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Week 13/2022 slot games releases

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April 1, 2022

George Miller

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Here are this weeks latest slots releases!

Santa Fe Mix, one of the most popular hospitality machine games in the history of land-based gambling, launches in its digital version for casino operators throughout Spain. This is possible thanks to the collaboration agreement between the leading iGaming developer in the country, MGA Games, and Grupo Recreativos Franco, creator of the legendary machine. Both companies have worked together to bring the historic 3-reel land-based slot game to the digital environment. MGA Games has managed to adapt Santa Fe Mix to online entertainment while maintaining the philosophy and style of the classic slot game.

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Scandinavia’s boldest band of Vikings are set to return in one of Yggdrasil’s most epic releases to date, Vikings Go To Valhalla. The narrative revolves around the Vikings protecting the Hall of Heroes as it is under attack in this sequel. The ruthless snake king Jörmungandr looms near, hellbent on destruction and players are asked to join Gunnar, a fearless Viking, and his army to protect Asgard. Combatants look to bring great riches to players as they build rage points during base gameplay in order to trigger the highly lucrative Berzerker mode.

Wazdan, the leading casino games supplier, welcomes players to a grassy meadow to kick off the Easter celebrations with egg-straordinary new release, Magic Eggs. Wazdan’s brand new spring-inspired release is jam-crammed with recognisable symbols, including colourful Easter eggs and the Easter bunny as the game’s valued Special symbol, which provide players with endless fun and a variety of prizes.

Habanero has announced its latest title, Disco Beats, a vibrant game that’s takes players back to the retro-music scene. The new 3×3 slot provides a party atmosphere, with an array of dynamic sounds and animations bursting through the screen. The energetic design is primed to boost engagement and retention figures, engrossing players with an impressive gaming experience. In keeping with the party-theme, Disco Beats offers players the chance to spin a Bonus Wheel if they collect three Scatter symbols. The wheel is complete with a mesmerizing list of bet multipliers, elevating the event.

This month, innovative software studio Swintt is boldly going where no slot provider has gone before in the Jelly Mania XtraStreak^TM – a revolutionary 1×1 video slot that provides wins on every spin and a ground-breaking XtraStreak^TM feature that can award top multipliers of 960x. Set in a galaxy far, far away, Jelly Mania XtraStreak^TMfeatures a colourful cast of jelly-based lifeforms as its unique symbols. On starting their session, players will notice that the game is quite unlike anything the team at Swintt have released before, with just one giant icon filling the slot’s single reel and a special XtraStreak^TM multiplier metre on the left of the screen detailing the potential pay outs.

Play’n GO’s impressive portfolio of music slots grow further with their latest title, Def Leppard Hysteria. It’s worth noting the innovative visual sync with the Pour Some Sugar on Me feature. The player’s goal is crystal clear, they must unlock the ‘sugar’ which is hidden behind the grid. Inspired by one of the bands most famous songs, Pour Some Sugar on Me, the Pour Some Sugar on Me feature visually syncs with how the symbols act on the grid, dropping to the bottom of the grid as if pouring sugar.

Fantasma Games, the developer of slots that go beyond gambling, has launched its latest blockbuster hit, Alice in Adventureland to the global market. Alice in Adventureland is Fantasma’s take on the timeless classic and sees players venture down the rabbit hole in search of fun, Free Spins and potential big wins in what is one of the most visually striking slots to leave the developer’s production line. Fantasma’s team has gone all out by combining bold and bright colours with symbols and characters from the famous fairy tale. This includes Alice, the white rabbit and the ticking pocket watch. The gameplay promises to be just as crazy.

Realistic Games has launched its latest slot Gorilla Riches, a high volatility adventure through the jungle that offers operators variable return to player (RTP) options. The game takes place deep in a secluded, mysterious jungle where a stone temple erected in honour of a giant ape hosts the 5×4 reel set. Offering 1024 ways to win, its five reels are populated with other exotic jungle residents including Butterflies, Tree Frogs and Parrots whilst the free spins bonus round offers unlimited retriggers for two or more Scatters.

Jelly invites brave players to don their finest armour and sharpest weapons alongside one of Ancient Greece’s greatest heroes as he leads the assault on Troy in Achilles. This 5-reel, 20 payline medium volatility slot is a light-hearted take on the legendary Trojan War and is filled with a whole host of lucrative bonus features and mechanics. Three modifiers can be triggered during base gameplay. The Agamemnon Modifier reveals at least one full column of wilds, the Helen Modifier creates supersize symbols up to 3×3 in size and the Skinny Greek Solider Modifier fires rocks at the reels, turning symbols into Mystery symbols.

