Technology

Gambling virtual content provider Vermantia, has announced that it has completed the ADM certification in compliance with Eurobet systems, Italian gaming and betting operator, for the provision of its full Virtual Games service and provisions.   Eurobet will distribute Vermantia’s Virtual Games to its Retail network, as well as its Online and Mobile offering. The initial rollout will include Football, Greyhound …

Greek lottery and gambling systems operator Intralot has bolstered its digital gaming and sports betting services by confirming it has acquired a 35% stake in digital gambling platform provider bit8. Intralot did not disclose the acquisition sum of its stake in Bit8, however the company informed that it had first option on increase its stake in the platform provider to …

Digital marketing insights and data specialists Maxymiser, customer experience optimisation team has announced major developments to its optimisation suite with its latest API update – Campaign Design API – which includes a well-structured framework allowing developers to build complex test scenarios in a faster and more efficient manner and extend on the industry-leading platform for testing and personalization Maxymiser a popular …

Secure Trading has announced a partnership with enterprise-level digital currency exchange BlockEx as a turnkey payments solution. The BlockEx platform is designed to simplify the process of operating a digital currency exchange, offering a complete turnkey solution, technology, payments processing and support services. Its white label solution, meanwhile, aims to provide top-level Forex, Financial Betting and eGaming operators with a …

Following last week’s announcement of its $275 million Series E venture round funding, daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator FanDuel has confirmed the acquisition of Scottish app development studio KotiKan. FanDuel who stated that it would use its raised funds to further develop in-house development and delivery competencies, acquired the Edinburgh based mobile development studio who have worked on FanDuel mobile …

OpenBet provider to the sports betting and gaming industry  has boosted its senior management team with the appointments of Tod Martin as COO and Dominic Le Garsmeur as Casino Vice President.  The executives, who both have extensive industry knowledge, have been brought in to help facilitate OpenBet’s ambitious global growth plans. OpenBet CEO Jeremy Thompson-Hill said: “Both Tod and Dominic are highly experienced – I am proud …

Mobile payments provider Bango Plc CEO Ray Anderson has been selected as a delegate to represent UK commerce and business in Prime Minister David Cameron;’s “Asia Trade Mission”. The commercial trip to visit heads of state of Asia, will focus on promoting the UK’s fast growing financial technology sector. Unlike similar visits in the past, Mr Cameron’s party will have …

The US tech industry has branded the birth of another ‘Unicorn’ as daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator DraftKings announces that it has raised $300 million (£195 million) in series D funding. 21 Century Fox’s Fox Sports division contributed the majority of the rounds funding capital, other investors included venture capital firms Atlas Ventures, Kraft Group and Raine Group. This latest …

Playtech will become the first winner of the Gala Coral Ladbrokes merger as the gambling technology provider is set to receive £75 million under a new marketing services and provisions agreement arranged with Ladbrokes Plc. The £75 million sum will be paid to Playtech upon the completion of the merger. At present the technology firm currently acts as platform and …

Operators using Ukash payments are about to see the brand change to paysafecard, following the acquisition of Ukash by paysafecard earlier this year. paysafecard, part of the Skrill Group, will have its vouchers replace Ukash vouchers at retails from 31st August 2015 onwards. paysafecard has already been available in the UK for many years and offers a wide range of …