Technology

The GLI Group has announced the acquisition of NMi Metrology and Gaming Ltd as well as related gaming assets (“NMi Gaming”) from NMi Certin, B.V. and related parties. The Group, which delivers land-based lottery and iGaming testing and assessment services, belives the acquisition will assist NMi Gaming’s clients by providing them with instant global reach through GLI’s accredited 475 jurisdictions. …

Sky Betting & Gaming has renewed its partnership with Playtech by agreeing a multi-product deal which extends across Playtech’s dedicated Live Casino environment. The long-standing partnership has facilitated year-on-year growth within gaming, live and bingo verticals at Sky Bet, who recently picked up an inaugural award recognising marketing excellence and innovation across the Playtech Casino network of global licensees. For example, …

Kompli-Global has developed a tool to help companies deal with the more time-consuming customer due diligence challenges of the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4th AMLD). The 4th AMLD, which came into force on 26 June, includes a specific mention for the online gaming industry, where operators must perform more exhaustive checks on adverse player information. Backed up by a team …

Malta and Tel Aviv-based industry white label and turnkey platform provider Aspire Global has been approved listing on the Stockholm Nasdaq First North Premier market. The firm now plans to make its initial public offering next Friday 7 July setting a target price of SEK 30 per share on the Stockholm Nasdaq. Aspire governance has detailed that it will initially …

International sport data and intelligence supplier Sportradar has entered a strategic partnership with Asian counterpart Beitai Digital to bring ‘best-in-class’ data solutions for Chinese sports stakeholders. The partnership will see Beitai become the lead distributor of Sportradar data provisions for the Chinese market. Sportradar will be able to utilise Beitai established media partner network which includes Chinese broadcasters such as …

FTSE-listed bookmaker William Hill is reported to be closing down its Tel Aviv (Israel) office, which will see the company make approximately 200 staff members redundant. Israeli news sources have reported that William Hill has warned Tel Aviv staff of the impending office closure, with the company beginning to cull staff numbers. The company aims to make 200 of its …

The Goodwood Group, owners of the popular West Sussex estate Goodwood which hosts major motorsports, horseracing and leisure events has partnered with digital personalization specialist Qubit to optimise the performance of its digital assets. Confirming the partnership, Goodwood marketing has detailed that it wants Qubit technologies’ to bring ‘personalisation at scale’ to its digital inventory boosting sales and average order …

Online gambling software and games provider 1×2 Gaming has announced that it will rebrand its corporate identity and structure to ‘1×2 NETWORK’, which company leadership believes better represents the firm’s services and overall industry proposition. The decision to rebrand to 1×2 NETWORK follows an internal review, in which 1×2 management wanted to highlight new asset Iron Dog slots studio alongside …

Updating the market, industry technology and data systems provider Betgenius has informed that it has entered a ‘landmark agreement’ with esports only competitive platform Unikrn. The partnership will see Betgenius provide Unikrn with in-play betting provisions and optimised market prices for thousands of esports markets including lead titles League of Legends, Dota 2, CS:GO, Call of Duty and Overwatch tournaments. …

Industry hi-definition games developer, Ganapati Malta, has announced that it has expanded its commercial and product development teams, appointing Zoe Bell as Commercial Manager and Irina Negotei as new Product Manager. Zoe Bell will bolster Ganapati Malta’s commercial division, as the company seeks to aggressively expand its industry partnerships in the coming months. Bell has prior industry experience having served …