The week in B2B news (15 December 2017)

Magnet Gaming agrees deal with Estonian operator

Slots provider Magnet Gaming has agreed a deal to distribute its portfolio of games to Estonian social gaming operator Chanz.

The Danish provider’s full suite of HTML5 slots across all platforms will be made available via www.chanz.com.

Slots titles such as Fish Tank, Gold Rush, Diamond Express and Candy Kingdom will all be made available to its players.

Thomas Nielsen, head of game licensing at Magnet, said: “We are delighted to be working with Chanz, an operator who shares our belief that gambling should be sociable and fun.”

Pragmatic Play signs with NYX Gaming Group

Slots developer Pragmatic Play has agreed a deal with NYX Gaming Group to integrate its entire portfolio onto the operator’s open gaming system NYX OGS.

Under the terms of the deal, Pragmatic Play games including Vegas Nights, Caishen’s Gold and Jurassic Giants will be made available to more than 150 operators.

Yossi Barzely, chief business development officer at Pragmatic Play, said: “Delivering on the quality of our games in the world’s regulated markets is paramount for Pragmatic Play, and partnering with a provider as highly regarded as NYX is a major endorsement of our potential.”

Dylan Slaney, executive vice president of gaming at NYX Gaming Group, said: “We aim to supply our operating partners with the industry’s most impressive and varied range of games.”

NetEnt to supply Norwegian state lottery

NetEnt has signed an agreement with IGT to supply online casino games to Norsk Tipping, the state lottery in Norway.

Earlier this year, NetEnt participated as a supplier to IGT in the competitive procurement process of Norsk Tipping for the delivery of online casino content.

Norsk Tipping is Norway’s state lottery operator and a World Lottery Association (WLA) member.

Enrico Bradamante, MD of NetEnt Malta Ltd, said: “We look forward to providing our popular game portfolio to Norsk Tipping together with IGT through their IGT Connect platform.”

Videoslots bolsters exec team with internal hires

Online casino operator Videoslots.com has announced that Ali Atam and Daniel Hansen will join its executive team as chief marketing officer and chief product officer after being promoted internally.

Atam has become CMO after joining Videoslots as head of acquisition in July 2016, where he was responsible for affiliate relations and media buying strategy.

Hansen has worked at Videoslots for almost four years as its head of games, where he’s overseen the integration of casino suppliers and built a games portfolio of more than 2,300 titles.

Videoslots CEO Alexander Stevendahl said: “Ali and Daniel both share our unique Videoslots vision, and having worked with them both for the last few years, I’m confident that their creativity and passion for the casino industry will help us on our mission to be the social, and socially responsible operator for years to come.”

Wild Crypto appoints new CEO

Blockchain lottery and gaming platform Wild Crypto has appointed William Trentini as its CEO ahead of its launch next month.

The platform will go live to players in January 2018, with a host of proprietary lottery and gaming content, as well as games from third-party suppliers.

The launch will be overseen by newly-appointed Trentini, who has more than 20 years international experience in the financial industry across wealth management and investment banking.

Trentini said: “Since completing a hugely successful token sale in September, the Wild Crypto team has been hard at work to finalise a product that sets a new bar in blockchain gaming.”