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On the heels of its first slot release for the month of March, Swedish slots specialist Quickspin is now live with SkillOnNet’s popular operator partners.

Under the terms of the content integration first announced in early January 2020, the Playtech Group subsidiary’s full suite of games can now be engaged by way of the provider’s online casino partners, including white label brands such as the UK-focused operator, PlayOJO, along with AHTIGames, and LuckyVegas, the latest brand to launch via the SkillOnNet platform.

Games access:

The deal allows their players to enjoy such Quickspin classics as Easter Emeralds, Big Bad Wolf and Sakura Fortune, as well as more recent hit releases like Sticky Bandits: Wild Return, and reactor game Golden Glyph.

Additionally, players will be able to access all of the Stockholm-headquartered studio‘s new releases going forward, according to the official press release.

For SkillOnNet, Michael Golembo, said…

“We have curated one of the largest game portfolios in the industry which will now be strengthened with the addition of Quickspin and their awesome games. Quickspin is renowned for creating chart-topping slots that deliver a thrilling and exciting player experience and we are delighted to be able to offer them to our operator partners and their players.”

Chief Commercial Officer for Quickspin, Paul Myatt, added…

“SkillOnNet powers some of the most popular online casino brands in the world and we are thrilled to be able to offer our games to their players. Our games combine stunning graphics and illustrations with smart math to deliver a market-leading player experience that has seen our slots top charts at casinos in Europe and beyond. We believe they will be just as popular with SkillOnNet’s operator partners and, more importantly, their discerning players.”

Welcome to the jungle:

As mentioned, Quickspin just released its latest video slot, Panther’s Reign, that transports players to the Amazon for a once-of-a-lifetime adventure where the big cat is the king of the jungle. In addition to exciting features such as the random, Wild Spray, the high volatility game also offers a maximum win potential of 5,202x the stake.

SkillOnNet Network adds iconic brand:

Meanwhile, SkillOnNet recently signed an exclusive agreement with leading mobile gaming company Gaming Realms for its iconic Slingo brand. The deal not only significantly expands its global footprint, but also gives the site’s players access to more than 3,000 additional games from some of the industry’s top developers.

Veteran operator Prime Gaming, owner of top brands such as MegaCasino.com and ICE36.com, will market Slingo on the SkillOnNet Network.

Commenting on the strategic deal in an official press release, Chief Financial Officer for Gaming Realms, Mark Segal, said…

“SkillOnNet is behind some of the most successful online casino brands in the world and we wanted to leverage its technology and experience to drive Slingo.com forwards. Through SkillOnNet’s platform and licences we know we can operate in new markets around the world with utmost compliance. This marks the start of a new chapter for Slingo.com, one that we believe will be a great success for the brand.”

A fiery new online slot game has been released by Red Tiger, offering players a new game within the Power Reels series. Phoenix Fire is now live, a 8×6 slot game featuring a Super Wild, extra spins and more extra spins, with win potential reaching over 1,900x!

Features of the Game:

Once Phoenix Fire is loaded, players will see the grid is huge, thanks to the 8×6 layout. All wins will pay adjacent from anywhere on the reels, so players can earn matches in a less traditional sense. Look for the extra spins symbol to earn more spins in the game. Three or more symbols on the reels will trigger more spins for players at no cost!

The online slot also includes the Phoenix Wild which will turn adjacent winged symbols into wilds. The Phoenix may decide to activate which will turn all the winged symbols on the grid to go wild. When this happens, the winged symbols are hit with fire and open up to become wild symbols with any new wins shown.

According to Red Tiger Gaming…

The new Phoenix Fire Power Reels game can be played via several devices. The developer configured the game so that it would work via desktop, tablet and smartphone. Players can easily access the Red Tiger game on the go or from home, in several available languages.

Joining Mega Pyramid:

Phoenix Fire now joins other new games by the provider, including Mega Pyramid. Released in late July, Mega Pyramid features classic Egyptian symbols on a 5×4 grid. Players can earn mega wins in the game of more than 5,000x.

Activate the Pyramid Eye in the game to see the top of the pyramid come to life, choosing one symbol to highlight. The chosen symbol will then become cloned to help player earn more wins. Extra spins are also up for grabs with 10 spins provided when three extra spins symbols are seen on the 1^st, 3^rd or 5^th reels.

CasinoDays.com is now live! The premier online casino of Rhino Entertainment, this new site launched this week on the suite of platform technologies of Pragmatic Solutions. The new B2C iGaming group was founded by veterans of the industry and has been anxiously awaiting to start offering services via the new site.

