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GAMING1 elevates David Carrion to COO Interactive
Promotion to see former CMO focus on enhancing company’s technology, business and marketing operations
Leading gaming and sports betting partner GAMING1 has promoted its former CMO, David Carrion to the position of Chief Operator Officer Interactive (COO Interactive).
As the newly appointed COO Interactive, David will focus on developing a high performing organisation, that is capable, focused and resilient. While also aligning the company’s technology, business and marketing services to operate as one.
The structural change reflects the company’s outstanding growth over the past year, which saw GAMING1 become the first company to launch live casino in Columbia thanks to a long-standing partnership with the industry leading live casino provider, Evolution.
GAMING1 also celebrated its launch into US market this year, with plans to also launch in the Netherlands in the coming months, while it continues to consolidate and grow in Belgium through a robust portfolio of brands and products.
These projects are spearheaded by a responsible gaming approach and focus on long term sustainability of the sector. With this in mind, the company forecasts significant traction across all international fronts in 21 different operations during 2022.
Commenting on the appointment, Sylvain Boniver, Co-founder of GAMING1 said: “Everyone at GAMING1 is delighted to have David take on more responsibilities as the company’s new COO Interactive.
“During his time as a Chief Marketing Officer, David showed his quality and experience in delivering impressive growth strategies. We are confident that in his new role, David will excel and continue being a tremendous and valuable asset to the company and its partners.”
David Carrion, COO Interactive at GAMING1 said: “I’m proud to have been trusted as COO Interactive for one of the industry’s most exciting and ambitious brands. During my time here, the company has excelled in every area and continues to see rapid growth.
“We have bold aspirations for the future, our goal for the GAMING1 interactive business line is to outperform market growth, we are set to double our revenues within the next five years. We aim to do this based on scalability and by delivering real quality to the player.”
Well-known throughout the industry for his track record of achievements, GAMING1’s COO Interactive holds a wealth of experience, notably at the BlackStone-owned Spanish Casino Group Cirsa, and at The Stars Group, where Carrion led the company’s digital marketing transformation and growth before becoming Marketing Director of its renowned brand, PokerStars.
Carrion’s tenure saw him develop the strategy, teams and tech stack around SEO, PPC, Paid Social, Affiliates and Display advertisement, as well as multiple high-profile award-winning campaigns.
These have included Game On (2018 EGR Marketing Social Campaign and Poker Campaign Winner), and the PokerStars NLHE Championship, poker’s largest ever $25k buy-in tournament, earning him a place on Gaming Intelligence’s prestigious HOT 50 list of online gaming’s most influential professionals.
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MGA Games Launches Poseidon’s Orb Slot Featuring Sticky Wilds and Free Spins
MGA Games, a prominent Spanish firm specializing in content creation for international casino operators, will debut Poseidon’s Orb on January 28, its latest video slot for the .com markets. This title encourages players to join an explorer on an epic quest to find the legendary city of Atlantis.
The game is a Video Slot with 5 reels and 3 rows, offering 10 paylines, and includes Wild and Scatter symbols that activate Free Spins. A remarkable aspect is the Sticky Wilds mechanic in the Free Spins round—an inventive element that boosts thrill and raises winning possibilities. It additionally includes an optional purchase of Free Spins, adjustable for each operator.
The theme of Poseidon’s Orb, drawn from global myths and legends, aims to attract a diverse audience of players. Its stunning visuals and film-inspired score further guarantee an engaging experience brimming with thrills and rewards.
Classified under popular themes like “Adventure,” “Mythology,” “Treasures,” and “Fantasy,” this latest MGA Games Video Slot serves as a valuable enhancement to any operator’s collection, improving player retention and profits, while the Free Spins purchase feature offers an extra revenue opportunity.
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Andrew Cochrane CCO at Soft2Bet
Soft2Bet Secures Two Top Honors at International Gaming and Global Gaming Events, ICE Barcelona 2026
Soft2Bet, a prominent provider of iGaming platforms and solutions, received two accolades at the International Gaming Awards and Global Gaming Awards, claiming Platform Provider of the Year 2026 at the Global Gaming Awards EMEA and Innovator of the Year at The International Gaming Awards 2026.
