Compare.bet has successfully completed the registration process in Colorado and is now able to operate in the newly regulated US state.
Colorado is the second state license obtained by Compare.bet, following the company’s earlier New Jersey vendor license award.
Compare.bet has been assigned vendor ID 94452979.
“Sports betting in Colorado has started with a bang this year – handle has climbed impressively despite COVID-19, and we’re seeing plenty of appetite from both customers and bookies in the state,” said Luke Eales, founder of Compare.bet.
“We have a number of license applications in progress for other regulated US states. We are excited to serve the expanding US market with the best offers, fresh sports content and a range of comparison tools.”
Colorado betting handle hit new heights in December, surpassing $200m. The figure represented the State’s fifth month in a row of record-beating betting activity, and was almost double the handle recorded in August 2020.
It has been forecast that most US states will offer some form of licensed sports wagering in the next 2-3 years*. The impressive growth in revenue of newly-regulated states like Colorado continues to make a strong case for wider legalization across the country.
OwnersBox, an innovative sport-tech company behind the new Weekly Fantasy Sports (WFS) platform is ecstatic to announce that they have partnered with top NHL fantasy sports content site DailyFaceoff.
As OwnersBox gears up for their inaugural fantasy hockey season, the team wanted to expand their reach and make a big splash. Daily Faceoff has been a leader in the hockey space for over a decade and prides themselves on being the fastest and most accurate site for projected and confirmed starting goalies as well as line combinations. They provide daily news, projections, and tools for fantasy hockey players across North America.
When asked for comment, President & CEO Brian Kipp stated: “As we actively prepare for the upcoming NBA & NHL seasons, we wanted to target a well-known trusted platform such as DailyFaceoff to leverage their network and help grow the Weekly Fantasy Sports movement. I’ve been an active Daily Faceoff user for years and am excited to work with the DFO team this year.”
OwnersBox and the Daily Faceoff will begin their relationship at the start of the 2021 season and will be collaborating through content, social media & weekly fantasy sports strategy articles. This partnership will allow OwnersBox to keep their momentum going from the NFL season into the new year with the NBA and NHL on the horizon.
HeadsUp Entertainment International Inc. announces today its strategic plan to enter the regulated sports betting market in Canada. In November 2020, the Canadian federal government introduced a bill (C-218) to the House of Commons that, if passed by both House and Senate, would legalize single-game sports wagering within the country’s 10 provinces and three territories. It is anticipated that this bill will pass in the spring of 2021 and HeadsUp is positioned to be a major player in the sector.
The forthcoming legislation and subsequent changes to the Criminal Code of Canada will allow for HeadsUp to be positioned for rapid growth, taking to market platforms in sports betting, into an industry estimated to be over $14 Billion in annual gross gaming revenue as estimated by the Canadian Gaming Association.
HeadsUp is currently negotiating with 2 sportsbook software providers and is in negotiations with a strategic media partner as a potential merger candidate or acquisition to create unique market access and lower than industry standard costs for player acquisition.
“The rapidly evolving opportunities in the Canadian market, as well as in other countries, are very encouraging and our team has been anticipating licensing and government regulation that we are strategically poised to take advantage of” commented HeadsUp President and CEO Doug Wilson.
The Company will be launching its media content delivery platforms the first week of January which are designed to target viewers and build its base of players in anticipation of the launch of its online gaming products once the path to legalization and licensing in Canada is complete.
Canada is an explosive market for sports wagering and the country is following the lead of New Jersey, Nevada and Pennsylvania as US States that have legalized sports betting.
The NFL will offer plenty of offense this Christmas, with two of the top offenses in the league set to square off and four games with an over/under set at 51.5 points or more in Week 16. So many high point totals shouldn’t be a surprise, according to analysts from TheLines, which tracks odds in U.S. regulated sports betting markets. In fact, the NFL is on a historic scoring pace.