Pragmatic Play, takes players down to the farm on a countryside escape in latest slot release, Barn Festival. This slot is played across a 6×5 grid, with at least eight matching farmyard-inspired symbols needed to unlock a win. These are then removed thanks to a tumble feature that replaces missing symbols to generate additional wins. Money Symbols that land in conjunction with these wins carry a predetermined multiplier value ranging from 1x to 500x. Landing three of these transforms their values into win multipliers, which are then added together and used to multiply the value of the current or next winning spin.

Blueprint Gaming has unveiled the latest iteration of its iconic Fishin’ Frenzy franchise, which combines two popular elements found in previous releases to deliver an elevated gaming experience for players. Fishin’ Frenzy: The Big Catch Megaways™ brings together the popular mechanic under license from Big Time Gaming (BTG) with the Big Catch version of the famous fishing-themed slot, which introduced a new Free Games round to offer players even more opportunities to reel in huge prizes. With the inclusion of Megaways™, there are 15,625 ways to claim the catch of the day and trigger the expanded Free Games round.

iSoftBet, the leading online games supplier and content aggregator, invites players to spin the reels on the high seas, where modifiers and bountiful riches await, in new release Plunderin’ Pirates: Hold & Win. The 5×3, 20-payline slot boasts an impressive collection of features, with Hold & Win Respins, Booty Boosters and Explosive Modifiers added to bring new levels of excitement and engagement to the player experience. The pirate captain serves as the highest paying symbol in the game, awarding an incredible 25x the bet for five of a kind, while the female pirate, monkey and parrot symbols complete the top pays.

Discover the story of Sehkmet, protector of the pharoahs and daughter of the sun god, Ra, in this 5×3 reel video slot with the new Locked Gold Coins feature. A new twist on this popular feature that increases player engagement, and it is available along with a win wheel and a free spins feature loaded with excitement. The main aspect of this new video slot that adds extra value is the Locked Gold Coins feature, where Locked Gold Coin and Locked Gold Wheel symbols appear and award respins, remaining fixed in place and providing coin symbols.

NSoft’s, Classic Neon is a slot game that combines a classic, retro-style fruit slot game and a modern online video slot. It is thematically located in a dark street of the metropolis – a brick base and neon symbols take you to another, forgotten time. In this game, you can find a familiar trend regarding the symbols’ payout rate; low-paying fruit symbols are cherries. Other fruits are included to round out its variety of symbols, and the watermelon symbol offers the highest payouts in the game. Besides the food-centric theme, the Classic Neon includes all palettes of the classic fruit slot symbols such as diamonds, BARs and bells. The famous 7s are acting as a bonus symbol and trigger pick a prize game.

Push Gaming has announced the network-wide release of its new gothic-inspired slot Nightfall. The aesthetically eerie title will be available to all partners across regulated markets and follows a string of recent hits from Push Gaming such as the immensely popular Big Bamboo and Bison Battle. Nightfall’s spooky concept immerses players into a gothic-themed village at night, which provides the backdrop to gameplay. Players will be creating matching combinations of menacing symbols across the slot’s 20 pay lines to award wins.

BF Games, the dynamic games development studio, invites players to throw on their diving suits and descend to the depths of the deep blue sea, in brand new title Squid from the Deep™. The game plunges players into a realm of majestic sea creatures, a magical underwater world brimming with hidden treasures and a mystical golden presence that lurks underneath, just waiting to surface. Squid from the Deep™ is a 5×4 slot featuring 40 paylines, Golden Squid Scatters and Blue Squid Wilds which canny players should stay on the lookout for throughout their adventure, as these symbols can replace any others besides the Golden Squid on the reels, giving an extra shot at scoring rewards.

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Rivalry Reports Full-Year 2024 Results as Strategic Turnaround Takes Hold, Operating Loss Narrows, and Efficiency Improves

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8 hours ago

July 2, 2025

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Operating expenses reduced 17%, net loss narrows, and foundational rebuild positions Rivalry for a leaner, more efficient, and financially disciplined 2025

Rivalry Corp. (the “Company” or “Rivalry”) (TSXV: RVLY), an internationally regulated sports betting and media company, announces its financial results for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

While Rivalry’s 2024 financials reflect only the earliest signals of its company-wide restructuring, the foundational work – most of which began in the second half of 2024 – is now beginning to show results in 2025. The Company narrowed its net loss, reduced operating expenses by 17%, and entered the new year leaner, more focused, and closer to breakeven.

