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Week 42/2021 slot games releases
Here are this weeks latest slots releases!
Belatra Games, the specialist online slots developer, is celebrating All Saints’ Day by treating players to a spooky slot, Halloween Crystals. Belatra’s scarily good title is a seasonal take on its successful Crystals Digger game and sees the cantankerous miner make another appearance. On this occasion players must unearth spectacular gems caught in a huge spider web. Halloween Crystals is set within an eerie cave and 10 Free Games will be won once four pumpkin Scatters are revealed on the reels.
Yggdrasil, has partnered with G Games to invite players on a thrilling jungle adventure in Tiger Tiger. While spinning the reels in this YG Masters creation, players will be accompanied by a female adventurer armed with binoculars on the lookout for different tiger symbols offering thrilling rewards. Landing three or more Golden Tiger scatter symbols on reels 2, 3 and 4 awards 10 free spins where instant cash prizes are available as well as Cash Collect symbols for higher win potential. The feature can be retriggered without limits during free spins.
Pragmatic Play, a leading content provider to the iGaming industry, has rolled out yet another classic fruit-inspired masterpiece in new release, Cash Bonanza
BGaming joins a vivid and exciting Mexican carnival in its new slot called Lucky Dama Muerta! The game is already available at reputable casinos such as Stake and Bruno Casino others. Whereas Halloween is a dark night of terror and mischief, the Mexican Day of the Dead unfolds over two days in an explosion of color and life-affirming joy. BGaming strives to make this celebration doubly thrilling and full of surprises! The 5×3 slot game is packed with bright characters, features, and exciting rewards. Celebrating death is a spectacular event with maracas, calaveras, vihuelas, and the Lucky Dama Muerta herself. The mysterious lady brings fortune to players!
Wazdan, the leading casino games supplier, has expanded its Hold the Jackpot collection with a modern take on a classic, Sizzling Bells
Inspired Entertainment, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of Twistar
Slotmill is pleased to announce the release of its latest slot, Thunder Wheel; a Greek mythology slot themed game with 4-reels, 4 symbol rows and 256 betways. The base game holds a random wild feature that can expand up to a maximum of 3×3 symbol size. Free Spins is triggered by landing three bonus symbols or through the Buy Free Spins function taking the player straight into the bonus action with an expanding wild.
Just in time for Halloween, High 5 Games has unleashed a slot that’ll definitely send shivers up and down the spines of players all over the world. The US-facing online slot maker has released Realm of Hades, a 5-reel online slot with spooky graphics, an eerie theme, and a frightening soundtrack to set the mood. Set in the underworld, Realm of Hades invites players to descend into a world full of mystery and rewards. The 5-reel online slot features a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) game mechanic.
Egyptian Sun God Ra is set to blaze a trail for Lightning Box with the release of their sizzling new slot 100xRa via SG Digital. The Sydney-based studio’s history-themed game features a four-by-five-reel screen and tasks players with harnessing the power of the ancient deity to unlock huge prizes. When three or four bonus symbols land on the reel matrix, seven free games at Level 1 are triggered. In the free games, all WILD RA symbols act as multiplier to increase players wins, boosting the cash prize between two and ten times the original bet.
Relax Gaming, gives players the opportunity to jump behind the digger and win up to 50,000x in its latest slot, Mega Mine Nudging Ways. The game presents a new Nudging Mystery Stacks feature in the form of a manic miner. The Mystery Stacks nudges into screen until he appears in full view, displaying a value between two and five. The displayed number represents how many symbols each stack will reveal. This new feature does anything but hinder the player’s win potential, with the ability to appear on every reel.
The spooky night 2021 is to come! Do you remember what it means? The Fruit Million slot by BGaming changes its skin again! The classic-style slot transforms into a Halloween game to celebrate All Saints’ Eve with the whole world! BGaming offers players a new kind of trick-or-treating game! Collect all the winning combinations that are hidden in the game. There are one hundred of them! Wild symbols that expand on the whole reel make the challenge much easier!
