Heavyweight boxer Tyson Fury took to ICE 2019 to help launch Exploding Jackpots, an ‘industry-first’ cross-platform series of ‘must-drop’ jackpots from SBTech. Billed by SBTech as the ‘Big Bang’, the product was introduced to the crowd of delegates by Fury, who himself had been welcomed to the stage by Peter Dickson – the man best known as the voice of both the …
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Updating stakeholders on a core corporate initiative, Stockholm-listed online gambling group Kindred Plc has announced that it is a ‘step closer’ towards launching its proprietary global datacentre solution. For the past two-years Kindred has worked in partnership with New York-based next-generation data infrastructure specialists/developers Cockroach Labs DB, aiming to deliver ‘a single, globally geo-distributed platform based on multi‑active datacentre’ supporting …
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One of Germany’s most recognisable sports betting brands, mybet, will be reintroduced to the country’s online market with a new sportsbook powered by Kambi. Due to the recent insolvency of its previous owner, MyBet Holding SE, mybet was withdrawn from the market in the fall of 2018 following 15 years of operation. However, the brand and digital assets have since …
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Sports betting technology and platform provider SBTech has become the latest industry incumbent to strengthen its corporate compliance frameworks and resources with Isle of Man strategic consultancy SMP eGaming. Updating the market, SBTech governance informs that it has contracted SMP eGaming to develop a tailored compliance staff and management training programme on compliance disciplines. In its mandate, SMP eGaming will deliver …
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Sky Bet and bet365 have been confirmed as the launch partners for the new real-time Fast Player Statistics Feed from Perform – a service powered by live sports data from Opta. The two leading operators are the first to develop in-play products powered by the new feed, which supplies highly detailed in-play statistics for automated live trading and fast settlement …
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Preparing for its full product launch this 2019, esports betting platform Luckbox (Luckbox.com) has confirmed the appointment of Metodi Zaburtov as Head of Sportsbook Risk Management & Operations. Confirming the senior appointment, Luckbox management details that it has recruited a unique executive in Zaburtov, who holds intricate knowledge of both sportsbook and esports disciplines. Zaburtov is the former Head of Live …
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More than a year in development, new industry data, insights and content provider IMG Arena announces the launch of its ‘Greenhouse’ innovation programme. Seeking to disrupt all standard components of the global betting sector, IMG Arena launches its Greenhouse directive, ‘funding and mentoring innovative entrepreneurs and companies reimagining the betting and media industries’. For its launch, IMG Arena announces ‘Sportsflare’, …
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The breadth of sports data provided by AmazingODDS has been stepped up to cover up to 60,000+ sporting events each month, including the biggest matches across the most prominent US sports and the highest profile contests played out on the top 20 esports titles. One of two headline sportsbook products for Amazing Gaming, the AmazingODDS service – managed by in-house …
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GVC Holdings’ European online sportsbook property bwin, has confirmed a four-year extension to its existing partnership with the Deutscher Fussball Bund – DFB – German Football Association. Extended to December 2022, bwin will continue to act as ‘official DFB betting partner’, securing extensive brand coverage across Germany men/women’s national football team matches. In addition, the bwin brand secures advertising rights …
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Sportsbook and casino operator, Efbet, will expand its current European operations by entering the Spanish regulated market through a new site powered by the OPTIMAMGS™ platform. The betting group, which already utilises OPTIMAMGS™ as the lead platform for its Eastern European properties, will continue to use OPTIMA turnkey solutions to provide Spanish customers with access to its games portfolio and gaming …
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