The igaming and sports betting provider secures an approval for its in-house developed virtual sports games under the MGA’s Type 1 licence.
The new approval enables BetConstruct to provide these games under its own MGA licence as well as deliver virtual betting to MGA licensed operators under White label, Turnkey or API solutions.
Among BetConstruct’s portfolio Virtual Sports is one of the fastest growing products having 8 games in total at the moment – The Penalty kicks, Virtual Bicycle, Virtual Drag Racing, Virtual Football League, Virtual Football Pro, Virtual Greyhound Racing, Virtual Horse Racing, Virtual Marble Racing.
Currently, the software provider is in process of securing approvals for more of its products. If you want to learn about gambling licences, application procedures and more, please find information in our complete list of online gambling licences.
Malta, 26th May 2020 – Online Casino and Sportsbook Betzest announced a new partnership with leading payment provider Interac offering instant, safe transactions for online iGaming industry In Canada.
Interac is already available on Betzest cashier for both deposits and the withdrawal of winnings, offering real-time payments for Canadian players.
Online sports betting and Casino Betzest continues increasing its operations since its launch in July 2018. Betzest is quickly becoming one of world’s leading online gambling company offering best sports betting and casino games.
Marius Filip, Founder/CMO at Betzest, said: We are very excited to conclude another new partnership with leading payment method Interac. We are always looking to improve the Betzest product for our players and this innovative & secure payment provider will play a vital part in helping Betzest to facilitate transactions in Canadian market. A big thank you to our Betzest team for this great achievement and to Interac Team for their constant support during the process. We’ve had a tremendously pro-active start to 2020 with a remarkable collection of world-class payment and casino providers on the way. I’m certain the best is yet to come.”
The first Ukrainian specialized online gambling business magazine Logincasino.com.ua is organizing a two-day webinar. During the online event, opinion leaders will share the most important information regarding the gambling business during the crisis, including its legalization and new trends.
The webinar will take place on June 17 and 18, the event will start at 19:00 (UTC +3). The list of speakers includes lawyers, the bill’s author, marketers, a media psychologist, as well as top cyber sports and cyber soccer managers.
Anyone interested can take part in the event after filling out a registration form on the website of the event. On the day of the webinar, which will be held online, participants will be sent an active link to the platform where the broadcast will take place.
The digital assets derivatives exchange becomes one of the first such exchanges outside of the US to get to this stage.
Gibraltar, London, 27 May 2020 – ZUBR, the arbitrage hub for digital asset derivatives, has received today an in-principle decision from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC) to grant the firm authorisation as a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) provider, one of the first European digital derivatives exchanges that will become regulated.
ZUBR is an instant, low-cost and transparent digital derivatives arbitrage hub for traders seeking a fair and reliable gateway to crypto markets.
The in-principle approval is the beginning of the final stage of the licence authorization process, and ensures that ZUBR shall be, by the time the licence is issued, compliant with the nine regulatory principles set out in Gibraltar’s DLT regulations, designed to protect consumers and businesses using digital assets stored or transmitted on distributed ledgers.
Tuesday 26th May 2020 – Racing Post has today announced it will resume publication and nationwide distribution of its print newspaper on June 1st to coincide with the resumption of British racing closely followed by Irish racing on June 8th.
Joining the daily publication on the return will be Racing Post weekly publications, Racing Post Weekender and the Racing and Football Outlook.
Production of the newspaper had to be temporarily suspended for the first time in its history in March after global sports, and particularly horseracing, had been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic. In the downtime, Racing Post has produced a reduced digital version of the newspaper online covering the fallout and resumption plans alongside reports on global racing and sports where it has been able to continue.
Horseracing in Britain is scheduled to return at Newcastle on Monday, June 1st, according to the BHA’s initial schedule for the resumption of the sport, while Naas will host the comeback fixture in Ireland when the sport returns on June 8th.
Monkey Knife Fight (MKF), the fastest growing gaming platform in North America, announced a new partnership with the San Diego Padres. As the Official Fantasy Sports Partner of the Padres, MKF will be prominently displayed on signage at Petco Park and on all the Padres’ social media outlets.
In addition to the partnership, Monkey Knife Fight has contributed $50,000 to The Padres Foundation. The foundation is focusing their efforts during this pandemic on food insecurity and support for frontline workers in addition to their other outreach initiatives supporting the San Diego community.