Fresh from the rip-roaring success of top titles like 9 Pyramids of Fortune and Wild Bounty, software giants Stakelogic have again teamed up with Hurricane Games to bring players an all-new, action-packed adventure in Apes of Doom. In the game – which features four reels and 10 paylines – the apes have run amok in the big city and are now controlling all of the major banks and businesses. Will you be able to evade their hairy paws and escape with your share of the riches? Several exciting features suggest the heist is definitely on!
Get ready to pack your bags and escape to a tropical paradise in Bloxx Fruit – a new premium release from hot-shot software provider, Swintt, that comes locked and loaded with fruity Free Spins and big money wins courtesy of its unique Bloxx bonus feature. Played out across a 5×3 grid that sees the reels filled with playing card values, fruit icons and toucan wilds, the game takes place to a backdrop of lush green foliage, with the gentle strumming of a ukulele enhancing the island atmosphere as players spin their way to top prize of 1,500x their bet.
Play’n GO’s newest title sees players enter the world of darts in their collaboration with world-renowned darts player Peter ‘Snakebite’ Wright. It’s the tournament of the year, step up to the oche – it’s your time to shine. Peter’ Snakebite’ Wright is by your side with his flamboyant style and a steady hand; he’ll show you how to take your game to the next level and win the tournament. A classic 5×3 slot game that mirrors the nature of the game of darts, this is a game of perseverance with plenty of ways to win.
Leading slots developer R. Franco has joined forces with the hugely popular Spanish-speaking streamer Andypsx for the release of Sabin of Chazos across its operator network. The setting for the eye-catching new release is the Sabin of Chazos circus, where exotic animals never seen by human eyes await, such as the Crocodog: half dog, half crocodile. Players must tame them all to win big prizes in this 6×3 slot, with 729 ways to win and a huge maximum prize of 29,000x.
Yggdrasil, the leading worldwide publisher of online gambling content, invites the most daring and intrepid adventurers to the hot, dusty African plains to come face-to-face with ‘Big Game’ in the latest YG Masters hit, Savanna Roar, developed in partnership with Jelly. Savanna Roar is a 5×4 slot with 1024 ways to win and is the first title from Jelly after penning the deal with Yggdrasil as part of the YG Masters program.
Playson has released Burning Wins x2, an exciting continuation to one of the most popular titles from the company’s Timeless Fruit Slots collection. The sequel maintains the key characteristics of the original release that fans thoroughly enjoyed, while the graphics and sounds have improved to provide players with a more immersive gaming experience. The follow-up retains its 3×3 game field and five paylines, as well as the captivating feature that doubles winnings when nine identical fruit symbols appear on the screen.
Endorphina is bringing back the fire and hopes everyone is all warmed up for the upcoming winter with its brand new Hell Hot 40 slot! The new slot game, framed by colourful fruits and covered in sizzling flames, is a fantastic new edition to their portfolio. You’ll be able to jump right into the heat and master the thrill of this steamy online slot game. This 5-reel, 4-row slot has 40 fixed paylines. The fiery Wild symbol appears stacked on all reels and substitutes for all the symbols, except for the Scatter.
This Halloween, Golden Hero has something extra special cooking up for you. One of their most popular games has been dressed up in the spookiest way to give you a real trick or treat. Jewel Race first saw the day in March 2018 and quickly became a favourite among players wanting to win. The game is fast paced and has an extreme hit rate that will dish out winnings on a regular basis to its players. 3 years down the line its loyal players still keep coming back for more. Jewel Race is a catchy real money game flirting with casual games.
Pragmatic Play, invites players to lace up their dancing shoes and join the celebrations in new release, Day of Dead
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CJEU
Malta faces new dawn as EU courts gather strength
With Bill 55 on increasingly shaky ground amid a transitional era for online gambling, what does the future hold for Malta’s point-of-supply industry?
This week has seen the EU heap yet more pressure on Bill 55, a defensive measure introduced by the Maltese government to hold back a tidal wave of player refund lawsuits that could cost the industry hundreds of millions of euros.
