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Apollo Games joins Relax Gaming’s Powered By programme

Relax Gaming, the igaming aggregator and supplier of unique content, has expanded its Powered By partnership network in a deal with Apollo Games.
Apollo’s entire portfolio of HTML5 content will go live through Relax’s platform as part of the agreement, including quality titles such as Bonus Joker II, Gangster World and Slot Birds.
As a Powered By partner, Apollo Games, which has a history in producing video slot gaming machines and recently expanded its offering to include online casino content, will gain access to the aggregator’s vast distribution network and wide market reach.
The partnership adds another hand-picked studio to Relax’s fast-growing distribution programme, expanding the range of new and exciting content available to its operator partners to well over 1000 games.
Simon Hammon, CPO at Relax Gaming, said: “Apollo Games has a unique eye for developing content that transitions from the casino floors to mobile and desktop devices and the studio’s collection of online slots will add to the diversity of games available through our platform.
“Thanks to our Powered By partnership programme we have rapidly expanded our portfolio with quality titles and continue to provide innovative studios such as Apollo with unrivalled distributional reach.”
Jindřiška Moravcová, CEO at Apollo Games, said: “Launching our content through Relax is a significant step for Apollo Games as we expand our online presence and boost brand awareness with tier one operators in key markets.
“This collaboration will significantly enhance our speed-to-market and help us achieve our goal to provide the ultimate digital gaming experience to players.”
This year Relax Gaming is celebrating its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of service to the industry’s leading online casinos. The company supplies its partners with a growing library of over 1000 proprietary and third-party studio games through a quick, simple integration.
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Genius Sports Reports First Quarter 2022 Results

Genius Sports has announced the financial results for its fiscal 2022 first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
Highlights
- Delivered Group Revenue of $85.9m, outperforming first quarter outlook by 10%.
- Group Adjusted EBITDA of ($2.9m), exceeding first quarter outlook by 42%.
- Reaffirmed 2022 Group Revenue and Group Adjusted EBITDA outlook of $340m and $15m, respectively, and 2023 outlook of $430m to $440m and $40m to $50m, respectively.
“Our strong first quarter is a result of successful execution. We began 2022 with a comprehensive Investor Day, outlining our strategic plan and underlying assumptions supporting our financial outlook. Our financial and operational achievements in the quarter demonstrate our ability to deliver on that plan and increase our competitive advantages through unique and proven technology,” Mark Locke, Co-Founder and CEO of Genius Sports, said.
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Announcing the Winners of the Baltic and Scandinavian Gaming Awards 2022

