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Mansion88 integrates draw-based games and virtuals from NSoft

Mansion88

Asian betting operator Mansion88 has integrated popular draw-based games Lucky Six, Lucky X and Next Six from NSoft to its online website, as well as virtual greyhound races, horse races, motorcycle races and slot car races from the same provider. “After the presentation of the NSoft’s products and services, the mutual conclusion was that our potential for further web expansion …

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Will Whitehead, mkodo: Achieving sportsbook and casino differentiation through UX

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Achieving product differentiation is arguably more important now than ever as sportsbook and casino operators face the challenge of staying relevant, writes Will Whitehead (pictured), Associate Director – Accounts at mkodo. This remarkable period triggered by the outbreak of COVID-19 has stressed the importance of having dynamic and agile digital products and has likely rang alarm bells for many over …

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85% pause activity as esports tops the betting bill in Germany

Germany - 12 March 2020, Saxony, Dresden: Football: 2nd Bundesliga, SG Dynamo Dresden. View into the empty Rudolf-Harbig-Stadium. Numerous football matches in Germany and Europe are currently taking place without spectators. It is not yet clear whether so-called "ghost games" will also take place here because of the new corona virus. Photo: Robert Michael/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga and the DFB Deutscher Fußball-Bund, it is prohibited to exploit or have exploited in the stadium and/or from the game taken photographs in the form of sequence images and/or video-like photo series.

More than 85% of sports bettors in Germany have stopped placing bets, according to a survey conducted by bookmaker comparison portal MySportwetten.de – part of Leadstar Media group. The unrepresentative survey, conducted as a poll amongst members of the MySportwetten.de community, was set up to show how much the betting world in Germany has changed as a result of COVID-19. …

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SBC Digital Summit: Innovation on hold despite online casino growth – Alex Tomic

SBC News SBC Digital Summit: Innovation on hold despite online casino growth - Alex Tomic

Alex Tomic, SlotsMillion CEO, shared his fellow panelists’ view that business for online casino operators has been growing as a result of COVID-19, and the subsequent live sports shutdown, but admitted that it has put a brake on new innovation for the igaming sector. He was speaking as part of the panel titled ‘Gaming – the industry’s lifeline’, held as …

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Ivo Marinovic, NSoft: How Lucky Six is proving enduring appeal in time of crisis

Lucky Six

Number-based games have always provided a bridge between the sportsbook and casino sectors for NSoft, whose unique offering includes Roulette, Next Six, Lucky X and Keno, as well as Lucky Six – still its most lucrative game despite launching almost a decade ago. Now more than ever, NSoft has seen the advantages of number-based games acknowledged by sportsbook operators left …

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Delasport clients get access to Kiron’s BetMan RGS platform

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Operators running on sports betting and iGaming software from Delasport will now have access to the BetMan RGS platform from Kiron Interactive, which provides them with a ‘rapid play betting experience’ across multiple virtual sports and number games.  The type of games offered as part of the BetMan platform deal, confirmed Kiron, include virtual football, horse and greyhound racing, and …

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SBC Digital Summit: “Partnerships will be proved in crisis” – Carsten Koerl

SBC News SBC Digital Summit: “Partnerships will be proved in crisis” - Carsten Koerl

Sportradar CEO Carsten Koerl said that the strength of its partnerships will be “proved in crisis” after the postponement of almost all live sports events brought inevitable challenges and demanded quick changes to the company’s business strategy. Delivering the day-one keynote at this week’s SBC Digital Summit, kicking off the Leadership in Betting track, Koerl told delegates that we should see …

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Paytm First Games reveals two-tournament India esports launch

Paytm

Paytm First Games (PFG) has switched attention to the Indian esports market after launching separate online tournaments in partnership with the Esports Players League (ESPL) and Garena Partners. The dual announcement comes at a time when online gaming is picking up as a form of stay-at-home entertainment. The Indian public are currently living under government-imposed lockdown measures until 3 May …

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Carsten Koerl, Sportradar: Adapting at speed to counter loss of ‘real’ sport

SBC News Carsten Koerl, Sportradar: Adapting at speed to counter loss of 'real' sport

In the nearly 20 years since Sportradar was founded, I have never seen our landscape change so drastically in such a short period, writes the company’s CEO Carsten Koerl. In just a few weeks, we have gone from celebrating and looking forward to a diverse range of global sporting events, to the widespread cancellation and postponement of almost all live …

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