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Week 34/2021 slot games releases
Here are this weeks latest slots releases!
Belatra Games, has unearthed its new glistening slot, Crystals Digger. Players must don their hardhats and travel underground to spectacular caves where they must work in tandem with a cantankerous miner in the hope of discovering valuable gems. When four or more Scatters are found on the reels, then 10 Free Games are instantly won. The Free Games feature drops players even further into the earth’s core where the heat really cranks up. If three or more Scatters are discovered in Free Games, an extra five rounds are won and the maximum is 300.
Evoplay is thrilled to announce the launch of its brand-new slot game, Shadow of Luxor Jackpot. The innovative launch follows the flow of the river from the famous east bank of the Nile and takes players to the ancient city of Luxor, where they will venture inward into the world of Pharaohs. Users will see the retro and simple to play fruit slot format they know and love, combined with beautiful Egyptian inspired graphics. The game features 3 reels, blank symbols, Wilds, Scatter wins and enchanting ancient Egyptian symbols. While the impressive Free Spins allow players to win over 3000x their stake.
The Da Vinci universe at High 5 Games continues to expand with the release of Da Vinci Creations, an imaginative online slot that celebrates the bold ideas of the ultimate Renaissance man. Many of Da Vinci’s designs never saw the light of day, but that’s not the story we’re telling with this slot. We want you spinning the gears of flying machines that befuddle the imagination. We want winners marveling at his mechanical manifestations. Today, we offer you the opportunity to collect wins spinning Da Vinci Creations! 6 by 10 reels. 4096 and 1,000,000 Ways to Win. Way Out Ways.
Greentube, has introduced its stellar new release Star Supreme
Relax Gaming, has added to its popular range of titles with the release of Troll’s Gold. By teaming up with trolls, players venture into the dark dragon’s den to search for loot and treasure. Not to be underestimated, these tiny trolls offer huge win potential, as they add a multiplier to the total win – ranging from x2 to x10. Designed to be as enjoyable as it is rewarding, Troll’s Gold offers a maximum coinciding win of x12500 and a maximum win per line of x1215 with wild multipliers added on top. Meanwhile, the Treasure Chest Collector symbol could see players win a staggering x10,000.
Yggdrasil, has released its latest slot, Raptor Doublemax
Stakelogic, has taken big win potential to the next level with the launch of its latest blockbuster title, ExtremeTMMegawaysTM. Not only does ExtremeTM MegawaysTM offer up to 117,649 ways to win with every spin, the slot has been packed with additional bonus features including Free Spins, Super StakeTM and an eighth reel that can deliver one of several bonuses for some truly extreme wins. Free Spins are triggered when four, five or six Scatter symbols land on the reels awarding five, seven and ten Free Games respectively. A x2 Multiplier is awarded before the feature gets underway and increases by x1 for each win that lands and by x4 if the reels expand.
Push Gaming has announced the network-wide release of its first ever jackpots slot, Mount Magmas. The title is now available to all partners across regulated markets, having enjoyed an initial period of exclusivity with tier-one operator LeoVegas. A resounding success since its exclusive launch, the game has performed impressively and similar is expected now that it is available industry wide to partners such as Rootz, Vera & John and Intercasino. Taking players deep into the scorching Mount Magmas, the game immerses players in fiery volcano jackpots, which keep intensifying and can erupt at any moment.
Pragmatic Play, welcomes players to put on their dancing shoes and join the festivities in its latest release, Chili Heat Megaways is set to really spice things up!
Booongo, has ventured into the wild in search of huge wins in its latest hit Wolf Night. The 5×3, 25 line slot sees the creatures of the night filling the reels, from Deer and Eagles to Owls and more, as well as the majestic wolves that prowl the grid. The Wolf also acts as a wild throughout the base play, while Mountains act as a scatter, which only land on the three middle reels. If all three appear, then players are awarded eight Free Spins, where Wolves become wild multipliers, with a 2x magnifier added to every wild that lands for huge win combinations.
Realistic Games has provided a makeover to one of its hugely successful classic titles with its new release 6 Appeal Extreme. The original iteration of this exciting new slot, 6 Appeal Deluxe, continues to be one of the developer’s most successful games and the reboot has seen a selection of features added to bring the entertainment to a new legion of fans. A 5-reel, 20 win line slot, 6 Appeal Extreme brings players fresh options and new engagement with a Free Spins Bonus Round that includes a multiplier that can increase when re-triggered. Further enhancements see a higher maximum pay out of up to 6,666x and a feature buy-in where permitted.
Playson has announced the launch of its latest gaming title, Buffalo Power Megaways mechanic. Mountain peaks act as Scatters, providing a minimum of 12 Free Spins when appearing in groups of three or more during the main game. During the free round, players can also reactivate the feature to enjoy further Free Spins.
