Latest news
Editorial coverage of the operators, products and platform decisions that affect real-money catalogue apps. The hub records what the catalogue team has verified, what is still unverified, and what the operator endpoint is the only authoritative source for.
How a real-money catalogue app moves from a studio build to a live Android install
A walkthrough of the staging, distribution and verification steps that sit between a developer build and the Install App button.
RTP and volatility in 99% RTP games: what the catalogue actually shows
Why Mines, Dice and Limbo publish near-99% RTP, and how that number relates to volatility, hit rate and session length.
What a first-party access route actually discloses in an Android catalogue app
Comparing direct Play Store installs, sideloaded APKs and operator-mediated access routes — and what each discloses to the visitor.
Editorial principles for the news hub
Three principles govern the news hub. Source disclosure means every quote, every number, every claim is attributed to a specific source or labelled as unverified. Source-only facts means the hub does not invent values that are not in the staged record. Product-native language means the hub speaks directly about the named product, route, brand, feature or user action without internal publishing vocabulary.
The hub does not break news. The hub recaps and contextualises. The hub does not publish breaking-news status, publication claims or dates that have not been verified. The hub does not invent urgency, scarcity, winnings, guarantees or promotional values.
How the hub is updated
The hub is updated daily by the editorial desk. The hub uses a stable DOM hook so the News Automation pipeline can append and reorder articles without reverse-engineering the layout. The hub uses semantic article, heading, link and time markup. The hub uses the data-news-freshness contract recorded at /news/.
The hub carries the 10 most recent articles at the top of the page. The hub carries a search-friendly archive of past articles. The hub carries a category filter for Industry, Product, Trust, Operator, and Editorial. The hub carries a footer disclaimer reminding visitors about eligibility, jurisdiction and responsible play.
Sources used by the editorial desk
- The staged catalogue record at /games/.
- The provider records at /providers/.
- The responsible play context at /responsible-play/.
- The verified support channel at /contact/.
- The operator endpoint, which is the only authoritative source for live numerical values.
News publishing contract
For the integration contract used by the News Automation pipeline, see /.control-room/news-publishing-contract.json. The contract records the hub selector, the article directory, the homepage container selector, the item selector, the date field, the ordering rule and the categories. The contract is stable across rebuilds.