Catena Media announced the launch of MRKTPLAYS.com, a subaffiliation platform for casino and sportsbook affiliate partners in North America. The company said the service followed a beta period with selected partners and is now available to affiliates seeking to expand their networks.
MRKTPLAYS offers North American casino and sportsbook affiliates a new way to expand their partner networks.
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Play’n GO and BetMGM launched Mandalay Bay Riches, a bespoke slot made exclusively for BetMGM. The game is available through BetMGM Casino in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ontario, and through Borgata Online in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Ainsworth Game Technology appointed Randi Ingram senior vice-president of sales and service for North America. The company said she will lead sales, service and customer engagement in the region; Ingram most recently held a sales role at IGT and has more than 30 years of gaming industry experience.
Strive Gaming has agreed to provide player account management technology to PlayStar as the operator expands in North America, the companies said. PlayStar plans to migrate its New Jersey operations and enter additional jurisdictions, including Ontario and Alberta.
Catena Media made a strategic investment in Repackz, a collectibles platform owned by Collectbase, and in Collectibles.com. Catena Media said the investment, its first through Catena Growth Ventures, includes a commercial arrangement to introduce Repackz to operators and publishers in its network; no investment amount was disclosed.
Catena Media has made a strategic investment in Repackz, a business-to-business collectibles platform owned by California-headquartered Collectbase, the company said. The deal also includes Collectibles.com, a community and application that collectors use to organise, manage, value and share their collections. Catena Media did not disclose the amount invested.
Catena Media announced that the first investment from its new venture arm is in Collectbase Inc., the parent of B2B trading-card rips business Repackz.fun. The strategic partnership also includes Collectibles.com, with Catena introducing Repackz to operators and publishers in its network.
On 21 October, Catena Media named Collectbase Inc. as the recipient of the first cheque written by its new venture arm, Catena Growth Ventures. Collectbase is the parent of Repackz.fun, a B2B trading-card rips operation. Catena, an affiliate business, characterised the deal as a strategic investment. Collectibles.com also forms part of the partnership; the source calls it "a leading community and application used by collectors to organise, manage, value and share their collections."