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Light & Wonder Boosts OpenGaming Platform Offering with Bang Bang Games Deal
Boutique studio set to dazzle players with supercharged games developed via Playzido technology featuring memorable art, design and bonus features
Light & Wonder Incorporated (NASDAQ: LNW) has added Bang Bang Games content to its market-leading OpenGaming content aggregation platform, bringing new worlds of play to operator partners worldwide.
Founded in 2020, Bang Bang Games is a boutique gaming studio that specializes in creating simple, yet powerful gaming concepts wrapped in memorable themes that implement high quality art, design and animation and supercharged crescendo-style bonus rounds.
The studio has released a string of hugely popular titles over the last three years including Super Cash Drop, Jokrz Wild UltraNudge and Rainbow Power Potz UltraNudge.
As part of this deal, exclusive content developed by Bang Bang Games will be distributed to a global network of operators via the OpenGaming platform through Playzido technology. The Light & Wonder-owned content creation platform allows independent studios to develop and rapidly deploy exciting and localized content.
The addition of Bang Bang Games to Light & Wonder’s roster of game studio partners further solidifies its OpenGaming platform as one of the world’s leading digital casino ecosystems. The deal also demonstrates the company’s ongoing commitment to diversifying its content offering as well as providing an opportunity for independent studios to significantly boost their international reach.
“Bang Bang Games is an up-and-coming studio that fills us with excitement,” the Digital Partnerships Director for Light & Wonder, Steve Mayes, said. “We could not be more delighted to have them on board as our latest OpenGaming platform partner. We are looking forward to rolling out some truly first-class content from this team and we’re confident that our operator partners will agree that the addition of Bang Bang’s games will be a real boost to their offerings.”
“We have worked with Light & Wonder and, more specifically, Playzido for a number of years now on various development projects and couldn’t be more excited to finally be offering our own game portfolio through this incredible technology,” the Chief Executive Officer for Bang Bang Games, Frank McPolin, said. “The opportunity to bring a packed roadmap of brand-new exclusive games to the Playzido network is very exciting. We can’t wait to start distributing our awesome games to the wider audience base that Light & Wonder brings us.”
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NetGaming Signs iGaming Partnership with Caesars Entertainment
NetGaming, a rapidly growing online casino content provider, today announced an iGaming partnership with Caesars Entertainment that will bring NetGaming’s portfolio of unique game content to Caesars’ online casino platforms, enhancing the entertainment experience for its players. Through this partnership, Caesars will integrate a wide range of NetGaming’s high-performing titles onto its iGaming platforms, including popular games such as Wicked Wins – Fortune Pick, Zeus’s Thunderbolt 5000, and American Wonder Reels.
The partnership underscores both companies’ commitment to delivering premium, engaging content to players in North America.
“We are thrilled to partner with Caesars, one of the most respected and prestigious brands in the gaming industry,” said Pallavi Deshmukh, CEO of NetGaming. “This agreement represents a significant milestone for NetGaming, as it allows us to reach a broader audience and showcase our great games that stand out for their innovation, quality, and player engagement.”
“NetGaming offers an impressive variety of titles that we believe will resonate well with our players,” said Matt Sunderland, Senior Vice President, and Chief iGaming Officer at Caesars Digital. “We’re committed to putting our players first and integrations like these add to our ambitions of offering them an elevated online casino experience they can’t find anywhere else.”
Caesars’ integration of NetGaming’s distinctive gaming titles, will provide its players with an even more diverse and immersive gaming experience across its iGaming platforms. The collaboration between NetGaming and Caesars is expected to go live in H2 2025, with additional game releases planned for the future.
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ODDSworks and RAW iGaming Sign North American Distribution Deal
ODDSworks has announced that an agreement has been finalized to bring RAW iGaming’s most popular casino-proven games to ODDSworks’ customers via the BETguard Remote Game Server in North America.
With four other games from RAW iGaming, ODDSworks will showcase Joker & The Thief, the North American debut of RAW’s patent-pending “SuperSlice” technology. RAW is building a library around this exciting game mechanic along with other high-performing patent-pending mechanics such as SuperSymbols and SuperTracks.
Tom Wood, CEO of RAW iGaming, said: “Our collaboration with ODDSworks is an important milestone for RAW iGaming, as it creates a gateway to the North American market for our unique, innovative games. We are very excited to deliver our games to ODDSworks’ customers and their players.”
RAW develops innovative, easy-to-understand and boundary-pushing games. RAW’s games will soon be launched in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia, Connecticut, and Mexico.
ODDSworks CEO Shridar Joshi said: “There is a tremendous amount of potential in the market waiting to be capitalized on, and we expect to partner with other amazing companies like RAW iGaming moving into the future. ODDSworks is well-positioned to be the go-to place for special, unique online games.”
The ODDSworks game library consists of a versatile range of proprietary and third-party titles, each featuring a unique and engaging theme enhanced with stellar graphics, sounds, and features.
Many of these games have already had successful runs in US land-based and European online markets.
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Fanatics Announces Multi-year Partnership with Chicago Blackhawks Star Connor Bedard
Fanatics announced an exclusive, multi-year partnership with Chicago Blackhawks star Connor Bedard, who becomes the newest addition to Fanatics’ roster of athletes housed under the organization’s memorabilia and collectibles division, Fanatics Authentic.
Under the new deal, Fanatics is now the sole distributor of Bedard’s highly sought-after officially licensed memorabilia and collectibles including authentic jerseys, pucks, sticks, helmets, gloves and photos, as well as a unique assortment of game-used equipment from games with the Blackhawks, All-Star Games and other competitions.
“I’m very excited to be working with Fanatics and join their amazing team of athletes across all sports. Getting to know their group and learn about all the work they put into creating really special memorabilia for fans has been awesome. As the season gets underway, I’m looking forward to sharing what we are releasing together,” said Bedard.
Widely regarded as hockey’s next can’t-miss prospect, Bedard was selected first overall in the 2023 NHL Draft following an illustrious career in the Western Hockey League in which he recorded 143 points in just 57 games during his final season with the Regina Pats. During the 2023-24 NHL season, his first professionally with the Blackhawks, Bedard led all first-year players in goals (22) and points (61) on his way to winning the Calder Memorial Trophy awarded to the league’s top rookie.
“Connor Bedard is one of the NHL’s emerging superstars and Fanatics is thrilled to welcome him to our team. After a stellar rookie season, he has quickly become a fan favorite, and we look forward to providing hockey fans everywhere with unprecedented access to a premier assortment of his autographs, collectibles and game-worn products,” said Fanatics executive vice president Victor Shaffer.
Bedard joins a star-studded roster of athletes across all sports to have exclusive memorabilia partnerships with Fanatics Authentic including Tom Brady, Auston Matthews, Alex Ovechkin, Aaron Judge, Bryce Harper, Sabrina Ionescu, Harry Kane and Victor Wembanyama.
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