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INSPIRED KICKS-OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITH THREE FESTIVE ONLINE & MOBILE SLOT GAMES
Inspired Entertainment, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of its three festive games: Big Santa Fortune™, Santa LinKing™, and Santa’s Winning Wishlist™.
Combining the thrill of iGaming with the joyful spirit of the holiday season, all three games encompass rich, vibrant graphics and an array of mechanics and gameplay styles, to engage a multitude of players.
Inspired presents its magic three, offering players a fun and festive, best-in-snow slots experience:
Big Santa Fortune
Bringing players festive cheer is Big Santa Fortune, a Christmas-themed 5×3 reel, 10 win-line slot game, with an RTP of 94.8%. As a descendent of Big Fishing Fortune™, a top-performing Inspired game, Big Santa Fortune encompasses exciting mechanics that offer players big wins and a reely engaging experience, where any fin is possible!
Set in the depths of the ocean, three, four or five scatters in the base game trigger the Match 3 Game. Here players determine the value used on the bonus Big Sticky Fish by finding three matching fish symbols and enabling the game’s highly entertaining Big Santa Bonus.
During the bonus, players have unlimited Free Spins until Santa catches the Big Sticky Fish. Other fish values that are collected are also awarded to the player, offering good chances of catching big wins!
Santa LinKing
In full regal and festive glory, comes the launch of Santa LinKing, a 5×3 reel, 20 win-line slot game, with an RTP of 95%, from the iconic and highly popular Reel King™ brand.
Featuring a Santa version of the franchise’s highly popular protagonist, this latest Christmas installment will delight fans with its nostalgic appeal combined with its cutting-edge graphics. Its classic slot symbols and innovative bonus mechanics offer players a unique and entertaining iGaming experience.
Hear the “dings” and light up the reels to kick-start the Santa King Bonus, where players can gamble their prizes or be in with a chance to win up to a staggering 500X their bets. Landing six coins enters players into the Santa LinKing feature, for added fun and excitement. Packed with sticky coins, the feature presents players a chance for even more magical Christmas wins!
Santa’s Winning Wishlist
Getting players firmly in the mood for a traditional Christmas is Santa’s Winning Wishlist, a 5×3 reel, 20 win-line slot game, with an RTP of 95%. Set in the North Pole, the game’s snowy graphics and festive gameplay offers players potentially big wins and bags of festive fun!
Expanding Wilds appear in-game as the colorful Santa, and bonus symbols trigger the Santa’s Winning Wishlist Bonus with 10 Free Spins. A progressive Wishlist trail appears above the reels with multiple stages, collecting Santa symbols throughout. The aim is to advance along the trail for more spins and to knockout the lowest-paying symbols.
Claire Osborne, Vice President of Interactive at Inspired, said: “Inspired is thrilled to announce the launch of its three tree-mendous holiday-themed games to suit an array of players, from the regular bonus hit player to the classic slot lover. Each game adds more festive cheer and a depth of gameplay variety to our growing portfolio of seasonal content. Our festive collection also features top-performing titles including Santa King Megaways™; Merry Christmas Megaways™; Big Christmas Present™; Santa Stacked Free Spins™; Christmas Cash Pots™; Christmas Cash Spins™; Book of Christmas™ and Santa’s Free Spins™.
“With top brands, player-favorite mechanics and a plethora of themes to suit all, Inspired iGaming serves operators in all major jurisdictions, as the one-stop shop for premium slots content.”
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Gamification
GoldenRace launches V5 mobile solution with unified app and WebGL branding
GoldenRace has launched its next-generation V5 mobile solution, the supplier announced on 1 July 2026 in Malta. The company positions the release as a mobile delivery upgrade for its virtual sports and betting content, aimed at maintaining performance under high player traffic.
According to GoldenRace, V5 consolidates its previous architecture into a single application and “drastically reduces load sizes by 80–90%.” The company also said the platform is built “completely from the ground up” with a unified UI/UX designed to remain responsive across different network conditions.
On product features, GoldenRace said V5 introduces “advanced WebGL capabilities” to support high-fidelity graphics and operator-controlled branding. It also adds native gamification tools across games, including custom Tournaments, Leaderboards and Free Bets.
The company also outlined three mobile upgrades intended to reduce friction in the betting flow: a Lobby with modular layouts and a one-click toggle between scheduled and instant views; a next-generation Betslip with richer visual components and “smart organisation”; and dynamic Leaderboards with configurable funding and custom point logic.
GoldenRace said operators can switch to V5 by “changing a single line of code,” and added that a demo is available for operators evaluating the new mobile solution.
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certification
PopOK Gaming secures certification for Portugal iGaming market
PopOK Gaming has obtained certification for the Portuguese iGaming market, adding Portugal to its list of regulated jurisdictions where it can offer compliant gaming content to licensed operators.
The company said the certification confirms it meets local regulatory and technical requirements and supports its strategy to expand in regulated markets.
PopOK Gaming did not disclose which regulator or test lab issued the certification, which products are covered, or the date the approval was granted.
Portugal continues to operate a ring-fenced regulated online gambling framework, with market access dependent on product approvals and operator licensing. For suppliers, local certification is typically a prerequisite to distribute content to licensed brands.
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API
St8 adds game round replays to its single API platform
Replay tool builds on St8’s graphical game round details and launches first with nine casino game studios.
St8 has launched game round replays, adding visual playback of completed casino game rounds to its existing single API platform. The company said the feature is designed to help operators verify outcomes faster and resolve player queries more efficiently.
The new capability builds on St8’s graphical game round details, which it said is already used by operators. With replays, support and operations teams can access a round’s visual playback to investigate gameplay disputes and respond to players with more transparency.
St8 also positioned the feature as a player engagement tool, with operators able to surface notable moments such as big wins and bonus rounds for promotional use.
Game round replays will initially support titles from AvatarUX, BGaming, Endorphina, Hacksaw, Peter & Sons, Pragmatic Play, Scatter Kings, Shady Lady, and Tequity Originals, with more providers to be added. St8 said the feature is delivered through its existing single API integration and requires no additional development work, and is intended to scale across multiple brands and regulated markets.
David Fall, Business Development Manager at St8, said: “Operators are under increasing pressure to deliver exceptional customer support while keeping operational costs under control. Our graphical game round details have become a trusted and widely used tool for operators, giving support teams quick access to the information they need to resolve player queries efficiently. Game round replays complement this capability by providing a visual playback of each round, helping teams resolve cases even faster and with complete confidence.
“Beyond operational efficiency, the feature also opens up new opportunities for engagement. Operators can showcase exciting gameplay moments, celebrate big wins and create richer player experiences – all through the same integration. Because game round replays are delivered through our existing single API, partners can access this functionality immediately while continuing to benefit from the simplicity and scalability that sit at the heart of the St8 platform.”
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