Technology

Focusing of further expansion for the North American igaming and gambling markets, industry developer and software supplier Game Account Network, has announced the opening of its Las Vegas Nevada office. Dedicated to expanding US commercial opportunities, the new Game Account space is over three times larger than the former campus, and is scalable to support the expanding game publishing and …

Gambling technology provider IGT has announced the appointment of Ken Bossingham as Senior Vice President of Casino Core Products. Bossingham joins IGT (2013-2014) having served as Chief Operating Officer of American Gaming Systems, where he led the acquisitions of Apollo Global Management, Colossal Gaming and Cadillac Jack. Bossingham has prior experience with IGT Group, having served as VP of North …

International mobile eSports platform, Cashplay, has agreed a deal with Multiplay to deliver real-money mobile tournaments for the upcoming Insomnia Gaming Festival. UK based Multiplay is a gaming services company, whilst Insomnia55 will feature some of the biggest names in the industry. It’ll take place at Coventry’s Ricoh Arena over the 28-30th August weekend with tournaments to be played out …

Following a period of concentrated acquisition activity in the financial services sector, igaming technology and provisions provider Playtech Plc has announced its unaudited Interim H1 2015 results (period ending 30 June), recording growth on all key performance metrics . Playtech H1 2015 performance overview The FTSE 250 listed company, saw a revenue rise of 33% to €286 million (H1 2014 …

Having announced a revenue up lift of 40% to $223 million (£144 million), combined with adjusted corporate profits of $37.3 million (£24 million) for its H1 2015 performance. Optimal Payments CEO Joel Leonoff has stated that company governance is on the lookout for its next target, as Optimal aims for entry into the London FTSE 250. Having completed its €1.1billion …

European igaming platform and software provider EveryMatrix are the latest igaming and sports betting provisions provider to announce that it has been granted a set of gaming license issued by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). This morning EveryMatrix executive  management announced that it had obtained a UKGC General Software License and a  General Betting Standard Real Event License , allowing EveryMatrix …

My Club Betting will be unleashing its new Sportsbook in the near future after partnering with FSB Technology (UK) Ltd. The terms of the deal will see FSB trade a larger and more varied selection of sports, for both pre-match and in-play markets for the operator. This will include their market leading UK horse racing product. My Club Betting is …

Betting exchange Matchbook has launched a new collaborative incubator called mLabs which its hopes will foster the next generation of innovative start-ups in the online gambling sector. The new accelerator programme has been launched with the aim of attracting new talent that Matchbook will handpick and mentor in the hope that it can develop and nurture ideas through to product …

Fantasy sports operator FanDuel continues its operational expansion with the acquisition of US sports data and analysis provider numberFire. Detailing the acquisition of the data provider to technology news source Techcrunch.com, FanDuel CEO Nigel Eccles commented that the buy would help FanDuel pursue targets beyond the US daily fantasy sports. numberFire data provisions will be integrated into FanDuel’s fantasy sports …

Fantasy sports giant AlphaDraft have announced a new partnership with developer Hi-Rez Studios for the SMITE Pro League This is an independent eSports league based around their popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game SMITE. The details of the partnership are that both companies will work together to provider users with real-time official fantasy stats during SMITE Pro League broadcasts …