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New Study Shows Gamers & Game Developers Eager for a Free Market Virtual Item Economy

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86% of Game Developers Believe Tradeable Virtual Items Will Be Even More Important in Future Games
Video gaming has become much more than a hobby for players worldwide. From professional eSports teams to lucrative streaming careers, the gaming industry has evolved tremendously over the past decade. Today, there are roughly 2 billion global gamers who spend over $100 billion on gaming every year, and the majority of this revenue stems from the purchase of in-game items. For example, Fortnite has generated $1 billion in revenue entirely from in-game purchases. While the amount of money players spend on these digital items is staggering, in most cases, the game creators retain ultimate control over what players can and cannot do with the items they purchase. For example, many prohibit the transfer of item ownership and restrict item’s use to a certain game or platform. They can also revoke or ban access to the gamer’s items at their discretion – regardless of how much money the player spent on them. In the end, gamers do not truly own the content that they purchase.
True Ownership – A Future that Appeals to Both Players and Game Creators
To examine this ecosystem in-depth, Worldwide Asset eXchange (WAX) commissioned a study of 500 game developers and 1,000 video gamers in the United States. WAX’s study found that the video gaming community wants more freedom and flexibility over their in-game virtual items, a concept known as true ownership of in-game items. Interestingly, it is not just gamers – game developers want this future too.
True ownership of in-game items – defined as allowing players to buy, sell, trade and use their items with no restrictions from third parties – enables a free-moving virtual items market.
Blockchain Technology Makes True Ownership Possible – and Billions of Dollars’ Worth of Items Even More Valuable
Thankfully, the inception of blockchain technology is radically changing the status quo of video gaming and outdated ownership protocols. And the WAX Blockchain is purpose-built to make true ownership of in-game items a reality. WAX’s study found that game creators are currently missing out on a valuable market segment by failing to enable true ownership of digital items.
For example, 68% of gamers said that they feel players deserve to truly own the items they purchase. Combine that with the 66% of game developers who said virtual items are a pivotal component of their game’s monetization strategy and item value is being suppressed by publisher or developer control. While in-game items currently play a key role for game developers, 86% believe tradeable virtual items will be even more important in future games than they are today.
Gamers and game developers alike see the benefits of allowing players to freely buy, sell and trade their virtual items. According to the survey, 69% of game developers believe when items are freely tradeable, it increases the value of those items, and 62% of gamers feel having the flexibility to transfer virtual items from game-to-game would make spending money on those items more worth it.
And, nearly three-fourths of gamers said they would purchase virtual items if they could use them in multiple games – which is made possible by true ownership. Of game developers surveyed, 84% would create cross-compatible in-game items if the technology allowed them to do so.
“True ownership of digital items is the future of video games. Players and game developers are both eager for a free-moving virtual item market, and the community’s interest will shift towards games that offer this,” said William Quigley, CEO of WAX. “By enabling cross-compatibility, which is made possible by true ownership, game developers can stand out from the millions of free-to-play games created every month and attract the most valuable segment of players to try out their game.”
The Future of True Ownership
WAX found that over half of game developers cited marketing as the highest unforeseen expense in game development. Developers are starting to see true ownership of items for what they could be in the future – the perfect customer acquisition tool. Developers of free-to-play games that enable cross-compatibility of items will attract players who are already proven to purchase in-game items. Since they’re proven to be purchasers of in-game items, they have a much higher propensity to buy more from a new game than players who never spend money on in-game items.
Moving forward, as companies search for new ways to keep their community engaged, it is clear their adoption of blockchain technology and true ownership will play a key role in their success. WAX’s study shows that the emerging market for true ownership of digital items is too important to ignore and the video game community is looking for platforms that offer these opportunities. With WAX’s purpose-built blockchain technology, this future is finally becoming a reality.
About WAX (Worldwide Asset eXchange)
WAX is the world’s first blockchain built for global e-commerce. WAX’s patent-pending blockchain e-commerce platform is the safest and most convenient way to create, buy, sell, and trade virtual items – to anyone, anywhere in the world. The world of digital ownership today is defined by its restrictions. WAX is building a future to where it will be redefined by its freedom. WAX is creating a full suite of blockchain-based tools that allows anyone to trade digital or even physical items instantly and securely, to anyone, anywhere. Participants of the Worldwide Asset eXchange gain access to a global community of collectors and traders, buyers and sellers, creators and gamers, merchants and game developers.
Worldwide Asset eXchange, WAX are trademarks and the sole property of Worldwide Asset eXchange. All other registered or unregistered trademarks are the sole property of their respective owners.
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BetConstruct secures ADM approval for Italian market

