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Konami powers Carnival Cruise Line gaming with fleetwide SYNKROS deployment

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Konami powers Carnival Cruise Line gaming with fleetwide SYNKROS deployment

Konami Gaming announced the successful installation of its SYNKROS® casino management system on a second cruise line within Carnival Corporation’s (NYSE: CCL) global portfolio.

Building on the success of its systems installed across Holland America Line, the company has outfitted all 29 Carnival Cruise Line ships with its award-winning system. Leveraging SYNKROS, known internally under the acronym “SURF” for “Serving Up Rewards and Fun”, guests across the Carnival Cruise Line fleet can now tap into personalized rewards, offers, bonuses and cashless wagering in the onboard casinos. 

“We’re obsessed with giving guests the best time possible with great service, standout rewards and innovation that raises the fun factor even higher, so it’s been fantastic to roll out SURF across the entire Carnival Cruise Line fleet and make the guest experience even more rewarding,” said Marty Goldman, SVP Global Gaming at Carnival Corporation. “We look forward to bringing these exciting gaming experiences to millions more, as SURF continues to expand across Carnival Corporation’s world-class portfolio.” 

Guests on Carnival Cruise Line now have access to an array of top conveniences and fun experiences spanning thousands of gaming machines and powered by Konami’s SYNKROS technology. Rewards, offers, and bonuses are tailored to the player, reflecting gaming preferences and featuring cruise-specific elements such as seamless cashless folio integration.

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Leveraging top SYNKROS advancements, Carnival Corporation also delivers rewarding bonus opportunities, including the chance to take top honors in virtual prize drawings.

Tom Jingoli, President and COO, Konami Gaming
Tom Jingoli, President and COO, Konami Gaming

Carnival Corporation is slated to continue rolling SYNKROS enterprise-wide, including to its full portfolio of world-class cruise lines.  

“Carnival Corporation continues to innovate the guest experience in every detail of the journey, demonstrated in exciting new ways across the combined 40 onboard casinos of Carnival Cruise Line and Holland America Line now live with top SYNKROS technology,” added Tom Jingoli, president & chief operating officer at Konami Gaming, Inc. “Konami is committed to serving Carnival Corporation’s existing SYNKROS install base with trust and reliability, while partnering collaboratively through ongoing expansion fleetwide.” 

Singapore steps up illegal gambling enforcement for World Cup, launches twin awareness campaigns

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Singapore steps up illegal gambling enforcement for World Cup, launches twin awareness campaigns

Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs has announced intensified enforcement against illegal gambling for the duration of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, running from June 11th to July 19th, with the Singapore Police Force set to step up operations against illegal operators alongside a pair of public awareness campaigns targeting both illegal betting and problem gambling.

The announcement, made jointly with the Ministry of Social and Family Development on June 9, follows a pattern Singapore has established across successive World Cup cycles. Under the country’s Gambling Control Act, all gambling is prohibited unless specifically authorized, licensed or exempted. Singapore Pools remains the sole licensed operator for lotteries, sports betting and remote gambling services, and the MHA was explicit that all other operators – online or offline – are illegal.

The police will continue issuing directions under the Online Criminal Harms Act requiring internet service providers to block access to illegal gambling sites and related advertising. Local phone numbers used to promote illegal services will be terminated, and bank accounts and credit card payments linked to illegal operators blocked. Those found conducting illegal gambling activities face fines of up to SG$500,000 ($377,000) and imprisonment of up to seven years, rising to SG$700,000 and ten years for repeat offenders. Users who place bets with illegal operators face fines of up to SG$10,000 ($7,550), up to six months’ jail, or both.

On the awareness side, the National Council on Problem Gambling will run its “Every bet costs something” campaign across television, digital platforms and spaces near betting outlets. The council typically activates a World Cup-specific campaign every four years. NCPG chairman Sim Gim Guan said the council wanted people to enjoy the tournament “without falling into problem gambling,” warning that when betting spirals out of control, “you may lose everything that truly matters – your home, your relationships, and the trust of your loved ones.” The Straits Times reported that the campaign video features a young father who lost his possessions and family to excessive betting.

The National Crime Prevention Council will separately run a campaign focused on the risks and legal consequences of using illegal operators, across online and offline channels. The announcement comes as Singapore’s newly appointed Gambling Regulatory Authority chief executive, Daniel Tan Sin Heng, takes up the role, he was appointed on June 2nd, days before the tournament begins.

Singapore is one of several Asian jurisdictions to announce pre-tournament enforcement measures. Hong Kong police this week warned residents that placing bets with foreign bookmakers constitutes an offense under the Gambling Ordinance regardless of whether those platforms are legally registered overseas.

