Join us on October 19, 2020 at the Grand Hyatt Berlin for the first major English-language conference to take an in-depth look at the soon-to-be regulated German online gambling market.
The 2020 Gaming in Germany Conference will be organized in a safe and responsible manner – above and beyond all applicable local anti-Covid-19 measures.
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September 29, 2020 – This week’s CoinGeek Live, the three-day blockchain conference broadcasting live from New York and London (September 30 – October 2), is set to be a major source of blockchain and Bitcoin industry news. Reflecting rapid development on the Bitcoin SV blockchain, several companies are slated to use the conference to make major announcements, unveil new product and service offerings, as well as provide further detail on recently revealed news.
Companies confirmed to be making announcements at CoinGeek Live include:
Omniscape – CoinGeek Live will serve as the world’s introduction to Omniscape, an Experiential Reality (XR) platform that combines Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) experiences, while also integrating location and blockchain-based features. For conference attendees, Omniscape technology will power an AR experience involving Bitcoin SV-based tokens, with more information on the expanded vision for the XR Metaverse set to be revealed during CoinGeek Live.
– Robert Rice, Founder and CEO of Transmira Inc. (Omniscape) is scheduled to present XR (Experiential Reality) Applications: Greater Power with Bitcoin SV on the first day of the conference (September 30, 9:50-10:15am EDT).
Partnership with The Stronach Group makes Preakness 145 first ever Triple Crown race playable through state lotteries
Louisville, KY – EquiLottery Games and The Stronach Group have agreed to offer the Preakness Stakes through Win Place Show, the first ever lottery game based on the results of live horse race. Currently being offered by the Kentucky Lottery, Win Place Show features one race per day from race tracks across the U.S. and Preakness 145 will be the first Triple Crown race to be featured through this platform. Win Place Show launched statewide in Kentucky on August 16th of this year.
“We have the pleasure of working with some of the most iconic brands in U.S. sports and gaming,” said EquiLottery Games CEO Brad Cummings. “Offering the Preakness Stakes through Win Place Show means we will be able to offer premium content to our player base through the convenience of the Kentucky Lottery retailer network. It is clear The Stronach Group shares our vision for innovative ways to bring new fans to horse racing and we look forward to continuing to build upon those mutual goals in the future.”
Due to this partnership, lottery players will be able to purchase Win Place Show draw game tickets based on the results of the Preakness Stakes at all lottery retailers in Kentucky. One of the premiere events on the U.S. sports calendar every year, the Preakness Stakes will run on October 3rd this year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. This is the first time the Preakness will run as the last Triple Crown event of the year.
Scientific Games Corporation secured a five-year contract renewal with long-term customer Flutter Entertainment plc to continue providing its OpenSports™ technology to the operators’ portfolio of global brands.
Flutter Entertainment is the world’s leading sports betting, gaming and entertainment provider serving over 13 million customers worldwide through its innovative, diverse and distinctive brands including FanDuel in the U.S., Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky Bet in the U.K. and Europe and SportsBet in Australia.
The five-year renewal comes on the back of FanDuel selecting Scientific Games to power their sportsbook offering across all current and future regulated markets in the U.S.
Flutter Entertainment and Scientific Games first partnered with Paddy Power in 2000 making this the 20th anniversary of the Companies’ partnership.
Rik Barker, CIO at Flutter Entertainment UK & Ireland Division, said, “We’re very pleased to renew our partnership with Scientific Games. Whilst we take great pride in our proprietary technology and product development capabilities, Scientific Games’ OpenSports technology has been a key part of our sports betting platforms for many years. The reliability and scalability of their technology provides us with a robust platform to deliver on our strategic goals. As we enter a new era of sports betting, we’re looking forward to working with their world-class teams and technology to capitalize on the opportunities across our sector.”
Together, Flutter and Scientific Games teams have achieved a number of industry milestones. In 2010, Paddy Power accepted its first Live Odds bets, and the following year saw the sportsbook become the first to launch the innovative Cashout feature, both powered by the OpenBetTM engine. Following the merger between Paddy Power and Betfair, the OpenSports team was heavily involved in the migration of the two brands onto a single customer platform.
