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Scientific Games has teamed up with Germany lottery operator WestLotto for the introduction of camera based technology across the lottery’s retail sites in North Rhine-Westphalia.  The technology will be implemented into the Contour.v terminals, which WestLotto will use to offer players a contactless experience across more than 3,000 retail outlets from April, 2025.  Andreas Kötter, Managing Director at Westdeutsche Lotterie …

Scientific Games has teamed up with analytics platform AppsFlyer on a project aimed at supporting lotteries across the US. The project will help optimise lottery digital ad campaigns by collecting data from social media channels, search engines and mobile and web apps to enhance player acquisition strategies.  Offered through Scientific Games’ SG Digital Academy initiative, the project will run for …

Jordan Levin is confident that the Integration of IMG ARENA under OpenBet will create global gambling’s most sophisticated technology business, delivering end-to-end sports data, technology and content ecosystem for betting operators and rightsholders. Levin told SBCNews following the disclosure by NYSE sports and entertainment firm Endeavor Co that it had taken the decision to merge IMG ARENA’s business with OpenBet. …

M&A and structural changes are a huge part of the betting business and are developments with which Jordan Levin, CEO of OpenBet, has had extensive first-hand experience. Having been ‘found’ by the betting and gaming sector in 2006 after a career in the higher echelons of finance, Levin has seen OpenBet – which he took the helm of as CEO …

Scientific Games has announced the appointment of Mona Garland as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of the lottery technology and systems supplier. Garland will steer the new global HR strategy of Scientific Games, following the firm’s sell-off from Light & Wonder which saw the lottery tech group become an asset of Canadian private equity fund Brookfield Partners. The board of …

Welcome to the second part of Delasport’s deep dive into sports betting through the ages. In part 1, the sports betting and igaming software solutions provider covered the early days from the first bookie to the engagement years of the 2000s. Let’s pick up the story. Customer centricity While the early incarnation of sports betting sites served their purpose, the …

DraftKings, Entain, BetMGM, Catena North America, Caesars Sportsbook, Better Collective, Sportradar and White Hat Gaming were among the companies to celebrate victories at last night’s SBC Awards North America 2022 ceremony at Pier Sixty, Manhattan. The prestigious ceremony was hosted by YES Network Yankees Clubhouse reporter Meredith Maravokitz. The winners of the 27 operator, affiliate, supplier and payment and compliance …

Light & Wonder has confirmed the appointment of Steve Beason as President of Digital and Sports Betting for Scientific Games’ lottery unit.  The appointment sees Beason return to Scientific Games, where he previously served Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the firm’s Lottery System division between 2005 and 2016. Following his executive tenure at Scientific Games, Beason would serve as a …

Light & Wonder Inc, the new corporate identity of a transformed Scientific Games Corporation (SGC), has outlined to investors its objective of achieving a $1.4 billion EBITDA target by 2025. The 2025 earnings target declared to investors will require Light & Wonder to match a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15%. The Nasdaq technology group, which during Q1 trading …

The total prize fund for this year’s Randox Grand National will return to £1 million for the first time since the pre-pandemic period, as reported by the Racing Post. The horse racing and betting news outlet was informed by Aintree racecourse on Wednesday that not only will the total value of the 9 April race return to pre-COVID levels, but …