Players in Austria and Germany have been able to successfully argue in court that they should be repaid all money lost to operators that offered gambling in their countries without a local licence. The cases stand to erase years of grey market earnings at many operators.
Bill 55, which in June 2023 became an official amendment to the Malta Gaming Act under the title Article 56A, allows judges to reject court rulings from other EU nations if they threaten the economic security of the island’s gambling industry.
It has served Maltese operators well since it was enacted, effectively blocking lawyers from passporting claims from Austria, Germany and elsewhere to the location where operators are legally headquartered, in order to force them to pay out.
This has triggered an international legal wrestling match, now being fought via a series of cases at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU’s highest judicial authority.
So far, the judgements and opinions issued have not made comfortable reading for the Maltese industry or its regulatory officials.
Earlier this month, the court appeared to settle a longtime debate on which the entire premise of Malta as an offshore hub is founded. Judges said that the freedom to provide services within the EU does not allow for operators to ignore local prohibitions on certain types of gambling.
That was followed this week by an Advocate General (AG) advising judges that if they were to consider the legality of Bill 55, it should be struck down.
It also reaffirmed the court’s dim view of gambling as a cross-border service.
As the opinion put it: “Under the current state of EU law, Member States are under no obligation to recognise gambling licences issued by other Member States. Accordingly, a Maltese gaming licence is, in principle, valid only in Malta.”
This opinion is only advisory, and is unlikely to amount to anything in this particular case (C-683/24) because the AG also recommended that the case as a whole should be ruled inadmissible.
But this is just one in a handful of similar issues being considered by the CJEU and the more time that passes, the greater the pressure appears to be on Malta and Bill 55.
The EU is also taking a tandem approach: The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, has itself opened an investigation into Malta and the legality of Article 56A and has indicated through its own statements and submissions to the CJEU that it considers the provision to be against EU law.
New tactics needed?
All of which leads to several difficult questions for Malta and the many gambling companies based there.
The first is a defensive issue: With Bill 55 on the ropes, how will the nation prevent the many operators who call its islands home from being stuck with a huge refund charge?
Work is already underway to mount a new defense. The tactic uses the same inspiration as Article 56A, which argues that allowing the foreign court judgments that demand large payments from operators would seriously damage the Maltese economy and thereby upset its “public policy”.
The EU principle, also known as “ordre public”, allows for member states to make legal exceptions in order to protect their society.
In a pair of new cases addressing transferred player refund claims from Austria, Maltese lawyers have argued, without reference to Bill 55, that granting the payment orders would upset the nation’s public order.
These two cases are a clear attempt to establish that, even without any specific Gaming Act amendments, the principle of ordre public protects Maltese gambling firms from having to pay up.
The problem is, the CJEU may have seen this coming.
“The fact that the enforcement of certain judgments may entail serious economic consequences for a national operator, an industry or even the Member State addressed does not justify recourse to the ‘public policy’ clause,” reads the recent AG opinion.
Although lawyers in Malta insist that the AG’s comments should be taken only to refer to Bill 55.
Meanwhile, lawyers fighting to recover refunds believe that cases like these, which have already been appealed, will themselves wind up in the CJEU and at least buy more time for Malta before payouts need to be made.
A new kind of industry hub?
Perhaps the more fundamental question is what Malta offers as a gambling hub over the next decade.
It’s been apparent for some time that the value of a Maltese licence is degrading, through no fault of local authorities.
As European nations gradually switched on their own licensing models, operators have needed to collect local approvals.
Even where nations have clung firmly to monopolies, like in Norway, authorities have also become more effective in enforcing against offshore operators who offer into their territories.
The clear trend of the CJEU also indicates that arguments based on the freedom to provide services are practically finished.
In face of this reality, regulators and business leaders in Malta are looking further afield. Maltese law firms have appeared in locations as far afield as the UAE and Taiwan in recent years, as they look to advertise the nation’s status as a centre of iGaming excellence to emerging online gambling markets.
