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DCMS new loot box guidance on enhanced ID controls & fair terms of play 

SBC News DCMS new loot box guidance on enhanced ID controls & fair terms of play 

DCMS has published an “update on industry-led improvements and protections” related to loot box interactions/exchanges on video games.  The guidance corresponds to the Technical Working Group (TWG) formed by DCMS, following a call-for-evidence consultation response issued in July 2022. The group was tasked with the primary focus of “improving protections for children and adults with regards to loot boxes”. Prior …

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Bayes Esports: what does the next five years hold for esports?

Bayes Esports Engineering Team

The esports space has gone through tremendous changes over the last five years, but what lies ahead in the next five? Ben ‘Noxville’ Steenhuisen (pictured, right), Senior Software Architect at Bayes Esports, looks into his crystal ball and offers his predictions as to what we can expect. Predicting how esports will look in six months is challenging, but looking forward …

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Continent 8 nets Microsoft Silver Partner status

SBC News Continent 8 nets Microsoft Silver Partner status

Continent 8 Technologies has strengthened its cloud offering to operators and suppliers as it achieves Microsoft Silver Partner status for two competencies: Datacenter and Application Development. As part of the Microsoft Partnership Network programme, it allows for companies to undergo various tests and “close scrutiny” to deliver its software, solutions and support based on Microsoft technologies. To achieve this status, the company completed …

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Novibet strengthens global market position with Microsoft Azure

Novibet strengthens global market position with Microsoft Azure

Novibet is taking its partnership with Microsoft Azure ‘to the next level’, which the operator believes will help strengthen its global market position. Having first made the transition to Azure in March, Novibet explained that Microsoft has helped guide the company’s digital transformation. Sotiris Haritos, Novibet Chief Technology Officer, said: “Our target for moving to Microsoft Azure was twofold. First, …

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Novibet banks on Microsoft Azure to match its rapid growth objectives 

SBC News Novibet banks on Microsoft Azure to match its rapid growth objectives 

Novibet has entered a ‘new digital era’ by migrating its core platforms and operating systems onto Microsoft Azure’s cloud computing network. The CIS betting group described the Microsoft Azure cloud upgrade as a key technology project for 2021, which will help safeguard the technical capacity of Novibet to match its scale servicing multiple CIS betting and gaming jurisdictions. Switching to …

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XLMedia streamlines executive team in strategy overhaul

SBC News XLMedia streamlines executive team in strategy overhaul

Affiliate marketing publisher XLMedia has moved to restructure its executive leadership team in support of the company’s ongoing transformation programme. XLMedia has identified a number of functions and roles which it believes ‘could be streamlined’. It comes as the company looks to ‘leverage both automation and outsourcing, whilst also gravitating towards increased editorial’. Sarah Clark, who joined XLMedia as the …

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Sportradar seeks interactive content edge with Arkadium visualisations

SBC News Sportradar seeks interactive content edge with Arkadium visualisations

Leading sports data, insights and content supplier Sportradar has teamed-up with New York-based visualisation studio Arkadium, seeking to develop new immersive and interactive capacities for its sports output. Entering 2019, Sportradar will work with Arkadium on developing new viewer/audience experiences and engagements, focusing on driving interaction with its content from multiple sanctioned sources. In its update, Sportradar details that it …

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CashBet appoints new president to spearhead development of crypto offering

SBC News CashBet appoints new president to spearhead development of crypto offering

Igaming platform provider CashBet has moved to bolster its senior team by installing advisory board member Ed Brennan as company president. Brennan will lead CashBet in the next period of its development, following one of the world’s largest casino gaming ICOs, with the goal of establishing it as the leading blockchain-powered platform. He brings a wealth of experience to the …

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Intralot recruits Michael Kogeler as Group COO

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Greek lottery and gaming systems provider Intralot has announced the appointment of Michael Kogeler as Group Chief Operating Officer, following an extensive international search process. Taking up his post next month, on May 2, Kogeler is set to be responsible for “business orchestration of its operations around the world,” more specifically dealing with the firm’s relationships with partners and customers, as …

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Comtrade Gaming & Microsoft push industry innovation for EDIT Summer School program

SBC News Comtrade Gaming & Microsoft push industry innovation for EDIT Summer School program

Continuing its corporate focus on developing new talent, Comtrade Gaming welcomed students to its ‘21st generation of Comtrade Group’s summer school – EDIT program’. The program ‘EDIT – Education for Innovative Thinkers’ which has been active since 1996, focuses on developing young talent in creating software solutions and in further gaining vital business/commercial experience. Comtrade Group’s EDIT program has developed …

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