“We made hard decisions last year – rebuilding the product, cutting costs, and refining our approach to players – and those changes are beginning to show signs of positive impact,” said Steven Salz, Co-Founder and CEO of Rivalry. “The latter half of 2024 set the stage, and we’re encouraged by the progress seen so far in 2025.”

FY2024 Highlights

Net revenue of $13.6 million, compared to $16.2 million in 2023.
Operating expenses decreased 17% to $32.2 million, down from $38.8 million.
Net loss of $22.4 million, compared to $23.8 million.
Deferred revenue of $4.1 million related to pre-sales of Rivalry’s on-platform crypto token.
Year-end cash of $2.7 million, with materially lower run-rate operating expenses entering 2025¹.

Organizational Rebuild & Operating Leverage

Rivalry spent the latter part of 2024 and into Q1 2025 executing a comprehensive overhaul across its cost base, product, player strategy, and operational structure. With most changes now implemented, early signs of progress are emerging. Highlights include:

Lean operating model, with breakeven net revenue now approximately $600,000 USD/month, down from over $2 million USD/month a year ago. Further reductions to operating costs are planned in Q3 2025 to lower the breakeven point even more.
Restructured VIP program and onboarding, improving retention and monetization from high-value players.
Expanded casino product, improving baseline stability through missions, races, and progression-based systems.
Platform upgrades enhancing site speed, responsiveness, and conversion.
Crypto-native infrastructure overhaul, including a rebuilt cashier, improved user experience (“UX”), and token-ready architecture to support long-term on-chain growth.

These efforts have driven early improvements across the Company’s core key performance indicators in 2025:

Net revenue per active user and wagers per user at record levels (excluding customary outliers).
Deposit growth in nearly every month from November 2024 through June 2025, despite minimal marketing spend.
Monthly new first-time depositors (FTDs) up approximately 40% since January 2025 on flat monthly spend. Average payback on cohorts acquired during this period was approximately 1.5 months, highlighting improved customer acquisition efficiency.

2025 Momentum and Execution

In the first half of 2025, Rivalry continued executing against its strategic turnaround, with a focus on increasing player value, tightening operational efficiency, and accelerating near-term revenue drivers. Key initiatives included:

Loyalty Program v2: Building on the success of the end-2024 launch, the next iteration of Rivalry’s on-site loyalty program is in development, designed to deepen progression, improve engagement, and anchor major campaigns throughout Q3 2025.
New Promo Engine: Launching this summer, the rebuilt system introduces immediate-match deposit offers and new promo types, integrated directly into onboarding and reactivation flows to lift first time deposits and retention.
Customer Relationship Management (“CRM”) and Always-On Optimization: Active performance reviews of core flows, geo-targeted reactivation campaigns, and structural upgrades to improve output across the customer lifecycle.
VIP & High-Value-Player Activity: Fully structured outreach live across geos, with segmentation, high-touch CRM, and LTV-based targeting to reactivate high-value-players.
Cashier & Site Speed: Continued improvements to platform speed, including faster load times, and reduced friction in cashier UX.
Ongoing UX Improvements: Consistent updates across the site aimed at visual polish, design coherence, and front-end responsiveness to deliver a cleaner, more reliable user experience.

These initiatives have laid a foundation entering the second half of 2025. The focus now is on maintaining momentum, tightening execution, and scaling revenue through improved player economics and operational leverage.

Strategic Review

The Company’s previously announced evaluation of strategic alternatives remains ongoing. Rivalry continues to explore a range of potential outcomes aimed at maximizing shareholder value. There is no assurance regarding the timing or results of this review.

Outlook

While the 2024 annual results capture only the early innings of Rivalry’s strategic transformation, the changes made throughout the year have meaningfully repositioned the Company. With a leaner cost structure, stronger product, and increasing revenue efficiency, Rivalry is entering the second half of 2025 with sharper operational discipline and renewed focus.

Additional updates will be provided alongside the release of the Company’s financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025, which are expected to be released on or prior to July 14, 2025.

Unsecured Loan

The Company also announces that it has secured a US$475,000 principal amount senior unsecured loan from its existing senior lender, maturing on September 30, 2025, with an interest rate of 10% per annum (the “Loan”). The Loan reinforces the Company’s senior lender’s support for the Company’s ongoing strategic review process and provides the Company with additional flexibility to continue pursuing its strategic initiatives to maximize long-term stakeholder value.