Sunday night’s game between the Tennessee Titans, which leads the NFL with 31.1 points per game, and Green Bay Packers, which is third at 31 points per game, promises two of the most prolific scoring teams in the NFL. Total points for the game as of Monday morning is 56, according to a consensus of the nation’s largest legal online sportsbooks — including DraftKings, FanDuel, PointsBet, PlaySugarHouse, BetMGM, Unibet, and William Hill. No game has offered more points this season.
But games offered at 50 total points or more have not been uncommon this year. In fact, there were five such games in Week 15 alone. Points have been up significantly all year. Through the first 15 weeks, NFL teams are averaging 24.8 points per game, up dramatically from 22.8 points per game in 2019. Barring a points outage over the season’s final games, it should break the scoring average record of 23.6 points per team per game, set in 1948.
“In a season of anomalies, we may never see so many high point totals again,” said Brett Collson, lead analyst for TheLines.com. “There are so many reasons why scoring is up, and many of them are related to the pandemic, from fewer distractions with teams being in relative isolation to quiet stadiums helping road teams stay in sync. Regardless, oddsmakers continue to do well in making adjustments.”
The consensus point spreads for Week 16 and remaining Week 15 games, as of Monday, Dec. 21:
Pittsburgh Steelers (-14.5) at Cincinnati Bengals; over/under 40.5
Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints (-7); over/under 51.5
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (-9) at Detroit Lions; over/under 53.5
San Francisco 49ers at Arizona Cardinals (-3.5); over/under 49.5
Miami Dolphins (-2.5) at Las Vegas Raiders; over/under 47.5
Carolina Panthers at Washington Football Team (-1.5); over/under 44.5
Chicago Bears (-7) at Jacksonville Jaguars; over/under 47
Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Texans (-8.5); over/under 45
Cleveland Browns (-10) at New York Jets; over/under 44.5
Indianapolis Colts at Pittsburgh Steelers (-3); over/under N/A
New York Giants at Baltimore Ravens (-10); over/under N/A
Denver Broncos at Los Angeles Chargers (-3); over/under 48.5
Atlanta Falcons at Kansas City Chiefs (-10.5); over/under 53
Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks (-1.5); over/under 46.5
Philadelphia Eagles (-1.5) at Dallas Cowboys; over/under 49.5
Tennessee Titans at Green Bay Packers (-4); over/under 56
Buffalo Bills (-6.5) at New England Patriots; over/under 45
To access the updated futures lines for every NFL team, and for more analysis, visit TheLines.com/odds/super-bowl. To access Week 16 odds, visit www.thelines.com/nfl-week-16-lines-2020.
For Soccer Ventures (FSV), an organization focused on the growth and long-term development of American soccer, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Alianza de Futbol and JUGOtv, groundbreaking Hispanic soccer companies engaging with and offering opportunities for the underserved Hispanic soccer community in the U.S.
For nearly two decades, Alianza de Futbol implements identification programs, coaching clinics, and tournaments in Hispanic communities throughout the U.S. that have historically existed outside of the traditional structure of American soccer. These programs have offered the opportunity for participation to male and female players, and led to the identification of dozens of future professional players such as Mexico’s National Team player Jonathan González. JUGOtv has operated as the content studio and social media arm of Alianza de Futbol, featuring one of the premier American Hispanic social channels.
“As we set about our mission to transform soccer in America, we began identifying the entities and the stakeholders who’d been doing it successfully for years. Alianza de Futbol and JUGOtv are the benchmarks for creating a more inclusive American soccer community,” FSV founder and Philadelphia Union investor Richie Graham said. “As part of FSV, we hope to bring these organizations closer to the fold with our partners, offering even greater opportunities for Hispanic soccer players in the U.S. and establishing a richer and more robust soccer community for everyone.”
Founded in 2004 by Richard Copeland and Brad Rothenberg, the son of former US Soccer Federation President and 1994 FIFA World Cup organizer Alan Rothenberg, Alianza de Futbol has been a one-of-a-kind opportunity for male and female soccer players outside of the traditional club system in the U.S. Since the program’s launch, players have come from 46 states and more than one thousand U.S. cities, connecting over 3.2 million hispanic families to the Alianza de Futbol community. Additionally, over seventy seven alumni have gone on to play professionally and twenty three have received youth national team invitations.