South Korea’s Gambling Control Commission launched a public tipline and reward scheme on June 8th, running through July 31st, that pays citizens KRW10,000 per blocked site report and up to KRW50,000 where bank account details are provided. Macau’s Judiciary Police has also launched a prevention campaign urging residents to reject illegal sports betting.

Zitro launches “FANTASY” cabinet at Bingo Moreno

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Zitro launches “FANTASY” cabinet at Bingo Moreno

Zitro’s FANTASY cabinet has arrived at Bingo Moreno, one of Argenbingo’s flagship venues, bringing popular titles such as Brave Dragon and Lion Falls to its gaming floor.

Zitro launches “FANTASY” cabinet at Bingo Moreno

The cabinet stands out for its spectacular design and commanding presence. High-quality graphics, dynamic lighting, and multimedia elements come together to create an experience that feels different from what players typically find on a gaming floor, with each title carrying its own color palette and visual identity.

Roque Lacquaniti, General Manager of Bingo Moreno, says the decision to bring in FANTASY came down to one thing: innovation. “We want every player who walks through our doors to find something that truly surprises them, and this cabinet checks every box for us.”

For Alejandra Burato, Zitro’s Regional Director for Latin America, the Bingo Moreno installation is further proof of the brand’s growing presence in Argentina: “The response we’ve been getting has been really positive. We’re grateful for Argenbingo’s trust and for their continued partnership as we expand across the region.”

Groove brings its global momentum to SBC Summit Americas 2026

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Groove brings its global momentum to SBC Summit Americas 2026

Fresh from participating in SiGMA Asia 2026, Groove is now setting its sights on the Americas, with the award-winning platform and aggregator touching down at SBC Summit Americas 2026, bringing a global strategy forged across three continents to the fast-growing markets of North and Latin America.

Groove will showcase its continued global expansion at SBC Summit Americas (June 9–11, Fort Lauderdale), with senior leaders Yahale Meltzer and Giusy Campo engaging operators, regulators, and affiliates across the region. The event marks the latest step in a strong 2025 for the company, following regulatory milestones in Brazil and Argentina and further growth across Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Groove enters Florida on the back of a transformative 2025. The company secured a license to operate in Brazil, established regulated activity in Argentina, and deepened its footprint across Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Giusy Campo, Business Development Director at Groove Technologies
Giusy Campo, Business Development Director at Groove Technologies

Giusy Campo, Business Development Director at Groove, who joined the company in 2025 to lead its charge into regulated markets, has been at the centre of this global push. She will be on the ground in Fort Lauderdale, continuing conversations that began at SiGMA Asia just days earlier: “When we move into a new region, we don’t arrive empty-handed,” said Campo. “We come with a platform built on structural resilience: predictive auto-scaling, atomic transactions, and a real-time compliance mesh that adapts to jurisdictional demands, not the other way around. Operators in the Americas face many of the same pressures as their counterparts in Asia: banking scrutiny, shifting regulations, and the need for flawless execution. Our ‘Unseen Architecture’ was built for exactly this moment.”

Campo will be meeting with operators seeking more than a game list.

“They need a partner whose platform won’t introduce compliance or operational risk into their business…That’s what we deliver. From Manila to Miami, the questions are the same. And we have the answers.”

Giusy Campo

Groove’s presence at SBC Summit Americas is the mirror image of its recent success at SiGMA Asia. In Manila, the company joined a high-stakes panel on regulatory resilience in the “Jurisdiction Jungle”. In Florida, the conversation shifts to the Americas, where the opportunities are vast, but the regulatory landscape is equally fragmented.

With over 15,000 games from more than 150 providers unified through a single API, Groove offers operators a powerful shortcut to market leadership.

SBC Summit Americas 2026 is expected to draw over 10,000 industry professionals and 400 exhibitors, covering regulation, product innovation, payment technology, cryptocurrency, AI, and cybersecurity. Groove will be positioned at the intersection of all of them, ready to show operators why the platform that just conquered Asia is now setting its sights on the Americas.

Yahale Meltzer, Co-Founder and COO of Groove Technologies
Yahale Meltzer, Co-Founder and CEO of Groove

Yahale Meltzer, Co-Founder and CEO of Groove, framed the company’s back-to-back summit presence as a matter of strategic discipline: “We don’t do ‘one-off’ events. We build continuous relationships across the markets that matter,” said Meltzer. “Asia was about demonstrating structural resilience in the face of fragmentation. The Americas require the same rigour: a platform that can scale from a single operator in Argentina to a national lottery in Brazil without breaking compliance or trust. Our nomination in Manila wasn’t an endpoint. It was a signal. Now we take that signal to Fort Lauderdale, where the real work begins.”

