iGaming Weekly | Jul. 21, 2024

This week has certainly been hectic, from Crowdstrike failures bringing down devices globally, to multiple new casino front of shirt sponsors in the English premier league. Dive into this week's Tanzanite Newsletter below!

Industry Overview

Casino News

• BC GAME have partnered with English Premier League team Leicester City as front of shirt sponsors.
• Rollbit have partnered with English Premier League team Southampton as the front of shirt sponsor.
• The Shuffle Masters CS2 tournament has concluded, with team Johnny Speeds claiming the first trophy.

Traditional Gaming

• BetMGM and Caesars Sportsbook have launched their mobile platforms in Washington DC.
• Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) have introduced an ESG (environmental, social, and governance) hub for all its license holders.
• The World Series of Poker Main Event has concluded, with winner Jonathan Tamayo taking home $10 million.

Decentralised Casinos

• YOLO released stats for the first month of their buyback, with 1.34% of the total YOLO supply being bought back in the previous month.
• WINR testing is close to completion, with only sponsorship contracts and final touches remaining before launch.
• BlockchainBets has announced that they will be giving away one million tokens back to users who have been staking.

Aggregators & Providers

• Softswiss have released a report that they are the largest content hub in the iGaming world, providing over 23,500 games.
• BGaming have donated €10,000 towards the development of a chess school for young kids.
• Evolution have acquired Galaxy Gaming for $85 million, with the acquisition helping their presence in the United States.

New Releases

• Pragmatic: Joker’s Jewels Wild
• Hacksaw: SixSixSix
• Evolution: Lightning Storm
• NoLimit: Apocalypse Super xNudge
• BGaming: Gold Magnate

Upcoming Releases

• Pragmatic: Dynamite Diggin Doug, Jackpot Hunter
• NoLimit: Outsourced, Stockholm Syndrome, Skate or Die
• Push: Razor Ways, Cats of Olympus
• BGaming: Wild West True Ways, Street Power, Kraken’s Hunger

Miscellaneous

• Joe Biden has withdrawn from the United States Presidential Race in 2024.
• Macau has decided to auction off Alvin Chau’s assets, reducing the price of his 34 properties to $37.3 million USD.
• MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has publicly expressed his concerns regarding the safety of its players around gambling.

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