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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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Season 3 runs weekly on PokerStars’ YouTube channel through June 14 and includes a $50,000 staked ‘Loose Cannon’ amateur spot.
PokerStars will launch a new run of PokerStars Big Game on Tour episodes on May 17, with Jason Koon, Shaun Deeb and Matt Berkey set to headline the line-up. The series will air on the PokerStars YouTube channel, with weekly episodes through June 14.
The cast for the new instalment also includes MMA fighter Sean O’Malley and high-stakes cash game player Randy ‘3Coin’ Sadler, according to the company. The episodes follow the Big Game format, featuring No Limit Hold’em cash game play.
PokerStars said the season’s ‘Loose Cannon’ will be Canadian operations manager Andy Taylor, who will be staked $50,000 and will keep any profit made at the table. The company described Taylor as running a property maintenance company and, with his wife, a non-for-profit organisation focused on supporting young athletes in Toronto.
A teaser for the new episodes aired during the livestream of the €100,000 High Rollers Invitational at PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo, which featured Koon. PokerStars noted Koon “took home €1,000,000” from the event.
Release schedule: May 17 (Episode 1), May 24 (Episode 2), May 31 (Episode 3), June 7 (Episode 4), and June 14 (Episode 5).
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Jason Koon, Shaun Deeb, and Matt Berkey Headline New Instalment of PokerStars Big Game on Tour
Poker’s most thrilling televised cash game, PokerStars Big Game on Tour, will return on May 17 with a brand-new set of episodes featuring a stellar line-up headlined by PokerStars Ambassador and number three in the all-time poker money list Jason Koon, reigning two-time World Series of Poker Player of the Year Shaun Deeb, and American high-stakes poker pro and coach Matt Berkey.
MMA Fighter and poker enthusiast Sean O’Malley, and well-known high stakes cash game player and businessman Randy ‘3Coin’ Sadler complete the line-up, who will take to the felt against the ‘Loose Cannon’ to win big.
As always, each episode will showcase high stakes No Limit Hold’em cash game action in the beloved Big Game format, where one amateur player or ‘Loose Cannon’ is staked $50,000 and gets to keep any profit they make at the table.
Canadian Operations Manager Andy Taylor will shake up the felt as the ‘Loose Cannon’ hoping to beat the pros. Andy runs a property maintenance company as his main job and, alongside his wife, runs a non-for-profit organisation aimed at improving the skillset and mindset of young athletes across Toronto.
The teaser for the new Big Game episodes was aired during the live stream of the €100,000 High Rollers Invitational at PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo, featuring Big Game player Jason Koon. Koon took home €1,000,000 after topping a field of some of the best in the world.
The first Big Game episode will air on PokerStars YouTube channel on May 17, with new episodes airing weekly and culminating on June 14.
- Sunday, May 17 – BGOT Season 3 Episode 1
- Sunday, May 24 – BGOT Season 3 Episode 2
- Sunday, May 31 – BGOT Season 3 Episode 3
- Sunday, June 7 – BGOT Season 3 Episode 4
- Sunday, June 14 – BGOT Season 3 Episode 5
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The Brazilian Institute for Responsible Gaming (IBJR) considers Apple’s decision to allow the distribution of regulated sports betting and online gaming applications on its Brazilian App Store a key milestone for the consolidation of a transparent and integrity-driven sector.
This measure strengthens regulation by making it easier for users to clearly identify operators that are duly authorized to operate in compliance with national rules.
Following Google’s decision, made less than a year ago, to authorize the distribution of sports betting apps on the Play Store in Brazil, this initiative acts as a powerful cybersecurity filter and helps protect consumers from the risks of the illegal market.
Since only operators licensed by the SPA are allowed to offer services to iOS users, the process of channeling traffic into the regulated environment is further strengthened.
However, for the measure to be fully effective, continuous enforcement is required, as several illegal apps can still be found on major platforms.
Data from Instituto Locomotiva, in partnership with LCA Consultoria, indicate that the illegal environment—much of it controlled by organized crime—moves around R$40 billion per year in Brazil and generates an estimated annual loss of R$10.8 billion in tax revenue.
In this context, actions that help distinguish legal operators from unauthorized ones are essential.
The presence of applications on both the Play Store and Apple Store reinforces the commitment to Responsible Gaming, as they integrate functionalities required by legislation and audited by the platforms.
These include strict age verification to prevent access by minors under 18, clear risk warnings related to gambling, and self-exclusion tools.
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