The igaming solutions supplier, Tom Horn Gaming issued a press release this week, announcing the signing of a new distribution deal with 888, one of the world’s top online and betting operators. As per the terms of the partnership, Tom Horn will be able to expand its distribution capabilities across new markets around the world.

A best-of-breed selection of Tom Horn Gaming titles will all be made available for play at 888Casino. This includes Tom Horn’s flagship video slot game, 243 Crystal Fruits, as well as new releases such as La Tomantina and Frutas Grande.

Vice President for B2C Casino at 888 Holdings, Talyah Benyaminia said about the new deal: “We’re pleased to partner with Tom Horn Gaming to further enhance our 888casino content offering. We are confident that our customers will enjoy its innovative and dynamic games, which supports our existing catalogue of industry-leading titles. We look forward to working with Tom Horn Gaming in the months ahead.”

Also commenting was Ondrej Lapides, the CEO of Tom Horn Gaming, who called the deal a “pivotal moment” in the company’s long-term expansion strategy. He said that joining forces with an industry-leading partner such as 888, meant a lot for the company.

“Not only does it confirm our games are in high demand among top tier operators, it also acknowledges our never-ending aspirations to deliver gaming content that is not only highly entertaining, but also innovative and safe,” he added.

The Isle of Man based online casino software and games supplier, Microgaming, has signed an exclusive deal with Spinstars games developer. Under the terms of the deal, Spinstars’ entire casino catalogue will be expanded to new markets through Microgaming’s aggregation platform.

Spinstars will have the opportunity to tap into Microgaming’s distribution channel so that its games will now be available to players in other markets such as Germany, Malta and Belgium. The games will eventually be available to Dutch players when the regulated market opens there.

The Director of Aggregation at Microgaming, Graeme Powrie said that the group was thrilled to welcome Spinstars to its platform, since the group brings with it a wealth of unique and exciting gameplay experiences “with a classic slot machine feel.”

Powrie added that the deal comes at an exciting time for Microgaming as the group plans to enter the regulated Dutch market on October 1st, with a diverse collection of top partners and exclusive game studios.

“Our Spinstars products have been heavily anticipated by customers who are not just looking for unique content, but especially content that will help them strike the right note in countries where classic slots are more well-known than video slots, such as the Dutch market,” said Joeri Dikkeboom, the CEO of the Gibraltar-based Spinstars. “In Microgaming, we’ve found a partner that cannot just facilitate this demand, but has been supportive of our mission to bring ‘classic games’ with ‘new technology’ since the very beginning.”

After receiving final approval from the UK courts, the £2 billion merger deal between the casino – entertainment group, Bally’s and the online gambling operator and content developer Gamesys Group, has been completed.

The UK Gambling Commission already gave its blessing to the merger, which saw Bally’s agreeing to pay $25.77 per Gamesys share.

With the merger now complete, Gamesys shares will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange this week.
The deal was first announced in March, 2021, finalized a month later and approved by all shareholders in June.
The chief executive of Gamsys, Lee Fentor, will become chief executive of the entire group.

Fenton said that the merger “represents a compelling opportunity to integrate Gamesys’ market-leading gaming technology with Bally’s growing U.S. gaming platform to create a vertically integrated company that is poised to capitalize on the rapidly expanding U.S. online sports betting and iGaming market. Given our comprehensive suite of collective assets and our track record of successfully developing online gaming operations in highly-competitive markets, we believe we will be able to offer customers a unique and differentiated approach to gaming.”

The chair of Bally’s Soo Kim added: “We think that Gamesys’ proven technology platform alongside its highly respected and experienced management team, combined with the US market access that Bally’s provides, should allow the combined group to capitalize on the significant growth opportunities in the US sports betting and online markets.”

A technical malfunction led to the delay in the launch of the Netherlands’ new online gambling market. The official gambling regulator, de Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) said that the ten approved online gambling operators were not yet given the final green light to take real money bets from players due to the malfunction with the Centraal Register Uitsluiting Kansspelen (Cruks) platform.

“Due to a technical malfunction of Cruks, it is not possible for online providers, such as Holland Casino and Toto, to allow players on their websites,” said the gambling authority.

“The cause of the malfunction has been identified. We are working hard to fix it.”

On October 2nd, the authority advised that the malfunction had been solved and the entire issued resolved. This mirrors the delay of the launch of the licensing portal on April 1st this year, also due to technical issues, as well as three other delays in the entire process which saw the launch date of the market pushed back to October 1st.

All ten operators that were given permission to go live by the KSA have now started accepting real money players.
Other operators who haven’t yet received licensed, but are in the process of pursuing them, have stopped accepting Dutch players for the moment.

These include big-name gambling operators such as Entain, 888 Holdings, Kindred, Leo Vegas and Kindred.

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