Working with commercial partners, Alianza de Futbol hosts weekend long activations in Hispanic communities throughout the country that feature tournaments for youth and adults and identification programs for players hoping to take the next step in their career, all at little to no cost. Guest appearances from legends of the game such as Carlos ‘Pibe” Valderrama and Jorge Campos, brand activations, and more round out an experience that often draws more than a quarter of a million attendees per year.
As part of the FSV portfolio, Alianza de Futbol and JUGOtv will leverage relationships with organizations such as Major League Soccer and US Soccer Federation to expand opportunities for its participants.
“We’re beyond excited to join the FSV team,” said Joaquin Escoto, Managing Director of Alianza de Futbol. “The future of soccer in America is so bright, and we’re thrilled to be joining FSV on their mission to ensure all communities are part of that future. FSV are the perfect partners to help amplify our impact in bringing the Hispanic community closer to the most important organizations in American soccer.”
Additionally, FSV’s unrivaled creative, American soccer storytelling and strategic capabilities will provide Alianza de Futbol a greater platform to evangelize their transformative work in grassroots soccer, while also connecting them to new brands and advertising agencies.
New initiatives that expand upon Alianza de Futbol, both on-and-off the field, will be announced by FSV in the forthcoming months.
BetWallet, the special application for collecting and managing the bet tickets and vouchers, was recently released to the market and introduced to the land-based operators.
Pointing out the value of the land-based solutions in the industry, BetConstruct provides its operators owning a land business with a solution that can improve players experience in betshops and make it more safe and structured.
Though the main purpose of the app is to give the players an opportunity to collect and manage the bet tickets, it also stands out for more intricate functionalities and advantages that a betshop bettor can appreciate. BetWallet allows the users to scan the ticket’s QR codes, check the bet’s state while simultaneously receiving notifications on status changes and have access to early cashouts. For an added comfort, bet history statistics can be viewed via the app too.
The developers did their best to make the app very convenient and user-friendly. In addition, the app is compatible with both iOS and Android operating systems.
Zurich is the heartland of the European banking world and will be the latest venue for the seventh CoinGeek Conference next April. Just south of Zurich, known as ‘Crypto Valley’, Zug, Switzerland is the home of the Bitcoin Association whose Founding President, Jimmy Nguyen, will once again host the conference. As a result, Switzerland will now further enhance its reputation, as not only a banking and financial hub, but also, the European HQ of the digital asset space by playing host to CoinGeek VII [https://coingeekconference.com/].
In October this year, despite the global pandemic, CoinGeek managed to broadcast over 90 speakers – all of which were delivered live, not pre-recorded – over three days from studios in London and New York for a unique hybrid live & virtual event experience. Earlier in 2020 CoinGeek London saw over 1,000 attendees with a live stream seen by over 30,000 viewers.
Previous CoinGeek Conferences have also appeared – highlighting the true power of a blockchain that scales to enterprise level coupled with tiny transaction fees – via Bitcoin SV, in Seoul, Hong Kong and Toronto.
Professionals from leading blockchain start-ups, global enterprises, crypto mining groups, investors, and others in the financial community are coming to learn about exciting developments for Bitcoin SV (BSV), as well as the unique benefits of a blockchain that can massively scale enabling data processing capabilities no other public blockchain is capable of.
The National Basketball Retired Players Association (NBRPA) today announced the numbers for the first three months of the expansion and launch of Legends Media & Entertainment (LME), a multifaceted storytelling platform producing, distributing and quantifying the wide reaching stories of many of the NBA and WNBA’s biggest stars. In three months LME in both audio and video has drawn almost 600,000 views and listens, more than three times the combined numbers of audio and video around the players in the previous nine months. Viewers and listeners have come from over 20 countries, and have enjoyed content from some of the most unique storytellers in the history of professional basketball. Athletes First Partners represents the NBRPA in its marketing endeavors and is working on engaging with brands on the platform as well.
