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Penn National gains digital inventory with Sportech Digital

SBC News Penn National gains digital inventory with Sportech Digital

US racing operator Penn National Gaming has announced that it has partnered with Sportech Racing Digital to deliver its digital and mobile betting solutions for its pari-mutuel betting inventory. Sportech Digital is set to provide Penn National with digital provisions using its G4 betting framework and Digital Link app for mobile betting. The partnership will see Sportech further provide support services …

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Toals Northern Ireland comes online with FSB Technology

SBC News Toals Northern Ireland comes online with FSB Technology

Sports betting platform provider FSB Technology has agreed a deal to provide Toals bookmakers with its first online sports betting platform. The supplier will design a bespoke web and mobile service for the popular independent retailer who has shops across Northern Ireland. They will trade a number of different sports, both pre-match and in-play, including their market-leading horse racing product, …

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OpenBet supports recruitment drive with new marketing campaign

SBC News OpenBet supports recruitment drive with new marketing campaign

OpenBet, one of the world’s leading software providers to the sports betting and gaming industry, has announced plans to increase headcount by 10%. The recruitment drive is supported by a new marketing campaign and corporate video. Filmed at OpenBet’s Chiswick HQ, the video features members of the company’s staff from a range of departments. It intends to highlight OpenBet’s positive …

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Isle of Man appoints Jonathan Mills as e-Business lead

SBC News Isle of Man appoints Jonathan Mills as e-Business lead

The Isle of Man Parliament has announced the appointment of Jonathan Mills as new Director of e-Business with immediate effect. Mills takes on the executive position having been Non-Executive Director of Isle of Man based gaming company Veros Digital. A thirty year digital veteran Mills is Chairman of gambling technology provider ABETA (2009-2015), and has served as Managing Director of …

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Kiron Interactive gains Microgaming Quickfire development partnership

SBC News Kiron Interactive gains Microgaming Quickfire development partnership

Specialist developer of virtual sports content Kiron Interactive has been approved as a Microgaming Quickfire development partner. The agreement will see Kiron Interactive virtual sports content released on Microgaming’s Quickfire system, one of the leading industry casino games platform. Kiron Interactive managment announced that it would begin its Quickfire partnership, by rolling out popular virtual football, sports and boxing content, …

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TonyBet offers live eSports betting markets

SBC News TonyBet offers live eSports betting markets

With the growth of the esports the betting market is expanding accordingly, with evermore operators realising the opportunities of getting in on the act early. TonyBet has offered esports betting for some time, and has announced that it will now include further live markets for certain tournaments. A TonyBet statement said: “We believe that this market has a lot of potential.” …

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Opta deal sees DraftKings revamp its soccer product

SBC News Opta deal sees DraftKings revamp its soccer product

DraftKings Inc., the troubled daily fantasy sports (DFS) platform, has teamed up with sports data provider Opta to supply all its live soccer performance statistics. DraftKings has engaged Opta in order to enhance the customer experience of its soccer product, in anticipation of an upcoming expansion into new markets. One of the main features that has changed is the increase …

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EveryMatrix sends team to European Commission Round Table

SBC News EveryMatrix sends team to European Commission Round Table

EveryMatrix’s Compliance Team has been invited to attend the European Commission Round Table workshop on online gambling and technical requirements that will take place today. EveryMatrix will participate at the event along a select number of iGaming experts and stakeholders in the industry. A number of topics covered by the event range from testing, auditing, system certification and general guiding …

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Playtech pushes on with Q3 revenue rise

SBC News Playtech pushes on with Q3 revenue rise

Industry supplier Playtech has posted a 47% increase in revenues for the third quarter with increases in all divisions, apart from poker. The growth has been boosted by the company’s recent acquisitions, the figure would be around half if they were discounted, but it still represents impressive progress for the firm. Regulated revenues accounted for over half of group revenues …

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Mecca Bingo launches Playtech ONE omni-channel solution

SBC News Mecca Bingo launches Playtech ONE omni-channel solution

Rank Group subsidiary Mecca Bingo, has launched omni-channel system Playtech One across its entire product range, with a view to enhance player engagement, optimise content and bridge customer access to its games inventory. Playtech ONE’s launch across Mecca Bingo omni-channel inventory, has been supported by this year integration of Playtech’s retail server system, which services the bingo operator entire 2300 …

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