Meltzer emphasised that Groove’s global footprint with offices in Israel, Georgia, and Malta, and a 24/7 multilingual support team, is the operational backbone of this expansion.

“When an operator in São Paulo has a question, they get an answer from someone who understands their market context, not just their technical issue…That is the difference between a platform and a partner. We are here to be the latter, for the Americas and beyond.”

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ACT launches unified behavioural monitoring, geolocation and sports integrity platform

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ACT launches unified behavioural monitoring, geolocation and sports integrity platform

Advanced Compliance Technology (ACT), an independent provider of geolocation, sports integrity and risk solutions for the regulated global betting and gaming industry, has launched its next‑generation AI- and machine learning-powered Compliance and Integrity Platform.

Built over two years by a team with decades of expertise, ACT’s platform brings together geolocation, identity verification, fraud detection, behavioural monitoring and sports integrity checks into a single, real-time solution.

The self-optimising platform leverages advanced AI and machine learning (ML) models to process and analyse 100,000s of data points related to athletes, leagues, officials, teams, betting markets, bookmakers, player activity, transactional behaviour and geolocation intelligence.

Advanced ML models also monitor player performance, injuries and behavioural patterns to identify anomalies, suspicious activity, integrity risks and emerging compliance threats as they develop.

When an alert is raised, ACT’s team of compliance, fraud and integrity specialists are on hand to support customers with expert judgements, providing even greater confidence through human-in-the-loop oversight.

By bringing these traditionally siloed compliance disciplines together, ACT’s new dashboard provides operators, regulators and sport governing bodies with a unified view of risk across the entire player and betting lifecycle, facilitating faster, more informed decisions based on live data and risk analysis.

Mike Venner, Co-Founder and Director at Advanced Compliance Technology, said: “Traditional compliance systems were built in silos. ACT is building the next-generation oversight platform, bringing geolocation, KYC, AML, fraud detection, behavioural monitoring, and sports integrity together in a single AI and machine learning-powered ecosystem.

“By transforming fragmented data into connected intelligence, ACT identifies risks and patterns at a scale no human team could achieve alone. Combined with decades of compliance, fraud, and integrity expertise, our platform ensures that advanced technology is reinforced by experienced human oversight, delivering smarter decisions, stronger enforcement, and more effective compliance outcomes.”

St8 reinforces Ontario content offering via RubyPlay partnership

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St8 reinforces Ontario content offering via RubyPlay partnership

As part of the agreement, operators in Ontario will gain access to a range of titles from across RubyPlay’s studio ecosystem, including content from RubyPlay Studio, Koala Games, Mad Hat Games and Firerose, through St8, with upcoming releases from Xslots also expected to go live through the platform.

RubyPlay has continued to grow its footprint across regulated jurisdictions through its studio-based ecosystem and tailored content strategy, earning key tier one recognition for developing high-performing games that resonate with players in key markets worldwide. The supplier’s games offering has proven appeal in Ontario, resonating well with local players in the region.

The partnership strengthens St8’s proposition in Ontario, a market that has quickly become a key part of the company’s growth strategy as it continues to establish itself as a leading technology provider around the globe.

“Partnering with RubyPlay in Ontario is an exciting addition to our growing content offering in North America,” said David Fall, Business Development Manager at St8. “The supplier has built strong momentum across regulated markets through its engaging portfolio and player-focused approach, and we are delighted to bring its high-performing content from across its studio ecosystem to operators in Ontario through the St8 platform.”

Dima Reiderman, Chief Commercial Officer at RubyPlay, said: “Ontario is a market we have been focused on for some time, so teaming up with St8 feels like a natural step in our North American expansion. St8’s aggregation platform provides an excellent channel for our diverse content portfolio to reach more operators in Ontario. Through our studio ecosystem, we can deliver a broad range of experiences tailored to different audiences and market needs, making this partnership a strong fit for both companies.”

Vivid Gaming debuts on BetFounders aggregation platform

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Vivid Gaming debuts on BetFounders aggregation platform

Vivid Gaming announced that a selection of its titles is now live on the BetFounders aggregation platform.

This collaboration makes it easier for operators already connected to BetFounders to discover and integrate Vivid Gaming content through a single, existing connection. With BetFounders’ strong presence in Africa—an emerging market attracting increasing attention across the industry—this partnership also supports Vivid Gaming’s continued focus on growth in high‑potential regions.

“Being present on the BetFounders platform is a positive step for Vivid Gaming,” said Matthew Attard, Head of Client Success at Vivid Gaming. “It improves our visibility within a respected aggregation hub and offers operators a straightforward way to access our content as part of their existing setup.”

