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Coloured coins provide bonus boosters in Evoplay’s latest release Cat’s Blessing

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Evoplay, the award-winning game development studio, offers players seven variants of the Bonus Game in its Asian-inspired release Cat’s Blessing.

A 5×3 grid is adorned with a range of Japanese symbols including fans, lanterns, and money trees as well as wilds to help form winning lines. Purple, red and green coins can also appear, which are collected by a corresponding-coloured cat which sits atop the board.

The Hold and Win Bonus Game can be triggered at random by one or more coloured coins, each activating a unique modifier depending on the coin that initiates the feature. During this bonus round, players have the chance to win instant cash prizes and up to four jackpot tiers, awarding up to 6,000x the total bet.

If the purple coin triggers the Bonus Game, it increases the value of up to four symbols in the Hold and Win game by up to 10x. The red coin introduces an additional bonus field to the Bonus Game, which operates simultaneously yet independently from the main Hold and Win game. Meanwhile, the green coin extends the round by granting four spins instead of the usual three.

The Bonus Game can be activated by multiple coins at once, bringing the respective Hold and Win modifier into play and creating even bigger wins.

Cat’s Blessing marks the latest Evoplay title to utilise the popular Bonus Buy feature, which allows players in certain jurisdictions to purchase access to the Hold and Win game with one, two or three of the boosters activated.

Ivan Kravchuk, CEO at Evoplay, said: Cat’s Blessing introduces exciting new features to the player-favourite Hold and Win Bonus Game, enhancing both the thrill and the potential for big wins.

“The addition of the coin collect mechanic intensifies the gameplay, delivering a more engaging and immersive experience that keeps players entertained for longer.”

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MGM Resorts International COO Corey Sanders to Retire After More Than 30 Years of Service

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MGM Resorts International announced that Corey Sanders, Chief Operating Officer, will retire from the company after more than 30 years of dedicated service and leadership. Sanders has agreed to remain COO through Dec. 31, 2025, and to serve as an advisor to the President and CEO through Dec. 31, 2026. The Company intends to name a new COO to serve as Sanders’ successor later this month.

“It’s impossible to overstate what Corey has meant to this Company over the last 30-plus years. He has been a constant presence, providing foundational leadership for all the key moments that have defined our history – from our acquisitions of Mirage Group and Mandalay Resort Group to our regional property openings and expansions like Springfield, National Harbor, Empire City and Borgata. More importantly, Corey helped us put all the different pieces together to create one company and one culture. As a leader and as a person, Corey understood the importance of caring for employees and treating people with respect. He will be deeply missed,” said Bill Hornbuckle, President & CEO of MGM Resorts.

Sanders is currently MGM Resorts’ Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the company’s Las Vegas and regional properties as well as multiple corporate departments, including Hospitality, Gaming, Human Resources and Strategic Initiatives. Prior to that, he served as the company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. In his tenure with MGM Resorts, Sanders has also served as Chief Operating Officer for the company’s Core Brands, Executive Vice President of Operations for MGM MIRAGE, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for MGM Grand Resorts, Executive Vice President and CFO for MGM Grand, Assistant Vice President of Corporate Finance and Tax Director for MGM Grand.

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ITL to Participate in G2E 2025

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Innovative Technology Americas are preparing for a major gaming show in the US – G2E 2025 – which will take place on October 6-9 at the Las Vegas Venetian Expo. Global Gaming Expo (G2E) is the gambling industry trade show for discovering the latest technologies and connecting with partners. Innovative Technology (ITL), a trusted provider of bill validators and recyclers to the gaming industry, will be showing their latest devices, from booth 1830.

Commenting on ITL’s participation, Lauren Fabbri, Business Development Manager for North America said, “This is always an exciting exhibition for us and we can’t wait to show G2E visitors our latest technology. We are experiencing huge growth across North America, as well as expanding our presence in South American, so this show presents an ideal platform to network with customers and suppliers in this vibrant market. Interest in our NV200 casino grade, field-proven bill validator is rising and with its “easy to retrofit” design, we are seeing more operators upgrading their existing machines. Come to the booth and see how this unit can transform cash handling for your gaming operations.”

Lauren continued: “We will also showcase a selection of bill recyclers at the booth with varying capacities depending on your need, including the NV4000 which is ideal for redemption terminals due to its large multi-bill recycling capacity, NV22S for a compact bill recycling solution, and the Spectral Payout for mid-range mixed denomination recycling. When using any of our recyclers with the SMART Coin System we can provide the gaming industry with a complete payment solution for both bills and coins.”

Concluding Lauren said: “G2E visitors will also be able to demo our latest AI-powered age and identity verification technology too. These products can be used to help prevent underage gambling, either on-machine or at entrances to age-restricted gaming zones. The team will be happy to answer any questions and demonstrate our products on booth 1830 – see you in Las Vegas!”

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Billy Bets Raises Financing from Coinbase Ventures to Disrupt $250 Billion Market with AI for Sports Prediction Markets

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Billy Bets, the AI-powered sports-betting startup, closed a $1 million pre-seed round with Coinbase Ventures, and participation from Virtuals Ventures, Contango Digital, CMS Holdings, and a roster of athlete and crypto-native angels. The capital accelerates the public launch of the Billy Terminal, personalized autonomous betting agents, and expanded $BILLY token utility.

Sports wagering generates an estimated $250 billion in annual handle, yet fewer than 1% of bets are executed by AI agents on prediction markets.

“That inefficiency is our wedge. AI agents have already changed investing; now they’re coming for sportsbooks. Billy Bets will turn that small sliver into the default way fans bet,” said Joe O’Rourke, Co-founder & CEO.

Built on Base (Coinbase’s Layer 2), Billy supports bet discovery across prediction markets, including Kalshi and Polymarket, by highlighting edges, routes wagers to the best available price, and enables customized automated strategies. Billy’s natural-language terminal turns “Show me plus-EV NFL props tonight” into live odds, automated execution and real-time, traceable ROI tracking. Billy has routed over $1 million in betting volume, growing at 23% per week, since the launch of the Billy Terminal in June.

“Fundamentally, we believe all sports bettors will eventually rely on AI to improve their chances, particularly so with the advent of prediction markets, and we aim to be the best supplier of that agentic technology,” said Jared Augustine, Co-founder & Executive Chairman.

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