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Safecharge acquires 3V Transaction Services

SBC News Safecharge acquires 3V Transaction Services

Online payment provider SafeCharge has entered definitive agreements to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of 3V, for a consideration of €14.5 million of which €11.6 million is payable on completion with the balance payable over three years (the “Acquisition”). The Acquisition is expected to complete in January 2015. The Acquisition is strategically significant in that 3V will become …

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Richard Thorp – FSB Technology – 2014 Betting Industry Review

FSB Technology’s Business Development Director Richard Thorp reflects on 2014 and looks forward to another challenging year. When it comes to the betting and gaming industry, I think it’s safe to say that we will look back on 2014 as both the best of times and the worst. It’s biggest event by far, for UK-facing operators and suppliers at least, was …

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NextGen Gaming launches slots inventory with Ladbrokes

SBC News NextGen Gaming launches slots inventory with Ladbrokes

Australian igaming developers NextGen Gaming has agreed a games online content partnership with Ladbrokes. The develop has completed the launch of its initial slots inventory with the UK bookmaker. Under the agreement with Ladbrokes, NextGen will deliver various mobile and desktop slots titles through the NYX OGS platform. Games set to be on offer include popular slot titles such as …

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Roy Clements – STATS – Speed and accuracy the watchwords for STATS

SBC News Roy Clements - STATS - Speed and accuracy the watchwords for STATS

Sports data, insight and analyses has become big business in 2014, with the sector witnessing several mergers and acquisitions. Now forming a vital part of sports betting operational value chain, Team SBC speaks to Roy Clements Managing Director of STATS Europe, on his companies European ambitions. Clements tells the SBC team, that his firm’s data on US sports is provided …

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666Bet migrates to BetConstruct’s sports betting platform

SBC News 666Bet migrates to BetConstruct's sports betting platform

666Bet has completed its product migration to the BetContruct sports betting platform. Throughout last week the betting operator sent several communications alerting its player base that the Bet666 website would undergo a ‘scheduled upgrade’. The migration to BetConstruct’s platform, sees 666Bet drop Novigroup Ltd white label sports betting provisions. 666Bet CEO Barry Martin announced the operator’s decision to switch betting …

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Clarion Gaming launches dedicated mobile apps for ICE 2015

SBC News Clarion Gaming launches dedicated mobile apps for ICE 2015

Visitors, exhibitors and delegates attending ICE and the co-located ICE Conferences (3-5 February, ExCeL London) have the opportunity to tap into all the latest developments taking place in and around both events courtesy of the new dedicated ICE app. Available for free on Android and iOS devices, the app allows visitors to access the full event schedule, browse the latest …

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Ezugi unveils new games lobby & Hybrid Blackjack

SBC News Ezugi unveils new games lobby & Hybrid Blackjack

Ezugi,  live dealer gaming system provider, today announced the unveiling of its new games lobby and Hybrid Blackjack to allow unlimited players at a blackjack table along with Games Marketing’s 21+3 ™ and Perfect Pairs Blackjack™ sidebets games all designed to increase operator’s revenues. The new lobby is built with the newest HTML5 code to provide ease of use features …

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Microgaming expands mobile inventory with first real-money casino app on the Windows Store

SBC News Microgaming expands mobile inventory with first real-money casino app on the Windows Store

Microgaming continues to expand its mobile gaming inventory with the release of the industry’s first real-money casino app on the Windows Phone Store. Released in November, the app is suitable for any device running on either Windows Phone 8.0 or Windows Phone 8.1. Developed from scratch using native code and native user interface components, it features over 35 of Microgaming’s …

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ICE 2015 Comment – Peter Bertilsson Metric Gaming – New Technology & Innovation in iGaming – 2014 Review

SBC News ICE 2015 Comment - Peter Bertilsson Metric Gaming - New Technology & Innovation in iGaming - 2014 Review

Ahead of ICE 2015 Peter Bertilsson  CEO & President of Metric Gaming reviews igaming 2014 innovations and industry technology/market conditions. The gambling industry – despite (or perhaps because of) its size and success – has been notoriously resistant to new technology. Indeed, because many gambling operators still rely heavily on outdated technology, any upgrade would likely require a complete system …

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