Choosing Their Partner:

For Rhino, they chose Pragmatic Solutions as their provider as they offered a full-stack solution that helped push the timeline to market at a faster pace. They also provided a solid foundation technologically that would benefit not only CasinoDays but also future brands of online casinos the company plans to launch.

Managing Director, Ross Parkhill, commented on the partnership by stating: “My partners and I have extensive experience with platform technology and had a very clear brief for what we needed for Rhino Entertainment multi-brand business strategy.  Pragmatic not only qualified with the quality of their platform but also had a partnership mentality to supporting our business and has been responsive to our demands for CasinoDays.  We are raising the bar for online casino entertainment and we choose a partner that was fit for the challenge.”

Visitors to the venue will find the brand offers gaming solutions for players located in several regions in varying languages. The site offers a nice selection of top-tier games.

Partnering with Relax Gaming:

Speaking of casino games, it was just this week that Rhino announced they had partnered with Relax Gaming for its new casino brand. The Malta-based provider will be supplying its larger portfolio of games to the site.

Due to the agreement, CasinoDays will offer proprietary slot games of Relax including Money Train, Hellcatraz and Temple Tumble, among many others. The deal also includes third-party content such as those from Fantasma Games and 4ThePlayer.

British online casino and sportsbetting solutions innovator SBTech has announced the signing of a ‘landmark’ deal that has seen it partner with Danske Spil A/S in order to help the Danish national lottery operator launch a new virtual offering at Youbet.dk.

Licensed by the Gambling Commission in the United Kingdom, SBTech described the new online casino and sportsbetting domain as ‘a best-of-breed casino hub’ that will eventually offer in excess of 1,000 games alongside a range of ‘live casino products’ developed by studios from around the world.

SBTech declared that Youbet.dk is utilizing its sportsbook engine to offer ‘unparalleled event coverage and in-play betting’ as well as numerous types of proprietary wagers and unique features such as Add2Bet, Pulse and Action Betting. The firm stated that the new domain for players in regulated markets is moreover employing its Chameleon360 online casino platform with a plethora of analysis, regulatory reporting, anti-money laundering, payments and management features.

Richard Carter, Chief Executive Officer for SBTech, described the partnership with Danske Spil A/S as ‘another major milestone’ for his firm as it endeavors to cement its position as a ‘leading provider of fully managed platform solutions and services to state lotteries and major operators in regulated markets worldwide’.

“I look forward to working closely with Danske Spil A/S and to building the success of this exciting new brand,” read a Tuesday statement from Carter.

For his part, Niels Erik Folmann (pictured), Chief Executive Officer for Danske Spil A/S, detailed that SBTech had shown ‘a profound understanding of our needs’ throughout the request for proposal process and has met its needs ‘for a partner that will drive the success of our new brand through cooperation and co-creation’.

“The sportsbook and casino platform looks good as does the roadmap for new features,” read a statement from Folmann. “We are now taking the next step towards faster growth by adding a new brand to our portfolio, targeting players who demand a deep sports and casino offering.”

American land-based and iGaming behemoth Scientific Games Corporation could reportedly bring in up to $3 billion via the upcoming float of its global lottery division on the Australian Securities Exchange.

According to a report from GGRAsia, the Las Vegas-headquartered firm may commence this initial public offering before the end of the week in hopes of garnering up to 14 times the lotteries arm’s most recent earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortization. As such and the source detailed that Scientific Games Corporation is expecting approximately $974 million of the cash to come from ‘cornerstone’ investors after earlier telling prospective backers that the enterprise holds a 69% share of an American market thought to currently be worth roughly $101 billion a year.

Considered course:

Scientific Games Corporation reportedly began talking about a possible divestiture of its lotteries business in June following the completion of a comprehensive strategic review. The Nevada company purportedly declared that such a move could potentially allow it to ‘drive long-term sustainable value’ and de-leverage so as to reduce a deficit that currently stands in the region of $9.1 billion.

Lucrative likelihood:

GGRAsia reported that the coming move from Scientific Games Corporation could represent one of the most lucrative non-privatization floats the Sydney-headquartered bourse has ever seen and place it in the same territory as the almost $4.3 billion undertaking completed by the government-backed Medibank Private Limited in 2014. The around $7.4 billion initial public offering from telecommunications giant Telstra Corporation Limited in 1997 purportedly remains the largest such action for the Australian Securities Exchange while Latitude Financial Services holds down the top spot so far this year at about $1.9 billion courtesy of its own late-April listing.