Update Regarding Management Cease Trade Order

The Company is providing this update on the status of a management cease trade order granted on May 1, 2025 (the “MCTO“) by its principal regulator, the Ontario Securities Commission (the “OSC“), under National Policy 12-203 – Management Cease Trade Orders (“NP 12-203“). On May 2, 2025, the Company announced that there would be a delay in the filing of its annual financial statements, management’s discussion and analysis and related CEO and CFO certificates for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (collectively, the “Annual Filings”), as required under applicable Canadian securities laws (the “Default Announcement“). On June 18, 2025 the Company further announced that it expects to file its unaudited financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and related certifications (collectively, the “Q1 Filings“) on or prior to July 14, 2025. Although the Annual Filings have now been filed, the OSC has advised the Company that the MCTO will remain in place until the Q1 Filings have been completed.

The Company advises that: (i) there have been no material changes to the information contained in the Default Announcement; (ii) it intends to continue to comply with the alternative information guidelines of NP 12-203; and (iii) except as previously disclosed, there are no subsequent specified defaults (actual or anticipated) within the meaning of NP 12-203.

The MCTO will remain in effect until the Company is no longer in default with respect to its filing requirements and the OSC lifts the cease trade order.

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iGB L!VE opens in London

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July 2, 2025

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The 2025 edition of iGB L!VE opened today (2^nd July) at it’s new ExCeL London home. iGaming professionals made full use of ExCeL London’s transport infrastructure with Elizabeth Line and Docklands Light Railway trains full of visitors celebrating the show’s relocation to the Capital.

Organisers are seeking to grow the iGB L!VE attendance and, in the process set another record for the event. The 2024 edition, which was the last to be held in Amsterdam attracted 9,788 unique attendees, surpassing the 7,299 at iGB L!VE 2023 and was nearly double the 5,022 at iGB L!VE 2022. The 2025 edition of iGB L!VE will be the biggest on record, providing attendees with access to over 22,000 sqm of product innovation and inspiration.

Claire Williams OBE, the former leader of the Williams Formula 1 racing team and one of the most prominent and successful women in F1 history provided the iGB L!VE 2025 keynote.

Exploring the best practice parallels which can be drawn between the data-driven worlds of F1 and iGaming, Claire Williams noted: “There are a number of ways that Formula 1 can inspire businesses and provide tangible takeaways for iGaming operators of all sizes, from product innovation to navigating entry into new markets. As well as key requirements such as having a dynamic leadership, a culture of continuous improvement, hiring the very best problem solvers and being the first to embrace technology advances, F1 also demands the organisational agility that’s necessary to nuance strategy in what is an ultra-competitive space. “

Described as the TED of iGaming, iGB L!VE features a mix of highly practical case studies, data presentations and panel discussions on best practices across operators and affiliates. Topics include innovations in in-play betting, how to use IP and branding to protect competitive advantage, integrated marketing and SEO strategies, how to build links when no one wants to talk about gambling, as well as market dives into LatAm, UAE and Italy. The full programme can be viewed at:https://www.igblive.com/event-schedule

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THE BATTLE OF POLYTOPIA ANNOUNCES GLOBAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH $10,000 PRIZE POOL

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July 2, 2025

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Midjiwan, the award-winning independent studio behind The Battle of Polytopia has today announced The Polytopia World Championship with a prize pool of $10,000 USD and a live final broadcast from Stockholm.

The Polytopia World Championship is set to launch this fall, uniting players from across the globe in an epic showdown of fast-paced strategic mastery. The tournament will be themed to Battle of the Tribes. Players will choose to compete with one of Polytopia’s 12 in-game tribes; each with a unique regional theme and skillset.

The tournament will begin with open qualifiers, giving everyone a chance to prove themselves. From there, players will advance through tribe-specific playoffs and head-to-head elimination rounds, each match bringing them one step closer to glory.

The top six players will earn a spot in the live finals in Stockholm on December 6: an in-person event streamed online for fans worldwide. In addition to live commentary of the tournament, the fan event will also provide behind-the-scenes content from the Midjiwan team.

The winner will be awarded a prize pool of $10,000; making this tournament the biggest competitive event in The Battle of Polytopia’s nine year history.

Christian Lovstedt, CEO of Midjiwan AB, commented: “This marks a major new step for Polytopia’s competitive scene, featuring a fresh tournament format and enhanced broadcasting that makes it even more exciting for viewers to watch, learn, and get inspired by the world’s top players.“

The matches will be played on the Polytopia Official Space on the Challengermode esports Platform.

The planned dates are:

September: