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BetVictor ups player security installing two-factor authentication

SBC News BetVictor ups player security installing two-factor authentication

BetVictor has deepened its commitment to safeguarding players by introducing a two-factor authentication as it looks to protect all new and existing customer accounts. The in-house-developed ‘multi-factor authentication’ will safeguard against compromised account details and significantly reduce the risk of a customer becoming the victim of fraud or identity theft. With 81% of hacking-related data breaches resulting from weak or …

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Kambi in full swing for ‘record breaking’ Ryder Cup 2018

SBC News Kambi in full swing for 'record breaking' Ryder Cup 2018

Sports betting platform and software supplier Kambi Group Plc has expanded its golf-related inventory ahead of the start of the Ryder Cup 2018 (27-30 September). Anticipating a record-breaking handle across its partner network, the Stockholm-listed technology supplier has rolled out an in-depth range of pre-match and in-play betting markets for its customers on both sides of the Atlantic. Hosted bi-annually, …

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GiG receives Information Security Management System accolade

SBC News GiG receives Information Security Management System accolade

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has been awarded the coveted ISO 27001:2013 certification, recognising recent improvements to its Information Security Management System (ISMS). The award covers development, infrastructure, network configuration and associated product operations for gaming services hosted on the GiG Core platform. This accreditation means that GiG is offering its clients and players the highest specification of information security available. …

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Power Play! William Hill & IGT partner targeting US lottery betting contracts

SBC News Power Play! William Hill & IGT partner targeting US lottery betting contracts

William Hill US and International Game Technology (IGT) have confirmed that they have entered a ‘multi-year agreement’, seeking to deliver sports betting provisions to US state licensed lottery incumbents. The alliance sees FTSE250 William Hill partner with IGT the leading technology systems supplier for North American lotteries. Last August, both organisations partnered to provide a ‘full-service sports betting solution’ for …

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Metric Gaming secures $10 million series A funding US vision

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Las Vegas-based online sportsbook platform and real-time betting data services provider, Metric Gaming has confirmed that it has secured $10 million completing its ‘series A’ funding round. Founded in 2013 by an enterprise team led by Martin de Knijff, Metric Gaming seeks to become a leading developer of sports betting proprietary products and platform provisions, empowered by the use of …

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Scientific Games joins GLMS global integrity programme

SBC News Scientific Games joins GLMS global integrity programme

Nasdaq-listed industry technology and systems supplier Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) has become the first lottery betting supplier to join the Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) programme. The GLMS programme is a lottery industry mutualized monitoring system on sports betting aimed at detecting and analysing suspicious betting activities that could question the integrity of sports competitions. The programme sees global lottery …

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European TV & Sports rocked by Comcast £30 billion takeover of Sky

SBC News European TV & Sports rocked by Comcast £30 billion takeover of Sky

The landscape of European media and sports is set to be disrupted, as this weekend US telecoms and entertainment giant Comcast won the blind-bid to take majority control of Sky Plc. Tabling a £29.7 billion offer at £17.29 per share, Comcast won the blind auction for Sky hosted by the UK Takeover Panel, completing European Media’s biggest ever acquisition. Led …

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GVC rolls out proprietary Ladbrokes Coral gaming content

SBC News GVC rolls out proprietary Ladbrokes Coral gaming content

FTSE-listed gambling group GVC Holdings has launched the first titles developed by its proprietary Manchester games studio ‘CR Games’, across its multi-brand portfolio. Updating the market, a catalogue of 20 new games will be made available across the casino properties of bwin, Party Gaming and Sportingbet brands.  GVC will launch its initial CR Games inventory across its ‘dotcom markets’, seeking …

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Kevin Sheehan terminates Scientific Games governance contract

SBC News Kevin Sheehan terminates Scientific Games governance contract

Nasdaq-listed gambling technology group Scientific Games Corporate (SGC) has confirmed that former Chief Executive Kevin Sheehan and corporate legal advisor Viet D Dinh will no longer serve on the firm’s board of directors. Issuing an SEC filing, Scientific Games reveals that both Sheehan and Dinh have departed the company this September, choosing to terminate their governance roles. Kevin Sheehan had served as …

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VSoftCo expands virtual network with Virtus Sports content partnership

SBC News VSoftCo expands virtual network with Virtus Sports content partnership

Industry virtual sports content and systems provider VSoftCo Ltd has confirmed that it has entered a multi-year strategic partnership with Virtus Sports, in which both parties will expand their operating networks. The partnership will see VSoftCo integrate Virtus Sports entire virtual sports portfolio across its active partner platform. VSoftCo management details that its global VS network will be significantly amplified …

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