“The Padres are excited to partner with MKF to grow and expand their tremendous lineup of fantasy sports platforms,” said Erik Greupner, President of Business Operations for the Padres. “Their very generous donation to The Padres Foundation will also provide much needed resources to combat hunger in the San Diego community during these challenging times.”
Bill Asher, Founder and CEO of Monkey Knife Fight commented, “I am excited to see MKF in such a world class city and to be associated with a team that is so intertwined with the community. The Padres have made it a priority to take care of San Diego’s frontline workers and to help where needed. The foundation has demonstrated the Padres unwavering support for their players, fans, and community.”
Following a similar announcement earlier this month with the Milwaukee Brewers, this signifies a real commitment that MKF is making to Major League Baseball and its fans, especially within these two cities. The moves reinforce MKF’s belief that there is a large appetite among these baseball fan communities to play fantasy sports games that allow them to focus on their local home town teams and favorite players.
In their first year of operations, customer experience marketing agency A GAME ABOVE has been acknowledged by the gaming and betting industry’s oldest and most prestigious business to business (B2B) awards – the eGaming Review (eGR) B2B Awards.
A GAME ABOVE has been shortlisted for consideration in three awards categories:
Acquisition & Retention Partner: Gaining, retaining and maintaining customers is a core discipline at A GAME ABOVE – our customer experience sales promotions effect engagement, extend lifecycle and enhance lifetime value
Marketing & PR Supplier: A GAME ABOVE’s customer sales promotions, combined with fulfilment and events create powerful marketing campaigns that captivate customers and celebrate betting and gaming player activity
26 May 2020: Leading Latin American sports betting brand Betcris has joined the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) strengthening the association’s monitoring and alert coverage for the region. The brand has been owned by TV Global Enterprises Limited since 2006 and offers online sports betting services in many countries throughout the world. It is however particularly strong in the emerging Latin American betting market where it also operates retail premises. Betcris is the second operator to join IBIA since the start of 2020, with five new members joining in 2019.
Khalid Ali, CEO of the International Betting Integrity Association, said: “I’m delighted to welcome one of the leading sports betting brands in Latin America to IBIA. Betcris is a major investor in sport with a number of sponsorship deals in place, including the Brasileiro Série A, and is well- placed to strengthen our monitoring coverage of existing and emerging markets in the region. I hope that other LatAm operators will follow Betcris’ example and highlight their commitment to integrity by also joining the world’s largest operator-run sports betting association.”
JD Duarte, CEO of Betcris, said: “Integrity has always been at the core of our approach to a responsible and sustainable business model and this has become more important than ever during this difficult trading period. Being part of an integrity monitoring body is also increasingly becoming both a licensing requirement and business necessity as the Brazilian sports betting law and other recent legislative developments show. IBIA is the global leader on integrity and Betcris looks forward to working with it to protect sports and our business from corruption.”
The International Betting Integrity Association is the leading global voice on integrity for the licensed betting industry. It is run by operators for operators, protecting its members from corruption through collective action. Its monitoring and alert platform is a highly effective anti- corruption tool that detects and reports suspicious activity on its members’ betting markets. The association has longstanding information sharing partnerships with leading sports and gambling regulators to utilise its data and prosecute corruption. It represents the sector at high-level policy discussion forums such as the IOC, UN, Council of Europe and European Commission.
Available now to any operator, live streamed table football from Digitain with over 1500 games per month and over 50 markets per game.
21 May 2020: Leading global sportsbook and casino platform provider Digitain has announced the launch of its latest in-house development, and a first for the industry – a live streamed table football feed, featuring professional players, supported by pre-play and in-play odds and player statistics.
This live table football feed is now being made available to any operator who wants to gain competitive advantage by offering this exciting package to their customers.
Operators’ customers everywhere can experience this exciting and entertaining initiative, designed to drive acquisition and retention of their customers, grow revenues and enhance competitiveness.
Friday, 22 May 2020 (London, United Kingdom) ICE Asia Digital 2020 continues to develop an impressive lineup of new speakers and topics as the event draws near. Scheduled to be held as a virtual event from Monday, 8 to Wednesday, 10 June 2020, the ICE brand’s inaugural Asia show will
cover topics that the regional Asian gaming industry will face in the coming months and years post-COVID19. This includes announced sessions that cover the entire Asian gaming operators, manufacturers, policymakers and other industry experts.
