Second operator launches Fast Poker
iGame the second company to launch Fast Poker after Unibet, with Betsson also set to go live.
Malta-licensed poker operator iGame has become the second operator to go live with Relax Gaming’s Fast Poker, a product similar to Full Tilt’s Rush Poker, PokerStars Zoom and InstaDeal’s Speed Poker offerings.
iGame, which was among the first wave of operators to be awarded a Danish operating licence in December, has around fifty employees divided between Estonia and Malta, and works with suppliers including IGT, Net Entertainment, and Oddsmatrix. The company also operates the iGame Open poker tournament, which will hold its second live event at King’s Casino in Prague in July.
Tobias Fagerlund, CEO of iGame, told PokerFuse that he has “high expectations” for the product.
Unibet became the first operator to go live with Fast Poker earlier this month, with Betsson, which agreed a deal to acquire Nordic Gaming Group earlier this week, also expected to launch in the coming weeks.
Relax Gaming is one of several companies to launch a fast-paced poker variant of Full Tilt’s Rush Poker, with bwin.party the latest to announce that it has a product “in development”. They follow the likes of PokerStars Zoom, which was beta-launched last month, with a mobile version also on the way.
Meanwhile, InstaDeal founder Per Hildebrand described Full Tilt’s attempts to patent Rush Poker as “ridiculous” in November last year.