Jordan Levin, Group CEO, Digital at Scientific Games, said, “Flutter operates some of the world’s most innovative, diverse and distinctive sports betting and gaming brands. Over the last two decades, we’ve worked together through major shifts in technology, player expectations and the ramping up of U.S. sports betting where we partner with FanDuel. We share a common ambition to take podium positions in key regulated markets through responsible, engaging and safe player experiences.”
The CoinGeek Live conference is honored to announce its speaker roster includes prominent global leaders from government and law. The 3-day blockchain event (September 30-October 2, 2020) will be broadcast digitally from studios in New York and London. CoinGeek Live will explore Bitcoin SV’s vision to achieve one massively-scaled blockchain for the world – in order to break down data silos, create a single source of information truth, and incentivize more honesty. Although focused on Bitcoin SV (BSV), CoinGeek events welcome speakers (like those listed below) and attendees who are interested generally in blockchain technology and digital currency.
For CoinGeek Live, the government and law speakers include:
Pēteris Zilgalvis, J.D., Head of Unit, Digital Innovation & Blockchain and Co-Chair, FinTech Task Force, European Commission
Carl Brincat, Chief Legal & Enforcement Officer, Malta Gaming Authority
September 25, 2020 – The newest evolution in blockchain technology will take centre-stage at the upcoming CoinGeek Live Conference (September 30 – October 2), when Steve Shadders, CTO at nChain and Technical Director of the Bitcoin SV Node Team, introduces the concept of nano-services and outlines potential use cases for the technology on the opening day of the event.
Nano-services are a new feature introduced as a result of a collection of updates included in the latest release of the Bitcoin SV Node software. With nano-services, payments as small as a single Satoshi (1/100,000,000th of a single Bitcoin) become a relevant economic consideration, not only facilitating the creation of new business models predicated on data-driven nano-payments, but ushering in a new era of efficiency for online transactions.
Explaining the significance of today’s announcement and his talk at the conference, Steve Shadders, CTO at nChain and Technical Director of the Bitcoin SV Node Team, commented:
‘With the latest release of the Bitcoin SV Node software, we have unlocked a host of new and innovative payment use cases, including the introduction of nano-services. The new release can facilitate sending tiny amounts of money to many different parties, where the transactions individually are so small and insignificant to the user, but collectively can be used to create revenue streams to support services that previously may not have been economically viable to provide. Never before has this been possible with Bitcoin or any other payment mechanisms. Now it’s up to the creatives and innovators among us to leverage this new capability to create unique new nano-services.’
Leander to supply gaming content to Baltics operator
Malta, Sept 24th, 2020: Independent gaming company Leander is very pleased to announce it has signed a deal to launch its games portfolio with Baltic and Nordic-facing Optibet.
Under the terms of the new agreement, Leander’s proprietary and third-party content will now become available to players across all of the Enlabs-owned Optibet’s regional sites.
Games include Leander’s very own hits Ave Caesar, Kraken and Wild West Zone, the latter featuring Leander’s innovative concept ‘Dynamic Ways’, together with the company’s latest release, Mad Monsters.
This year’s award ceremony went virtual, showcasing an array of UK television personalities and celebrating prominent bingo brands.
[London, UK, September 17, 2020] – WhichBingo, the UK’s number one, independent online bingo reviews and affiliate site, owned and operated by XLMedia, today announced its 2020 WhichBingo Awards winners at an unprecedented pre-recorded video ceremony. The highly anticipated event featured UK television personality and chef Rustie Lee, actress and presenter Linda Lusardi, and actor and presenter Christopher Biggins as its co-hosts, while taking a virtual trip to destinations around the globe to announce the winners.
The WhichBingo Awards is one of the annual highlights for the UK online bingo industry and a collective celebration of the best brands in the gaming business. This year was particularly memorable as WhichBingo marked its 20th year of operation. With almost 200,000 votes cast across 18 categories and brand submissions for the judging panel categories, the WhichBingo Awards continue to grow in prominence and has sealed its place as a major event on the online bingo calendar.
Buzz Bingo led the event, capturing four of the bingo industry’s esteemed awards and claiming the coveted prize of the ‘Best Bingo Site’. Buzz Bingo remains a relatively new player to the online bingo space, winning the ‘Best New Bingo Site’ category only last year. Dream Bingo was awarded ‘Best Microgaming Bingo Site’ for the fourth consecutive year, while Wink Bingo picked up ‘Best Dragonfish Bingo Site’ for the fourth year running.
