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Stride places itself under ‘offer period’ reviewing all future options

SBC News Stride places itself under 'offer period' reviewing all future options

Issuing a market statement, the governance of London AIM-listed online gambling group Stride Gaming Plc has clarified its strategic position/intent, following media reports that it seeks an outright sale of the business. Stride governance confirms that at present ‘all strategic options are being considered’ with a view to maximising shareholder value, including – i) implementing an aggressive UK and international …

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Videoslots joins the Swish Swedish market assault

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Swish has secured its third high-profile gaming client in a little over a month after striking a deal with Videoslots.com for the online casino operator’s Swedish players. The deal, which follows similar agreements with both LeoVegas and Mr Green, will help Malta-based Videoslots to strengthen its position within the re-regulated Swedish market. Following this re-regulation of the Swedish gambling market, …

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UKGC boosting online safety with new age verification standards

Neil McArthur

The Gambling Commission has released a new set of rules, ensuring that operators implement a new wave of age verifications checks “to make gambling safer and fairer”. Following an open consultation, and to further guard against the risk of children gambling, new rules mean operators must verify customer age before they can either deposit funds into an account or gamble with …

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BetConstruct brings the glamour through FTVGG Live Casino

SBC News BetConstruct brings the glamour through FTVGG Live Casino

BetConstruct has upped the glamour within its in-house live studio after launching a branded Live Casino hall for FashionTV Gaming Group (FTVGG). It is the latest joint project between the two parties, who initiated a partnership in November of last year by launching a new, unique line of branded slots. BetConstruct said that this new addition to the studio “exudes …

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Paysafe Group signals US betting intent with ‘Single Point API’ launch

SBC News Paysafe Group signals US betting intent with 'Single Point API' launch

Global payments and e-merchant services provider Paysafe Group has stated its corporate intent to lead transactional services within the liberalised US sports betting market in 2019 and beyond. Yesterday at the ICE London 2019 conference, Paysafe leadership announced the launch of its industry-specific ‘single point API’, which will deliver a unified payment platform/solution for all igaming/betting incumbents. Launching its new vertical, …

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SBC launches PaymentExpert.com for changing industry demands & dynamics

SBC News SBC launches PaymentExpert.com for changing industry demands & dynamics

Digital and retail payments, verification, compliance and fraud professionals working within the gambling industry now have a new business resource to help them keep up to date with the latest developments in the sector courtesy of SBC’s PaymentExpert.com. This new website joins SBC’s growing news network, which in the month of January 2019 attracted an audience of over 170,000 unique …

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Rebecca Sotomora: Groove Gaming at the epicentre of aggregator disruption

SBC News Rebecca Sotomora: Groove Gaming at the epicentre of aggregator disruption

Ahead of ICE 2019, Rebecca Sotomora commercial lead for Groove Gaming, details to SBC readers how industry turn-key technology dynamics and reputations have changed through quick access plug–n-play platform cutting resources with effective delivery…. _________________ SBC: Hi Rebecca, thanks for the interview, since its enterprise inception in 2017, what do you believe has been the foundation for Groove Gaming’s fast …

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OtherLevels launches personalised real-time solution

SBC News OtherLevels launches personalised real-time solution

Digital marketing and messaging platform, OtherLevels Holdings Limited, has launched its new real-time module which enables igaming operators to carry out in-play engagements. OtherLevels In-Play 2.0 will offer an automated, real-time solution that combines event feeds, live odds, condition evaluation, dynamic message content and smart segmentation which will be developed using historical betting data. Brendan O’Kane, Managing Director for OtherLevels, …

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Mr Green ups customer reach integrating SWISH pay

SBC News Mr Green ups customer reach integrating SWISH pay

MRG Group European online gambling subsidiary Mr Green has stated its intent on accelerating its Swedish market position by integrating the popular SWISH payment service. Launched in 2012 by the Central Bank of Sweden, SWISH is currently the nation’s most popular mobile payment service with a reported 6.7million active users and 180,000 connected businesses. As the merchant has grown in …

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GeoComply’s Anna Sainsbury appointed to AGA board of directors

BetBright

GeoComply’s Chairman, Anna Sainsbury, has been appointed to the board of directors for the American Gaming Association (AGA)  as a bid to support “understanding of regulated gaming” in a post-PASPA America. The compliance grade geo-location technology supplier has become a board-level member of the AGA, the national trade group which represents the $261bn casino industry in the US. Sainsbury praised …

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