{"id":15588,"date":"2021-03-08T16:09:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T16:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15588"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:16:39","slug":"atari-plans-to-launch-crypto-casino-for-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/atari-plans-to-launch-crypto-casino-for-2021","title":{"rendered":"Atari plans to launch crypto casino for 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The crypto casino will feature Atari-theme games and Atari non-fungible tokens (NFTs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>France.- Entertainment software company <strong>Atari SA is planning to launch its crypto casino<\/strong> in partnership with Decentral Games <strong>in May<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino will be built in <strong>Vegas City in Decentral&#8217;s Decentraland metaverse<\/strong> and will make use of <strong>Ethereum blockchain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The metaverse allows <strong>consumers to control an avatar that interacts in the virtual world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino will include <strong>Atari-theme games and Atari non-fungible tokens (NFTs)<\/strong>, which can be used to earn more digital currency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement from the companies, they expect <strong>the virtual casino to see bets of $150m in 2021 and $400m over two years.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Atari\u2019s CEO Frederic Chesnais<\/strong> said the move would help the French gaming company to modernise and increase its relevance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said: \u201cThrough collaborating with Decentral Games, we can move the Atari gaming experience onto the blockchain.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Chinese sports lottery services provider&nbsp;<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/500-com-acquires-major-bitcoin-mining-pool\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>500.com<\/strong><\/a><\/em><strong> has entered into a share exchange agreement&nbsp;<\/strong>with Bitdeer Technologies\u2019 Blockchain Alliance Technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the year, 500.com&nbsp;also <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/500-com-to-acquire-bitcoin-mining-machines\" target=\"_blank\">acquired bitcoin mining machines<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>worth US$14.4m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The crypto casino will feature Atari-theme games and Atari non-fungible tokens (NFTs).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Atari SA is strategically expanding into the iGaming sector via a partnership with Decentral Games to launch a crypto casino within the Decentraland metaverse, leveraging Ethereum blockchain for Atari-themed games and NFTs, with substantial projected betting volumes. Concurrently, 500.com, a Chinese sports lottery provider, is diversifying its capital allocation into blockchain infrastructure through a share exchange with Bitdeer Technologies and significant bitcoin mining machine acquisitions.","focusai_entities":"Atari SA, Decentral Games, Decentraland, Ethereum, 500.com, Bitdeer Technologies, Blockchain Alliance Technologies, Frederic Chesnais","focusai_location":"France, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.85), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), product_ux (0.8), tech_data (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Frameworks","query":"What specific regulatory frameworks and licensing requirements will govern the operation of Atari's crypto casino within the Decentraland metaverse, particularly concerning cross-jurisdictional player access and AML\/KYC compliance?"},{"label":"Revenue Volatility Mitigation","query":"How will Atari and Decentral Games mitigate the inherent volatility of cryptocurrency and NFT assets in their projected GGR and NGR calculations, and what risk management strategies are in place for asset valuation and player liability?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[229,4138],"class_list":["post-15588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-igaming-news","tag-gambling","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15588"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15613,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15588\/revisions\/15613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}