Vivid Gaming titles can now be enabled by operators via the BetFounders platform.

For more information on enabling Vivid Gaming content, operators can contact their BetFounders account manager or reach Vivid Gaming directly.

GR8_TECH brings the Champions Club to iGB L!VE 2026 in London

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GR8_TECH brings the Champions Club to iGB L!VE 2026 in London

GR8_TECH has announced that it is heading to iGB L!VE 2026 on 1–2 July at the ExCeL London, with a Champions Club mindset, a shortlist nomination for Best Affiliate Management Platform, and one message for operators: stop playing for survival and start playing to win.

This is championship territory: where preparation beats distraction, control beats chaos, and winning is not left to luck. Think José Mourinho at his sharpest: every move has a purpose, every detail matters, and the game is about getting the result.

Following a strong event season built around its Champions Club concept, GR8_TECH will meet operators, affiliates, and industry partners seeking technology that does more than keep them in the game. At iGB L!VE, the company will showcase solutions for those ready to scale with structure, sharpen performance, and compete with the confidence of a team built for finals.

From sportsbook and casino to turnkey, aggregation, and affiliate operations, GR8_TECH’s portfolio is built for businesses that need speed, control, and commercial impact. In today’s iGaming market, “good enough” is how you lose ground.

GR8_TECH’s London appearance also comes with industry recognition: its affiliate management platform has been shortlisted for Best Affiliate Management Platform at the iGB Affiliate Awards 2026. The shortlist highlights the platform’s focus on visibility, flexible commission management, scalable tracking, and the tools needed to turn affiliate partnerships into a performance engine.

“iGB L!VE is where operators come to make serious decisions,” said Sergey Ghazaryan, CRO at GR8_TECH. “We are coming to London prepared, focused, and ready to help ambitious operators build the kind of setup that wins under pressure.”

Operators, affiliates, and partners attending iGB L!VE 2026 are invited to meet the GR8_TECH team in London and see how championship-level technology can change the game.

Vietnamese police bust gambling payment network in Laos handling $152M

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Vietnamese police bust gambling payment network in Laos handling $152M

Vietnamese police have dismantled a cross-border payment network in Laos that allegedly processed more than VND4 trillion ($151.92 million) in gambling transactions for players in Vietnam, Vietnam Net Global reported.

From May 4th to 13th, a task force from Quang Tri Police traveled to Laos to gather evidence. Inspections at two locations in Kaysone Phomvihane City, Savannakhet Province, uncovered 56 Vietnamese nationals and one Chinese national linked to the network.

According to the investigation, Chinese operators moved their activities to Laos in February 2026 after Cambodian authorities intensified crackdowns on high-tech crime. They allegedly set up ASM Company as a front, posing as a financial services provider while operating as a money-transfer hub between online gambling operators and bettors.

ASM allegedly earned commissions of 0.3 percent to 0.8 percent of total daily transaction values. Since February 2026, the system had reportedly handled around VND40 billion ($1.52 million) in gambling transactions per day.

Police said Vietnamese workers were recruited to Laos, where they worked in a closed environment and were assigned to specialized departments. The customer service division operated around the clock, using Telegram and ASM PAY software to process gambling-related transactions.

Funds were later routed through the MIA exchange platform, converted into UST cryptocurrency and passed through several stages before being transferred to China.

On May 13th, Vietnamese and Lao authorities transferred 56 Vietnamese suspects and 140 electronic devices for further investigation. Authorities also arrested two alleged key figures after four days on the run.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Melco upsizes credit facilities to $2.77B, extends maturity to 2031

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Melco upsizes credit facilities to $2.77B, extends maturity to 2031

Melco Resorts & Entertainment has extended the maturity date of its HK$15.24 billion ($1.94 billion) revolving credit facility to June 9th, 2031, from April 29th, 2027, while also establishing an incremental facility to increase total commitments to HK$21.68 billion ($2.77 billion).

The Macau-based integrated resort operator announced the changes on June 9th, saying the incremental facility amounts to HK$6.44 billion ($821.27 million). The company said the extension and upsizing were completed under the terms of its 2020 Credit Facilities.

The 2020 Credit Facilities were originally established under a senior facilities agreement dated April 29th, 2020. The agreement was entered into by several parties, including MCO Nominee One Limited, a Melco subsidiary, as borrower, and Bank of China Limited, Macau Branch, as agent.

The latest changes were made through a third amended and restated facility agreement dated June 9th, 2026. Melco said key terms, including pricing and financial covenants, remain unchanged.

In connection with the amended agreement, MCO Nominee One agreed to pay customary fees to the consenting lenders and incremental facility lenders.

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