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Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has appointed Ben Dowding to the new role of Chief Betting Officer, following the merging of its domestic and international betting teams. Ben was previously Director of Betting at RMG.

With many bookmaker clients increasingly approaching rights acquisition on a global basis, RMG has combined its own domestic and international sales teams – led by Dowding – to create one unified approach to the market.

“Ben has a huge amount of expertise in the sector and I wish him every success leading the team to capture new international opportunities,” the Chief Commercial Officer for RMG, Nick Mills, said.

“I am delighted to have been asked to expand my responsibilities internationally,” Dowding said. “There are significant and exciting opportunities to enhance further both revenues and awareness for British and Irish racing via this new collaborative approach to the domestic and global betting markets.”

Dowding joined RMG from The Jockey Club in 2013 to lead its partnerships and then B2B relationships before becoming Director of Betting with a key focus on RMG’s domestic betting, streaming and data business with bookmakers. Dowding has helped oversee the move from a Bet to View model to a Watch and Bet turnover model, which has driven a surge in performance; the introduction of real-time streaming in horseracing in partnership with STATS Perform and Phenix; and, more latterly, RMG’s development of in-play pricing via Coursetrack’s GPS data alongside Pythia Sports.

Dowding also represents RMG’s shareholding on the BoscaSports board, the Dublin-based retail betting technology specialists.

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Free spins, mystery symbols and multipliers of up to 100x bring the big wins

Gaming Corps, a publicly-listed game development company based in Sweden, is allowing players to treat themselves in a sugary fountain of potential with new slot Bonbon Bonanza.

This 6×5 game offers a waterfall of cascading wins with the help of free spins, mystery symbols and multipliers of up to 100x the bet, making the big wins rain.

Should players land four or more scatter symbols, they will be rewarded with ten free spins. During these free spins, three or more scatter symbols will bring an extra five spins.

Mystery symbols drop down to fill columns whenever a full column is cleared in a single cascade, with all mystery symbols transforming into the same symbol. In the base game, they will either transform into any regular symbol or a wild. They could also transform into a multiplier symbol during the free spins.

When the multiplier symbol appears, all wins will be multiplied at the end of a spin. The symbol will boost winnings by x2, x3, x5, x10, x25, x50, x75 or x100.

The launch of Bonbon Bonanza follows several successful slot releases from Gaming Corps in recent months including Lobster Hotpot, Mighty Mammoth and Piggy Smash.

“At Gaming Corps, we are continuing to offer memorable gaming experiences as well as excellent value for players and our development team have once again demonstrated these ideals with Bonbon Bonanza,” the Head of Games for Gaming Corps, Connor Blinman, said. “We are very excited to add Bonbon Bonanza to our ever-expanding portfolio of games and I’m sure this will be a welcome addition for all our partners and, in turn, their players. I look forward to seeing many more thrilling slot games being produced by the team in the coming months.”

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Pragmatic Play, a leading content supplier to the iGaming industry, has launched its latest cluster pays slot, introducing roaming wilds in Fire Portals.

Set on a 7×7 grid adorned with emblems of magic and mystery, five or more symbols must connect horizontally or vertically to award a win in this high volatility game.

Every time a win occurs, the winning combination is replaced with new symbols and a Fire Portal Wild is added to the reels. The wild contains an initial 1x multiplier and increases by 1x whenever it forms part of a new winning combination during the spin. If two or more Fire Portal Wilds contribute to the same winning combination, they multiply together to form a single unified multiplier. Each Fire Portal Wild can reach a maximum multiplier value of 2,500x.

Three or more scatters trigger the bonus round with up to 18 free spins awarded if seven such symbols land. Fire Portal Wilds remain sticky throughout the feature, offering players the chance to ignite wins up to 10,000x their bet.

Fire Portals is the latest cluster pays slot in Pragmatic Play’s portfolio, joining recent hits such as Sugar Rush 1000 and Loki’s Riches.

“Fire Portals is an original new slot from Pragmatic Play featuring roaming wilds that can combine to deliver wins up to 10,000x,” the Chief Operating Officer for Pragmatic Play, Irina Cornides, said. “It’s a visually striking 7×7 game with unique mechanics.”