Microgaming make slot available on mobile; Dark Knight pays out; MadAboutAffiliatePrograms; BetVictor launch B2B site; Yggdrasil Gaming comes to ICE

news-in-brief-may-21Online casino provider Microgaming has made video slot Thunderstruck II available to its mobile customers. The slot will be made available on the firm’s Mobile Air client and is compatible with the latest versions of both Android and iOS. The game has been a favorite for some time with online gamblers and Neill Whyte, head of product channels at Microgaming, added: “The use of hardware acceleration is transforming the way we develop our games for the mobile arena. It allows us to put our world-leading game titles onto the mobile platform, incorporating all of the graphics, effects and features that made the slot such a hit on the PC platform.”

One lucky player has made sure the winter’s will be a whole lot brighter after landing a multi-million Euro jackpot on Microgaming’s The Dark Knight based slot. The sum won was €2.56million and happened on the Jan. 29 through bet365’s site on the Microgaming-powered Quickfire platform. The progressive jackpot game gives players the chance to hit four different jackpots. Commenting on the win was Steve Ibberson, managing director – gaming at bet365, who said: “What a fantastic start to the year! It’s always incredibly exciting when the jackpot is hit; we would like to congratulate our player on their amazing win.”

Online slots provider MadAboutSlots have become the latest firm to sign up to an affiliate programme with Income Access. For the first three months of the new programme, affiliates will get a 50 percent revenue share and there will be prizes for those that bring in the most first time depositors. Following this affiliates will be moved to a 30 percent revenue share. The Probability-based slots firm is also offering £5 free no deposit to lure new customers to the site and their range of games can be played on a variety of different operating systems and smartphones.

Betting company BetVictor are launching a new B2B website to coincide with the London conference season. The new site is available at www.betvictorb2b.com and Ron Regan, head of business development for BetVictor B2B, explained that the new site has being developed “to allow you to compete with the major operators without huge operational costs and overheads”. As for their stand at ICE Totally Gaming, he added: “We will be demonstrating our managed service sportsbook and casino offerings across internet, mobile and tablets so please feel free to come and chat to us.”

Malta-based gaming firm Yggdrasil Gaming will use ICE Totally Gaming to unveil a suite of number-based instant lottery games. Former NetEnt man Fredrik Elmqvist started the firm up and they will go to the market with 19 instant RNG lottery games under the NUMB3R L0V3RS concept. Commenting on the launch, Elmqvist said: “We started off by identifying what counts in the Lottery vertical and we quickly came to conclusion that it is all about a love of ‘numbers’. Everyone has a favorite or special number, sometimes more than one. If you ask anyone what their favorite symbol is, you will probably not get a decent reply, but ask them what their favourite number is and the feedback is instant.”