Canada
HAWKS TALON GC PROTECTS CEEZ AND SWANN FROM NBA 2K LEAGUE EXPANSION DRAFT
Hawks Talon Protects Top 10 Player in Points Per Game and Versatile Player from Expansion Draft
Hawks Talon GC, the official NBA 2K League affiliate of the Atlanta Hawks, today announced that they have protected Caesar Martinez (CEEZ) and Michael Swanegan (SWANN) from the upcoming NBA 2K League Expansion Draft, set to take place on Nov. 17. This offseason, each of the 23 teams that competed in 2021 must protect at least two and up to three players who were on its roster at the end of the 2021 season from selection in the expansion draft. All protected players are ineligible to be selected in the expansion draft.
“With the approaching expansion draft, I wanted to be confident that our team maintained a necessary drive to win,” said Hawks Talon GC Director of Esports Wesley Acuff. “CEEZ and SWANN brought invaluable leadership and a hunger to win to our franchise last season, and we look forward to building around them this offseason.”
CEEZ, Hawks Talon’s 2021 first-round draft pick, returns to Hawks Talon GC after finishing the 2021 regular season ranked eighth in average points per game (27.0). In addition, he ranked 21st in the league with 7.5 assists per game while playing primarily as the team’s point guard. SWANN, Hawks Talon’s 2021 third-round draft pick, will return next season after playing multiple roles and compiling season averages of 6.4 points, 1.2 steals and 0.9 rebounds per game.
During the expansion draft, held on Nov. 17, DUX Gaming’s team will select two or three players to become the team’s first players. During the month following the expansion draft, each of the 23 teams that competed in 2021 will have the opportunity to retain additional players. Teams will retain players by forfeiting draft picks in the 2022 Draft. Subject to NBA 2K League rules and satisfaction of all applicable requirements, all players who are not retained will be automatically eligible for the 2022 Draft.
As a result of retaining two players, Hawks Talon will have their original first-round, second-round, third-round and fourth-round draft picks in the upcoming 2022 NBA 2K League Draft. If Hawks Talon does not have a player selected in the expansion draft, Hawks Talon can retain a first additional player by forfeiting a third-round draft pick and can retain a second additional player by forfeiting a second-round draft pick.
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Bede Gaming
OLG Launches Innovative New React Native Mobile App with Bede Gaming
Bede Gaming is proud to continue its partnership with Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation (OLG), which is now delivering an enhanced experience to its OLG.ca mobile customers across the province after successfully transitioning to the Bede Gaming React Native App.
The upgraded app, built for fast and seamless omnichannel performance, provides an exceptional player experience that leverages a data-efficient design model.
With over 1 million monthly app users, the lightweight network delivery and core functionality of Bede’s technical solution ensures an accessible and high-quality player experience across devices, even during peak traffic periods.
Structured with a flexible foundation for future development, ongoing app enhancements will now be delivered quickly and consistently across device types. In addition, the new app uses one build for all devices, making it much more operationally efficient and cost effective, and far easier for the Ontario operator to implement and manage future changes.
The new agile solution is also highly scalable and customisable, offering the flexibility to build a bespoke mobile set-up that’s truly brand-tailored and easily self-managed by operator admins. With direct connection into Bede’s full platform capabilities, engaging in-house product suite, and catalogue of third-party integrations, the new app eliminates the need for additional integration steps, significantly improves speed to market, and enables a fast response to changing player behaviours and trends.
Given online gambling is regulated on a province-to-province basis in Canada, the new app will also help OLG continue to provide a responsible and compliant iGaming service through geolocation technology powered by mkodo’s GeoLocs product, leveraging robust location management tools to ensure a seamless and fully regulated experience for players across Ontario.
Following the transition to Bede’s React Native App, OLG has reported a smooth and successful launch, with a carefully planned rollout and no impact to the customer experience.
Dave Pridmore, Chief Gaming Officer at OLG, said: “We’re delighted with how quickly and efficiently the transition to Bede’s React Native app has been – and the fact there’s been no disruption for our existing OLG.ca players speaks volumes about the impressive teamwork shown on both sides. The intuitive experience built and well-considered support are representative of the high quality of work we’ve come to expect from our partners at Bede Gaming.
“As OLG continues to prioritise our players’ experiences and expectations, we look forward to implementing even more market-leading enhancements throughout our ongoing digital growth.”
Further phases of strategic enhancements applied to the app’s user journey will deliver continual user improvements, supporting a more streamlined customer experience that encourages returning traffic.
With increasing demand across the industry for seamless omnichannel gaming experiences, having this degree of personalisation, accessibility and smooth user journeys offers an increasingly significant role in player retention.
