Technology

Technological innovation can sometimes end up in stalemate when it comes to sports betting products – something contrary to the constant push by operators to bring the lever higher with trading solutions so that they can acquire a new breed of sports betting end users.  Brands often decide that the best approach going forward is to develop their offerings in-house, …

Ellipse Entertainment has reached a new deal with mkodo to bolster the user interface developer’s GeoLocs tool in the Ontario market.  Ellipse has a presence in Ontario through its High Flyer Casino brand, and will leverage GeoLocs in the province, Canada’s only regulated betting market, to provide ‘a safe, secure, and fraud-free environment’. GeoLocs was developed by mkodo with North …

Sportradar has extended its partnership with the German Bundesliga, a DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga subsidiary, for six more years.  With the previous agreement scheduled to conclude at the end of the 2025-2026 season, the new deal which will now come to an end in the 2031-2032 season will allow both entities to expand on push of enhanced data and audiovisual …

Sports betting solutions provider Betby has announced that it will launch multiple betting brands and make its AI-based sportsbook tools available to all brands powered by its partnership with next-generation casino platform supplier Bad Hombre Gaming. The latter, which specialises in crypto payments, currently uses Betby’s sportsbook platform and the Betby.Games esports odds feed to power over 15 brands, with …

Sportsbook solution provider Betinvest and esports data and technology firm Abios have announced a new partnership this week. Under the terms of the deal, Betinvest will supply Abios with efootball content from two professional leagues, CyberLive!Arena and Esport Pro Club.  In a statement confirming the move, Betinvest noted that Kambi-owned Abios will now be able to enhance its monthly offerings …

PIN-UP.TECH, part of the international ecosystem PIN-UP Global, has announced that it will take anti-fraud processes to a ‘new level’ using its own ML/AI models. According to the company, routine checks are now performed automatically, taking into account all available transaction data. In a statement, the firm cited effective risk management as being one of the most important factors for …

The UK Gambling Commission’s (UKGC) Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB) has received an endorsement for its push-to-web methodology from an independent review.  Patrick Sturgis, professor at the London School of Economics and review leader, highlighted the developments in the GSGB as “exemplary in all respects”. According to him, push-to-web will also introduce “a number of important benefits”. Sturgis was …

Groupe Francaise des Jeux (Groupe FDJ) has put its B2B unit Sporting Solutions up for sale and is looking for a buyer for the company it acquired in 2019 for an undisclosed sum. As reported by Jake Pollard of Gaming&Co, the Paris EuroNext gambling group has recruited London-based M&A specialists Oakvale Partners around two months ago to lead the search …

Rank Group Plc has expanded its principal supplier partnership with the Department of Trust (DoTrust) to cover all compliance and customer risk assessment duties of the LSE-listed gambling group. As announced this morning, Rank Interactive unit will integrate “DoTrust Complete”, the “first dedicated platform offering end-to-end frictionless and enhanced financial risk checks to support all stages of the player journey.” …

Sportradar has confirmed the appointment of Felippe Marchetti as Integrity Partnerships Manager for Brazil, helping the NASDAQ tech group scale its integrity and intelligence capabilities for South America’s biggest sports market. Marchetti is experienced in the governance of Brazilian pro-sports, having previously served as a researcher for the Brazil’s Ministry of Sport and as an independent sports integrity consultant deeply …