Technology

The board of Playtech Plc has informed investors that Hong Kong investment fund TTB Partners will no longer submit a takeover offer for the FTSE250 gambling technology group.  Issuing a statement, TTB detailed that “due to challenging underlying market conditions it is not intending to make an offer for Playtech Plc”. TTB’s withdrawal follows Playtech’s board granting the Hong Kong …

Optimove has acquired automated personalisation studio Graphyte, with a view of bolstering the personalisation and machine learning capacities of its CRM marketing platform for igaming and sports betting.  Founded by former Ladbrokes engineer Damian Evans in 2018, Graphyte is a London-based engineering studio that has specialised in building customised real-time personalisation tools for industry incumbents.  Since its establishment, Graphyte has …

Esports data analytics firm HUDstats has partnered with Sports Information Services (SIS) the multi-channel supplier of 24/7 live betting services, to deliver “actionable, real-time data for esports betting purposes”.  Under the terms of the collaboration, HUDstats will use its proprietary Advanced Video Analysis (AVA) technology to collect, standardise and distribute accurate esports data from SIS’ e-basketball and e-soccer streams for …

Groupe FDJ has disclosed to markets that it has entered ‘exclusive negotiations’ to acquire Aleda – the point-of-sale (POS) payments solutions provider for its Française des Jeux (FDJ) lottery network. Updating investors, FDJ outlined that the acquisition of Aleda formed part of the group’s ‘tech development strategy’ Previous corporate updates have seen group leadership underscore that FDJ will seek to …

LiveScore Group has announced that it will utilise Spotlight Sports content and media services to optimise its flagship LiveScore portal and Virgin Bet sportsbook.   Agreeing on a multi-year partnership, LiveScore will benefit from new data provisions including the integration of Superfeed – the betting market’s most comprehensive data feed covering all international racing fixtures. Superfeed will allow the LiveScore affiliate …

IMG ARENA, a developer and distributor of syndicated sports and entertainment media rights, has been selected as the official data distribution partner of Major League Soccer (MLS). The collaboration follows an extensive RFP process.  In a joint statement released today, both firms said that the long-term, global partnership will utilize the latest technology to create a new standard for soccer …

Sports fans are more educated and well-equipped than ever before, requiring stakeholders to ‘up their game’ with regards to content, according to Paul Every. In a discussion with Insider Sport, Stats Perform’s VP of Media Products provided a breakdown of the firm’s recent enhancements to its PressBox offering, covering the PressBox Live, PressBox Graphics and PressBox Video applications. Although many …

Endeavour Group has secured a re-evaluation of its acquisition of Openbet from Light & Wonder –  a deal that was originally valued at $1.2 billion (€1.05bn).  Yesterday, dealmakers disclosed that a new purchase price for Openbet had been settled by Endeavor and Light & Wonder, which revalued the sportsbook platform provider at $800 million (€760m). The original terms agreed upon …

Leading Central European bookmaker Tipsport has approved a ‘major expansion’ of sports and betting data provisions supplied by Genius Sports.  The uplift will enhance the Tipsport sportsbook inventory with Genius Sports’ suite of data-driven pre-match, LiveData and LiveTrading solutions whilst providing full flexibility and control over each element of its sportsbook trading operations. Tipsport will benefit from the firm’s optimal …

NetShop ISP has confirmed the successful completion of its casino games audit recently carried out for casino slots development company, Fugaso. The extensive audit began back in April in an attempt to stress-test games performance and provide suggestions for optimisation on a content delivery network (CDN), infrastructure and other technology perspectives. Fugaso, which is short for Future Gaming Solutions, is …