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Inspired Starts the Year with New Slots: Call of the Wild & Lightning Viking

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3 years ago

January 25, 2023

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Inspired Entertainment, Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of two vibrant new online and mobile games: Call of the Wild™ and Lightning Viking™.

Call of the Wild

Giving players a glimpse of Wild America and its rugged natural beauty, is Call of the Wild, a wolf-themed slot with a reel configuration of 6×4, 25 win-lines and a return to player (RTP) rate of 94.53%.

Introducing Inspired’s latest mechanic, land six or more Wilds in the base game to activate the game’s Wild Win & Spin™ bonus, with all Wilds locking in place throughout. The player is then awarded three lives to spin for more Wilds. If the grid is filled with Wild symbols, the player is awarded the whopping 25X, 6 of a Kind Wild symbol award.

When the lives run out there is one last Wild Win Spin, which is a super spin to fill in the blanks with game symbols, delivering the player potentially huge wins. The stickier Wilds a player achieves, the bigger the wins!

Packed with fun reel modifiers, shown in-game as Mystery Symbols, Call of the Wild is an easy-to-play slot that offers players a fun and highly engaging iGaming experience.

Lightning Viking

Transporting players to a land of warriors, explorers and mythology, Lightning Viking™ is a Viking-themed slot, with a reel configuration of 6×4, 50 win-lines, and an RTP rate of 95.04%.

Set in a Scandinavian backdrop of crisp blue skies, green valleys and roaring seas, the game’s reels spin to reveal colourful symbols including fun Wilds and Bonus scatter symbols. Players can enter the Lightning Viking Free Spins Bonus round, upon landing three to six Bonus symbols in the base game, with up to 20 Free Spins.

During Free Spins, the game’s reel positions are highlighted by Wild symbols. Landing the Viking helmet and hammer turns all symbols in highlighted positions to Wild during that Free Spin. If all 16 positions across reels two, three, four and five are highlighted by the end of the Free Spins Bonus, one Lightning Spin is awarded to the player.

During a Lightning Spin, the Viking helmet and hammer are guaranteed to land turning all highlighted positions to Wild for big winning potential.

Claire Osborne, Vice President of Interactive at Inspired, said: “We are thrilled to kick-start 2023 with two exciting new slots that offer players different styles of play, huge wins and fun themes to boot. Call of the Wild features Inspired’s latest mechanic, Wild Win & Spin, which packs a punch! Its graphics coupled with its math profile will no doubt prove to be a winning slot with players.

“Developed by Inspired’s Astra studio, makers of the popular Reel King™ franchise, Lightning Viking encompasses engaging graphics, gameplay thrills, and big potential wins. Both games are fantastic additions to our growing portfolio of premium iGaming slots.”

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Sends CEO Alona Shevtsova moderates Global Gaming Expansion panel in Riyadh

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2 hours ago

June 25, 2026

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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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