“The successful roll-out of our React Native App is testament to Bede’s continued commitment to our partnership with OLG and further proof of the passion we have for providing operational efficiencies to their team,” said Andrew Humphreys, Chief Product Engineering Officer at Bede Gaming. “I’m excited about the additional competitive value that our Bede App will be able to offer; our flexible and cost-efficient solution will empower OLG to expand their outreach and capabilities in the mobile-first market.”
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Andrew Humphreys Chief Product Engineering Officer at Bede Gaming
OLG Launches Innovative New React Native Mobile App with Bede Gaming
Provincial Canadian lottery provider optimises its mobile experience following successful rollout of upgraded Bede App powered by React Native technology
Bede Gaming is proud to continue its partnership with Ontario Lottery & Gaming Corporation (OLG), which is now delivering an enhanced experience to its OLG.ca mobile customers across the province after successfully transitioning to the Bede Gaming React Native App.
The upgraded app, built for fast and seamless omnichannel performance, provides an exceptional player experience that leverages a data-efficient design model.
With over 1 million monthly app users, the lightweight network delivery and core functionality of Bede’s technical solution ensures an accessible and high-quality player experience across devices, even during peak traffic periods.
Structured with a flexible foundation for future development, ongoing app enhancements will now be delivered quickly and consistently across device types. In addition, the new app uses one build for all devices, making it much more operationally efficient and cost effective, and far easier for the Ontario operator to implement and manage future changes.
The new agile solution is also highly scalable and customisable, offering the flexibility to build a bespoke mobile set-up that’s truly brand-tailored and easily self-managed by operator admins. With direct connection into Bede’s full platform capabilities, engaging in-house product suite, and catalogue of third-party integrations, the new app eliminates the need for additional integration steps, significantly improves speed to market, and enables a fast response to changing player behaviours and trends.
Given online gambling is regulated on a province-to-province basis in Canada, the new app will also help OLG continue to provide a responsible and compliant iGaming service through geolocation technology powered by mkodo’s GeoLocs product, leveraging robust location management tools to ensure a seamless and fully regulated experience for players across Ontario.
Following the transition to Bede’s React Native App, OLG has reported a smooth and successful launch, with a carefully planned rollout and no impact to the customer experience.
Dave Pridmore, Chief Gaming Officer at OLG, said: “We’re delighted with how quickly and efficiently the transition to Bede’s React Native app has been – and the fact there’s been no disruption for our existing OLG.ca players speaks volumes about the impressive teamwork shown on both sides. The intuitive experience built and well-considered support are representative of the high quality of work we’ve come to expect from our partners at Bede Gaming.
“As OLG continues to prioritise our players’ experiences and expectations, we look forward to implementing even more market-leading enhancements throughout our ongoing digital growth.”
Further phases of strategic enhancements applied to the app’s user journey will deliver continual user improvements, supporting a more streamlined customer experience that encourages returning traffic.
With increasing demand across the industry for seamless omnichannel gaming experiences, having this degree of personalisation, accessibility and smooth user journeys offers an increasingly significant role in player retention.
“The successful roll-out of our React Native App is testament to Bede’s continued commitment to our partnership with OLG and further proof of the passion we have for providing operational efficiencies to their team,” said Andrew Humphreys, Chief Product Engineering Officer at Bede Gaming. “I’m excited about the additional competitive value that our Bede App will be able to offer; our flexible and cost-efficient solution will empower OLG to expand their outreach and capabilities in the mobile-first market.”
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Canada
CasinoCanada Partners with IntellectBet
CasinoCanada.com, an online casino information portal operated by SEOBROTHERS, has partnered with the IntellectBet online casino. The collaboration focuses on content development, traffic acquisition, and informational coverage of the IntellectBet platform for users in Canada.
Eugene Ravdin, Head of PR at SEOBROTHERS, said: “The partnership with IntellectBet implies the creation of content describing the platform’s offering, its game portfolio, provider network, and payment systems. The collaboration includes traffic acquisition focused on directing users from Canada to the platform.”
The platform provides access to a library of 16,000 games aggregated from more than 85 studios. The portfolio includes slots, live dealer games, and RNG table games, as well as additional categories such as crash and penny games from the likes of Booming Games, InOut, Playson, and BGaming.
The platform supports more than 15 payment methods, including Interac, Bitcoin, and MiFinity. IntellectBet Casino operates in Canada under the Curacao licence and reports around 94,000 active players monthly.
IntellectBet is operated by Casiworx, which also unites other casino brands such as RockstarWin, StakeBro, FreakyBillion, PokerbetCasino, VipCasino, SlotyStake, Slotobit, StakeMania, SlotoRush, Norsewin.
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