BuyBSV.com, powered by Coinify, are delighted to announce that ALL traders can now complete bank transfers to buy Bitcoin SV in USD, CAD & DKK in addition to the Euro and the British pound.
What does this mean for the customer? No more currency conversion fees for customers who hold funds in these currencies, making it easier and cheaper for them to send larger amounts by bank transfer.
BuyBSV.com’s Alex Moon explains: “BuyBSV.com has steadily expanded geographically but to be able to offer traders as U.S. dollar option opens up even further options and not just to the U.S. itself. The dollar is such a universal currency that BuyBSV.com can now be accessed by the vast majority of Bitcoin SV traders or those interested in the only digital currency that mirrors the original Bitcoin protocol.”
As the Bitcoin SV blockchain expands as does the need for easy accessibility and as a result you can now buy Bitcoin SV (BSV) with VISA or MasterCard in: U.S.A, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, Turkey, Australia, South Africa, Nigeria and New Zealand.
BuyBSV.com, powered by Coinify, are delighted to announce that ALL traders can now complete bank transfers to buy Bitcoin SV in USD, CAD & DKK in addition to the Euro and the British pound.
What does this mean for the customer? No more currency conversion fees for customers who hold funds in these currencies, making it easier and cheaper for them to send larger amounts by bank transfer.
BuyBSV.com’s Alex Moon explains: “BuyBSV.com has steadily expanded geographically but to be able to offer traders as U.S. dollar option opens up even further options and not just to the U.S. itself. The dollar is such a universal currency that BuyBSV.com can now be accessed by the vast majority of Bitcoin SV traders or those interested in the only digital currency that mirrors the original Bitcoin protocol.”
As the Bitcoin SV blockchain expands as does the need for easy accessibility and as a result you can now buy Bitcoin SV (BSV) with VISA or MasterCard in: U.S.A, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, Turkey, Australia, South Africa, Nigeria and New Zealand.
GrooveGaming have selected a talented woman as their Technical Project Manager, Tal Gabriel, who is responsible for the technical projects of one of the biggest content platforms on planet earth.
Diversity and inclusion are major corporate priorities for GrooveGaming, especially as the company continues to expand internationally serving a wide range of clients and partners. To fulfill the company’s vision, it is vital to choose diverse talent with the current GrooveGaming workforce being approximately 70% women. Given the aggregator’s innovation profile, this is achieved and sustained by the combination of perspectives from a diverse workforce and good partners. Gender equality and women’s empowerment are a primary focus area for GrooveGaming’s diversity and inclusion initiatives.
GrooveGaming’s 6-Continents Strategy from the get-go was predicated on data empowerment and capacity-building as a transformational company that realised that by increasing local marketing capability while instilling better services, processes and disciplines centrally, would have significant appeal across the industry. Today, more-and-more international casino brands and content partners are looking to develop interesting ventures with the dynamic aggregator of choice, especially in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
As a company, GrooveGaming strives to unleash team potential and break records every day, encouraging team members to be bold and make important decisions. In this sense, Tal has a huge impact on the business, lending her problem-solving skills to the technical team to maximise technical performance at the aggregator which is attracting attention from outside the igaming community for the quality of its technology.
22nd September 2020 – The popular online casino player advocate site Casinomeister.com have announced the reopening of their Casinomeister U.K. site, dedicated to players residing in the U.K.
With regulation concerning online gambling in the United Kingdom continuing to change and evolve, it was felt only right that a resource for U.K. visitors to Casinomeister was made available. Hence the reopening and redesign of Casinomeister U.K.
Speaking about the new Casinomeister U.K. site, Casinomeister Director Bryan Bailey said: “Blimey! It’s the U.K. Casinomeister site! Well that only took a decade or two to do, but here we are!”
“Yeah, all the news pertaining to U.K. punters, U.K. webmaster affiliates, U.K. industry folk, and a concise list of reviewed safe, UKGC licensed Casinomeister Accredited Casinos.”
Clarion Gaming has confirmed the details, format and timings for the first digital version of Pitch, part of the upcoming Sports Betting USA and Investor Digital Summit taking place across 9-11 November.
