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Inspired has successfully integrated its Virgo™ Remote Gaming Server (RGS) into OpenBet’s gaming platform. This integration allows for the supply of Inspired’s omni-channel content to OpenBet’s online and mobile customers, including Paddy Power and Ladbrokes, via Inspired’s Virgo™ RGS. OpenBet takes over a billion sports bets annually, and is renowned for its performance and scalability. Inspired has been supplying its leading …

Sports Betting Academy is proud to announce Sportcast as a training partner. Sportcast have been making waves in the world of sports betting through combining cutting edge technology and innovative data science with real sports expertise to deliver a competitive edge. Sportcast have lent an experienced team of PhD statisticians, developers and odds compilers to support the Sports Betting Academy course, …

Sporting Index has launched its first ever Live Casino and fixed odds Casino offering, following a successful beta testing and development period.  The UK-based sports spread betting company decided upon the new products after significant customer demand, having never previously hosted any non-spread based games in its 24-year history. Available for desktop users immediately ahead of a subsequent mobile and …

It has been announced that Intralot Group and Trilantic Capital Partners Europe, the controlling shareholder of Gamenet, have signed a deal which will see the group’s Italian activities merge with Gamenet. Intralot will reportedly control 20% of the combined operations which will see the group become one of the largest operators in the Italian gaming market once the deal is completed. This …

GVC Holdings PLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Liron Snir to the newly created role of Chief Product Officer. Liron, the former Vice President of Product and Strategy of Playtech PLC, is recognised as one of the foremost product and technology experts in the online gaming industry over the last sixteen years. As Vice President of Customer Relations for over …

Having been selected by Manila and Isle of Man bookmaker Dafabet as core igaming platform, SBC interviews Steven Valentine Comtrade Director of Interactive Services on the changing partnership dynamic between suppliers and operators. Valentine details how platform customisation and flexible infrastructures are leading operators’ supplier demands, as the industry moves away from standalone turnkey solutions. __________________________ SBC: Hi Steven, congrats on Comtrade …

Both DraftKings and FanDuel agreed to stop real money contests in New York on Monday after a settlement was agreed with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.  The settlement ensures that should the games be legalised in the state this year then the gambling claims against them will be dropped, though there may still be charges for false advertising and a lack …

Presenting its audited full-year 2015 results (period ending 31 December 2015), the governance of FTSE listed igaming operator 888 Holdings (888) has described 2015 corporate performance as resilient in facing imposed regulatory impacts. Outlining 2015 core metrics, 888 would post group revenues of $462 million (£320 million), 2% up on 2014’s $455 million. The operator noted that on a like-for-like …

Bookmakers have placed Russia’s Sergey Lazarev as early favourite to win Eurovision 2016 (Stockholm Globe Arena 14 May). Desperate for victory at the 61st edition of the Pan-European song contest, Russia announced Lazarev as its official Eurovision contestant last December. Since the announcement, the 32-year-old Muscovite has been touring Russia performing Eurovision entry ‘You Are the Only One’. The extensive …

Leading European betting player portal bettingexpert.com has analysed the four days of Cheltenham Festival 2016 wagering, in what has been dubbed ‘the worst ever Cheltenham’ by UK bookmakers. Publishing detailed analysis of betting trends at Cheltenham 2016, bettingexpert has estimated that bookmakers were approximately down £3.21 per punter. With tens of millions of wagers taken over the course of the …