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Week 27/2022 slot games releases

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July 8, 2022

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Here are this weeks latest slots releases!

Peter & Sons and Yggdrasil have partnered up for a dystopian adventure where rusting wrecks border the reels in latest launch Wild One. The 6×4, 4,096 payline title brings a high volatility gameplay combined with the studio’s distinct visual art style for an action-packed thrill ride, filled to the brim with features and wilds.

Tom Horn Gaming, an igaming software solutions provider, heats things up this summer with the roll out of a quintessentially summer game, Hawaiian Fever. Taking inspiration from the popular holiday destination, the high volatility slot is set in an irresistible island paradise with its shores getting set ablaze with exciting wild features triggered by exotic hula dancers, free spins and buy feature. The base game is enhanced with the expanding wild feature, triggered by a wild symbol – Hawaiian girl, which when landing anywhere on the reels expands and fills the entire reel.

R. Franco Digital has cast a spell with the release of Witches South, a new online slot that adds voodoo spells to a world of adventure and enchantment. Following on from the success of the Spain-based provider’s Witches North release earlier this year, this five-reel, four-row and 40-line sequel immerses curious players in a universe full of potions, plants and magic stones that could help them achieve their goal.

Relax Gaming, the igaming aggregator and supplier of unique content invites players to immerse themselves in the world of organised crime alongside a troop of monkey mobsters in its latest release Banana Town. This high volatility scatter pays slot can see players win more than 10,000x their bet by way of several exciting bonus features and mechanics, including highly lucrative random multiplier upgrades and free spins.

New from German games developer Apparat Gaming comes 40 Sevens, a 5×4 reel 40 payline slot that promises to make fruits funky. It’s cool, it’s thrilling, and you even get to play along with the glorious jazz-funk soundtrack by initiating a keyboard fill every time you spin the reels. Launched on July 1, 40 Sevens is more than just a funky soundtrack. The chief attraction of this neon-lit fruit game with stacked symbols is the bonus feature with the golden star scatter that offers 10, 15 or even 50 free spins.

Wizard Games has rolled out the sequel to its 2022 smash hit, 12 Super Hot Diamonds Extreme. The fiery extreme version of the popular slot sees the retro theme continue, with diamonds, fruit and lucky 7s filling the reels as players look to generate huge wins in the 5×3, 30 payline title. The latest release from the studio offers both a respin and free spins mode, as well as a max win potential of 10,000x.

iSoftBet, the leading online games supplier and content aggregator, invites players to dare to steal the lamp and line their pockets with coins in mystical new release, Rise of the Genie™. The unique title is played out on a 3-reel layout and follows a risk and reward system, where the longer the player holds out, the bigger their winnings could be! However, the evil Genie is always lurking nearby to stop them in their tracks.

New from Live 5 Gaming comes 3 Books™ of Khan, a volatile, action-packed, omni-channel slot now live via William Hill. It’s off to the Mongolian steppe for this exotic adventure as you join the rampaging horde of legendary warrior Genghis Khan for a spot of medieval empire-building.
Keeping players in mind, Live 5’s 3 Books™ of Khan presents an enhance take on the classic much loved Book mechanic.

Play’n GO raise a little magic once again with their latest Arthurian Legend title, Merlin’s Grimoire. The game focuses on the Symbol Splitting feature which is similar to other games in the Book of Dead style games fans will be pleased to hear. Starting off covering just three reels in the base game players have the potential to expand this over all five reels during the Free Spins upping the potential to 7776 ways to win.

Playson, has launched Juice Inc., a pioneering slot which promises an immersive and high-octane gaming experience. The readily available game features a fascinating design which gives the impression of working in a juice factory, with the reels and gameplay replicating the juice extraction process. While a dimly lit display invites players to the action and generates a warm ambience. The 1×3 slot has just one payline and four main symbols: Lemon, Apple, Cherry and a crucial X symbol.

Wazdan, the leading casino games supplier, has combined cutting-edge mechanics with a thrilling array of features, including the innovative Cash Infinity™ feature, in the latest launch 9 Coins™. The game introduces the brand-new Cash Infinity™ mechanic. It’s a totally game-changing feature that increases the chances of activating the bonus round.