“Basketball is a team sport, and by unifying efforts under the LME brand, we have been able to start building an audience, and a destination that fans from around the world are enjoying,” said NBRPA President and CEO Scott Rochelle. “The first three months have shown that consistency is key, and now that the season is upon us, we are expecting the concept to continue to grow both in content and in audience with our players, some of the most identifiable and engaged athletes and personalities anywhere.”
The NBRPA represents over 1,000 former NBA and WNBA players, making it the largest agency of its kind in basketball. This has allowed for direct access to players for opportunities domestically and internationally. Some of the most popular segments to date have included sessions with hoist Trill Withers talking with Charles Barkley, Bill Walton, Grant Hill and many others. The content can be seen, and heard at https://www.legendsofbasketball.com/legendslive/
Some of the key unified elements of LME include:
Legends Magazinewhich debuted in 2018 and is the official publication for NBA and WNBA Legends. Produced quarterly, Legends Magazine has featured cover stories about NBRPA Director Caron Butler, Jerry Stackhouse, Elton Brand, Jamal Mashburn and “The Knuckleheads” – Quentin Richardson and Darius Miles. Each issue is delivered to all former players, active players, coaches, stakeholders, influencers and league officials worldwide.
Legends Studios also debuted in 2018 with the launch of original live-action and animated short videos and two podcasts, the All-Access Legends Podcast and On Deck with Scott Rochelle. In April 2020, Legends Live, a weekly web series broadcasted to multiple social media platforms featuring live conversations with NBA and WNBA Legends, was added to the Legends Studios portfolio. In addition to 32 standard episodes, Legends Live also covered the 2020 WNBA Draft and ESPN’s The Last Dance with live commentary from Legends. Last week, media personality Tyler Johnson, aka Trill Withers joined the LME team as host of Legends Live, where he will spend time with many of the game’s most successful and dynamic personalities and business people. Johnson will also be a key contributor to Legends Magazine, the All-Access Legends Podcastand the NBRPA’s social media strategy and content.
To follow along with LME content from the NBRPA, find them on social media at @NBAalumni on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Twitch or on Facebook at NBA Alumni.
Verizon Media, the global media and technology company and Entain plc (LSE: ENT), the international sports-betting and gaming operator (formerly known as GVC Holdings), today announced a global innovation alliance to develop new opportunities across interactive sports and entertainment. Entain brands include Ladbrokes, bwin, PartyPoker, and BetMGM in the United States, which is co-owned with MGM Resorts.
The new alliance coincides with initial findings from new research for Entain by YouGov, revealing that the use of technology is increasingly shaping consumer behaviours in gaming and entertainment around the world, notably in the United States and Australia. Social media has become central to consumer enjoyment, with new immersive experiences, driven by virtual reality and 5G, accelerating growth of both gaming and e-sports.
Verizon Media and Entain will collaborate to develop a first-of-its-kind highly immersive proof of concept virtual reality experience, that will combine live sports viewing with interactive layers of sports data and gaming. Consumers will be able to participate in sports events, check data, socialise with friends, and place bets on Entain platforms.
Additionally, Entain will work closely with Verizon Media to develop concepts for new formats with emerging technologies like 5G, virtual reality, and augmented reality to bring the best experiences in immersive content and gaming to sports betting and gambling. Along with betting on the Entain platforms on live streaming sports events, the goal is to create realistic, immersive experiences for sports fans, such as being in the stadium, participating in play, competing and betting on outcomes on the Entain platforms.
“To win in the future we need to understand where consumers will be in five, ten years’ time and work with other global businesses also investing in that,” said Shay Segev, CEO of Entain. “We envisage consumers meeting at a game with friends, who could in fact be elsewhere, using virtual reality headsets to watch, interact and share the experience together and, potentially, compete between themselves at half time or feel like they’re on the pitch with the players.”