October 2nd is the first competition deadline when companies wishing to be part of Pitch – which has helped propel industry brands including BlueBat Games, NumberFire and Vigtory, – are required to forward their 2020 application form together with a supporting 2-minute video to pitch@clariongaming.com.
Following receipt of the submissions, an invited community of senior international business leaders will vote for what they consider to be the three start-ups with the most commercial potential. The finalists will then go forward to pitch as part of Sports Betting USA 2020 in front of a live audience of industry professionals including key angel investors.
Ewa Bakun, who serves as Director of Industry Insight at Clarion Gaming, believes initiatives such as Pitch have never been more important to start-up enterprises. She explained: “It’s always been difficult for new businesses to secure the funding they need to progress and develop their concepts and ideas. There’s every indication that Covid-19 and the devastating impact it continues to have on economies throughout the world is making that task even harder, which is why Pitch is so important.
“THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS”
BtoBet’s founder Alessandro Fried discusses Aspire Global’s acquisition of the sportsbook and tech company and what next awaits the newly expanded iGaming group. Of one thing he is certain… the future looks very bright for the entire group.
News that BtoBet was acquired by iGaming solutions provider Aspire Global took the industry by storm. And rightly so, because through this acquisition we have assisted to the expansion of an already consolidated group which in all its elements is now at the forefront of the industry’s B2B value chain.
But what was the primary reason that led to this acquisition? There are two aspects that were fundamental. Aspire Global was seeking to increase its B2B product offering to their customers, but was missing on one of the industry’s most important verticals, which is sportsbook. It’s one of the most important in terms of market requirements, but also from a revenue generation point of view. From our side we were looking to have a partner that would push us quickly to markets which we were still missing in our global footprint. So all in all this acquisition was the ideal match with both companies finding a mutual balance in each other to achieve their goals.
Gary Vaynerchuk is one of the most prolific content creators on the planet with five New York Times best-selling books under his belt, 2,000,000 Twitter followers, a regular podcaster as well as being the CEO of advertising giant VaynerMedia.
He takes a special interest in emerging tech and is an investor in Twitter, Uber and Facebook. The New York arm of CoinGeek Live will be hosted in The Manhattan Studio where Gary will be part of a panel discussing the emerging on-chain social media landscape. He will be joined alongside media and content creators who are engaging in on-chain social channels that offer different financial returns for content creators.
Gary Vaynerchuk, commented: “I’m incredibly fascinated by block chain technology and I’m thrilled to be joining CoinGeek to share my thoughts regarding this space. I’m excited to see how this landscape will continue to play out over the next couple of years.”
The panel will take place at 2:25pm (EST) on Thursday Oct 1, 2020.
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New York – September 17, 2020 – Sports gamification and content provider GTG Network today announced a partnership with Caesars Entertainment to introduce the all-new Pro Football Pick’em Online Game. Each week of the upcoming season verified Caesars Rewards® members will compete to win cash prizes totaling $60k by correctly picking all Sunday and Monday professional games.
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GameScanner is the first responsible gambling solution to have its performance on detecting at-risk and problem gamblers tested and validated in a sample by GLI.
The claims on the performance of GameScanner, a software solution developed by Mindway AI, are now tested based on a sample test performed in August 2020 by Gaming Laboratories International ® (GLI), the gaming industry’s leading testing and assessment company. With this important step, the following claims set forth by Mindway AI about the accuracy of GameScanner identifying at-risk and problem gamblers are found to be true in a sample test by an independent third party. The claims are based on GameScanner’s 24-7-365 profiling and monitoring of gamblers.
“At least 99% of subjects manually assessed as potential problem gamblers are classified as either at-risk or potential problem gamblers by GameScanner.” and
“At least 88.5% of subjects manually assessed as potential problem gamblers are classified as potential problem gamblers by GameScanner.”
With Covid-19 waking up the more traditional lottery operators in the industry to the benefits of offering tickets online, Ade Repcenko, CEO of Spinola Gaming, explains how the digitisation of lotteries can empower operators with a data-driven promotional strategy powered by cost-effective artificial intelligence (AI).
In the past few months, companies which were reluctant to embrace technology were put into a position where they needed to look into ways of reaching their customers digitally. The digital transformation which would have taken the lottery industry another 5 years has been sped up, as companies now realize the importance of being able to reach their players across virtual mediums.