Proposed procurement:

Scientific Games Corporation reportedly pronounced in June that it was investigating the possibility of spending as much as $1.9 billion in order to purchase the 19% stake in online casino games developer SciPlay Corporation that it does not already hold. This Nasdaq-listed target was spun off in 2019 and offers a portfolio of seven core titles encompassing the popular Gold Fish Casino, Jackpot Party Casino, Quick Hit Slots and Hot Shot Casino social titles as well as the casual Bingo Showdown, 88 Fortunes Slots and Monopoly Slots innovations.

Deliberate disposal:

More recently and Scientific Games Corporation reportedly struck a deal a little over three weeks ago to sell its OpenBet sportsbetting platform to Californian entity Endeavor Group Holdings Incorporated in exchange for $1 billion in cash and associated stock valued at about $200 million. This purportedly came exactly a year after American billionaire businessman Ronald Perelman offloaded his 34.9% stake in the company to a club of new investors that included Australian investments specialist Caledonia.

Suffolk County in New York State could soon see its second Class II gaming facility after the Shinnecock Indian Nation announced Wednesday its plan to build and operate a casino on its 900-acre Southampton reservation along Shinnecock Bay on Long Island.

More than a decade in the making, construction on the 76,000 square foot Shinnecock Casino Hamptons (artist rendering, below-right) will reportedly start this summer and include 1,000 video lottery terminals (VLTs), 30 Texas Hold’em table games, a bingo parlor, dining establishments, and entertainment venues, and is expected to be completed within 14 months, according to The East Hampton Star.

Sovereign land:

In a statement in Wednesday’s formal announcement, the Shinnecock Council of Trustees said…

“As we have seen with members of Tribal Nations, casinos provide an opportunity to lift our members from adversity.

“Our ancestral lands were taken from us many years ago and New York State has refused to meet with us regarding stolen land claims that were filed over many decades. We have tried to resolve these issues over the last decade by proposing to find more suitable locations on Long Island, but were rebuffed. We have waited long enough and have decided to proceed here on our territory.”

Joint venture:

After last summer receiving the green light from the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) for a Class II casino, the Nation announced that it had formed a partnership with Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment and New York City investment firm Tri-State Partners in an effort to “reignite its decade-long plans to enter casino gaming in New York,” as reported by Newsday.

The partners said the joint venture has worked together for more than a year, with the Seminole Tribe and Tri-State helping the Shinnecock Nation secure the required approvals from the NIGC and the Department of Interior. And that the Seminole has “provided financial support and technical assistance to the Nation, including financial models and designs.”

According to Shinnecock Nation Chairman Bryan Polite, the tribe is waiting for the Gaming Commission’s environmental impact study (EIS) to be approved so it can begin construction. Polite said the EIS would be completed in 12 to 14 months after an expected summer start.

Local opposition:

Meanwhile, another source reports that Southhampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman is calling for an environmental review of noise, traffic, air, and water. In the live report, the town official said he’s “never supported gambling,” and I don’t think it’s the right use and particularly at this property.”

“It would be hard to find a worse property to locate a gaming facility,” added Schneiderman.

While according to Polite, the tribe and its partners are already conducting surveys, traffic studies, and other measures to deal with increased traffic, he said he expects some local residents may have “qualms” with the casino. He reasoned the tribe would “work in a way that’s not just beneficial for Shinnecock but also the outside community,” according to the news agency.

Class II gaming:

While “electronic or electromechanical facsimiles of any game of chance or slot machine of any kind” are prohibited, Class II casinos can offer bingo and games like it, as well as non-banking card games, such as Texas Hold’em, where players play against each other and do not wager against the house.

According to the New York State Gaming Commission, this class of gaming falls under “tribal jurisdiction, subject to the provisions of [the] Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and oversight of the National Indian Gaming Commission. States are not permitted to regulate any Class II gaming activity.” Meaning, the casino will not require a compact of any type of formal agreement with the state.

The tribal council said its research has shown that a Class II casino, which would be the second such facility after the May 2017 opening of Jake’s 58 Hotel & Casino in Islandia, “will be a boost for tourism here on the eastern end of Long Island. And while the summer months will be the busiest months of the year for us, working with Tri State we will attract visitors during the rest of the year as well,” as reported by The Easthampton Star.

Jack Morris, principal of Tri-State Partners, said that while phase one of the project will comprise Class II gaming exclusively, “there could be other phases of the project” in the future that include hotel rooms and as well as other economic drivers, according to Newsday.