Bwin.Party is close to selling its social gaming business and is in continuing merger talks with other parties. In a pre-close trading update, the firm revealed that it is in ‘active discussions’ regarding the sale of Win, the group’s social gaming business, and that it expects to make a further announcement shortly. The company had announced a huge expansion into …

City of Dreams in Manila has opened the second PokerStars live poker room in Asia. In a statement, PokerStars said it has launched a branded, live poker room at the newest integrated casino resort in the Philippines. PokerStars LIVE Manila is now officially open, offering a range of tournaments and cash games. “Our relationship with City of Dreams has been …

Sports data, insight and analyses has become big business in 2014, with the sector witnessing several mergers and acquisitions. Now forming a vital part of sports betting operational value chain, Team SBC speaks to Roy Clements Managing Director of STATS Europe, on his companies European ambitions. Clements tells the SBC team, that his firm’s data on US sports is provided …

STATS, the sports technology, data and content supplier, is planning on a massive expansion of its in-play portfolio over the next few years, with the company planning on doubling the number of events that it covers. Roy Clements, managing director of STATS Europe, said that the company has big ambitions to expand its coverage of American sports. He explained: “STATS …

Enetpulse has entered the world of Live Betting Football Data for the sports betting industry with the introduction of its new Enetpulse InPlay service. Using 15 years of experience with sports data delivery and ‘remarkable’ investment in its Live Betting Data product and infrastructure, Enetpulse has developed a state-of-the-art product for the ever-growing live betting market. Based on its success …

European sportsbook bwin has released what it describes as a ground-breaking update to its mobile betting offer. Available on both iOS and Android devices, the new app is the first sports betting app to be ‘truly’ designed around users’ fingertips, delivering an ‘intuitive interface with innovative gesture-based controls’. Dynamic navigation brings instant access to a wealth of sports, leagues and …

Microgaming’s multi-player platform is ending the year with a Festive Frenzy tournament offering a prize pool of €125,000. Using the festive-favourite game, Santa’s Wild Ride, Festive Frenzy lasts for the entire month of December. Entry is just €10, with ‘re-buys’ and ‘continues’ available to players. With a total prize pool of €125,000, 1st place takes home €10,000, and the remaining …

EveryMatrix has announced that the firm has started to deliver services with global expert in DDOS and Mitigation services Prolexic. The firm said that the service will not only benefit the EveryMatrix network but enhance the protection of all clients and operators that use the EveryMatrix product portfolio. Prolexic Technologies is the one of the largest in the world when …

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has announced a landmark three-year partnership with integrity specialist Sportradar. Under the partnership, Sportradar will monitor a total of three flagship tournaments per year from 2015 to 2017 and will deliver a total of 12 educational workshops, which will be targeted at participating players, officials, administrators and coaches. In a similar way that it …

LOCATION: Salford JOB TYPE: Full Time Hands-on software development in the SIS development team. Objectives: To work on the development of products to grow and expand the SIS business, specifically sports data related system and applications. To apply design, coding standards, change and version control, documentation and testing standards as appropriate. Build, design, test and deployment of new products. To …