“This new alliance takes the collaboration between our two companies to a new level and will allow us both to maximize new opportunities across sports-betting, content and entertainment,” said Guru Gowrappan, CEO, Verizon Media.
“Together, we are building the next-generation of content experiences for sports and gaming fans. Our world-first 5G-enabled production studios in LA and London, creative technology teams and Verizon Media’s Immersive platform, that enables extended reality (XR) content to be created and distributed across digital channels at scale, allow partners like Entain to bring next-level immersive and interactive experiences to their customers.”
The collaboration builds on an existing successful relationship between Yahoo Sports, part of Verizon Media, and BetMGM, a joint venture with MGM Resorts through which Entain operates in the United States. BetMGM is integrated throughout Yahoo Sports in the US, and in legal jurisdictions fans can place a bet with BetMGM without leaving the Yahoo Sports app.
The new alliance coincides with first findings of new research for Entain from YouGov, revealing that gaming and entertainment is converging across multiple devices and becoming increasingly interactive, with two-thirds of consumers combining it with social media to increase their enjoyment.
Across all markets, men aged 25 to 39 are the most likely to be innovators or early adopters and are the key audience for e-sports and gaming. Half of e-sports players are in this age group, with most also interacting in social media and more than half enjoying a bet. When it comes to conventional sport, interaction is also increasingly important to this audience, with 31% of 25 to 39-year-old and 34% of over 55’s also engaging digitally to increase their enjoyment of watching sport.
TheElectronic Gaming Federation, the national governing body for formalized collegiate D-I esports and high school level leagues, today announced the election of its first Board of Governors for EGFC, EGF’s Division 1 esports governing body.
“We have had tremendous success growing our position in the space in the past year, and being able to bring on this group of educators who are the center of gaming growth on college campuses is essential as we expand our reach in 2021,” EGF Founder Tyler Schrodt said. “The election of this Board is a tremendous milestone for the League and Division 1 esports and we’re so excited to work with such a remarkable group of people from our member schools to continue the development and advancement of collegiate esports”.
“I’m excited to join the Board of Governors and look forward to helping EGF continue its growth in the collegiate esports space,” said Steve Kramarck, of the University of Delaware. “There are so many great elements already in place and I believe that the next few years will further establish EGF as a national leader in the industry.”
“Thank you to the EGF for the selection, and I look forward to serve on the first EGF Board of Governors and am energized to grow the Esports program here at Marist as well as across the collegiate landscape,” added Julie Byron, Marist College. I look forward to working with both students and school administrators in the coming months to create a new and innovative gaming community.”
The Board of Governors will work directly with EGF on League policy and governance and furthering the initiatives important to the League like student development, diversity and inclusion, and a slate of other topics and projects. This group of seven is the first cohort of the board that will eventually include 21 representatives from member schools as the League continues to grow.
The following individuals were elected by their peers to serve on the Board for a three year term:
Courtney James, DePaul University
Michele King, William & Mary
Steve Kramarck, University of Delaware
David Tomczyk, Quinnipiac University
Nyle Sky Kauweloa, University of Hawaii
Julie Byron, Marist College
Bill Newton, Niagara University
Now in partnership with the new Board, EGF is will start the second half of EGFC Season 2 on February 1st with conference and national championships starting in March, 2021 across a wide range of games.
Raleigh, NC – December 17, 2020 – Transmira, Inc., the Raleigh-based start-up company pioneering Experiential Reality (XR) technology, today announces that it has closed an investment from noted technology entrepreneur, Calvin Ayre – founder of venture capital firm, Ayre Group Ventures and blockchain conglomerate, CoinGeek. The investment will be used to support the growth of Transmira and its Omniscape platform, which leverages the unique capabilities of the Bitcoin SV network and blockchain. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Transmira is leading the development of XR technology, which blends Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) features into a single XR Metaverse. The company is the developer behind Omniscape, an XR and spatial computing platform that leverages location-based data to create new commercial campaigns and experiences for brands, businesses and smart cities. Transmira is in the process of integrating Bitcoin SV with Omniscape, with the Bitcoin SV blockchain set to handle micropayments and tokenization for the platform, enable better data management capabilities, in addition to introducing new data functions that effectively enable monetisation of user activity, virtual items, location information, digital real estate and more.
