SoftSwiss has celebrated its first entry into the African sports betting market after receiving a licence to supply its gaming and sportsbook solutions across Nigeria. The Nigerian licence, says SoftSwiss, is a ‘great milestone’ for the company as it continues to expand into new regulated markets across the world. “Entering the Nigerian market marks an exceptional turning point for SoftSwiss, …
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Ivan Rozić (pictured), SVP of Global Sales and Business Development at NSoft, reflects on the lessons learned during 2020, before predicting a more successful coexistence for online and land-based betting when retail is back to full strength. In November 1956, Isaac Asimov published a science fiction short story called “The Last Question” which beautifully describes an overlapping relationship between physical …
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Intertops has celebrated 25 years since it became the first company to accept an online bet by launching its new, redesigned in-play sportsbook. On January 17 1996, Jukka Honkavaara – now a SBC Hall of Fame inductee – placed a $50 wager with Intertops on Tottenham Hotspur to beat Hereford United in an FA Cup fourth round tie. With odds …
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The jam-packed sports calendar for this summer including both Euro 2021 and (hopefully) the Olympic Games in Tokyo means the outlook for the short to medium term from a sports betting perspective is particularly positive, said Soft2Bet’s head of sportsbook Petar Penev. Despite the huge disruption inflicted on the sports world by coronavirus, which still leaves the successful staging of …
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SoftSwiss has revealed that JooSports, a subsidiary of JooCasino and part of N1 Partners Group, will be the first client to integrate its new sportsbook solution. By using SoftSwiss’ new sportsbook offering, JooSports will be able to drive conversion rates, elevate player experience and deliver a tailored sportsbook offering for bettors depending on their preference. Of note, JooSports pointed out …
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SoftSwiss has strengthened its product portfolio with the launch of a B2B sportsbook solution, which will provide extensive ‘business growth opportunities’ for its clients. The solution will incorporate ‘all crucial functionality’ and features from the SoftSwiss online casino platform, with a key focus on delivering security, stability, advanced player segmentation and adaptability to operators’ marketing needs. “We are extremely excited …
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Delasport has struck a new deal to deliver a ‘Plug & Play’ sportsbook iFrame solution for B2B white label platform provider ProgressPlay. The advanced solution, said Delasport, will complete the ‘already exemplary’ ProgressPlay offering which had, until now, been more focused on the gaming side. It will be rolled out to both new and existing clients of the ProgressPlay platform. …
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Assessing Gen Z and Millennial behaviour, Jamie Mitchell of Low6 has predicted a ‘seismic shift’ from traditional ‘hard’ gambling, stating that the industry, regulators and the public perception will ‘force’ people and sportsbooks to ‘not welcome’ problem gamblers onto their platforms. In the New entrants – new angles panel at Betting on Sport Europe – Digital, panellists discussed changing customer …
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Digitain has set about providing the ‘world’s sportsbook’ to operators in Europe, America, Africa and Asia, regardless of the size or relative maturity of the regional markets. It is perhaps best known for its work in ‘developing’ markets, where the challenges are quite different to years gone by. Feliciana Cannillo, Deputy CEO at Digitain, explains why times of porting – …
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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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