Oddin.gg continues to push the boundaries of esports betting, becoming the first esports betting solutions provider to offer betting markets for Deadlock–an upcoming game still in its early development stage, yet one poised to offer an entirely new experience for bettors. Despite access being limited to friend invites via playtesters in the closed beta phase, Deadlock has already attracted over 100,000 players. Oddin.gg has prepared its models and teams in record time to deliver customers a new, unique esports betting opportunity with the launch of a streamers’ tournament.

This streamers’ tournament marks the first step in building a competitive ecosystem around Deadlock, with further tournaments planned to boost engagement. By enabling bets on popular streamers, Oddin.gg provides its partners with a new way to attract and retain bettors, while expanding their esports offerings with emerging titles.

The tournament took place in September 2024, featuring a best-of-3 format. The betting product included Pre-match and Limited Live betting, having offered 7 core markets to explore:

• Match Winner ID
• Match Handicap (Home/Away) e Number of Maps
• Match ScoreBO#
• Map Winner Two-Way
• Home/Away Team to Win at Least 1 Map
• Match Winner Double Chance

Deadlock has been integrated into Oddin.gg’s existing esports portfolio, with matches available through the same feed as all other sports to existing clients. Clients can access market descriptions through the Odds Feed API or via t he corresponding Odds Feed SDK interface from Oddin.gg. This offering also includes Oddin.gg’s renowned Risk Management services, ensuring that all betting opportunities maintain acceptable risk levels and integrity measures, even in the special setup and context of this tournament.

Tom Horn Gaming has announced that its full portfolio of games is now available through iGP’s iGaming Deck platform, expanding the supplier’s global distribution network.

This link-up enhances the supplier’s global reach, offering operators worldwide access to Tom Horn Gaming’s full suite of multi-product offerings, including their player-centric slot games, known for their engaging mechanics and captivating features like QuickX™ and BlastX™.

As a leader in the iGaming industry with over 15 years of experience, Tom Horn Gaming has built a strong reputation for delivering high-quality online casino content such as proprietary slot titles as well as exclusive third-party content. With just a single integration, operators can now expand their offerings and increase revenues by providing premium content libraries from Tom Horn Gaming to their players.

Ondrej Lapides, CEO of Tom Horn Gaming, commented on the partnership: We are thrilled to have partnered with iGP and to be featured on their innovative iGaming Deck platform. This partnership strengthens our global distribution strategy, allowing us to bring our premium content to an even broader network of operators and players around the world. 

At Tom Horn Gaming, we are committed to delivering exciting and high-quality gaming experiences, and through iGaming Deck, we can reach new audiences and support our partners in driving success.

iGaming Deck, known for its intuitive UI and advanced promotional tools, offers operators unparalleled control over their content and promotions, all accessible via a single API. With more than 5,000 games currently available on the platform, iGaming Deck’s cloud-based solution enables operators to manage their iGaming offerings with unprecedented speed, flexibility, and insight. The latest partnership adds another esteemed  content provider to iGaming Deck’s growing portfolio of top-tier titles.

Jovana Popovic Canaki, Deputy CEO at iGP added: We are delighted to have the opportunity to partner with Tom Horn Gaming, a supplier renowned for providing high-quality online casino content which I’m sure our operator partners will be extremely keen to offer to their players. 

iGaming Deck has been a monumental success for us since its launch last September, with more than 20 leading content providers now live with the platform. We plan to add many more partners and expand the portfolio of first-class titles going forward, and the future for the platform is looking extremely bright.

Through this partnership, Tom Horn Gaming continues to solidify its position as a leading supplier in the iGaming industry, ensuring its content reaches a wider audience. The addition of Tom Horn content to the platform empowers operators with cutting-edge gaming experiences that enhance engagement and drive growth.

Infront has become an Associate Member of the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA), the largest customer account betting integrity monitoring body for private operators in the world. The agreement underlines Infront’s commitment to betting integrity, information sharing and cooperation and sees them align with over 50 companies and 125 leading sports betting brands in IBIA.

The partnership comes as Infront’s betting portfolio and client base continues to grow. From 2025 Infront is set to deliver over 70,000 annual events to their global growing client base. This will include the data partnership Infront has announced with the ITF.

The addition of a robust data delivery platform will also provide bookmakers with a low latency data product. This makes it vital to develop the unit’s integrity services and functions for more than 40 rightsholders.

Chris Catling, Head of Infront Bettor, said: “By becoming part of this esteemed global network we gain valuable intelligence, enabling us to detect and address suspicious betting patterns swiftly and effectively. This partnership strengthens our compliance and offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with key stakeholders worldwide on policy development to help shape a safer, fairer and more sustainable future for the betting industry. As a relatively new business in this space, aligning with an organisation of IBIA’s credibility is crucial for demonstrating our commitment to transparency and integrity, one of the core values of Infront.”

Khalid Ali, CEO of IBIA, said: “I am delighted to welcome another major player in the sports betting ecosystem as a member of IBIA. Infront is a globally recognised organisation that will deliver a significant amount of tennis product to the betting industry from 2025. Infront and IBIA are committed to working together to ensure the highest levels of integrity for that product and to protecting all sports from for betting-related corruption.”

Membership provides access to IBIA’s global monitoring network to help identify and address suspicious betting activity, as well as compliance guidance on evolving regulations across jurisdictions. It also allows Infront to work closely with regulators, sports organisations and other operators, fostering greater industry cooperation. IBIA’s partnerships with leading sports federations like FIFA, UEFA and the IOC will enhance joint efforts to combat corruption.

IBIA is a not-for-profit body that has no competing conflicts with the delivery of commercial services to other sectors and is run by operators for operators to protect regulated sports betting markets from match-fixing. IBIA’s global monitoring network is a highly effective anti-corruption tool, detecting and reporting suspicious activity in regulated betting markets.

Through the IBIA global monitoring network it is possible to track transactional activities linked to individual customer accounts. IBIA members have over $300bn per annum in betting turnover (handle), accounting for approximately 50% of the global commercial regulated land-based and online sports betting sector, and in excess of 50% for online alone.