Technology

Racing UK has announced that it is to become the first dedicated horseracing channel to offer high definition coverage to its UK viewers. The HD service will go live on March 7th on Sky channel 432. Over 600 race meetings per year will be broadcast in all their glory, including all 28 races from the Cheltenham Festival which gets started …

Stockholm listed sports betting software supplier Kambi (Kambi Group), has been selected as proprietary betting platform for Malta igaming operator Leo Vegas. The agreement will see Leo Vegas, one of the fastest growing businesses in the igaming sector, enter the European sports betting market utilising Kambi betting provisions and software. Announcing the partnership today, Leo Vegas governance aims to increase …

The Game Developers Conference fourth annual State of the Industry Survey, has shown that 88% of developers believe esports to be a long-term sustainable business. It also showed that 75% believe the same for Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR).  The results of the survey are formulated by generated by feedback of over 2,000 game developers. It showed that 16% of developers are …

If it’s not in your ICE Totally Gaming planner already, make a note now because Inspired’s new Mike Tyson Virtual Reality product looks set to be a highlight. If you’ve ever fancied your chances against boxing’s youngest every heavyweight champion, here’s your chance to put your money where your mouth is and step into the ring with a (hopefully) virtual …

NASDAQ listed gambling technology provider Scientific Games Corporation (SGC), has confirmed the appointment of Susan Cartwright as Vice President of Corporate Communications. A gambling marketing strategy specialist, Cartwright joins SGC from competitor International Game Technology (IGT), were she led a number of branding, thought leadership and investor relations initiatives for IGT group as VP of Communications. SGC detailed that Cartwright …

Digital sports content and media group Perform has launched a new concept in odds provision. The RunningBall Odds Store has been created in partnership with William Hill, Sporting Solutions and Wettbuero. This is an innovative new service which will provide operators in the sports betting market access to a range of in-play odds from multiple providers via one unified API. The proprietary software, created …

GamCrowd and Clarion Events have announced the line-up of participants for Pitch ICE ahead of this year’s ICE Totally Gaming at the ExCeL Centre in London 2nd-4th February.  The pitches will take place on the Tuesday and Wednesday at stand N7-460. Entrepreneurs and start-ups were asked to apply to claim a place in the Pitch process before December 31 and the …

Amaya Inc online poker subsidiary PokerStars continues to diversify its multi-media channel output, by announcing that it has launched its free to play Jackpot Poker app for Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV stick devices. The development of the Jackpot Poker app for Amazon, will allow viewers to access PokerStars social gaming app directly from their televisions via the Amazon …

ICE Totally Gaming takes place between February 2nd to February 4th at London’s ExCeL Centre. As the largest iGaming event in the UK calendar there’s always a lot going on, and plenty of industry figures to talk to.  Here SBC profiles Ian Hunter of MRG Systems to see how they prepare and what he’s excited about ahead of this year’s event. …

October 2015 saw William Hill launch its new sports betting platform ‘Trafalgar’. The in-house developed platform aims to create a joint web and mobile infrastructure for the operator as it seeks further differentiation in a saturated betting market. SBC spoke to Stu Weston William Hill Sportsbook Director on the creation and development of Trafalgar, and why William Hill is prioritising innovation …