With its unbounded scaling, greater data capacity and super low transaction fees (the median transaction fee on the Bitcoin SV network is less than 1/100 of a U.S. cent), the Bitcoin SV network is the only blockchain that can facilitate the realisation of the monetised XR world Transmira envisions for Omniscape – a concept previously only possible in works of fiction, like the OASIS in Ready Player One – where gameplay, virtual items, and user interactions can all be assigned a monetary value, enabling players to earn and exchange real money inside the virtual XR world. This can only be achieved with Bitcoin SV, which adheres to Satoshi Nakamoto’s original vision to massively scale Bitcoin to become a global data ledger for enterprise, in addition to functioning as an efficient peer-to-peer electronic cash system.
Speaking on today’s announcement, Robert Rice, founder and CEO of Transmira, commented:
SoftSwiss, an international tech company with a focus on the entertainment sector has recently expanded to Indian, Japanese and South Korean markets with its most renowned solutions for iGaming and sports betting industries.
SoftSwiss state-of-the-art solution Online Casino Platform is now fully equipped and integrated with all the local ready-to-use payment systems (i.e. Arubex, InPay, VenusPoint etc.) as well as game content available in Japan, South Korea and India. The platform provides a vast variety of live casino games, which are now available in Japanese and Korean languages. This new improvement will enable SoftSwiss clients’ casino projects to be fully localised for those markets. Additionally, those online casinos that are already operating in the following areas can now utilise SoftSwiss Online Casino Platform to maximise their potential.
Speaking of the newly-launched Sportsbook solution it has now been adapted to the Indian market, providing all local players with an opportunity to make bets on all of their most favourite sports including extremely popular cricket and horse racing.
Max Trafimovich, ССО at SoftSwiss noted “The turbulent 2020 has been quite a year for us in terms of global growth and expansion, and we’re looking forward to continuing that tendency in 2021. The iGaming market is taking its momentum right now both in Japan and South Korea, therefore it’s a great opportunity for us to provide our innovative products such as SoftSwiss Online Casino Platform to even more of our new clients targeting Asia, while our newly-launched sports betting platform Sportsbook will now be able to satisfy the needs of the Indian end users to the fullest”.
First Esports Book to Offer 24/7/365 In-Play Wagering, Using GameCo’s Fully Integrated Offering, Will Be Available to All Colorado Players and Visitors
LAS VEGAS, NV – December 16, 2020-GameCo LLC, the inventor of Video Game Gambling and pioneer of the new casino experience designed to attract and monetize Gen X, Millennial, and emerging Gen Z players at retail and digital casinos, today announced a new partnership with US Bookmaking, a Las Vegas-based sports betting solutions company. This partnership will launch the first-ever dedicated esports sportsbook in the United States and will be available digitally at Sky Ute Casino Resort for all players in Colorado. Leveraging its partnerships with Askott Entertainment, GRID, and 10Star, GameCo’s fully integrated esports betting solution will provide the first U.S. esports book to offer 24/7 in-play wagering.
GameCo’s turnkey full-service esports betting offering, which launched recently under the iGameCo brand, provides casinos with a low cost, low risk, and flexible plug-and-play solution that integrates a betting platform, data and video streaming services, as well as odds making and risk management. The agreement with US Bookmaking and Sky Ute Casino Resort marks GameCo’s first deployment of the comprehensive solution, which combines Askott Entertainment’s Chameleon platform, GRID data and streaming services, and 10Star trading services. GameCo’s partnership with US Bookmaking will be available to all Colorado residents and visitors in the state online through computer, mobile, and interactive devices.