Day 1 of ICE Asia Digital will begin with a keynote discussion by Andrea Domingo, the Chairwoman and CEO of PAGCOR. This will be followed by a focus on the outlook of Asian regional gaming in a post COVID19 world, including discussions around the state of the markets and what regional
recovery may look like in the coming months. The panel will include Alidad Tash of 2nt8 Ltd., Kevin Clayton previously of Galaxy Entertainment and Sands China and Vitaly Umansky of Sanford C. Berstein. This will be followed by a panel on the regulatory impact that COVID19 will have on the
The presentation will explore what Asia’s land-based casinos can learn from Europe’s iGaming boom.
Founder of SiGMA Group, Eman Pulis
Asia’s leading B2B gaming industry media brand Inside Asian Gaming and European iGaming events leader SiGMA Group are pleased to announce a special joint streaming digital presentation exploring iGaming in Asia, to be held on Tuesday 26 May 2020 at 5pm Macau time (11am Malta time).
The free event, titled “What Asia’s land-based casinos can learn from Europe’s iGaming boom,” will explore the establishment of the iGaming industry in Europe, how it has married together with land-based casinos, what Asia can learn from the European iGaming experience and what opportunities exist for land-based and online gaming to come together in Asia in response to COVID-19. Although utilizing IAG’s normally members-only GAME solutions platform, this special streaming presentation will be open and free to all registrants.
MLS goalkeeper Luis Robles has joined the growing band of sports stars to make an investment in esports.
The Inter Miami stopper has followed in the footsteps of Michael Jordan, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant and Odell Beckham Jr, who have all backed projects in pro gaming in recent years.
Robles, who is part of the Inter Miami squad owned by David Beckham, is among the investors in Luckbox – a fully licensing betting company that allows esports fans to make wagers on their favourite professional games.
And Robles’s timing appears to be perfect. Luckbox has reported record figures in the first half of 2020 and is now preparing to go public on the TSX Venture Exchange.
Asia Gaming Brief is pleased to release details of the next edition of its AGB Webinar Series, titled: ‘Can Esports Fill the Void?’
Held on Thursday 28th May 2020 at 2 pm HKT, the webinar will aim to explore the sudden rise in esports viewership and engagement which is believed to be brought on by Covid-19’s impact on traditional sports tournaments.
In our Thursday webinar next week, we hear from gaming and esports research consultancy Niko Partners’s Darang Candra, who will share new research into esports trends during Covid-19, including betting revenue, viewership, engagement, and general interest.
The webinar will then go into a Q&A session, where we also add esports consultant Hai Ng of Neomancer, wagering operator Michael Charlton of GVC Group and esports operator Marco Blume of Pinnacle to the conversation to answer a number of pressing questions including:
Income Access platform and affiliate network to drive programme growth for social casino brand.
Montreal, QC. 21st May 2020 – Whow Games, the Germany-based developer and publisher of online free-to-play social casino games, has announced the launch of its new affiliate programme with Income Access, Paysafe Group’s marketing technology and services provider. Whow Games’ programme will be powered by Income Access’ affiliate software platform and leverage the Income Access Network, the iGaming industry’s longest-serving independent affiliate network, to strategically optimise programme growth.
Launched in 2015, Whow Games operates the Jackpot and MyJackpot gaming sites, which encompass over 200 playable slot machines and table games. Available in 15 different languages, including English, French, Spanish, Italian and Polish, Jackpot and MyJackpot combine to represent one of Europe’s top social casino brands.
Whow Games’ collection of social casino products do not require users to deposit or wager any real money. Affiliates joining the programme will promote these brands by leveraging a unique gaming experience, which is designed to appeal to a broad audience and embody both the excitement and atmosphere of playing on a real casino floor. Whow Games further supports player retention by regularly developing new features and events across its products.
A first-to-market cloud-based solution for the gambling industry
Vancouver B.C., May 19, 2020 – Las Vegas-based GameCo LLC (“GameCo”) and Vancouver-based OneComply Inc. (“OneComply”) have entered into a service agreement that will see the launch of OneComply, a web-based compliance, and licensing solution.
Arguably one of the United States’ most strictly regulated industries, the gambling industry is expected to adhere to extensive jurisdictional licensing and investigation processes. This leaves individuals and companies to manually file and submit lengthy applications to each jurisdiction for investigation and approval. This causes confusion on requirements, breakdown in operational and legal efficiencies, and out of date submissions as time goes on.