The Baltic and Scandinavian Gaming Awards (BSG Awards) are once again back to celebrate outstanding businesses of the region in the Gambling industry. The BSG Awards 2022 recognized outstanding achievements in 28 categories, with final results decided by delegates of the MARE BALTICUM Gaming Summit brought to you by the #hipthers.
Launched in 2019, the BSG Awards is part of MARE BALTICUM Gaming Summit, the key event of the Baltic and Nordic region during springtime, organized by the Hipther Agency, which brings a wealth of information while also focusing on quality networking. Over the past years, the conference has toured the Baltic countries and is now going back to Vilnius, Lithuania.
The voting took place in 2 separate stages. The online voting stage determined the top 5 companies of each category with a total of 9178 votes. These companies entered the shortlists of the second voting stage, which took place in person on 12 May in Vilnius. Votes have been cast by a secret voting session at Radisson Blu Royal Astorija Hotel, Vilnius.
The Winners
The final winners in each category had been decided by the attending delegates of MARE BALTICUM Gaming Summit on 12 May in Vilnius by a secret voting session. Below are the winners of the BSG Awards in each category:
BALTIC Region
BEST ONLINE CASINO IN THE BALTICS 2022 (OPERATORS): | PAF |
BEST SPORTS BETTING OPERATOR IN THE BALTICS 2022 (OPERATORS) | BETSAFE |
BEST ESPORTS SERVICE PROVIDER IN THE BALTICS 2022 (B2B) | ULTRAPLAY |
BEST FANTASY SPORTS / VIRTUAL SPORTS PROVIDER IN THE BALTICS 2022 (B2B) | BETCONSTRUCT |
RISING STAR IN BALTIC FANTASY SPORTS / VIRTUAL SPORTS 2022 (B2B) | DS VIRTUAL GAMING |
RISING STAR IN BALTIC SPORTS BETTING TECHNOLOGY 2022 (B2B) | IMG ARENA |
BEST SPORTS BETTING PROVIDER IN THE BALTICS 2022 (B2B) | ALTENAR |
BEST ONLINE CASINO PROVIDER IN THE BALTICS 2022 (B2B) | TOM HORN GAMING |
BEST SLOTS PROVIDER IN THE BALTICS 2022 (B2B) | WAZDAN |
BEST LIVE CASINO PROVIDER IN THE BALTICS 2022 (B2B) | BETGAMES |
RISING STAR IN BALTIC ONLINE CASINO TECHNOLOGY 2022 (B2B) | ENDORPHINA |
BEST PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDER IN THE BALTICS 2022 (CONNECTED) | CONNECTPAY |
BEST TESTING LABORATORY IN THE BALTICS 2022 (CONNECTED) | BMM TESTLABS |
BEST HOSTING PROVIDER IN THE BALTICS 2022 (CONNECTED) | NETSHOP ISP |
NORDIC Region
BEST ONLINE CASINO IN THE NORDICS 2022 (OPERATORS) | BETWAY |
BEST SPORTS BETTING OPERATOR IN THE NORDICS 2022 (OPERATORS) | BETSSON |
BEST ESPORTS SERVICE PROVIDER IN THE NORDICS 2022 (B2B) | PANDASCORE |
BEST FANTASY SPORTS / VIRTUAL SPORTS PROVIDER IN THE NORDICS 2022 (B2B) | SCOUT GAMING GROUP |
RISING STAR IN NORDIC FANTASY SPORTS / VIRTUAL SPORTS 2022 (B2B) | KIRON INTERACTIVE |
RISING STAR IN NORDIC SPORTS BETTING TECHNOLOGY 2022 (B2B) | SIS |
BEST SPORTS BETTING PROVIDER IN THE NORDICS 2022 (B2B) | DIGITAIN |
BEST ONLINE CASINO PROVIDER IN THE NORDICS 2022 (B2B) | SOFTSWISS |
RISING STAR IN NORDIC ONLINE CASINO TECHNOLOGY 2022 (B2B) | WAZDAN |
BEST SLOTS PROVIDER IN THE NORDICS 2022 (B2B) | PLAY’N GO |
BEST LIVE CASINO PROVIDER IN THE NORDICS 2022 (B2B) | XPROGAMING |
BEST PAYMENT SERVICE PROVIDER IN THE NORDICS 2022 (CONNECTED) | TRUSTLY |
BEST TESTING LABORATORY IN THE NORDICS 2022 (CONNECTED) | GAMING LABORATORIES INTERNATIONAL (GLI) |
BEST HOSTING PROVIDER IN THE NORDICS 2022 (CONNECTED) | INTERNET VIKINGS |
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nanocosmos Joins The CDN Alliance as Founding Member

Provider of B2B ultra-low live streaming platform and API nanocosmos joined the CDN Alliance as a founding member. With more than 20 years of experience in the audio/video industry and multiple innovations that nanocosmos has contributed to interactive live streaming, this marks an important milestone. The firm joined the initiative to support and bring forward the global CDN Industry and CDN Community.
The CDN Alliance is an independent nonprofit organization with the goal to connect, support, and represent the global CDN Industry, and CDN Community. The organization announced to dedicate its work to defining best practices and raising awareness about the CDN Industry. It aims to initiate and facilitate activities to work on global industry challenges e.g. availability, scalability, reliability, privacy, security, sustainability, interoperability, education, certification, regulations.
As a pioneer in the B2B interactive live streaming industry, nanocosmos will contribute the expertise of delivering ultra-low latency live streaming based on a combination of a self-managed CDN, browser-based player and advanced analytics. Oliver Lietz, CEO nanocosmos, shares his excitement about the news: “This is a great opportunity to have an overall touchpoint for the industry and, with concerted efforts, to create more awareness in the interest of the CDN Industry and CDN Community. We are thrilled to be part of the founding members and look forward to supporting this initiative with our partners”.
At the NAB Show 2022, nanocosmos announced the new release of nanoStream Cloud, which is the combination of a Global Network (CDN), Player and extended analytics. It not only reduces latency further to remain sub-second, but also takes it a step further and makes interactive live streaming about more than just latency. Their comprehensive approach integrates other elements that proved to be especially relevant during the time of increased virtual interaction like quality of service and thus the quality of experience for end users, data driven streaming and streaming protection.
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