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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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Efbet enters Spanish market with OptimaMGS platform

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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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DraftKings are hip to be square with Genius Tech Group for Super Bowl LIII

SBC News DraftKings are hip to be square with Genius Tech Group for Super Bowl LIII

Seeking to enhance this Sunday’s NFL Super Bowl LIII viewing experience and audience participation, DraftKings has teamed up with sports data specialist Genius Tech Group (GTG) to deliver ‘the world’s largest-ever Squares game’. A ‘squares game’ is a familiar concept to American football fans, who play in groups/parties and with its playing format requiring no prior betting knowledge. Contestants pick …

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Italian Senate undertakes first moves at classifying & clarifying Blockchain

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Seeking to expand its regulatory frameworks for new technology disciplines, the Italian Senate Committee for Corporate Affairs has approved the nation’s first blockchain focused legislative directives. The draft mandate aims to deliver an initial legislative framework for technologies and IT systems, which operate financial transactions/engagements/exchanges through decentralised registries, ledgers or crypto-based protocols. Developing its first legislative proposals, the Italian Senate …

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Sportium moves for ‘omni drive’ with UNO app launch

SBC News Sportium moves for 'omni drive' with UNO app launch

Ladbrokes and Grupo Cirsa, Spanish market sports betting joint-venture Sportium have announced the launch of its ‘UNO’ app accounts, seeking to unify engagements across its digital and land-based properties. Launching its new product, Sportium states that it has delivered Spain’s first omni-channel discipline for sports betting consumers, with UNO accounts allowing customers to cash-out winnings across all 3,000 Sportium Spanish …

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BetLion forms alliance with Incentive Games targeting new African appeal

SBC News BetLion forms alliance with Incentive Games targeting new African appeal

Betting innovation studio Incentive Games (formerly Premier Punt Group) has confirmed two major announcements strengthening its industry position as the firm targets significant growth this 2019. Updating the market, Incentive Games becomes the lead development partner for leading East African bookmaker BetLion. The partnership will see Incentive Games develop a tailored ‘free-to-play’ proposition for BetLion, a brand that seeks to …

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Pragmatic Play builds up omni-channel capacity acquiring VSoftCo

SBC News Pragmatic Play builds up omni-channel capacity acquiring VSoftCo

Fast growth industry games developer Pragmatic Play has moved to strengthen its Virtual Sports capabilities and content by confirming the outright acquisition of VSoftCo Group.   The undisclosed sum deal sees Pragmatic Play announces its second corporate acquisition, having taken control of live casino provider ‘Extreme Live Gaming’ in 2018 from Novomatic Group. Updating the market, Pragmatic Play executive Yossi Barzely, …

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SG Digital ups Swedish profile with fresh Svenska Spel contract

SBC News SG Digital ups Swedish profile with fresh Svenska Spel contract

SG Digital, the interactive gaming division of Nasdaq-listed Scientific Games Corporation (SGC), has significantly expanded its profile within the re-regulated Swedish online gambling marketplace after agreeing to a new exclusive partnership with state-owned operator Svenska Spel. SG Digital has become the lead online platform provider for Svenska Spel casino and bingo verticals. Furthermore, Svenska Spel digital offering will be enhanced …

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mkodo warns industry developers of Apple backlash on ‘simple wraps’

SBC News mkodo warns industry developers of Apple backlash on 'simple wraps'

London-based mobile app and innovation studio mkodo has issued industry stakeholders a warning with regards to new Apple App Store policies and listings guidelines, inbound with the US tech giant’s ‘4.2 update’. Moving forward, the Silicon Valley giant has pledged to enforce policies requiring app developers, including those operated by industry incumbents to have a minimum level of native functionality. …

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Sportradar seeks interactive content edge with Arkadium visualisations

SBC News Sportradar seeks interactive content edge with Arkadium visualisations

Leading sports data, insights and content supplier Sportradar has teamed-up with New York-based visualisation studio Arkadium, seeking to develop new immersive and interactive capacities for its sports output. Entering 2019, Sportradar will work with Arkadium on developing new viewer/audience experiences and engagements, focusing on driving interaction with its content from multiple sanctioned sources. In its update, Sportradar details that it …

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