The Norwegian State Lottery’s sportsbook Norsk Tipping has chosen Stats Perform’s Watch & Bet service as its sole live streaming video supplier, in a competitive tender.

The service includes thousands of premium and well-timed streams for Norwegian bettors and is another endorsement for Stats Perform’s strong global live streaming package, which includes LaLiga and Ligue 1 amongst over 80 other football competitions, together with IIHF ice hockey, WTA and ATP tennis, EHF handball, basketball, darts, cricket, esports and many more.

State-owned Norsk Tipping is the latest Scandinavian lottery to integrate Stats Perform’s live streams into their online sportsbook, joining a high number of top tier sportsbooks and lotteries from across the globe.

Hans Erland Ringsvold, Head of Gaming operations at Norsk Tipping, said: “Providing live streams is something we look forward to be able to offer to our customers. Streaming provides live entertainment, gives bettors more insight into what they’re betting upon and makes Norsk Tipping an even more relevant site to spend time on. Stats Perform came through as the preferred streaming service provider after a competitive tender process with a strong portfolio of live vision rights, good 24/7 coverage and events with high attractivity for the Norwegian market. We look forward to working together.”

Andrew Ashenden, Chief Betting Officer, Stats Perform, added: “We are delighted to be announcing our partnership with Norsk Tipping. Live streaming creates the ultimate rounded, entertaining betting experience by putting high quality live real sport straight into the sportsbook. We’re proud to have been trusted to partner with another lottery and are looking forward to seeing the positive feedback from Norsk Tipping’s customers.”

For the first time in their young history RubyPlay, entered their slot “Quest of Gods”, into the £100,000 Slots Championship at Lottoland. Being a newcomer they hoped for a good showing in its Quarter Final encounter against the legendary “Gonzo’s Quest” but it surpassed expectations by not only winning, but winning by a strong margin of 83% to 17%.

Next up in the Semi Final – an even tougher prospect – up against 2019 Champion, “Mustang Gold”. In a much tighter encounter, “Quest of Gods” again caused an upset by winning by 55% to 45% – setting up a final against “Holmes and the Stolen Stones”.

By this stage everyone was expecting a close run in the Final round – and it didn’t disappoint! “Quest of Gods” took an early lead on day one against Holmes and the Stolen Stones, but over the week, the game clawed back to eventually pip the RubyPlay game to the win by 51% to 49%.

Ittai Zur, Chief Operating Officer at RubyPlay said “As a new player in the slots market it was a great honour taking part in the Slots Championship with Lottoland. We also knew it would give us a good idea of how our games compare in terms of popularity with some of the biggest slot developers, competition that we have a lot of respect for.

We are delighted with how “Quest of Gods” resonated with Lottoland players, and to only just miss out on being the Lottoland Slots Champions of 2020 was incredible.”

Anthony Morris, VP Gaming & Sports at Lottoland had this to say “We knew that Quest of Gods was popular with our players at Lottoland, but to be honest we didn’t think it would do as well as it did against some smash hit content from other major providers. We look forward to more great games from the team at RubyPlay over the coming months and years”.

Microgaming has launched the debut online slot from Nevada-based games developer Gold Coin Studios, as part of a new content supply deal.

With extensive land-based experience at some of the world’s leading gaming manufacturers, the newly formed team at Gold Coin Studios are focused on bringing their expertise to the online world and developing casino slots for exclusive distribution to Microgaming’s customers.

The studio’s first title is Arthur’s Gold™, a gleaming five-reel, high-volatility slot set in a medieval world of Double Symbols, 10-of-a-kind pays, and a free spins bonus with expanding wilds and respins, offering win potential of up to 4,000x.

Available in online casinos from 9 July 2020, Arthur’s Gold joins a diverse range of entertaining titles being introduced throughout the year by Microgaming’s network of exclusive independent studios and content partners.

“We are delighted to expand our exclusive studio network with the addition of Gold Coin Studios, who bring a wealth of industry knowledge to the table. We welcome the team on board and look forward to working alongside them to further diversify our games portfolio for Microgaming customers.” – said Andrew Booth, Director of Games at Microgaming.

“The team at Gold Coin Studios is very excited to be joining Microgaming’s network of content providers which will enable us to reach hundreds of operators in markets worldwide. We look forward to our journey with Microgaming as we strive to create a portfolio of go-to games for players of all experience levels.”  – added John Duffy, CEO at Gold Coin Studios.