Technology

La Marocaine des Jeux et des Sports (MDJS) – Morocco’s state-owned lottery operator, has published an updated procurement notice for bids to participate in its tender to manage its lottery, sports betting and gaming activities.  This January, MDJS alerted global lottery stakeholders that it would launch an international tender to find a new operating partner for its flagship LOTO Maroc …

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) and Betway have extended their partnership for the provision of the GiG Comply marketing compliance tool in African markets.  By utilising GiG Comply for its African operations, Betway will be able to scan web pages for content “igaming code red words”, links and regulatory requirements, to ensure marketing efforts remain proactive.  This will also assist Betway …

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has moved to strengthen its player protection and responsible gambling capacity, striking a partnership with Rdentify for use of the latter’s platform.  The deal will see GiG integrate Rdentify’s solutions into its operations, notably its real-time, live chat, text and email problem gambling risk detection system, which can be utilised to conduct safer gambling interactions with …

NetShop ISP, a leading provider of bare-metal servers, data centre solutions, and cloud hosting, has announced the availability of its Secure Private Network (SPN) in Europe, Asia and the United States. The SPN allows customers to interact with their servers without the use of additional VPN or secure tunnels and enables igaming companies to transfer large amounts of data and …

Pretty Technical has appointed Emma Blaylock as Chief Executive Officer, in a bid to ‘accelerate’ the firm’s products and services. Blaylock joins the company from within the Rokker Network, with her most recent role on the Senior Consulting Team as Head of Rokker Advisory at Rokker.  Described as a business strategist, the new hire practised formal management consultancy at her …

Paysafe Limited has announced the appointment of Daniel Henson as Non-Executive Chairman of the NYSE global payments group, replacing William P. Foley II. The decision was formally disclosed yesterday, as Paysafe published its full-year 2021 results in which the group suffered net income losses of $110 million. Paysafe has published a statement regarding its Chairman succession, informing its investors that …

STS Group has achieved a major technology and responsible gambling objective launching ‘Mentor’ its new player behavioural monitoring solution.  Developed by independent engineering studio Neccton – Mentor will be initially applied across STS’s UK online gambling inventory to monitor customer engagements. A 15-year specialist in player security for online gambling, Neccton has developed Mentor to be the most comprehensive and …

Sports data, streaming and AI pioneer Stats Perform has today unveiled what it described as a “blockbuster range of new products for sports betting operators” at an online event entitled ‘Light Up Your Sportsbook’, which can be replayed here. The five new products include industry-first innovations designed to make live streaming, player stats bets, same-game multis and other popular sports …

Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) has confirmed that it will rebrand its business identity to ‘Light & Wonder’ – to reflect its transformation into a ‘cross-platform’ games supplier for the global gambling sector.  The rebrand was announced as the headline of Scientific Games declaring its full-year 2021 results, in which the Nasdaq gambling technology group achieved a 27% increase in consolidated …

UK Tote Group has signed an agreement with machine-learning technology platform, Voxbet, to introduce a direct betting functionality through the Viber messaging platform.  The platform allows sports bettors to ‘securely and accurately’ bet via a text message, described as a ‘next-generation bet execution’, having already grown in Asia, LatAm and Eastern European territories. The collaboration means that Voxbet Viber will …