Founded by a team of former casino executives, tech engineers, regulatory investigators, and gaming counsel, OneComply has developed a comprehensive solution that allows gambling and gambling-related companies to store their licensing data and documentation for ongoing governance, regulatory investigation and the immediate creation of jurisdictional applications in secure cloud software.
Online SportsBook BetOnline tried their hand at producing original content this past week, something that a gambling site doesn’t usually do when dollars are not on the line, when they released “The Final Dance” featuring former Chicago Bulls Horace Grant, Ron Harper, Bill Cartwright, and Craig Hodges.
But how to drive some buzz and cut through the clutter around so much content about the show? Stir the pot. Hosted by NBC Chicago and ESPN Radio personality Dave Kaplan, sparks flew as the talent delved into their take on “The Last Dance”. Gasoline got thrown on the fire as Grant ripped Jordan multiple times, calling him a “snitch” and liar”. This sound bite took over social media and the discussion shows the following day. Contrived? Preplanned? Who knows. One thing is for sure, it found it’s way to the mainstream.
The overall consensus from the guests was that Scottie Pippen was portrayed unfairly, and they all respected Jerry Krause. Bill Cartwright didn’t think the Bulls would have won titles if Doug Collins continued to be the coach. Who knows? No one. The point is that the SportsBook needed an edge, and by asking some of the right quotations with the right talent, they found it.
The entire and unedited 47 minute video roundtable interview, produced on the Socialive video platform, can be viewed here.
Malta, 13th May 2020 – Online Casino and Sportsbook Betzest announced a new partnership with leading payment provider PurplePay offering instant, safe transactions for online iGaming industry In European & International market.
PurplePay Visa is already available on Betzest cashier, offering real-time transactions for European & International players.
Online sportsbook and Casino Betzest continues increasing its operations since its launch in July 2018. Betzest is quickly becoming one of world’s leading online gambling company offering best sports betting and casino games.
Marius Filip, Founder/CMO at Betzest, said: We are excited to conclude another new partnership with PurplePay. We are always looking to improve the Betzest product for our players and this innovative & safe payment provider will play a vital part in helping Betzest to facilitate transactions in key European & International target markets. A big thank you to our Betzest team for this great achievement and to PurplePay Team for their constant support during the process. We’ve had a tremendously pro-active start to 2020 with a remarkable collection of world-class payment and casino providers on the way. I’m certain the best is yet to come.”
14th May 2020: Pragmatic Play, a leading content provider to the gaming industry, has announced the launch of its latest casino product, Auto-Roulette.
Streamed from the state-of-the-art studio located in Bucharest, Auto-Roulette enhances the player experience by automatically releasing a ball into the spinning wheel during the betting time without the need for a dealer.
Compatible with both mobile and desktop devices, the game features a special 3D interface which enables players to zoom on the roulette wheel to truly feel immersed in the gameplay and ensuring fairness with zero human interaction.
Pragmatic Play’s latest cutting-edge Live Casino product incorporates interactive game statistics, an Auto-Play feature and also offers Live Support. As in the case of the other Roulette games, the new product features special bets, saving favourite bets, as well as a detailed bet history and multiple chat options.
Betting Gods Malta Ltd has acquired a Vendor ID from The Division of Gaming Enforcement allowing the company to operate in the state of New Jersey.
Director of Betting Gods Malta Ltd, Darren Moore said:
“Since 2014 we have grown the BettingGods.com brand to be recognised as a leading provider of free and paid sports previews and predictions across the UK and Europe since 2014. In recent months we have seen a growing interest in our services from US residents, and have evolved our services to cover US horse racing, ice hockey and basketball also”
“With a lot of industry and media interest in New Jersey we have chosen to focus on this state initially for our increasing marketing campaigns in the USA, and the acquisition of our Vendor ID will open many more channels and opportunities for us during the remainder of Q2 and beyond”
The igaming and sports betting software provider behind the international VBet, supports the brand’s initiative to run an online gathering of sporting champions on May 15 who will talk about sports and leadership.
Between world-scale anxiety and lockdown, it is hard to socialize. But video calling platforms and live streamings significantly alleviate the situation and provide the much needed social interaction in a safe and accessible way.
On May 15, in the spotlight of a live video call organised by VBet, Ray Parlour, Nuno Gomes, Brian Hughes, Andriy Shevchenko and Youri Djorkaeff will cheer up sporting fans and have an online-only gathering with live Q&A and personal stories shared by the sport legends.
Follow BetConstruct and VBet Facebook to join the Champions’ Call and ask the starring guests about their careers and more.
