Archive for category: Casino

Reflections from ICE 2012

ICE took place earlier this week and I had the opportunity to visit for the fourth year in a row. This year I could unfortunately only be in London for a single day, the thursday. It was a good visit with a short presentation about the future sportsbook interface as well as a few really promising [...]

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Who will be the mobile operator of the year at EGR Operator Awards 2011?

EGR Operator Awards by EGR Magazine takes place later this month and the shortlist for the mobile operator category are the following:  Betfair mFortune mobile phone casino Paddy Power Rank Interactive (Blue Square) William Hill Online I’m especially interested in the mobile operator category for a number of reasons: Mobile gaming is the future way of [...]

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It is time to start designing for the mobile first!

More and more players have smartphones and we need to design for that when we design igaming products. The days when players just sat home by their PC playing are over and now they want to be able to play when ever and where ever they are. Users (players) have a mobile phone with them [...]

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Loading a game from Sheriff Gaming is a nice experience

I attended EGR Live this week, was one of the speakers, and one of the companies at EGR Live that caught my attention was Sheriff Gaming. Sheriff Gaming develops and licenses 3D-rendered slot games. Sheriff Gaming loads their games in a cleaver way. It is more enjoyable for the player than other casino games out [...]

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Don’t forget to leave a comment!

Hi everyone! I’m happy with all you visiting and reading my blog, but it would be even more fun if you guys would make comments on my posts. One of my goals with the blog is to get the discussion started when it comes to user experience and igaming. So please make more comments! Even [...]

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Redesign in 20 minutes (26) – Betaland’s flash casino start page

This week’s redesign is about betaland’s flash casino start page. betaland’s players can play on three different flash casinos from three different suppliers, Chartwell, Net Entertainment and Portomaso.

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Betsson reports record high revenues! Could it be even higher? Increase revenues by focusing on turning more registered players into active players!

  CEO Pontus Lindwall at Betsson today delivered the Year-End Report 2010 and the result was really strong. Casino and sportsbook are their strong products at the moment. Especially the live betting have increased almost 400%. It was really interesting to listen to the presentation and two things really got me thinking. Poker is not performing [...]

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Day 2 at ICE!

  It is the final day of the ICE totally gaming show and I’m going there for a few hours before heading out to Heathrow and my flight home. My main reflections from being at ICE yesterday is that more gaming providers are turning into “full gaming providers”, meaning that they provide many different kinds [...]

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Day 1 at ICE!

It is almost time to go to ICE for the second day. I spend a couple of hours at the show yesterday walking looking at all the different exhibitors, especially in the igaming section. And it is pretty similar to previous years. We have everything from Microgaming’s big brands to bwin’s new iPhone poker app. [...]

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I’m attending ICE in London later this month. Are you?

ICE totally gaming starts in about two weeks. I’m booking flights and hotel as we speak. It will be fun to attend the biggest igaming show of the year. Are you going to? Me and a colleague will attend this year. I’m actually booking my flight and hotel as we speak. It will be very interesting [...]

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Redesign in 20 minutes (25) – BetClic’s casino game window

This week’s redesign is about BetClic‘s casino game “window”. BetClic offer Net Entertainment casino games and the players have many different games to choose from. I choose to redesign the game “window” because it is very cluttered and doesn’t really offer a good way to find and select a game. Today Image 1. BetClic’s current [...]

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What will happen in the iGaming industry in 2011?

The ICE Total Gaming show is coming up this month, January 25-27th, and everyone in the iGaming industry will be there. Last year was a bit dissapointing but I’m really looking forward to this year’s show. Will we see anything new this year? I am especially interested in the following areas: Innovation, Customization, Mobile platforms [...]

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Will we see a Game Center in the igaming industry?

Apple released Game Center in their latest version of iOS (4) and it is available on the iPhone and iPod Touch. It will be available on the iPad with the release of iOS 4.2 coming next month. With Game Center players can play games against other players, either friends or players they don’t know. The [...]

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Use KPI’s to increase player experience!

KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) give you valuable information! An example is the conversion rate from registered players to players who have do a first deposit. If the conversion rate is high then everything is fine, but if you have a really low conversion then you need to look deeper into the reason for why the [...]

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I want one account at 888.com not one for each product they offer!

888.com is a big player in the igaming industry and when you visit 888.com you get the feeling that it is a gaming portal offering casino, poker, sportsbook and more. Earlier last week after playing casino at 888.com I wanted to try out their poker. But I was really surprised to find out that I [...]

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SuperCasino’s iPhone App works well, but I don’t want to go to their the website to register and deposit money!

NetPlayTV recently launched an iPhone App for the SuperCasino brand. The App let players play live roulette with their iPhone while watching the real-time Live Casino shows on TV. Image 1. Supercasino’s login view It is easy to start using the App as long as you already have an account with SuperCasino, but too complicated [...]

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What will it take to be a winner (survivor) in the igaming industry?

Summer is over and it is time to start blogging again. Welcome back everyone! The igaming industry have an interesting future with all that is happening in the business at the moment. Everything from regulated markets, the decline in poker to merger talks between bwin and PartyGaming. What will it take to be a winner [...]

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Paying attention to details is important! Start customizing your content!

I enjoy playing casino online and do it a few times a week on a number of different sites. When I come to a new portal to play I always get frustrated by the “Download casino” link. The reason for this is that the link almost every time download a exe-file to my computer. That [...]

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Gaming Portals of the Future workshops open for registration!

The 1-day workshops, Gaming Portals of the Future, running in September and October: Stockholm: September 28th London: October 3rd are now open for registrations. It doesn’t matter if  you work as a product owner, product manager, designer, programmer or something else, this workshop is for you! It will be a day where you will learn [...]

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Wish I could attend EGR Live

EGR Live is a free conference and exhibition taking place in London in a few weeks. The conference is what interest me the most and a few sessions are really something I would like to attend. Sessions of interests Yahoo Research: Understanding the online gambler How the online gaming industry is going mainstream Spotlight on [...]

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