Embracing technology is the difference between looking completely out of touch, or being ahead of the curve. It is vital, especially in today’s market, for lotteries to be accessible and available online using the latest technology, and taking a data and intelligence-led approach is key.
Digitisation brings with it a lot of data. Powerful, rich data that artificial intelligence (AI) can help aggregate, analyse and transform into relevant and understandable data sets that can be used to inform and give insight on players and their preferences.
Aspire Global has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of BtoBet Ltd, a leading B2B sportsbook and technology provider. The acquisition of the sportsbook constitutes a key part of Aspire Global’s growth strategy since it is a major step in creating an offering that covers the main elements of the B2B iGaming value chain. Together with the acquisition last year of the leading aggregator and games studio Pariplay, the purchase of BtoBet’s sportsbook platform positions Aspire Global among the world’s leading iGaming suppliers.
The purchase price is €20 million in cash of which €15 million at closing and €5 million twelve months after closing. In addition, there is an additional consideration based on BtoBet’s performance two years after closing. This consideration is seven times BtoBet’s EBIT in the second year from closing date minus the purchase price of €20 million. In 2019, BtoBet had revenues of €4.4 million and an EBITDA of €1.5 million and in the first six months of 2020 revenues were €3.1 million and EBITDA €1.2 million. The transaction is supposed to be closed during Q4 2020 with material positive effect on Aspire Global’s EBITDA as of 2021. The acquisition is not expected to have any material effect on the financial results in 2020. BtoBet is headquartered in Gibraltar and has almost 100 employees, the majority of which are based in the offices in Italy and North Macedonia.
With the proprietary sportsbook Aspire Global will control the IP in the full value chain and consequently also steer the complete roadmap. In addition, the proprietary sportsbook provides Aspire Global with the highest flexibility when it comes to adding new features and securing fast time to market.
BtoBet has 32 operators on its platform in Europe, Latin America and Africa. The company is a leading provider in Latin America and Africa and with the acquisition Aspire Global, with its broad presence in Europe and recent establishment in the U.S., takes a prime position also in these two growing markets. BtoBet’s platform, named Neuron 3, provides operators with the core technology for a player-centric environment to facilitate their player interaction in placing their bet in any channels of choice. The result is a betting experience with an accentuated entertainment perspective based on the seamless transition of the core technology which adapts to various scenarios related to the players’ behaviour through any channel, any jurisdictions and markets’ requirements.
Ready® Nutrition (@ready nutrition), one of the fastest growing sports nutrition companies in America, announced today that it has signed a multi-year partnership with UCLA to become the Official Protein of UCLA Athletics.
As the Official Protein of UCLA Athletics, Ready® will be the exclusive provider of protein products to nearly 700 student-athletes in all 25 Bruin sports. Those products will include Ready’s all-natural, complete line of performance products including their well-known Ready® Protein Water, Bars, Powder and Plant-Based Functional Snacks.
“UCLA Athletics has such a rich tradition and I know they want the very best for their student-athletes. We are committed to helping them continue that tradition by supplying best-in-class products to meet the department’s nutritional goals for its athletes,” said Ready® Founder and President Pat Cavanaugh, himself a former student-athlete and University of Pittsburgh basketball team captain.
UCLA’s Director of Football Performance, Frank Wintrich, first became aware of Ready® Nutrition in 2019, when he had his student-athletes sample the products.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Ready® to the UCLA family,” added UCLA’s Alice and Nahum Lainer Family Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond. “We want to give our student-athletes every edge and opportunity to reach their potential and be elite. Nutrition is such an important factor in athletic performance.”
The relationship between UCLA Athletics and Ready® Nutrition was secured by UCLA Rose Bowl Sports Properties, the Bruins’ multimedia rights holder and locally based sponsorship team for Learfield IMG College. In complete collaboration with Jarmond and the athletic administration, UCLA Rose Bowl Sports Properties works with local, regional and national brands looking to align with the Bruins.
This is Ready® Nutrition’s second big splash in the Southern California market. Two-time pro football Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald was so impressed with their products that he signed on in 2019 as an investor and co-owner of the company. He was joined this past May by global basketball star and reigning MVP, Giannis Antetokounmpo, who also became an investor and co-owner after using Ready’s products the past two seasons.