Luke Massey

How have the top bookmakers handled the pandemic?

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There have been clear trends prevalent in the UK’s gambling industry over the course of the last few years, including the way in which online gambling continues to grow at the expense of offline betting and wagering, writes Mischa Port from Greypoint Gaming Group. In many ways, such trends were accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic through 2020, as global sporting …

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Spain the focus for Altenar’s ‘Coffee Break’ series return

Spain

“Let’s talk about Spain,” said Altenar COO Dinos Stranomitis, as the sportsbook provider prepares its team for this month’s SBC Summit Barcelona (21-24 September). Speaking on the first episode in the second season of ‘Coffee Break‘ with Altenar, Stranomitis suggested that certification for sports betting operators in Spain is a ‘little bit tougher’ than in other countries.  “In comparison with …

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LSports expands 888 deal after securing Colorado sports betting licence

Colorado

Sports data solutions provider LSports has been granted a two-year sports betting licence from the Colorado Division of Gaming, which will allow it to deliver unique sports data solutions to operators in the state.  In addition to this, LSports has extended its partnership with 888 Holdings plc to provide its sport data-services for SI Sportsbook, which launched in Colorado at …

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SUZOHAPP to deliver ‘top-line’ printing solutions via CUSTOM deal

SUZOHAPP

Sports betting and gaming product manufacturer and distributor SUZOHAPP has agreed a new deal with CUSTOM GROUP, whose printing solutions include integrated devices for self-service betting terminals (SSBTs).  The partnership, said SUZOHAPP, aims to combine CUSTOM’s innovative, “high-value printer product line” with its own extensive expertise in the gaming industry. “For us at SUZOHAPP, we aim to be the single …

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BetConstruct kicks off NSoft virtuals deal on Vbet

NSoft

The ‘extensive’ virtual and draw-based games portfolio from NSoft will now be available through clients of BetConstruct after the two companies finalised a new partnership. As part of a press release sent out earlier today, we learned that NSoft’s flagship virtual games including Lucky Six and Greyhound races will be “catching the attention of players” betting on sites powered by …

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Rob Pryce: Xtremepush: A betting operator’s player engagement blueprint

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Rob Pryce, Chief Revenue Officer for Xtremepush, highlights what leading operators are doing to optimise player acquisition and engagement, as well as the most crucial tactics and strategies for them to have in place.  Everyone in the industry, particularly here in Europe, understands that the cost of acquisition is high and is rising all the time. That’s true of other …

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XLMedia completes $24 million Saturday Football Inc. acquisition

Saturday Football

XLMedia has completed the acquisition of Saturday Football Inc. for a total consideration of US$23.0 million cash (c.£16.8 million), plus US$1.0 million (c.£0.7 million) in long-term incentive shares. The acquisition is the conversion of an existing agency partnership between XLMedia and Saturday Football Inc., established in December 2020, which brought about a close working relationship with management and generated a …

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PandaScore: No magic solution to live data disconnect in esports

PandaScore

There are two ways of approaching the stream and live data disconnect in esports, said PandaScore CEO Flavien Guillocheau, but neither are ‘magic’ solutions. As a follow up to this analysis of the relationship between latency and stream delay in esports, he went even further into the concept’s ‘crazy’ betting climate, where players are seeing action on their screens that …

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