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DATA.BET will mark its official launch at this week’s ICE London by supplying the official data for a $250,000 CS:GO tournament played out at the ExCeL, produced in partnership with GG.Bet and streamed to an online global audience in excess of five million. We caught up with DATA.BET’s Chief Business Development Officer Tetyana Pshevlotska (pictured above) for more on the launch …

SBC has continued to grow to its news network with the launch of SlotBeats, sister site to leading online and land-based casino news portal CasinoBeats.  SlotBeats is the latest addition to SBC’s expanding media operation, which includes websites that attract a monthly audience of more than 170,000 unique visitors from the gambling and sports industries, as well as the SBC …

Multi-channel sportsbook and systems provider SBTech has secured a five-year sportsbook platform extension with Argyll Entertainment, which will allow the operator to continue its growth across the UK and Europe. Under the terms of the extension, Argyll Entertainment subsidiary Sportnation will continue to benefit from SBTech’s full gaming turnkey solution. This will be complemented by access to SBTech’s APIs, which …

Ahead of next week’s ICE London, SBC News sat down with Ebbe Groes, CEO of EveryMatrix, to discuss the recent revamp and commercial development of OddsMatrix – the company’s sports betting product suite.  SBC: At the beginning of a new year, how would you evaluate OddsMatrix’s performance in 2019? Ebbe Groes: Last year was truly fantastic, from many points of view, …

A new set of instant sports and games and a new channel for 3×3 Basketball will take centre stage for Golden Race at ICE London. Real Fighting is the headline addition to this instant collection for the company’s online platform – alongside 3×3 Basketball, 3D Horse Racing, Dog Racing, Speedway, Motorbikes and Virtual Keno. Based on the increasingly popular MMA, the game …

SIS (Sports Information Services) distributor of racing data, content and media rights has followed the growing ranks of industry incumbents and stakeholders joining the membership stable of the All-in Diversity Project (AiDP). As part of its membership commitment, SIS will help drive the diversity and equality agenda within the gambling industry, with the partnership scheme designed to help facilitate the …

The UK Tote Group has begun its search for a new Chairman after Eamonn Wilmott confirmed he would be stepping down from the company. Wilmott, who took control of The Tote in October 2019, was instrumental in the Together for the Tote initiative. The initiative saw The Tote team up with racecourse operator Britbet, later buying the pool betting operator …

Rank Group has praised further growth across its digital division, with the group reporting growth in NGR and operating profit of 14% and 117% respectively. Publishing its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2019, Rank attributed the 10% year-on-year lift in net gaming revenue (NGR) to the progress made on the group’s transformation programme. John O’Reilly, Chief …