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PRAGMATIC PLAY VENTURES BENEATH THE SURFACE IN WILD DEPTHS™

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4 years ago

January 14, 2022

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Pragmatic Play, leading content provider to the iGaming industry, invites players on an aquatic journey filled with Free Spins, Wilds and Scatters in brand new release, Wild Depths™.

Played out on a submerged set of reels surrounded by colourful coral, the underwater adventure provides players with up to 40 ways to win and the potential to win up to 5,000x their bet.

High value symbols arrive in the form of blue, yellow and orange fish, while medium value symbols are represented by starfish and two colourful seashells. Landing five of the same symbol provides players with payouts worth up to 20x their bet.

The Wild symbol for this game is a bubble and is instrumental to the player’s ability to land larger catches, helping them to complete winning paylines.

The Roaming Wilds feature ensures that Wilds remain on the reels after each win, with the symbols moving up one position on each subsequent spin until they finally disappear.

The Scatter symbol is a clam containing a giant pearl; landing three or more Scatter symbols in the base game will trigger the Free Spins round, along with six, nine or 12 Free Spins.

Hitting three or more Scatter symbols during the Free Spins round will provide and instant payout and retrigger the feature, providing players with five additional Free Spins. Landing a Wild Symbol during the Free Spins will also trigger a respin.

Wild Depths™ arrives shortly after recent releases Magician’s Secrets™, Crystal Caverns Megaways™ and Smugglers Cove™, which reside amongst a collection of over 200 HTML5 titles in Pragmatic Play’s award-winning games portfolio.

Yossi Barzely, Chief Business Development Officer at Pragmatic Play, said: “As one of our first slot releases of the New Year, we wanted to make Wild Depths™ as inclusive of an experience as possible for various player types.

“The jovial underwater theme is reinforced by a rich collection of exciting features, each enabling the player to land a big catch”

Pragmatic Play currently produces up to five new slot titles a month, while also delivering Live Casino, Virtual Sports and Bingo games as part of its multi-product portfolio, available via one single API.

Alona Shevtsova

Sends CEO Alona Shevtsova moderates Global Gaming Expansion panel in Riyadh

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3 hours ago

June 25, 2026

Wladimir P.

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Alona Shevtsova, CEO of Sends, will moderate a panel at The Blockchain show on 29^th June, bringing together experts from entertainment, location-based gaming, and content localisation to examine what it takes to build sustainable gaming ecosystems across emerging markets.

The panel, titled “Global Gaming Expansion: Lessons from Untapped Markets,” will structure its discussion across four themes: the growth dynamics reshaping emerging gaming markets; the role of localisation in creating experiences that genuinely connect with new audiences; the infrastructure and communities needed to build gaming ecosystems beyond the game itself; and the lessons and opportunities that will define successful expansion in the years ahead.

Alona Shevtsova plans to frame the discussion around the central challenge for companies looking to expand globally: entering a new market requires far more than bringing an existing product to a new audience. Understanding local cultures, building communities, adapting experiences, and creating ecosystems that allow gaming to grow sustainably are all as important as the product itself.

Alona Shevtsova, CEO of Sends, said:

“The future growth of gaming will come not only from new technologies, but from understanding people — their cultures, communities, and the experiences they want to be part of. Successful expansion will belong to those who can combine global ambition with local understanding.”

The first segment will examine why regions including the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia are becoming increasingly significant for developers, operators, and investors — driven by young audiences, accelerating digital adoption, and new entertainment models creating substantial growth potential. Panellists will explore how consumer preferences differ across markets and what trends among younger audiences are shaping the future of gaming and entertainment.

The third segment will broaden the lens beyond the game itself, exploring the role of location-based entertainment, gaming centres, esports, and experiential destinations in attracting new audiences and building long-term communities. Panellists plan to address how entertainment ecosystems — spanning physical venues, events, and community infrastructure — accelerate gaming adoption in markets where the category is still establishing itself.

Earlier this month, Alona Shevtsova was shortlisted for the 2026 Great British Entrepreneur Awards in the Established Business of the Year category. Her team is also preparing for the Fintech Connect conference in London later this year. Sends will be a leading sponsor of this event.

*Sends is a trade name of SMARTFLOW PAYMENTS LIMITED, registered in England and Wales (Company No.11070048). For more information, visit sends.co .

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