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BetConstruct made it to the licensing list of the Italian Agenzia Dogane Monopoli.
BetConstruct continuously expands its operations to the regulated markets. In 2018 they got licensed to provide gaming products of well-known MGA-Licensed casino providers, secured Remote Operating Licence from the UKGC for their Live Casino, got their Retail Solutions licensed in Romania. And the list of the achievements goes on.
Recently the Italian Gaming Regulator has published the name-list of the new licensees and Vivaro Limited, trading as BetConstruct, was featured there.
To help their partners to enlarge the coverage of their operations worldwide, the team at BetConstruct aims to further expand to such markets as the USA, Denmar, and Sweden.
About BetConstruct
BetConstruct is an award-winning developer and provider of online and land-based gaming solutions with development, sales and service centers around the globe.
BetConstruct’s innovative and proven offerings include an extensive range of products and services, including Sportsbook, Sports Data Solutions, Retail Solutions, RNG & Live Dealer Casino, VR Casino, Poker, Skill Games, Fantasy Sports, Social Platform and more. The latest addition is the industry-first complete management infrastructure, SpringBME (Business Management Environment).
All partners benefit from the BetConstruct Spring platform with its powerful back office tools and all-inclusive services that empower operators’ growth and help contain their costs. From stand-alone set up to turn-key and white label solutions, BetConstruct offers its partners unfettered opportunity to succeed.
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Delaware igaming industry performs well in January

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The Delaware Lottery’s financial results have shown that igaming performed robustly on the financial front in January 2019, by posting a 57.9 per cent increase in revenues year-on-year.
Revenue rose to $279,541 (£217,970/€247,999), showing a 11.2 per cent month-on-month from December last year.
Players wagered $7.4m across the state’s three licensed igaming sites in January 2019, which represented a 65.5 per cent year-on-year advance, but a 27.7 per cent fall from the $10.3m staked in December 2018. Players won a total of $7.2m during the month.
Video lottery accounted for $190,223.44 of total monthly revenue, a 68.0 per cent share, followed by table games, which contributed a further $66,982.14. Poker rake and fees, on the other hand, contributed just $22,335.51.
Player registrations also grew significantly in January, up 117.3 per cent to 578.
The majority of revenue was generated by Dover Downs, which saw its more than double from $48,215.61 in the prior year to $139,816.37, with 233 players registering to play over the month.
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Move to privatise Holland Casino extended

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The move to privatise state-owned Holland Casino in the Netherlands has been postponed to 2020. The country’s justice minister Sander Dekker cancelled the vote for privatisation because of many objections that the measure suffered in the Senate.
The Financieele Dagblad said that senators are concerned about the fact that privatised casinos may encourage gambling and are worried about the way that the government was planning to proceed with the privatisation process, Dutch News informed.
The original plan included the selling of 10 of the 14 branches under the Holland Casino name, while the other four locations would be sold as a group. The cabinet from the Netherlands is also considering opening up the casino market to new providers and offer two licences.
Justice minister Dekker has until June to come up with a new proposal, present it to the senate and gain backing. “We may adapt the law, withdraw it altogether or go for a vote after all,” Dekker said in a note to senators.
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