Highly volatile Wild West-themed title has been developed in partnership with Hurricane Games via the provider’s Greenlogic® Partner Program Only the bravest players will want to saddle up for the latest slot from in-demand developer, Stakelogic. Wild Moon Saloon takes players to the wildest saloon in the wild west and where they can claim life-changing bounties of their own. The game promises explosive action from the very first spin with 40-win lines active across the 5×4 reel gameboard.

Having recently been voted winner of the Innovation in Mobile category at the EGR Global B2B Awards 2022, industry-leading software supplier, Swintt, is once again lighting up the small screens of mobile devices across the globe with a brand-new Premium release in Four the Win Wild. The retro-themed title – which can, of course, also be enjoyed on desktop browsers – draws its inspiration from classic land-based slot machines and features an array of iconic fruit symbols across its four reels, with lucky sevens and richly rewarding multiplier wilds completing the pay table line-up.

BGaming, a fast-growing iGaming provider, has added the edge to the entertainment value of its popular Lucky Lady Moon slot by enhancing it with MEGAWAYS™ mechanics and thrilling features. The mystical-themed online game goes with very high volatility and 96.8% RTP while playing out on a 5-reel, 3-row field with more than 200.000 ways to win.

The latest addition to Blueprint Gaming’s hugely successful 7s Deluxe family has launched with a fourth reel and a flaming 81 ways to win in 7s Deluxe Wild Fortune Play. While the look of previous 7’s Deluxe games has been retained with Bells, Fruit and of course 7’s, the feel of the gameplay is fresh and exciting with a markedly different experience for regular 7’s Deluxe players. Blueprint’s addition of a fourth reel, Super Ways and the Fortune Play mechanic has reinvigorated this recognisable brand.

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Ignition Casino: One-night Las Vegas Strip spend hits $668, up 109% since 2014

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8 hours ago

June 15, 2026

Wladimir P.

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Resort fees are up 194% and Nevada’s live poker table count is down 38% since 2011, based on UNLV and Gaming Commission data cited in the report.

The cost of a one-night visit to the Las Vegas Strip has more than doubled since 2014, according to a new “Las Vegas Inflation Index” published by Ignition Casino. The report estimates a typical one-night “basket” of expenses at $667.85 in 2026 versus $319.09 in 2014, a 109.3% increase.

Ignition Casino’s basket includes the Strip average for a blackjack minimum bet, weekend one-night hotel stay, resort fee, domestic beer, bottle of water, dinner (entrée and drink), a show ticket and valet parking. In the company’s breakdown, resort fees show the steepest jump, rising from $19.43 to $48.49 (+194.5%). Other increases cited include blackjack minimum bets from $50.00 to $112.17 (+124.3%), show tickets from $82.86 to $175.91 (+112.3%), water from $3.00 to $7.00 (+133.3%), and valet parking moving from free to $40.

For poker, the report argues higher trip costs are landing alongside a smaller live product. Citing UNLV’s Center for Gaming Research and Nevada Gaming Commission Quarterly Reports, it says Nevada’s live poker table count fell from 957 in 2011 to 595 by end-2025, a 38% decline. On the Strip, the report puts active poker rooms at eight today—Aria, Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Horseshoe, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, The Venetian and Wynn—down from approximately 17 in the late 2000s.

The company also points to higher rake caps compared with 2014. It states Aria’s rake is “10% of the pot up to a maximum cap of $7 per hand,” Bellagio’s cap is $6, and the remaining Strip rooms are at $5, versus a 2014 Strip average cap of $4. Using an assumed 30 raked hands per hour, the report estimates that a $2 higher cap at cap-reaching tables equates to “an extra $60 per hour” going to the house, or $300 over a five-hour session.

At blackjack, Ignition Casino ties higher table minimums to shorter expected playtime for fixed budgets. It estimates a $500 bankroll would last about 2 hours and 22 minutes at the 2014 average minimum bet, versus about 28 minutes at the 2026 average minimum, using an approach it attributes to “casino risk analysts and quantitative mathematicians” and assuming 70 hands per hour and a blackjack standard deviation of 1.15.

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G2 partners with PUBG MOBILE Esports to scale Western Europe competition

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9 hours ago

June 15, 2026

Wladimir P.

