they are still a very young company. He added that to have the support of someone as highly respected as Luis is clearly a massive boost for their company.
Martin also said that for sports fans, betting on outcomes is often an extra way to enjoy the match experience. He added that safe, legal and legitimate betting is increasingly important to eSports and, over the coming years, it will be the dominant driver of revenue for the industry.
NetEnt has transformed one of its most popular arcade games for online slot fans by releasing ‘Street Fighter II: The World Warrior’ video slot game that features a cast of eight original characters and is a new spin on the classic video game from Capcom.
The video slot comes with Battles in the main game and players choose 1 of the 8 characters on the Player Select screen before the beginning of every base game battle.
The new 5 reel, 5 row Cluster Pays video slot is playable from a mere 20p to as much as £700 per spin and has an RTP that averages at 96.06% with each character played in the game having a different RTP setting ranging from 96.02% up to 96.08% and between 98.7% and 100% when using the Insert Coin Gamble feature.
A winning combination is formed when 4 or more of the same symbols appear in a cluster. Multiple clusters of the same symbol pay as separate clusters.
Wins are evenly distributed between the characters and the various bonus features with more wins coming in the Beat the Boss Free Spins feature where the multiplier can increase up to x10. The max win is 7,142 x a player’s total stake.
‘Street Fighter II: The World Warrior’ comes with a total of 13 Bonus features that includes an Avalanche feature, a Battles feature, a Wild Combo feature, a Car Smash Bonus Game feature and the Beat the Boss Free Spins feature
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) is urging all stakeholders, especially data providers, to proactively collaborate with the association and its members in order to establish and adopt agreed best practice standards around the sale, collection and supply of sports data for betting.
The association has requested all parties engaged in the supply chain of sports event data for betting to respect global best practice standards.
IBIA released a statement recently saying that it believes that this is the most effective means of achieving an approach that best serves to protect the integrity of sport, its data, betting markets generated by that date and consumers enjoying those products.
Khalid Ali, the Chief Executive Officer of the International Betting Integrity Association said that upholding the reliability and creditability of sporting event data is of paramount importance for his members and the challenges posed by the pandemic have further highlighted the necessity for robust data chains.
Ali went on to say that there is a clear benefit for everyone involved in the data supply chain in ensuring that such data is a product of high levels of accuracy and transparency.
He also said that IBIA and its members have been considering this issue internally for some time and would like to go a step further and have a proper industry-wide debate.
The International Betting Integrity Association, launched in 2005 and formerly known as ESSA, is a leading global voice on integrity for the licensed betting industry.