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Industry leaders launch new online casino games development company

14 Nov 2022

Octoplay marks its debut today with the official launch of its new games portfolio. The content creators, led by former Red Tiger and Evolution executive Carl Ejlertsson, unveiled their first games to an excited group of early adopter clients.  Octoplay’s senior team includes Nick Vuchev, Matina Borg Stevens and Nicola Vella, as Commercial Director, Legal and …

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Virginia Lottery launches IWG games becoming the Company’s 23rd WLA/NASPL iLottery launch

12 Aug 2020

Today IWG digital instant win games launched on the Virginia Lottery’s iLottery gaming platform, making it the 23rd WLA/NASPL-member lottery to launch the instant win supplier’s games portfolio. The integration took just weeks to complete, a timeline made possible by the long-standing collaboration between IWG and NeoPollard Interactive, the Virginia Lottery’s iLottery platform provider. Following …

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Skyrocket Entertainment’s The Games Company joins Yggdrasil YG Masters as launchpad to global growth

2 Jun 2020

Branded content developer and IP rights holder Skyrocket Entertainment has joined Yggdrasil’s flagship YG Masters programme, accessing the supplier’s latest GATI standardisation technology as a launchpad to drive global growth.   Skyrocket’s content development and distribution division, The Games Company (TGC), join a host of the world’s most innovative independent studios and game developers on …

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Blockchain Innovations acquires The Games Company

19 Dec 2018

Blockchain technology supplier Blockchain Innovations (BCI) has acquired online casino games provider The Games Company (TGC) for an undisclosed consideration. TGC is licensed by the United Kingdom Gambling Commission and Alderney Gambling Control Commission and lists William Hill, Bet Victor and Loto Quebec among its clients. Matt Stafford, chief executive officer of BCI: “We are excited to acquire The …

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Sportech considers lottery games company acquisition

16 Nov 2018

Sportech plc has confirmed that it has started serious discussions with lottery games specialist LOT.TO with a view to extending a strategic alliance into an acquisition. Such an takeover, Sportech feels, would “further solidify its global gaming services position”. LOT.TO co-founder Andrew Lindley said in a statement: “Our future with Sportech is hugely exciting because …

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Penn National acquires another social bingo company

18 Jun 2018

USD land gambling group Penn National Gaming has completed the acquisition of a second social bingo development company, Las Vegas-based Absolute Games, for an undisclosed consideration. The acquisition will be integrated into the group’s interactive ventures division, a spokesman confirmed this week. Our readers will recall that two years ago Penn National paid $60 million …

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TGC launch bespoke keno title with Loto-Québec

1 May 2018

Independent casino games developer The Games Company (TGC) has launched Lucky 8 Keno with Loto-Québec. The game is an exclusive, bespoke title developed for the Canadian lottery operator by TGC’s Portugal-based development studio in collaboration with strategic igaming consultancy, Pixiu Gaming. “Pixiu has been working closely with the team at Loto-Québec to build a range …

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Forthcoming Chinese government ban on social poker games hits company share prices hard

27 Apr 2018

Shares in Chinese companies offering online and mobile social poker games have shed up to a fifth of their value over the past week, following reports in local media that the government would ban all poker-related applications from June 1 (see previous reports). The Reuters news agency has developed the story, which broke a week …

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New online sportsbook for Hungarian state-owned gambling company

18 Apr 2018

Scientific Games Corporation announced Tuesday that it has successfully launched an online sports betting channel for Szerencsejáték Zrt., the largest gaming service provider in Hungary. Fully owned by the Hungarian State, Szerencsejáték Zrt. has the exclusive right to sell sport games as well as instant and draw-based lottery games. With the implementation of the new …

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Rank live with content from the games company

22 Nov 2017

The Rank Group has boosted its content offer with the integration of a selection of titles from The Games Company (TGC) via the Bede platform. TGC’s new remote game server (RGS), powered by Black Cow Technology, will deploy the content to Rank Group operators Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor, with its Mexican-themed, 5-reeler ’Mariachi Mayhem’ the …

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Confusion over company suspended by Malta Gaming Authority?

