Technology

Jason Ferguson, the man accused of hacking and stealing information from 649,055 Paddy Power customers, says he bought the data through an online message board last December and denies accountability. He told Bloomberg News that he was also offered a new dataset for €7600 (£6030). “I bought lots of data for marketing but I did not hack anything.” “Is it ethical? To my knowledge, …

Real Sports Global has launched 5050Streak, a social version of its i casino game 5050Sports, featuring international sports personalities and exclusively-licensed archive broadcast footage, with publisher Trinity Mirror. The agreement sees 5050Streak, where Facebook players aim to win 5050Coins, become available to online (with mobile to follow) readers of Mirror.co.uk. The social platform contains classic free-play features, including leaderboards, challenges, competitions …

Tailored digital gaming solutions Finnplay, today announced the launch of daily fantasy sports operator FantasyBet using Finnplay’s BillFold platform to run their fantasy gaming engine. FantasyBet is targeting the high growth in live fantasy sports games across Europe in time for the new English Premiership football season. A combination of innovative daily fantasy sports features such as ‘Flash Mode’, which …

Sportradar has penned an agreement with the Thai Premier League to monitor betting during the 2014 season. The association builds on the organisation’s existing partnerships in the region with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Football Federation Australia (FFA), and will see Sportradar scrutinise betting behaviour and patterns for all 380 games of the campaign, including those games that were completed earlier in the year. Speaking about …

SIS has been appointed as the official data partner of the Liga de Futbol Profesional (LFP) to collect and exclusively distribute live data from the Spanish leagues to the betting industry. Liga BBVA, won last season by Atletico Madrid ahead of Barcelona and Real Madrid, is watched by more than 300 million viewers across the globe. The three-year agreement, from …

San Francisco social games and gambling developer Zynga reported second quarter operational net losses of $63 million (£37 million), an increase of  75% on the 2013 corresponding period. The significant losses in revenues has caused Zynga senior management to lower corporate and financial expectations for the social gaming developer. Zynga Q2 operational report saw the company post revenues of $153 …

Playson, the  game studio behind games such as Alice in Wonderslots and Lucky Pirates, is one of 25 active studios to join the Odobo Developer Program. Based in Malta, with technical development in Ukraine, Playson is a rapidly expanding studio with 250 employees and extensive game production experience. Playson takes pride in the skill of its team, its games’ high production values and impressive …

SBTech announced an exclusive multi-year deal with TGP Europe Ltd. To provide a turnkey sports betting solution for thecompany’s white label operation, including leading UK bookmaker JenningsBet. TGP Europe is owned by TGP Holdings part of the Sun City Group, the largest provider of live dealer casinos in Asia, making the deal a significant step in SBTech’s progression into the …

EIG Berlin welcomes all start-up Submissions until 12 September for it’s annual START-UP LAUNCHPAD EiG Berlin’s focus on fresh thinking and innovative solutions for the gambling and igaming sectors,  offers start-ups the opportunity to showcase in front of key industry and business decision makers. Competing start-ups will be asked to detail their approaches to the gaming sector and discuss the …

Finnplay, the Finnish based iGaming platform provider, which specializes in tailored gaming solutions today, announced the launch of infinitybet.com Asia’s newest online gaming operator using Finnplay’s BillFold gaming platform solution. For infinitybet, Finnplay built a completely customised betting product to meet the requirements of infinitybet as well as a tailored website with casino, racing and sports book included to target …