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In its LinkedIn newsletter, ‘The SOFTSWISS Special’, SOFTSWISS, a global tech expert with over 15 years of experience in iGaming, delves into the impact of Bitcoin Halving on the iGaming realm.
The recent historical moment of Bitcoin Halving took place on 19th April 2024. SOFTSWISS, a pioneer in crypto-friendly iGaming software, shares its insights and forecasts for how this event may shape the future of iGaming, shedding light on potential opportunities and challenges for industry stakeholders.
What is Bitcoin Halving?
The Bitcoin halving is a scheduled event that occurs approximately every four years or every 210,000 blocks. During this event, the reward for mining and verifying new blocks is reduced by 50%, resulting in miners earning only half the number of BTC per mined block.
Since its launch in 2009, Bitcoin’s mining reward has halved four times, occurring in 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. The recent April halving reduced the reward to 3.125 BTC per block. Such events are crucial for Bitcoin’s scarcity and inflation control, ensuring that the total supply never exceeds 21 million coins and aligning with its deflationary principles.
Historically, each halving event has resulted in a rise in Bitcoin’s price. This is attributed to the reduced supply and increased scarcity, although other market factors have also influenced these outcomes.
Exploring the Impact of Bitcoin Halving on the iGaming Industry
To provide an in-depth analysis of the Bitcoin Halving impact on iGaming, SOFTSWISS invited Bradley Peak, blockchain expert and tokenomics adviser, to share its anticipations.
- Bets rise: The halving is expected to lead to an increase in Bitcoin’s value. If the trend of impressive price surges persists, Bitcoin-friendly iGaming brands could see a positive impact.
- Crypto adoption increase: Implementing crypto-friendly models has the potential to boost player trust and transparency in iGaming. Additionally, it could rejuvenate unique gaming experiences like provably fair games and decentralised casinos.
- Regulatory frameworks improvement: The recent Bitcoin halving could prompt regulatory bodies to reassess their stance on cryptocurrency gambling. This could lead to new regulations ensuring fairness, responsible gambling, and anti-money laundering measures in the crypto-driven iGaming sector.
Bradley Peak, blockchain expert, comments on the recent changes: “Any transformation will not be without its challenges. It is important to adapt – invest in employee learning and development, onboard crypto processing, and make sure your platform remains secure in the process.”
Explore the influence of the 2024 Bitcoin Halving on the iGaming industry in the fourth edition of The SOFTSWISS Special newsletter on LinkedIn.
About SOFTSWISS
SOFTSWISS is an international tech company supplying software solutions for managing iGaming projects. The expert team, which counts over 2,000 employees, is based in Malta, Poland, and Georgia. SOFTSWISS holds a number of gaming licences and provides one-stop-shop iGaming software solutions. The company has a vast product portfolio, including the Online Casino Platform, the Game Aggregator with thousands of casino games, the Affilka affiliate platform, the Sportsbook Platform and the Jackpot Aggregator. In 2013, SOFTSWISS was the first in the world to introduce a Bitcoin-optimised online casino solution.
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Football (soccer) and tennis accounted for 68% of cases
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reported 56 alerts of suspicious betting to the relevant authorities in the first quarter (Q1) of 2024.
The Q1 2024 total is an increase of 65% when compared to 34 alerts in Q4 2023 and an increase of 12% when compared to the revised Q1 2023 total of 50 alerts. All of IBIA’s alerts are identified using customer account data from IBIA members, which number over 50 companies and 125 sports betting brands, making IBIA the largest integrity monitor of its type in the world.
The 56 incidents of suspicious betting in Q1 concerned six sports, across 21 countries and five continents. Other key data for Q1 2024 includes:
- Football (soccer) had the highest number of alerts by sport with 24, representing a 50% increase on the 16 reported in Q4 2023 and a 60% increase on the 15 reported in Q1 2022.
- Turkey had the highest number of country alerts with 8 (five in football, two in tennis and one in basketball).
41% of all alerts in Q1 were identified on sporting events taking place in Asia, with North and South America joint second with 18% each. - There were only 4 alerts identified on sporting events in Europe, which represents a decrease of 76% compared to 17 alerts in Q4 2023.
Khalid Ali, IBIA CEO, said: “The first quarter saw an increase in reported alerts highlighting the ongoing challenge our members, sports and regulatory authorities face from corrupt activity, with football and Asia dominating our Q1 report. IBIA’s alerts are supported by detailed global customer account data only available to IBIA and its membership, which continues to grow, widening our world leading market coverage. That account data provides evidentiary information that is vital for advancing investigations and imposing sanctions. IBIA is committed to continuing to work closely with stakeholders and to providing this important evidence base.”
The Q1 report includes a focus on the availability of sports betting in Canada and a comparison between the licensing approach in Ontario and the monopoly approach in the rest of the country. IBIA recently released a report on the Availability of Sports Betting Products which highlighted Ontario as a leading regulated gambling jurisdiction, with an expected onshore channelisation for sports betting of 92% in 2024 forecast to rise to 97% in 2028. Whereas the rest of Canada combined is forecast to have an onshore rate of around 11% in 2024 becoming 13% by 2028.
IBIA currently represents over 60% of the private sports betting operators licensed in Ontario, with Glitnor recently announced as the latest operator to join the association in that province. IBIA is a not-for-profit body that has no competing conflicts with the delivery of commercial services to other sectors and is run by operators for operators to protect regulated sports betting markets from match-fixing. IBIA’s global monitoring network is a highly effective anti-corruption tool, detecting and reporting suspicious activity in regulated betting markets.
Through the IBIA global monitoring network it is possible to track transactional activities linked to individual customer accounts. IBIA members have over $300bn per annum in betting turnover (handle), accounting for approximately 50% of the global commercial regulated land-based and online sports betting sector, and in excess of 50% for online alone.
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Gone are the days when we would spend a Thursday evening waiting for Top of the Pops to come on our televisions so that we could see who would be performing that week. The music show may no longer be running, but First Look Games has taken inspiration from the long-running staple and added a slot spin, to create Top of the Slots.
To give us more insight, First Look Games Founder Tom Galanis walks us through the ideation process behind Top of the Slots and how this is helping to give an accurate representation of the top-performing slot titles each month.
You launched Top of the Slots by First Look Games a couple of weeks ago. For those that may have missed the launch, what does this involve?
Tom Galanis: Top of the Slots is a showcase for the top 10 games launched by game studios via the First Look Games platform over the previous 90 days. It’s a never-before-seen take on game popularity and one our game studio partners, and affiliate users are already loving!
What was the thought process behind launching Top of the Slots?
Tom Galanis: First Look Games captures unique data for our game studio partners and Top of the Slots is designed to illustrate the most successful games, benchmarked by this unique data insight, to the industry.
What do game providers have to do to make it into the top ten releases for the month? What metrics do you use to evaluate success?
Tom Galanis: In order to make it in to the top 10, game studios need to release titles via our platform that successfully resonate with the 850+ affiliates that utilise First Look Games, making full use of the suite of tools we offer on and outside of the platform to engage affiliate marketers in the promotion of their game. The rankings are based on the First Look Games Index for all games launched to the market in the preceding 90 days, which combines:
- a) Downloads – which is the aggregated total of download sessions amongst affiliates on the platform. Affiliates download assets including logos, game sheets, video files, screenshots, banners and game artwork;
- b) Hits – this is the aggregated total number of game reviews for the game, created by affiliates using the First Look Games platform;
- c) Reach – this is the aggregated unique visitor count of the websites containing the Hits;
- d) Demo Game Sessions – this is the number of free to play demo game sessions that have taken place from iFrames placed on Hits.
- e) Sentiment Score – this is the average sentiment score from Hits
The games that rank well in this index are obviously commercially successful in their own right but are also being reviewed by affiliates because of the engagement of the game studio with the First Look Games platform, and consequently, with affiliates.
Our most active game studios are not just releasing great games with frequency but are also ensuring their game and studio news is distributed across the First Look Games platform and social channels and that a full and diverse range of marketing assets and game information is being provided through the platform prior to a game’s release. This best equips affiliates to understand the features of a game so that they can successfully convey this to their player audience, which, collectively amongst FLG affiliates, is very significant, totalling more than 20 million slots players worldwide.
Tell us a bit more about the First Look Games sentiment analysis – how is this helping to remove the biases from the ranking process? What data do you use to inform this analysis?
Tom Galanis: Once our technology has identified a new game review, First Look Games uses Natural Language Processing to ‘read’ the review and assess what the affiliate makes of the game. We share a short snapshot of this with the game studio and assign a score to the review based on how positive the affiliate has been in their review of the game. The more positive the language used in the review, the higher the score.
Sentiment scores are then aggregated across all reviews of the game to give a score for the game, and across all games to give the studio a score to benchmark against peers. Using AI, we are able to objectify the subjective to provide true 360 analysis on how affiliates are promoting a game.
What can we expect to see from First Look Games for the remainder of this year?
Tom Galanis: We have a perpetual roadmap of both new studio launches and technical advancements of the platform for affiliates and game studios to look forward to!
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