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IGT and Loto Quebec Bring Titles to Canada
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GT is to provide Loto Quebec access to its entire online and mobile games library with a full integration to IGT rgs (remote game server). Loto Quebec will utilize the IGT data center located in Kamloops, British Columbia. As a result, players visitingEspaceJeux, the real-money online wagering site administered by Loto Quebec for the province, will have access to more games than ever before, including interactive versions of IGT’s most popular land-based titles. All will be available in English and French. “IGT is the leading provider of high quality casino games to regulated lotteries throughout Canada and worldwide,” said Robert Melendres, IGT Executive Vice President, Interactive Group. “Players in Quebec will have access to IGT’s hottest content available,
including popular games like Cats, Coyote Moon, Da Vinci Diamonds, Kitty Glitter and more. As regulated online gambling moves forward in Canada, IGT continues to partner with lotteries to offer our most popular titles.”
Reveal interaction. iSENSE includes innovative use HTML5 canvas elements and CSS3 transitions, as well as stop motion and particle animations for its gaming portfolio. However, early interest in the technology has already attracted the attention of non- gambling developers who see the iSENSE compressed source code as a key to delivering shorter loading times and superior performance for users.
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iSENSE takes a swipe at mobile gaming
SENSE, the mobile game technology recently unveiled during iGaming Supershow by Yggdrasil Gaming Ltd, looks set to make an immediate impact due to the Swipe
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Record- breaking PokerStars
okerStars has brokent its own record for the largest online poker tournament, when its $1
buy-in tournament reached its cap of 225,000 players, surpassing the previous biggest tournament of 200,000 players in December 2011. Meanwhile, the winner of
PokerStars’ 100-billionth hand was revealed as Greek player Isidora Panagiotopoulou [below], who won $103,800 in the historic hand. She is a married housewife from Thessaloniki, who has been playing on PokerStars for just under a year.
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order to provide the best possible animation performance available in mobile,” said Fredrik Elmqvist, CEO Yggdrasil Gaming. “Moreover, iSENSE has surpassed the mobile browser limitations by providing an equivalent to a multi- track audio experience for core player actions. The mobile gaming market has exploded, but the key driver to continued growth has to be superior game quality and exceptional player experience. iSENSE has refined the touch product to deliver something extremely exciting for the player.”
Evolution launches an Italian ‘first’ E
volution Gaming has announced the launch of another first for Italy –a new Live Casino Hold’em table for Lottomatica. The game, which can be
played in real time online, is the first Live Casino Hold’em to be certified by AAMS and the first to go live. The poker-style game joins Lottomatica’s already comprehensive online Live Roulette, Blackjack and Baccarat offering for Italy.
Launch night was marked by a guest appearance at the Lottomatica tables by Max Pescatori, one of Italy’s most famous poker players and twice winner at the World Series of Poker. Pescatori, who trained as
a croupier in Las Vegas before becoming a poker professional, dealt at the Live Casino Hold’em table for two evenings, entertaining surprised Italian players Gionata La Torre, CEO of Evolution Italy, said: “we are
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very proud to have achieved yet another first in Italy – for Evolution and for Lottomatica. This underlines our shared commitment to delivering the best live gaming experience across multiple channels.” All Lottomatica Live Casino games are streamed live from
Lottomatica’s dedicated, branded area within Evolution’s European Live Casino production studios. Evolution bluescreen technology is used to create an authentic casino environment online, and players are served by a dedicated team of native speaking Italian dealers.
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