End of Year iGaming Partnerships – the casino market never sleeps!

Award-winning software providers Wazdan, Pragmatic Play and Yggdrasil report end of year iGaming partnerships – going out with a bang! (Image from pragmaticplay.com)

Even with Christmas and the New Year upon iGaming software providers, partnership deals still ring out across the online gambling newswires. Wazdan, Pragmatic Play and Yggdrasil have all closed in on new B2B supply deals to close out year.

Wazdan’s latest deal takes the brand further into Europe via Spanish and Czech Republic deals. Pragmatic Play expands its presence in Brazil with a double whammy of partnerships both of which include the brand’s video slots portfolio. Plus, Yggdrasil is in on the end of year action with a deal sealed to see its games expand to new audiences in Germany.

If you are already an iGaming guru, then you’ll already have heard of these game developers. However, if you are new to online casino gambling, then as you dig deeper into the world of real money gaming, you will find these software providers prevalent at almost all online casinos.

Players in Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, India, and Canada will find top video slots titles from Wazdan, Pragmatic Play and Yggdrasil under the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) and Curacao eGaming frameworks.

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Pragmatic Play Winds Up Three iGaming B2B Supply Deals

The Pragmatic Play Brazilian march continues with another two new partnership agreements to supply operators in the country. This also means that over 2022, the software provider has announced 50 B2B supply deals in the Latam region in 2022, and 21 of them have been partnerships with Brazilian operators.

• Galera Bet (Brazil): The deal includes video slots only for the time being.
• Aposta Ganha (Brazil): The operator will include Pragmatic Play slots and Pragmatic Play Live casino games.
• Sportbet (Italy): Sportbet in Italy will now add Pragmatic Play Live dealer tables and game shows to its casino games portfolio.

Award Winning Brand: This year was unquestionably successful picking up awards at the MiGEA (x4), Sagse Buenos Aires (x3), Brazilian iGaming Summit (x1), CGS LatAm (x2), Global Gaming Awards (x1), SBC Awards Latinoamérica (x1), EGR B2B (x2), and the International Gaming Awards (x1).

Pragmatic Play 2022 Partnership Stats

• 50 Latam Partnerships in 2022
• 21 Brazilian Operator Agreements in 2022
• 10+ New European Partnerships
• 4 New South Africa Partnerships
• 2 New Aggregator Platform Deals

Wazdan Wraps Up European Partnership Deals + Enters a New iGaming Market

Perhaps the most successful year in iGaming to date for Wazdan. The software provider has released brand new trademark features to its slots helping the brand into the award nomination categories for almost every iGaming awards event out there. Matching the developer’s success on the global industry awards circuit is the ability to grow it brand presence.

• Czech Entrance: Wazdan has confirmed the company now has a licence to operate in the Czech Republic. This year the software provider entered the Netherlands iGaming market and stretched cross the pond over into the USA and into the new Canadian Ontario market, plus enetered numerous other online gambling zones. And now the brand has increased its exposure via yet another two partnership agreements with operator in Europe. Growth is the key, and that’s exactly what the latest two partnerships will help achieve.
• Paf Partnership: Over in Spain, Wazdan now increases its presence after partnering with local online casino Paf . The casino will host an array of game titles including Larry the Leprechaun and Hot Slot™: 777 Crown, but for the time being 9 Burning Dragons™ kick starts the agreement between the two companies.

2022 Awards & Nominations: In 2022 Wazdan smashed the iGaming awards scene with the Best Online Casino Provider—CEEG Awards, Rising Star In Casino [Silver]—SBC Awards North America, Rising Star In Nordic Online Casino Technology—SGA (BSG Awards), and the Best Slots Provider In The Baltics—SGA (BSG Awards). What’s more, Wazdan 2023 iGaming award nominations are already coming out.

Yggdrasil Polishes Off Expansion into Germany

Yggdrasil finishes the year with a final partnership deal to continue to spread its wings across the German iGaming market. The new B2B supply deal is with Kling Automaten GmbH, a German gambling company that has been in business since 1945. The company runs the land-based 165 Joker Casino arcades in Germany. However, Yggdrasil’s deal is with the operator’s Jokerstar online casino. Video slots and the YG Masters as well as Game Engagement Mechanics (GEMs) will all integrate into the casino’s platform.

Yggdrasil 2022 Award Recap: Yggdrasil won the RNG Casino Supplier of the Year at the International Gaming Awards 2022, in 2021 the software provider win the Slot Provider of the year at the same event. On top of this, in 2022, Yggdrasil also won the Casino Software Provider of the year at the EGR Nordics.