18 Mar 2017

The UK-based Random Games Ltd has vehemently denied that it is the company identified in the Malta Gaming Authority’s notification of March 3 of its suspension of licensee C50145 (see previous  report), which has a similar title. Our readers may recall that the MGA notification advised that “Random Games Limited” has had its Class 1 on …

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Indian company to invest $20 million in eSports

16 Feb 2017

Nazara Games, a mobile gaming development company based in Mumbai, India, has announced that it is to invest $20 million over the next five years in eSports, creating a new league that will focus on CS:GO, Dota 2 and League of Legends. Chief executive Manish Agarwal said this week: “Our target audience is a very …

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Black Cow OGA software a hit with The Games Co

18 Oct 2016

The Games Company (TGC) has agreed a long-term licensing deal with software specialist Black Cow Technology (Black Cow) for its Open Gaming Architecture (OGA) software which will be used to power TGC’s new remote game server. According to Black Cow, the open-source built software, with a fully-functioning Games Development Kit, will provide The Games Company …

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Major Chinese internet company buys eSports game developer

24 Dec 2015

Riot Games, developer of the League of Legends multiplayer game that has taken the eSports world by storm, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of billion-dollar Chinese Internet company Ten Cent. In February 2011 Ten Cent bought a majority shareholding in the company, which it has now augmented to take full ownership and control. Approached …

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GSN Games acquires social casino company

31 Mar 2015

GSN Games has further boosted its social gaming offering with the acquisition for an undisclosed consideration of social casino firm Idle Gaming. The agreement includes additional mobile technology and experienced members of staff at Idle. Our readers will recall that GSN bought bingo social gaming company Bash Gaming last year. GSN chief operating officer Steve …

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GreenTube acquires mobile social casino company

11 Mar 2015

Novomatic-owned GreenTube has acquired US-based mobile social casino gaming company AbZorba Games LLC for an undisclosed consideration. AbZorba Games develops social casino and multiplayer games based on a proprietary gaming platform. It has a robust B2C mobile casino brand and delivers B2B white label turnkey solutions to a range of partners. Its product range includes …

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The Games Company in content deal with Betfair

19 Jun 2014

British online slot developer The Games Company has delivered two exclusive World Cup-themed mobile games for Betfair in collaboration with the Odobo developer’s platform. Road to Rio and Football Crazy are among the first trio of games launched by The Game Company in a schedule designed to coincide with the World Cup football currently unfolding …

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Social games developer partners with Nasdaq powerhouse

11 Apr 2014

Texas-based social casino games developer Bee Cave Games and Nasdaq-listed land games specialist Multimedia Games have agreed to team up to provide a range of free-to-play social versions of Multimedia’s real-money slots. The collaboration will give Multimedia games exposure on social venues like Facebook, along with app variants on iOS and Android platforms, with Zombie …

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Former Nevada regulator appointed consultat to Multimedia Games

18 Jan 2012

Former Nevada gambling regulator, Dennis Neilander (50) has a new business role; the Multimedia Games Holding Company, Inc. has retained his services as a consultant for compliance and gaming regulatory matters. Neilander has assumed the role of Regulatory Compliance Committee chairman at the company, which develops and distributes gaming technology. Neilander will work directly with …

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Argentinian software for social gaming company

18 Jan 2012

Leander Games, the Argentina-based internet gambling software developer, has signed an online slots supply agreement with Bejig, the creators of “Avatingo”, a virtual world of multiplayer slots, bingo and games on Facebook. The agreement will see Leander Games become Bejig’s exclusive supplier of slots games for use on Facebook, giving Bejig the exclusive rights to …

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Playtech to acquire skill games company

8 Dec 2009

The Isle of Man-based online gambling software provider Playtech plc has acquired skill games provider Gaming Technology Solutions for an initial Euro 10.8 million, with further amounts based on performance over the next two years capped at Euro 21.6.

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Major lottery and gaming company signs for skill games

14 Aug 2009

The giant Italian lottery and gaming giant and parent company of GTech, Lottomatica has signed a multi-year software licensing agreement with the UK skill games network and provider GameAccount.

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