Online lottery specialist Thomas promises focus on “product, product and more product” as he takes the reins at Maltese lotto platform provider.

January 11, 2018 – Malta (Press Release): Premier lotto platform provider Kootac has appointed Danny Thomas as its new CEO.

Mr Thomas brings a wealth of experience from executive roles at Brombat Ltd, Gr8odds Ltd and Avinit Online Ltd. The appointment marks the rekindling of Kootac’s relationship with Thomas, who was key to the company’s growth as Head of Strategy between 2012-2014.

Founded in 2011, Kootac rose to prominence as the brains behind PlayEuroLotto.com, an online lottery betting site which uses an insurance-linked securities model to provide a highly-rated service to tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Leading supplier signs agreement with sportsbook pioneer

Stockholm, 11th January 2018 – Swedish slots specialist Quickspin, a Playtech Group company, has announced a deal to deliver their full portfolio of games to leading sportsbook Interwetten.

The agreement with the Malta-licensed operator will further elevate Quickspin’s profile among players and extend its international reach, particularly in German-speaking countries.

Interwetten customers will shortly be able to enjoy a host of immersive games, including recent releases Mayana, Mighty Arthur, and Sakura Fortune. These all come with the supplier’s Achievements Engine gamification features.

January 11th 2018 – ORYX Gaming has signed a content deal with leading online and mobile casino software provider iSoftBet. Under the new deal, ORYX Gaming will be providing its complete portfolio to iSoftBet’s Game Aggregation Platform (GAP).

iSoftBet GAP already boasts more than 1500 games sourced from over 35 suppliers and will now gain access to ORYX’s ever-expanding library of proprietary and third-party slot, casino table games, card games, video poker and traditional games.

ORYX’s content is being integrated via iSoftBet GAP platform to enable players access to a varied portfolio of content from ORYX, Gamomat, Kalamba Games, Golden Hero and Patience. All content is accessible for players on mobile, tablet and desktop.

Matevz Mazij, CEO of ORYX Gaming commented: “iSoftBet works with the world’s largest and most successful e-gaming companies, so signing with them is a testament to ORYX’s position. Their target markets suit our products perfectly and we cannot wait to see their clients utilising our unique portfolio of games.”

11th January, 2017 – Award-winning sportsbook and lottery supplier Sporting Solutions, part of the Sporting Group, has today begun to supply Swedish lottery Svenska Spel with its outsourced pricing services (OPS).

Sporting Solutions saw off numerous sportsbook suppliers to win the competitive public procurement, and has entered into a partnership which runs for an initial year, with Svenska Spel holding an option for a further year.

The deal will see Sporting Solutions supply pre-match and in-play pricing across various core sports for the Swedish market, including tennis, soccer, American football and ice hockey, amongst others.

Sporting Solutions’ OPS combines best-of-breed algorithms, official data and longstanding trading heritage to deliver margin enhancing pricing across 25+ sports.

Medialive are pleased to announce the opening of their UK office in Richmond upon Thames. Richmond has been described as “a jewel in London’s crown. Probably London’s most attractive borough, it has long been a favourite retreat for Royalty and the rich and famous.”

The office will be headed up by Medialive’s Commercial Director, Rob Wheeler.

Rob commented, “We are delighted to have secured such a fantastic office space in the heart of Richmond to support the company’s expanding business, both here in the UK, Italy and further afield internationally. Richmond fits perfectly with our brand, product positioning and focus, servicing high-end operators and players alike.

The location is spot on too, with central London only 15 minutes away by train and Heathrow Airport a short car ride away, we are ideally located to support our growing domestic and international client base. 2018 will be a pivotal year for us, get ready to hear some noise!”

Following this month’s hugely successful World Championship, the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and long-standing partners Sportradar have renewed their multi-faceted cooperation that will see the leader in sports data and content continuing in their role as official data and live media rights partner to the biggest darts competitions in the calendar.

On the data side, Sportradar, who have worked with the PDC since 2011, will renew its official data partnership across all PDC events for a further five years until the end of 2022 and will distribute official data to the betting industry exclusively, while distributing data to the media industry on a non-exclusive basis.

On the audiovisual side, Sportradar will hold the exclusive live rights for over 700 matches each year, spread across the World Series of Darts (WSOD) and the European Tour (ET) extending the existing deal for an additional 4 years also through to the end of 2022.

Speaking about the expanded partnership, PDC Chief Executive Matt Porter said: “This year’s PDC World Championship witnessed a significant changing of the guard but we are excited with the continuity of our partnership with Sportradar. They have been by our side for over six years and we are delighted they will be with us for at least the next five. They get what we are trying to do as an organisation and as a sport, and we are delighted that we can continue working together, delivering more great content and insights to our increasing fanbase around the world!”

Multiple singles Grand Slam winner Mats Wilander joins Pinnacle as brand ambassador

London, 11th January 2018 – As it begins its landmark 20th year of operations, online bookmaker Pinnacle has reached a new milestone with the announcement of its first ever brand ambassador.

After an illustrious 16-year career as a professional, Wilander will produce educational content for Pinnacle’s Betting Resources portal – providing readers with unique insight into the game.

Paris Smith, Pinnacle CEO said: