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Online casino supplier NetEnt has released the second title from its fabulous Fairytale Legends trilogy, Hansel and Gretel™.

The 5-reel, 3-row, magic-filled video slot takes players into the deepest, darkest woods as they try to help the siblings make their way through the thicket – and stay safely away from the wicked witch.

Hansel and Gretel is packed with random bonus features, free spins, stacked wild re-spins, and wild substitutions. The thrilling gameplay is wrapped in a stunning NetEnt visual production and features a series of beautiful animations that bring the classic story to life.

Simon Hammon, Chief Product Officer of NetEnt comments “The latest chapter in our Fairytale Legends series is another thoroughly enchanting one. With its engaging features and breath-taking design, the game demonstrates NetEnt’s creative capabilities at their best. Hansel and Gretel is a fantastic follow-up to Red Riding Hood and we look forward to continuing the story later in the year – so watch this space.”

Hansel and Gretel follows the October 2016 launch of Red Riding Hood. The third and final instalment of the Fairytale Legends series will be released later this year.

Slot designer Lightning Box Games has made its UK retail debut following the launch of its Silver Lion game in partnership with William Hill.

The 4×5 reel, 10-line slot Silver Lion is now available to play on an exclusive basis across Hills’ 2,300 plus network of retail shops.

Peter Causley, Lightning Box Games’ managing director and co-founder, said: “We have been talking with Andrew for a few years about doing something omni-channel with Hills, and we’re delighted to have finally partnered with one of the industry’s leading bookmakers, to make our UK retail debut.

“Silver Lion Deluxe has been tailored with the help of our friends at BetDigital to suit the needs of players within the operator’s LBOs and we’re sure they will enjoy playing the game as much as we did making it.”

Realistic Games is now live with online casino operator Mr Green following the launch of blackjack and roulette games, with a selection of slots set to launch shortly.

The deal, via NYX Gaming Group’s OGS distribution platform, will see Mr Green gain access to Realistic’s entire catalogue of slots and table games.

Andy Harris, CEO at Realistic Games, said: “We are extremely pleased to be providing our games to Mr Green, who have emerged in recent years as one of the most successful casino brands on the market.

“We’re very confident that their customers will be engaged and entertained by our products, no matter what device they play them on, and we’re particularly pleased to be able to offer them our table games.”

UK-based game studio Blueprint Gaming has announced a Sky Vegas player has scooped more than £3m off just a 20p stake on its Jackpot King progressive jackpot system.

The £3,167,063.30 prize was won last Friday evening (21^st April) on the supplier’s The Pig Wizard game and was the biggest ever jackpot won on the online casino

Matt Cole, managing director of Blueprint Gaming, said: “Congratulations to the lucky player who scooped the largest jackpot ever off Jackpot King, it’s a life changing amount.

“We’re thrilled it was won on The Pig Wizard too, a popular game which was given a revamp just the week before.

“We’re committed to providing the very best branded and non-branded games, and look forward to many more big winners in the future.”

Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) has agreed a deal to acquire an as-yet unnamed affiliate network targeting online sportsbook players in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The €5.7m acquisition includes a network of sportsbook websites, and all related assets, IP and affiliate accounts.

The network, which will be integrated into GIG’s Innovation Labs subsidiary, provide reviews and betting tips, and currently has an annual revenue run-rate of approximately €1.4m and EBIT margin of above 85%.

According to GIG, the acquisition of the network is expected to add at least another 5,000 “high value” first time depositors (FTDs) over the coming 12 months.

FanDuel has launched its new Mixup format, designed to offer a more recreational form of baseball DFS.

The new contests feature smaller rosters to make lineups easier to fill out and a changing weekly theme to ensure professional players don’t have time to write algorithms for the format.

Themes will include All Lefties, NL players only, or Road Warriors, according to FanDuel, with players asked to pick two pitchers and three position players for each entry.

Mixups was first announced before the MLB season, as part of a series of tweaks to baseball games, including the introduction of the season-long Friends format.

FlowPlay has launched its first social sports white label solution, designed to blend the social casino and sports betting industries.

The free-to-play platform, based on FlowPlay’s own B2C offering, includes live betting markets, traditional fixed odds betting and DFS formats.

FlowPlay said the platform is aimed at a wide variety of businesses looking to get more involved in the sports betting industry, including “major brands and existing DFS operators”.

“Businesses today face a regulatory minefield when it comes to online sports betting that simply does not apply to free-to-play games,” said Derrick Morton, CEO of FlowPlay.

Supplier Yggdrasil Gaming will roll out a revamped version of its HTML client framework over the coming weeks, offering a host of upgrades for enhanced user experience.

The iSENSE 2.0+ revamp will implement new, minimalistic UI for both mobile and desktop, and an upgraded UX framework to facilitate in-game deposits. New splash screens, based on successful social gaming formulas, will be introduced later in the year.

Although the upgrade will be fully launched in H2, Yggdrasil’s newest offering Power Plant will include new retina display support and force touch features for high definition visuals.

iSENSE 2.0+ will continue to be upgraded as the market evolves, with the aim of keeping Yggdrasil.