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Deal starts with the 2026 PMCO Western Europe Wildcard and adds a JanickaGaming ambassador program.

G2 and PUBG MOBILE Esports have announced a partnership aimed at growing the PUBG MOBILE esports ecosystem in Western Europe, the companies said on June 15, 2026 in Berlin.

The partnership begins with the 2026 PUBG MOBILE Club Open (PMCO) Western Europe Wildcard, with registration open now. G2’s in-house media and production unit, 62, will support tournament operations and community activations, spanning creator campaigns, media buying, and event management.

The first major activation under the agreement will be the 2026 PUBG MOBILE Global Open (PMGO) Western Europe Finals, scheduled for 11–13 September, with registration opening today, according to the announcement.

The companies are also launching an ambassador program for the region, naming German PUBG MOBILE content creator JanickaGaming as the Western Europe ambassador. PUBG MOBILE said she will stream PUBG MOBILE weekly and cover esports topics and tournaments alongside her existing social content.

“PUBG MOBILE has built something really special over the years. It’s one of the biggest games in the world and one of the most impressive esports ecosystems,” said Alban Dechelotte, CEO of G2.

Shaowei Chen, Head of Western Europe Publishing at PUBG MOBILE, added: “Western Europe represents one of the most promising growth frontiers for PUBG MOBILE esports, and G2 stands as a great strategic partner to drive this expansion.”

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Las Vegas Inflation Index: Cost of visiting Sin City for one night has more than doubled in the last 12 years

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9 hours ago

June 15, 2026

GamingAmericas.com

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An average spend for one night on the Las Vegas Strip now reaches nearly $670, compared to $319 in 2014.
Resort fees have seen a 194% rise in that period – the steepest increase of all.
Nevada’s live poker table count has fallen by 38% since 2011 – from 957 tables to 595 – while the number of active Strip poker rooms has halved.
Strip poker rooms are taking an average of $300 more per five-hour session compared to 2014.
With a $500 blackjack budget, you will bust nearly two hours quicker on average in 2026 compared to 2014.

The average cost for a one-night stay in Las Vegas has risen by almost 109% in the last 12 years, as revealed by research from Ignition Casino.

Based on the average cost of a basket of a typical visitor’s stay – hotel, food, drinks, entertainment and parking – guests are spending nearly $350 more per night in 2026 than they were in 2014.

That basket includes the average minimum blackjack bet, a one-night hotel stay, resort fee, a domestic beer, bottle of water, dinner (entrée and drink), a show ticket and valet parking. All recorded prices are Strip averages in 2014 and 2026.

The steepest single increase is resort fees: the add-ons charged on top of base room rates averaged $19.43 on the Strip in 2014 and have risen to $48.49 today – a 194.5% jump. Almost every other line item has at least doubled, with blackjack minimum bets up 124%, water up 133%, show tickets up 112% and valet parking going from free to $40.

Feature (On Strip)	2014	2026	% Increase
Blackjack minimum bet	$50.00	$112.17	+124.3%
Average resort fee/night	$19.43	$48.49	+194.5%
Weekend one-night hotel stay	$125.80	$207.28	+64.8%
Domestic beer	$6.00	$10.00	+66.7%
Bottle of water	$3.00	$7.00	+133.3%
Dinner (entrée + drink)	$32.00	$67.00	+109.4%
Show ticket	$82.86	$175.91	+112.3%
Valet parking	$0.00	$40.00	N/A
TOTAL	$319.09	$667.85	+109.3%

But rising prices are only half the story. For poker players specifically, the cost of a Las Vegas trip has increased at the same time as the product itself has quietly contracted – fewer rooms, fewer tables, and higher costs per hand once you sit down.

Fewer tables, higher rake: Las Vegas poker’s shrinkflation squeeze

Las Vegas remains the live poker capital of the world – but the infrastructure supporting that reputation has been quietly hollowed out, and the players who remain are paying significantly more for a shrinking product.

According to data compiled by UNLV’s Center for Gaming Research from Nevada Gaming Commission Quarterly Reports, the state’s live poker table count stood at 957 tables in 2011. By end-2025, that figure had fallen to 595 – a reduction of 38% over 14 years, with no return to pre-2016 levels in sight.

