Technology

Unibet and Scottish Premier League Champions Celtic FC have agreed an exclusive W-Fi and betting partnership. The agreement was brokered by sports media agency Sports Revolution and will allow Celtic supporters to access Unibet sports betting inventory at Celtic Park  stadium via the CelticLive app. The deal will give Unibet potential coverage to over 155,000 Celtic FC fans who have …

Bitstars.net announced today that its players will have the possibility to deposit and play with the Euro currency as well as the already existing bitcoin crypto currency. This means that Bitstars has once again raised the bar in the iGaming industry as it becomes the only Casino of its kind where players can visit and choose between depositing and playing …

Casino technology provider Ainsworth Game Technology is set to enter the social gambling market, with the upcoming launch of its Players Paradise Casino, scheduled for release in January. Danny Gladstone Ainsworth GT Chief Executive said that the company could no longer afford to ignore the fast growing market, which had seen other land based casino competitors successfully enter “Whilst our …

Bally Technologies announced that its shareholder had approved the $5.1 billion acquisition plan by lottery and gambling technology provider Scientific Games Corp (SGC). The approval gives SGC the right to complete the acquisition deal by the end of 2014. Bally shareholder approval is one of the set conditions which has to be cleared in order for the transaction to close. …

European sports betting operator Betsson AB has invested in the Swedish startup-company Rush Sports AB, which has developed the first true app for event-driven real-time betting – Rush Football. The founders of the company are also behind the successful apps Forza Football and Forza 90′. Rush Football aims to be the  first app to fully integrate a live score service …

Team SBC catches up with Peter Gough, Founder of Fenway Games, an igaming industry start-up which has recently gone live on the GamCrowd.com equity crowdfunding platform. Fenway Games.is a developer of real-time, mobile and social products that operate during live sporting events and offer a high turnover of wagering opportunities. Its flagship title, SwitchPlayed, allows small-stakes bets to be placed in-play, to …

Asian gambling technology supplier AGTech Holdings has acquired mobile development and lottery operator Score Value for a sum of $63 million. The acquisition of Score Value will see AGTech augment its product portfolio, by offering mobile lottery services for the Chinese market. AGTech senior management have labelled the acquisition as a company milestone. Score Value currently supplies more than 20 …

SBC caught up with Jörn Anhalt, Managing Director of Media Rights for the Sportradar Group, to discuss the impact of live-channel features on both digital and retail sports betting operations and consumer habits. Sportradar Group are European market leaders at providing syndicated sports content and betting related data and insight technology and provisions. Anhalt who leads strategic sales activities and …

Sports betting technology provider OpenBet has announced a new three-year partnership extension with William Hill, which will see OpenBet continue to supply the operator with digital and mobile sports betting ttechnologies and provisions. Building on the longstanding relationship between OpenBet and William Hill, this new agreement focuses on collaboration and driving closer working practices to deliver William Hill greater technological …

Amaya Gaming CEO David Baazov, outlined the importance of sports betting for his company’s future growth strategy. Speaking to investors after reporting Amaya Gaming’s Q3 results, Baazov confirmed that the operator would continue to “invest heavily” in developing a proprietary sports betting product. Baazov outlined that Amaya would look to launch a sportsbook for its Full Tilt brand in the …