This first-ever dedicated esports book leverages the extensive experience in esports wagering from 10Star, who will provide the odds and trading feed which includes both pre-match and in-play wagering. Chameleon, the online and mobile wagering platform from Askott Entertainment, a subsidiary of FansUnite (CSE: FANS, OTC: FUNFF), will supply the esports system and will connect with Play+ from Sightline Payments to provide consumers a cashless and secure mobile funding solution for gaming. Leading data platform GRID will provide official and exclusive real-time data, live match streaming and viewing widgets, player engagement tools, and social cards. The entire program will be overseen by the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) to ensure the integrity of all wagering activities. Collectively, the offering from GameCo represents the most comprehensive and innovative esports betting solution possible.
In more than 7000 Major League plate appearances over 16 years, Ozzie Guillén faced some of the game’s great fireballers, with his share of success. How would he have fared against intimidators like Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson and Aroldis Chapman? When the three-time All-Star and host of La Vida Baseball’s Being Guillén wanted to know, he turned to the experts at Strat-O-Matic, the market leader in sports simulation, for the answer.
Revealed on last Friday’s episode, the series of 10 simulated at bats against the three marked the start of a content partnership between La Vida Baseball, the digital media platform that celebrates the passion of Latino baseball’s past, present and future through original video, written and social content, and Strat-O-Matic, through which viewers and readers can see how some of the sport’s great “what if” moments might have turned out, as well as the results of fantasy events that only the world of Strat-O-Matic can simulate with unmatched accuracy.
“It was fun to see how I would do against guys like Drysdale, Gibson and Chapman, and it’s great that Strat-O-Matic has the tools to show us,” said Guillén, who hosts Being Guillén alongside his sons Ozzie Jr. and Oney live on Fridays at noon CT. “I think there are so many things we can do to create scenarios that fans will love to see what would have happened.”
The idea of “What If” using Strat-O-Matic data was first realized with the Marquee Network and the Chicago Cubs this past summer, where Marquee talent Len Kasper, Jim Deshaies and Taylor McGregor looked at some of the iconic moments in team history and created alternative results that delighted fans and had some fun buzz, like Deshaies facing the 1927 Yankees. Strat-O-Matic is currently in discussions with a host of other media partners locally and nationally to reimagine other classic moments in time in baseball and other sports.
While MLB paused at the beginning of the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Strat-O-Matic simulated the season as it would have been played, with results published daily by dozens of media outlets. Strat-O-Matic also posted results of the shortened 60-game schedule and playoff seasons.
“The possibilities are endless with what we can simulate working with La Vida Baseball,” said Adam Richman, Strat-O-Matic president. “From ‘what if’ player and game situations to imagined international tournaments and customized leagues, we look forward to tapping the creativity of La Vida’s personalities and fans to create content that they will enjoy.”
Leading conference in the CEE region will be held in a hybrid format on 28 May 2021.
The team at European Gaming (part of Hipther Agency), is excited to announce that the registrations are open for the 5th edition of Prague Gaming Summit which will be held in a hybrid format on the 28th of May 2021.
The hybrid event will take place at the ‘traditional base’ of the conference (Vienna House Andel’s Prague) and will allow local industry shareholders to meet up and connect.
The hybrid format gives the opportunity to all interested parties that are not able to travel to access the conference content and event attend virtual meetings.
Ahead of the New Year, the award-winning gaming and betting technology provider BetConstruct has announced the launch of its flagship event of the year – CIS Online Poker Championship, December 19, 2020 – January 10, 2021.
The event is a series of poker tournaments with an unprecedented total guaranteed prize pool of 500,000 EUR and a 30,000 EUR GTD bonus for the main event. To build an added level of entertainment for players and provide them with incredible experience, each week will be highlighted with the Grand Cup events with buy-ins as low as 0 EUR, resulting in higher competition and bigger winnings.
During the Championship, tournaments of various types will be offered to players of every skill, level of professionalism and bankroll giving equal chances for taking their share from the GTD to all of them. This will undoubtedly fuel participants’ interest and have a positive effect on operators’ profits.
