Chris Murphy

Chris has written about the gaming industry in the UK and globally since 1990 as a reporter and editor at Coinslot International, Coinslot Review and EuroSlot magazines. He has covered some of the biggest stories in virtually every segment of the business, including the overhaul of the UK Gambling Act 2005 which transpired to be one of the most turbulent periods in gaming history for British operators and manufacturers of pay-to-play gaming products. Prior to joining SBC Global, Chris worked at Novomatic UK as media & communications manager with PR responsibility for several high profile brands including Astra Games, Bell-Fruit Games, Gamestec, Playnation, and RLMS Sales.

BETER opts for in-house approach to content distribution

BETER opts for in-house approach to content distribution

Sports and esports betting data and content provider BETER has issued a statement today outlining a change in its approach to the distribution of its basketball, table tennis and esports content. The firm will now take control of the process as it pushes ahead with what it described as “ambitious growth plans for its in-house sports and esports betting content”. …

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Abios’ Anton Janér: an incredible journey and an even brighter future

Abios’ Anton Janér: an incredible journey and an even brighter future

Esports data and statistics specialist Abios notched up 10 years of trading last month. Here we speak with Abios Co-founder and CTO Anton Janér who shared his thoughts on reaching that milestone, as well as some of the key developments that have shaped the company en route. Congratulations on reaching your tenth anniversary. Can you tell us more about the …

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Slotegrator reflects on 11 years from startup to major market player

Slotegrator reflects on 11 years from startup to major market player

Sports betting and igaming software and business solutions provider Slotegrator officially notched up 11 years of trading at the end of March. In a statement acknowledging the anniversary, the firm reflected on some of its most significant developments in that time, during which more than 350 operators have integrated its game content. From its founding date of March 31, 2012, …

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Spotlight Sports Group: going above and beyond the odds with content hubs

Spotlight Sports Group: going above and beyond the odds with content hubs

Rob Black, B2B Sales Director at Spotlight Sports Group, provides insight into the company’s content hubs product and how its capabilities help take the strain out of delivering a content-rich experience for bettors. Rob, by way of introduction to the content hubs product, can you provide some background into the capabilities of Spotlight Sports Group’s content hubs? The real beauty …

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Fast Track partners with leading sports betting operator Betfast.io in Brazil

Latin America. NeoGames launches in Brazil.

Customer engagement platform specialist Fast Track has signed a new deal with one of the largest operators in the Brazilian sports betting marketplace, Betfast.io.   Malta-based Fast Track’s customer engagement platform, now bolstered even further through the integration of OpenAI, offers capabilities for real-time data analysis and personalised player experiences.  This, said the firm, makes it the “perfect partner for Betfast.io …

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Slotegrator and Lotto Agent deal heralds ‘something incredible around the corner’

Slotegrator and Lotto Agent deal heralds ‘something incredible around the corner’

Software developer and aggregator Slotegrator and international licensed gambling service Lotto Agent have confirmed the signing of a new collaboration this week. Under the terms of the deal, game content from Lotto Agent is now available through Slotegrator’s APIgrator solution. In a statement, Ayvar Gabidullin, business development manager at Slotegrator, commented: “Working with partners like Lotto Agent is a special …

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IMG Arena files against Stats Perform for alleged data rights breaches

SBC News IMG Arena files against Stats Perform for alleged data rights breaches

IMG Arena has filed against Stats Perform over alleged breaches of exclusive data collection rights during Austrian, Czech, German, Greek, and Swiss soccer matches.  In the claim, IMG Arena alleges: “At various times, Stats Perform has for the purposes of its businesses been operating a multijurisdictional, unauthorised ring of data collectors (or unofficial ‘scouts’), which it sends to matches at …

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Spotlight Sports Group: empowering stakeholders with custom site builds

Spotlight Sports Group: empowering stakeholders with custom site builds

Rick Wolf, Senior Vice President of US B2B Partnerships at Spotlight Sports Group, explains how the company’s award-winning custom site build capabilities can help create a “world-class user experience”. For those of our readers who are less familiar with Spotlight Sports Group’s custom site build capabilities can you provide some insight? We specialise in creating custom site builds to empower …

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Abios: celebrating a decade in powering the esports sector

Abios: celebrating a decade in powering the esports sector

Esports data provider Abios has reached a new milestone, having announced its tenth year of trading this week. Over the past decade, the firm has expanded from providing esports data to fans to powering some of the largest entities in esports. Sharing the news, CEO and Co-founder Oskar Fröberg, said: “We’re thrilled to reach the milestone of celebrating our 10th …

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Sportradar: using AI to drive the transformation of the betting industry

Sportradar: using AI to drive the transformation of the betting industry

Sportradar Chief Product Officer – Computer Vision, Luka Pataky, examines the ways in which the firm’s Computer Vision solution can add multiple new dimensions to enrich the user experience. Sports betting is constantly evolving. To keep up with the demands of increasingly tech-savvy and data-hungry customers, betting operators need to present more opportunities to engage with sports, offering exciting new …

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