Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has expanded its presence in the burgeoning South American igaming market, becoming the lead platform solutions supplier to JOY Enterprise BV Securing a five-year agreement, GiG will provide its platform account management (PAM) to power JOY Enterprise BV soon to be launched Playr.bet brand in Latin America “This is a new venture into an unknown vertical …
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A GR8 (Tech) day for Parimatch Tech as it pursues new B2B ambitions in business transformation
Parimatch Tech has outlined its ambitions to become fully focussed on B2B operations, with the company unveiling its new brand identity – GR8 Tech. The new B2B operations will see GR8 Tech offer “full tech coverage for established gambling businesses”, including a “GR8 igaming platform with a sportsbook, casino, payments hub, flexible API, CRM tools, player management, risk management, fraud …
Read More »SportingRisk appoints Andy Phillips as commercial lead
SportingRisk has confirmed the appointment of Andy Phillips as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of the dedicated sports modelling and risk forecasting solutions provider. In his remit, Phillips will focus on expanding SportingRisk’s client portfolio and the commercial growth opportunities of new products such as PropFutures – the firm’s client customised player prop and interval-based markets product. An expert in commercial …
Read More »Codere admits ‘system failings’ following €700K hack
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been informed by Nueva Codere of a cyberattack to its subsidiary Codere Online, resulting in losses of €744,000. The admission to the SEC outlined ‘weaknesses in internal controls’, which allowed hackers to access Codere Online’s email systems. The cyberattack saw hackers pose as ‘Codere Online agents’, who sent ‘manipulated invoices’ to various …
Read More »Napoleon becomes first non-EGBA member to join cyber-security group
Having identified cyber-security as a major concern for the continent’s gambling sector, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has moved to enhance its oversight in 2023. The pan-European gaming trade association announced this week that Belgium’s Napoleon Sports and Casino had become the latest member of its expert committee on cyber-security. In doing so, Napoleon has become the first …
Read More »Kambi CEO Kristian Nylén: the B2B sportsbook’s exciting product journey
As the sports betting sector continues to evolve, Kambi CEO Kristian Nylén tells SBC how the sports betting supplier is evolving its product strategy to lead the industry into a new era. SBC: Kambi recently unveiled its long-term strategy to investors and analysts at its Capital Markets Day. What were the key products and messages of the day? Kristian Nylén: …
Read More »EveryMatrix wins Hungarian tender to revamp TippmixPro
EveryMatrix has secured a major commercial initiative, having won the public tender to serve as the lead sports betting software provider of Szerencsejáték, the operating firm of the Hungarian state lottery. Awarded the tender, EveryMatrix will be charged with building a new end-to-end advanced sports betting product for TippmixPro, Szerencsejáték’s online sportsbook brand. All functions and components of TippmixPro will …
Read More »Alberto Horta joins IMG eyeing up DACH growth and diversification
Targeting an enhanced presence across Germany, Switzerland and Austria, IMG has appointed Alberto Horta as Senior Vice President and Managing Director for the region. Horta’s new remit will be to drive IMG’s commercial strategy and media rights distribution activity in the DACH region, specifically for the company’s network of rightsholder partners in the region. He joins IMG as the firm …
Read More »SBC Webinars: The ‘quantum leap’ for AI and finding the right combo for growth
AI has really been at the forefront of sports betting conversation in recent years, but it is not a new technology – this observation was made by Andrej Bratko, Sportradar’s Managing Director of AI/BI, during a recent SBC Webinar. However, although the term itself dates back to the 1950s, making AI ‘almost as old as computing itself’ as a research …
Read More »Stats Perform adds Tennis Australia competitions to live betting streams
Stats Perform has been named the exclusive distributor of data and live video streaming to licensed sports betting operators for Tennis Australia (TA). The multi-year deal sees the analytics company add the Australian Open, Australian Open Qualifying and other TA tournaments to its growing portfolio of live betting streams and trading data. The sport’s governing body will use Stats Perform’s …
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