The acknowledgment stems from a solid track record of performance in both product and core platform functions, with Soft2Bet dedicated to creating innovative solutions that provide partners with wider options, increased scale, and enhanced operational control in casino and sportsbook, alongside significant localization possibilities and flexible gamification choices.
In the past year, Soft2Bet has bolstered its platform ecosystem by incorporating over 9,500 new casino titles and improving essential platform features to ensure consistent large-scale performance, maintaining over 1 million pre-match events and 800,000 live events each year.
Fueled by the acclaimed product MEGA (Motivational Engineering Gaming Application), Soft2Bet’s API-driven, independent offering provides a data-centric gamification layer that facilitates exceptionally tailored and localized player experiences. Through modular mechanics and instant optimization, MEGA aids partners in enhancing engagement, retention, and acquisition in both casino and sportsbook sectors.
Innovation also encompassed new brand experiences, such as the newly introduced in-platform MEGA 11 (football manager) gamification engine for Soft2Bet’s premier brands, Betinia and CampoBet, after the recent selection of Diego Simeone as the ambassador for both brands. Like iconic football managers in reality, players advance from Beginner to Legend by managing star teams and engaging in direct matchups in fantasy games, earning localized rewards and tailored experiences.
Andrew Cochrane, CCO at Soft2Bet, said: “These awards reflect the commitment and dedication of our entire team. This year, we will continue to focus on delivering high quality products. Because we know exactly how to establish high-performance brands from the start, this year is all about delivering the kind of cutting-edge solutions that keep our partners ahead of the curve in a crowded iGaming landscape”
These two awards mark a strong start to 2026 and reflect Soft2Bet’s progress over the past year, from platform expansion and product growth to a stronger gamification offering. As a market leader, Soft2Bet is committed to redefining the industry standard by delivering high-impact, player-centric innovations that drive engagement and set new benchmarks for the global gaming ecosystem.
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QTech Games rolls out more fast-paced content from Yoriginal Games
QTech Games, the leading game aggregator for all emerging markets, has signed its latest supplier partnership with global B2B content developer and provider Yoriginal Games, enabling its platform customers to access the supplier’s expansive slots catalogue.
Yoriginal’s popular titles are crafted for the new wave in igaming: short-session players, mobile-first users, and operators who want real GGR performance. These eclectic games are also recognised for their player-retention features and sticky mechanics, and draw from Yoriginal Games’ deeper well of crash, scratch, slot and more traditional table-games content.
These games are light and lightning-fast to load, providing a ready solution to overcoming local obstacles to engagement in emerging markets, like Africa and LatAm, such as handset quality limitations, restricted access to fast networks, and high data costs.
This breakthrough announcement with QTech now affords the supplier unprecedented international reach across more emerging markets. In turn, incorporating this ever-evolving production line emphasizes QTech Games’ diverse range of gaming options, providing a definitive one-stop shop, which has fast become the “go-to” solution for worldwide operators across developing territories.
As the fastest-growing aggregator over the past few years, QTech’s platform offers the most expansive gaming portfolio around, localised for each region, with native mobile apps, powerful reporting and marketing tools, and 24/7 local-language support.
QTech Games CEO, Philip Doftvik, said: “We’re committed to rolling out more and more high-class content and product innovation that drives revenue for our partners. So, this deal with Yoriginal Games extends our impressive sequential pipeline for 2026 – and showcases our flexible array of content which solves for fine-grained, local requirements in countries where light, rapid-load games are a must. Their games are sleek and modern in design, backed by robust analytics to drive higher engagement and prolonged dwell-time.”
Kirill Bykov, CEO at Yoriginal Games, added: “At Yoriginal Games, we specialize in fast-paced, original casino games that bring instant excitement and big wins, crash, mines, dice, limbo, plinko, keno, blackjack, roulette and more. And while we’ve initially specialised in fast games, we also offer our premium aggregator partners, like QTech, access to our signature YOpen RGS program for developers, whereby QTech can benefit from even more of our partner slots content this year, above all in the domain of localised games.
“QTech’s platform is a gateway to global audiences, and we can’t wait to see how our highly engaging games perform across a largely greenfield landscape of emerging markets for Yoriginal.”
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