The decline is structural and predates COVID. From 957 tables in 2011, Nevada’s count fell steadily to 587 by 2018 as casinos converted poker floor space to higher-margin baccarat. The pandemic accelerated the attrition – tables collapsed to just 413 in 2020 – and the recovery has been incomplete. Today’s total of 595 remains roughly 38% below its 2011 level.

On the Strip specifically, the picture is even starker. From approximately 17 active poker rooms in the late 2000s, just eight remain today: Aria, Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Horseshoe, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, The Venetian and Wynn. For Texas Hold’em and Omaha players, this consolidation means less table availability and less competition between rooms – and with fewer operators competing for players, there has been little pressure to keep rake in check.

Metric	2011	2025/26	Change
Nevada poker tables (statewide)	957	595	–38%
Active Strip poker rooms	~17	8	–53%
Average rake cap per hand	$4	$5–$7	↑ significantly

Are Las Vegas poker rooms still good value amid rising costs?

The rake compounds the shrinkflation picture. Of the eight active Strip rooms, Aria charges a rake of 10% of the pot up to a maximum cap of $7 per hand, Bellagio’s cap is $6, and the remaining rooms sit at $5. In 2014, the Strip average was 10% up to a $4 cap.

Considering a fast dealer pushes out 30 raked hands per hour, an extra $2 in rake per hand – at rooms where the cap is reached – means an extra $60 per hour going to the house. Over a five-hour session, that is $300 less in players’ stacks compared to 2014.

Factor in the broader 109.3% price hike across the average Las Vegas stay and there is a serious debate to be had over value for money. Players are paying more to stay, more to eat, more to park – and then paying more rake across fewer available tables once they sit down.

The same squeeze is visible at the blackjack tables, where minimum bet increases have made a given budget go significantly less far than it did 12 years ago – offering a precise illustration of what the broader cost increases mean in practice.

You will bust two hours earlier in Las Vegas today compared to 2014 with a $500 blackjack budget

The blackjack minimum bet increase tells a sharp story about what rising costs mean in practice. Based on the average Strip minimum in 2014, a $500 budget would last approximately two hours and 22 minutes before a player would be expected to bust against the house. Taking into account the 124% increase in average minimum bet since then, that same $500 would now be expected to last just 28 minutes.

This is calculated using a methodology applied by casino risk analysts and quantitative mathematicians, factoring in betting units, the standard deviation of blackjack (1.15, accounting for doubling down, splitting and natural blackjack payouts), and an average table speed of 70 hands per hour. Full methodology is set out in the appendix below.

Las Vegas blackjack average time to bust (hr:min)

Budget	2014 (hr:min)	2026 (hr:min)
$100	0:06	N/A
$200	0:23	0:04
$300	0:51	0:10
$500	2:22	0:28
$1,000	9:29	1:53

Shrinkflation is usually associated with a chocolate bar that got smaller without the price changing. In Las Vegas, the same principle has played out across an entire recreational economy — only here, the price went up too. Fewer poker rooms, higher rake, steeper minimum bets and a resort bill that has more than doubled: the product has contracted while the cost of accessing it has soared.

Appendix: Blackjack time-to-bust methodology

The following explains how estimated survival times for a given blackjack budget are calculated, using the $500 at a $50 table example (median survival: 2 hours 22 minutes in 2014).

Step 1: Normalisation. Currency is standardised into Betting Units. $500 / $50 minimum bet = 10 units.

Step 2: Volatility Index. Standard deviation is defined. A simple coin-flip game has a standard deviation of 1.0; blackjack, with doubling down, splitting and 3:2 naturals, carries an accepted standard deviation of 1.15.

Step 3: Absorbing Barrier Formula. Median hands to bust is calculated as: n ≈ 1.66 × (betting units)².

Step 4: Executing the calculation. For 10 units: 10² = 100 × 1.66 = 166 hands to bust.

Step 5: Translating to casino time. 166 hands / 70 hands per hour = 2.37 hours = 2 hours and 22 minutes. The same formula applied to a $112.17 minimum bet ($500 / $112.17 = ~4.46 units; 4.46² × 1.66 = ~33 hands; 33 / 70 = 0.47 hours = approximately 28 minutes.

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