Leaning into the density of online gambling expertise is also an increasingly important strategy for those looking to attract investment to Malta.
The reason that the industry flocked to Malta in the first place may no longer be relevant, but it’s still the case that two decades later the nation boasts a greater concentration of industry talent than in any other European nation.
There’s also been an increased focus on suppliers, which typically have lower local compliance overheads and more ability to run their businesses remotely from the territories where their content is used.
Although this sector is increasingly subject to local licensing, as well as new compliance burdens designed by regulators looking to drive a wedge between on- and offshore online gambling markets.
Change is inevitable
Malta has demonstrated its ability to adapt and survive, but there’s little denying that the nation’s gambling industry has never been more under siege than it is now.
After decades of growth and success, new ideas are needed to steer the sector into a new phase.
The success with which it emerges from the Bill 55 era will have a dramatic impact on Europe’s online gambling sector and beyond.
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av advertising
BetVictor rolls out new brand campaign with biggest AV spend to date
BVGroup’s flagship brand BetVictor has launched a new brand campaign, “For All Your Favourite Things”, backed by what the company said is its largest AV investment to date.
The campaign, created by Barn Door Studios, uses a rewrite of “My Favourite Things” from The Sound of Music over visuals of sporting events. BetVictor said the creative focuses on “the uncomplicated thrill of sport and betting”.
BetVictor is timing the launch around this weekend’s Premier League schedule, with spots running alongside Arsenal vs Newcastle on Saturday evening and Chelsea vs Leeds on Sunday afternoon.
Media planning is led by Bountiful Cow. The plan includes a new partnership with Sky, spanning live sport integrations, on-demand, YouTube channels and targeted digital placements via Sky Advance. BetVictor also outlined a data-led SVOD and BVOD strategy across ITVX, Channel 4, Prime Video and Netflix, plus digital and social.
Richard Walters, Director of Brand and Creative at BetVictor, said:
“‘For All Your Favourite Things’ captures what BetVictor stands for today – a premium, straightforward experience that enhances the thrill of sport.
When done right, we believe that gambling is a simple pleasure; one that we love connecting our customers to. We wanted to celebrate the moments that matter most to sports fans.”
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Africa
QTech Games wins Leader in Online Casino at SBEA+ Eventus Awards 2026
QTech Games has won the Leader in Online Casino award at the Annual Sports Betting East Africa (SBEA+) 2026 Summit in Nairobi, Kenya.
The company said it beat other shortlisted suppliers including SA Gaming, BetConstruct, and DST Gaming. The award is described by the event as recognising the “top all-round online casino platform for innovation, user engagement, and sustained growth” over the past year.
The SBEA+ Eventus Awards focus on the East African igaming and sports betting sector and were presented at a gala ceremony at the Argyle Grand Hotel. QTech Games said the judging period covered 2025/26 and that its aggregation platform performance was ranked highest by the panel.
QTech Games CEO Philip Doftvik said: “We’re thrilled to have walked off with another notable award for the best overall online-casino-platform provision in East Africa. Being shortlisted in such good company was already a result, but victory provides the real validation, particularly after running a great campaign at recent Eventus events in Africa. We’ve been promoting QTech Hybrid, our breakthrough retail solution, to great effect and it’s been fantastic to see that going live with a handful of top-tier clients on this continent has led to such overwhelmingly positive feedback and immediate success cases in the realm of genuine innovation.
“This win is testimony to our diligent team at QTech Games, and to the constantly growing group of innovative suppliers that our platform represents. It’s a truly collaborative effort. We remain committed to rolling out high-quality content that drives revenue for our worldwide partners across Africa and beyond. After all, in today’s marketplace, only premium games of the highest standard will separate you from the crowd, so we were delighted to see the panel acknowledge how our premier platform is delivering across Africa’s eclectic ecosystem. We’ve made our name as the pre-eminent aggregator in these evolving margin markets, delivering localised games that speak to a host of player proclivities. This award win will spur us on to new horizons.”
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