iGaming Weekly | Nov. 20, 2024.

Dive in to this weeks iGaming recap, with new partnerships, new games, lots of news and more!

iGaming Weekly | Nov. 20, 2024.

The industry is buzzing with fresh challenges, evolving partnerships, and ground breaking innovations. From exciting updates in traditional gaming to major strides in decentralised casinos and a wave of festive new releases. What trends and opportunities are emerging this week? Let’s dive into this edition of iGaming Weekly!

Industry Overview

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A market breakdown of the top crypto currency casinos across the Ethereum, Solana, Tron and Binance Smart Chain networks.

Crypto Casino

  • Roobet have launched a new challenge in which players who spin $0.50 or higher earn a chance at a random drop!
  • 500 have launched a new challenge, associated with Hacksaw Gaming. Wager and hit target multipliers on Hacksaw games for a share of $10,000!
  • Shuffle have brought back a revamped version of their Level-Up bonus!

Traditional Gaming

  • BetMGM and the Las Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League have announced a multi-year extension of their current partnership.
  • While we have seen Brazil make major steps in the gaming industry this year, their supreme court has just banned the use of gambling for social benefits, as well as limiting the advertisement of it to protect minors.

Decentralised Casinos

  • WINR and SocketProtocol have partnered to create instant deposits on the WINR chain with USDC, USDT, and ETH on Arbitrum and Base chains.
  • Over 30 million games have officially been played on the YOLO platform!

Aggregators & Providers

  • Evolution has announced a new three-year agreement with US giant FanDuel, providing their casino offerings to them.
  • NoLimit have introduced new sub-genres for their games: Labs and Over the Limit. These new categories help players further understand what kind of slots they are about to play.
  • Many operators enjoyed WebSummit this past week, giving opportunities for each provider to showcase their new innovative slots.

Miscellaneous

  • VanEcke has once again updated their outlook on Bitcoin, with their head of research now targeting $180,000 by 2025.
  • Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan had his house raided by American authorities this week.
  • Coinbase Wallet will soon be announcing a new “Tap to Pay” feature, in an attempt to bring crypto into a more everyday use.
  • Coinbase has also just launched a new index named Coin50, designed to track the crypto market as a whole.

New Releases

  • Pragmatic: Eternal Empress - Freeze Time, Big Bass XMas Extreme, Might of Freya Megaways
  • Relax: Monkey Sleigh
  • BGaming: Catdiana

Upcoming Releases

  • Pragmatic: Penguins Christmas Party Time
  • Hacksaw: Duel at Dawn
  • NoLimit: Munchies, Tanked, Outsourced: Payday
  • Push: Jaguar Drop
  • Relax: Winter Champions
  • BGaming: Tile Master, Golden Pride, Lucky Ducky MergeUp

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