Technology

Recently enlarged Finnish state-owned betting operator Veikkaus has selected Kiron Interactive to be its lead virtual sports content provider. Updating the market, Kiron Interactive detailed that it would initially supply 17 virtual sports games to Veikkaus retail network. The games inventory will include popular Nordic content Hockey Shots and Speed Skating. Kiron was chosen by the government-owned Veikkaus, which has an …

Copenhagen-based start-up Kiggit has announced the launch of its football pools betting app for the UK market, having been approved a UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) License last September. Founded by CEO Jakob Hagemann, Kiggit aims to bring football pools to the social media generation. Hagemann describes the product as a ‘hybrid product, where the Betfair Exchange meets The Football Pools …

Seeking to optimise user engagement and to converge information and development across its industry affiliate portfolio, Better Collective has launched a new API which will enable external applications and websites to pull data from more than four million tips posted on their tipster platform bettingexpert.com. The innovative API strategy has been initially released on Better Collective subsidiary SmartBets, a European multi-language …

Updating the market, industry platform and white label services provider Bede Gaming (Bede) has informed that it has been awarded the ‘ISO 27001′ certification by the International Standards Organisation (ISO). The certification recognises outstanding technology and software provisions in relation to security and data standards following a full audit undertaken by the ISO body. The platform provider gained the certification …

Paddy Power has become the first bookmaker to offer ChatBot on Facebook Messenger, after going live with a new product provided by Onionsack. The industry-first ChatBot, powered by the Onionsack SaaS messaging platform, enables customers to login to their Paddy Power betting account, check balances and place wagers via Facebook. Once connected to the Paddy Power Facebook Messenger bot, customers …

Ahead of today’s Annual General Meeting of Playtech Plc shareholders, company Chairman Alan Jackson has stated that he is confident that the FTSE firm will maintain its strong momentum and meet its full-year expectations. As Chairman, Jackson notes that the company has added a significant number of acquisitions which must now be integrated within Playtech’s core business divisions in order …

Betradar has informed that it has partnered with betting innovation studio Digital Sports Tech, distributing its ‘Player Props’ markets to its industry client base. Agreeing on partnership terms, Betradar will add Digital Sports Tech player performance betting markets to its XML client feed. The feature allows for customers to wager on the performance of an individual athlete. Moving forward, Betradar …

Presenting its Q1 2017 trading statement, the governance of Yggdrasil Gaming states that it is confident of achieving its full-year corporate expectations having recorded a very strong start to its financial year. Updating investors, Yggdrasil would declare an all-metric improvement, as corporate revenues increased by 134% to SEK 33 million/ €3.45 million (Q1 2016: SEK 14.2 million). The firm’s strengthened …

Virtual sports specialist VSoftCo has agreed a multi-year partnership with Leander Games to integrate its first branded football game VStriker. The deal will enable the blue chip Leander client list to offer the VStriker World Football League, dictating the story line of the famous Striker comic strip that first appeared in The Sun newspaper in 1985. The three-year partnership, complete …

SBTech CEO Richard Carter said it is unlikely that operators will move all product development in-house, after suggesting that it only “makes financial sense in the board room”. Carter was part of the Supplier CEO panel at Betting on Football 2017, alongside BetConstruct CEO Vahe Baloulian, OPTIMA speaker Jacob Lopez Curciel and BtoBet Kostandina Zafirovska. The session featured a discussion around …