With the CIS Tournament, BetConstruct continues its global expansion and connects the whole industry, giving the operators an opportunity to benefit from the events and contribute profits to their business.
iGaming operator Rabbit Entertainment has appointed Löwen Play Managing Director Tal Zamstein as its new chief executive effective immediately.
iGaming operator Rabbit Entertainment has appointed Tal Zamstein as its new chief executive effective immediately
Gambling entertainment company Rabbit Entertainment and its brands Lapalingo and Lord Lucky has appointed Tal Zamstein as its new chief executive. As leader of Rabbit Entertainment and its renowned brands, Tal Zamstein plans to invest in infrastructure, expand in key markets, and continue to focus on achieving operational excellence in a regulated environment.
Zamstein is a gambling industry professional having occupied executive positions at Fortuna Group as Group Head of Gaming, Operations Director at Merkur Interactive, Head of Operations at Intertain, Retention Team Leader at BWIN and Head of Games at WIN United, amongst other senior postings. Zamstein is an economist who speaks 6 languages, with a track-record that is focused on growth.
When 2020 started, the gaming and betting industries were on track for a great year. ICE London 2020 was showcasing some promising new technology and it looked like the gaming sector would continue its upward trajectory in 2020. Unfortunately, the unexpected arrival of the COVID-19 virus flipped everything on its head. Almost every sector was impacted in some way, and the gaming and betting sectors were no exceptions.
Casinos, especially those located in major, tourist-reliant cities, like Macau, saw the biggest impact, with reported revenue loses by as much as 97% year-on-year due to the impact of COVID-19. However, it wasn’t just casinos that suffered, as the suspension of most sports meant that bookmakers also saw losses. William Hill reported a 57% year-on-year decline in net revenue due to the virus, and in August, Veikkaus, the Finnish monopoly operator in this space, projected a loss of over €300m in profits in 2020.
There’s no escaping the fact that the gaming and betting industry has been hugely impacted by COVID-19 however, in other areas of the sector the story has been very different.
Malta, 15th December 2020 – Kalamba Games, the innovative slots and casino content supplier, is closing this year in its strongest position yet as it forecasts a 100% business growth in 2020.
The growth has been primarily driven by the introduction of Kalamba’s proprietary Bullseye remote gaming server, which has made a strong market launch this year despite the disruption caused by COVID-19.
The company has also expanded its global reach over the last 12 months to now supply content to more than 300 online casinos across the world. The supplier’s impressive games portfolio will see the addition of 14 new titles by the end of the year, with Blazing Bull, Sky Hunters and Sadie Swift: Guns ‘n Glyphs ranking as its three most successful launches this year.
Kalamba has recently increased its focus on developing unique features and promotional tools, many of which will be rolled out in 2021. It has also collaborated extensively with other key industry players such as Kindred and Wildz Casinos, and launched Sadie Swift: Guns ‘n Glyphs, a title co-developed with Twitch streamer CasinoTest24 and the result of the industry’s first collaboration with the streaming community.
Smart payments provider will facilitate acquiring services for one of the gaming industry’s most reputable companies
Tel Aviv, Israel (December 15th, 2020) – Today, leading smart payments provider and merchant acquiring bank, Credorax, and leading Malta-based gaming company, Hero Gaming, announced a collaboration that will enable Hero Gaming to accept and process payments from players across Europe.
Credorax’s smart acquiring solution is designed to provide companies with an acquiring experience unlike any other. Hero Gaming will have access to Credorax’s tailor-made acquiring solution including value-added business services, approval rate optimization and analysis, and proactive 24/7 merchant account monitoring. This is in addition to the many other benefits Credorax offers, such as telecom-grade (99.999%) availability for processing payments, designed to maximize business growth and optimise operational processes.
“We are excited to offer our robust acquiring services to Hero Gaming,” said Alon Bigler, VP Business Development at Credorax. “Our high approval rates and unified solution will enable Hero Gaming to quickly and confidentially expand into new markets across Europe. We look forward to offering our personalized services to meet Hero Gaming’s diverse payment needs as they establish themselves as a leader in the European gaming industry.”
