Million Games is excited to present its first-ever RNG table games: Million Baccarat and Million Blackjack. These timeless casino staples, enjoyed in both brick-and-mortar and online casinos around the world, offering players a thrilling and authentic experience right at their fingertips. With a focus on delivering fun and exciting entertainment, these classic games give players the opportunity to enjoy the excitement and suspense of table games!

Million Baccarat brings the excitement of this global favourite straight to your screen. Players are invited to place their bets as they predict whether the banker or the player will win, or if it’ll end in a tie. With its elegant design and smooth gameplay, Million Baccarat offers an immersive experience that replicates the refined thrill of the casino floor.

For those who love the suspense of Blackjack, Million Blackjack lets players experience the high-stakes game in a RNG format. Fans of the game will enjoy its classic rules – get as close to 21 as possible without going bust, and outsmart the dealer to claim the prize. This version perfectly captures the thrill, where every hand keeps you on the edge of your seat.

With these two releases, Million Games introduces its first RNG table games, bringing a taste of real casino action into the online gaming world. Whether you’re a seasoned player or a newcomer, Million Baccarat and Million Blackjack offer an authentic, thrilling experience where the cards are always in your hands.

Million Games CEO, Thomas Nimstad, commented: “We’ve always aimed to bring innovation and creativity to our games, but with Million Baccarat and Million Blackjack, we wanted to stick to the classics. These games have stood the test of time, and now, we’re excited to bring them to the Million Games audience in an engaging and exiting way. We believe that players will enjoy these experiences in a Million ways!”

Both games will be launched later on in January. Looking ahead, Million Games has an exciting lineup of launches scheduled in the coming 6 months. Alongside their own game releases, they will also introduce fresh content from partner studios under the Million Stars program. With more online slots, table games, and innovative gaming experiences on the horizon, Million Games is eager to expand its portfolio and bring even more entertainment to players worldwide.

Welcoming 2025 in spectacular style, Natural8 India has announced its latest India Exclusive, Natural8 India X APT Manila Classic 2025, to the delight of poker enthusiasts across the country. The multi-table tournament, scheduled to take place on January 19, will offer participants a chance to fight for the massive event prize pool and the glory of winning a prestigious APT Trophy. But that’s not all, for nine finalists will also secure an all-expense paid trip to participate in APT Manila – competing for the grand prize at a grand stage with some of the sharpest poker players in all of Asia!

With a buy-in of only INR 5,500, Natural8 India X APT Manila Classic 2025 will offer flight and stay packages for nine finalists, worth up to INR 100,000 each, for the upcoming APT Manila Classic. In addition, the top four finalists will secure a Main Event ticket worth INR 90,000 each at APT Manila Classic 2025, while the other five will win Mini Main Event tickets worth INR 37,000 each. The tournament also has various satellites running daily from January 12 to January 19, with a buy-in of just INR 550.

Speaking on the upcoming India Exclusive, Kunal Patni, Executive Director and Country Head – Natural8 India, said, “2024 was a spectacular year for Natural8 India and the broader Indian poker community. Throughout the year, we saw a strong response to the various India Exclusives, which not only nurtured the country’s growing poker landscape but also connected poker enthusiasts to the broader Asian poker scene on a more consistent basis. We took 23 players to various APT events in 2024 through these India Exclusive APT events. With the Natural8 India X APT Manila Classic 2025, we expect a similarly stellar response, especially with mega bonus on offer worth up to INR 15 lakh. Our latest India Exclusive will set the tone for the rest of the year and give poker enthusiasts and professional players across the country a chance to start 2025 on a bang!”

Having established itself as a product development pioneer through its BetBuilder innovations over the past two years, including PreBuilt markets French esports supplier PandaScore has unveiled an industry-first product that uses the power of generative AI (genAI) to create and serve personalised, tailored and timely bets: StoryBuilder.

Based on one of PandaScore’s hackathons in 2024, StoryBuilder is a genAI innovation that draws on historical game data and the popularity and preferences of bettors to create BetBuilder bets tailored to specific storylines for individual bettors across a match, tournament or part of the competitive season. The product combines all of these factors to determine what matters for bettors right now, and what will likely matter in the future.

StoryBuilder allows operators to create and serve up highly catered bet slips that are relevant and timely to the bettor in a way that hasn’t been possible in esports or sports betting alike. Along with generating the betslip itself, StoryBuilder can generate content about why this particular wager matters to the match, tournament and more.

The product will allow operators to leverage esports’ storytelling capabilities – a key driver in betting decisions – to scale already high-margin, high-performance BetBuilder products at a genuinely revolutionary scale.

This latest product overcomes three friction points that often come with BetBuilder products:

1. Unfamiliarity with BetBuilders amongst those new to betting
2. The decision fatigue that bettors may face when building their own bet slips
3. The efficiency challenge of creating tailored bet slips in-house, to then offer to bettors.

PandaScore’s genAI-powered Storybuilder solves these challenges, and in line with the company’s drive to make esports integrations easier, the product can be easily and seamlessly integrated into an operator’s online offering as a single market.

StoryBuilder also has incredible potential for digital and social marketing initiatives geared towards fostering community engagement and acquisition. Organisations can use StoryBuilder to create narratives and tell compelling storylines for esports fans and bettors alike, all translated into a bet, automatically and at scale.

“Every bet and every combination has a name and a story to tell,” highlighted PandaScore CEO, Flavien Guillocheau. “Storybuilder breaks new ground in esports and sports betting, allowing our clients to tell the best stories about a match in a way we believe no other product can.

“The future of esports betting is in tailored experiences that allow bettors to create stories and narratives around the content they love. Narrative-building and storytelling is an essential part of how fans and bettors engage with esports and the community at large. Solving this part of the acquisition and engagement puzzle will unlock the next wave of growth for esports betting. 

“The sector must push further to create more content that is data-driven, relevant, and legitimately resonates with bettors. Our team is exploring this more deeply, and StoryBuilder is our first step in developing content that’s relevant and timely with the right betting opportunity that meets the scale and frequency needs of our clients.”