From staking surges to jackpot jolts, iGaming momentum is hard to ignore. Crypto casinos ramped up engagement with viral promos and staking incentives, while traditional operators showed strong financials and long-term vision. Providers made global moves and boosted jackpot features, even as regulatory pressure on digital assets intensified. Let’s dive into this week’s iGaming Weekly!

Industry Overview

Crypto Casino

• Duelbits has launched their original Plinko, allowing for players to hit 10,000x

• 500’s newest promotions gimmick, House Races, gives players a chance to race and compete against each other for prizes.

• $TG’s new staking mechanism will give back $100k USDC in rewards paid out monthly to stakers.

• Whaleio have announced that by referring friends, you can get a share of over one million $WHALE!

Traditional Gaming

• MGM Resorts has extended their CEO Bill Hornbuckle’s contract through 2028.

• Atlantic City’s casino industry contributed a record $572 million to New Jersey’s Casino Revenue Fund in fiscal year 2024.

• DraftKings Q1 earnings call gave insight to the firm’s view on prediction markets and AI, with the company thinking rather highly of both.

Aggregators & Providers

• Hacksaw has officially debuted in Finland, partnering with Veikkaus.

• Push’s run at award shows continues, with the team being nominated for Casino Supplier of the Year and Slotcatalog Game Studio of the Year at SBC Europe.

• Relax has amplified their Dream Drop Jackpot by introducing Daily Jackpots across the entire network.

• TRUE WAYS, an online conference for iGaming executives, has just been announced by BGaming.

Miscellaneous

• The European Union plans to ban anonymous crypto accounts by 2027, requiring KYC for any transactions above €1,000.

• United States Senate failed to pass a bipartisan bill seeking regulatory clarity for digital assets.

• Leaked official documents have shown that New York officials pushed the SEC to label Ethereum as a security.

New Releases

• Pragmatic: Witch Heart Megaways, Sleeping Dragons

• Hacksaw: Danny Dollar

• Push: Olympus Unleashed

• Relax: Fang’s Inferno

• BGaming: Blackbeard’s Bounty

Upcoming Releases

• Pragmatic: Lucky Monkey, Fiesta Fortunes

• Hacksaw: Pray for Three

• Evolution: Super Color Game

• NoLimit: Kill Em All, Fire in the Hole 3

• Relax: Bonsai Dragon Blitz Dream Drop

• BGaming: Lucky Lu, Balloon Mania

Upcoming Events

• May 13th: Blockchain Futurist Conference 2025, Toronto, Canada

• May 24th: Bitcoin Ireland Conference 2025, Dublin, Ireland

• May 27th - May 29th: Bitcoin 2025 Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

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