Press Releases

Video: Hernandez and Antonio pair up with esports duo for CS:GO-themed football challenge

Published

2 years ago

February 26, 2018

Zoltan Tundik

Credits: https://blog.betway.com/

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Monday 26th February 2018 – West Ham duo Javier Hernandez and Michail Antonio put their feet in David Moyes’s shoes as they took their first steps into the world of coaching in part two of the Betway Esports Challenge.

After going head-to-head in a game of CS:GO in part one, Hernandez and Antonio got GeT_RiGhT and f0rest – two stars of leading esports team Ninjas in Pyjamas – to put down their mouse and keyboard and lace up their boots for a very different type of shooting practice.

The Challenge required GeT_RiGhT and f0rest to team up with their coaches and shoot footballs at cardboard cut-outs of West Ham players, with the most points awarded for hitting the targets that were furthest away.

Source: Betway Esports/Youtube)

The Betway Esports Challenge, which was hosted by BBC presenter OJ Borg, marks the first time a football club and esports team have ever collaborated.

Betway have been the headline sponsor of Ninjas in Pyjamas – known as ‘NiP’ to supporters – since September 2016.

NiP are legends in the world of esports. They have won the IEM Oakland – one of CS:GO’s most prestigious tournaments – two years running and earned almost £2million in prize money.

CS:GO is one of the leading esports titles and, like the Premier League, is watched by millions of fans around the world.

To find out how Hernandez and Antonio got on in the first challenge, watch part one of the Betway Esports Challenge HERE.

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Betway prides itself on providing its customers with a bespoke, fun and informed betting experience, supported by a safe and secure environment. Betway is a member of several prominent industry-related bodies, including ESSA, the Independent Betting Adjudication Service (IBAS) and the Remote Gambling Association (RGA), and is accredited by trusted international testing agency eCOGRA. It is also a partner of the Professional Players Federation (PPF) and is a donor to the Responsible Gambling Trust.

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Conferences in Europe

NetShop ISP, Award Winning Data Center Provider, announced as General Sponsor at Prague Gaming Summit 2020

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3 days ago

February 14, 2020

Zoltan Tundik

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The 4th edition of the Prague Gaming Summit will take place on 6 March 2020 and welcomes leading operators, service providers and gambling industry experts from all across Europe.

The conference has recorded considerable growth during the 2018 edition and continues to bring the quality platform with which usual delegates have already gotten used too.

NetShop ISP, an Award-Winning Data Center & iGaming Service Provider, will hold the role of General Sponsor and will be represented by three C-level Executives.

At Prague Gaming Summit, you have the possibility to catch up on some very informative content about the recent changes in the regulation, tax and compliance updates coming from Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, and Ukraine. Slovakia aims to replace the current legislation with a new one which could open up the market for private operators from March 1, 2019. The new legislation is set to mirror the neighboring countries’ positive realizations in the field.

Event Information & Tickets: www.praguegamingsummit.com

About NetShop Internet Services Ltd

NetShop Internet Services is an Award-Winning Data Center Services Provider with privately-owned Infrastructure in Cyprus, Malta, United Kingdom and Los Angeles (US West).

NetShop ISP has won the Award of “Best iGaming Service Provider” twice (CEEG Awards, Budapest & SEG Awards, Milan) and Ranked Finalist in the “Best Hosting Services” Award category at the Malta Gaming Awards in 2019.

Website: netshop-isp.com.cy

Industry News

Win Systems Is Facing New And Engaging Challenges After Its Great Success At ICE 2020

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3 days ago

February 14, 2020

George Miller

Win Systems Is Facing New And Engaging Challenges After Its Great Success At ICE 2020

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Win Systems, the leading provider in the gaming and entertainment industry, reported an outstandingly positive assessment of its latest participation in ICE Totally Gaming trade-show in London, where the company presented its latest products and services both in the Gaming Division (like Rising Link, which received very positive feedback from delegates within the GameStar slots offer, and the individual electronic roulette station Gold Club Allegro) and in the Systems Division (with the casino management system Wigos at the forefront, and its version for arcades and route operations, Wigos One).

Eric Benchimol, CEO of Win Systems, commented: “Our products and services have been historically very well accepted amongst the main Latin American casinos; recently we’ve been receiving a growing interest from many clients in the US and Canada. This ICE edition was especially important for Win Systems, as we wanted to understand the reaction from the European operators, and their feedback has honestly been even more positive than our expectations, including some very important delegates from close markets in Africa and Asia. We’re proudly gratified and we can’t wait to start with so many projects we agreed during the trade-show.”

“I need to thank once again the great Win Systems team, both the ones at the trade-show and the colleagues in our premises all around the world for their passion to develop and offer high added-value products, and even more importantly, a relation based on the closeness and flexibility to get adapted to all our clients needs, both the actual and the future ones,” added the executive.

Press Releases

Microgaming’s content live with Svenska Spel Sport & Casino in Sweden

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3 days ago

February 14, 2020

George Miller

Microgaming’s content live with Svenska Spel Sport & Casino in Sweden

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Microgaming has announced that its diverse portfolio of online casino content is now live with Svenska Spel Sport & Casino, a state-owned company operating in Sweden, one of Europe’s largest regulated markets for online gaming.

Formed in 1997 and headquartered in Visby, Svenska Spel is among Sweden’s leading lottery, betting and casino gaming operators.

Sweden is a significant market for Microgaming, whose content has been live there since regulations came into effect on 1 January 2019. The supplier provides leading operators in the market with premium exclusive content from its growing roster of independent studios, along with some of the industry’s top-performing partner games.

Following an integration with Microgaming’s award-winning content aggregation platform, Svenska Spel Sport & Casino will be providing its players with an engaging line-up of Microgaming’s most popular branded blockbuster slots, including Game of Thrones™ and Lara Croft® Temples and Tombs™, plus a mix of new and classic original titles, such as Immortal Romance, Agent Jane Blonde Returns, and Book of Oz.

“Svenska Spel Sport & Casino is a tremendous addition to our sizeable customer base in this key strategic market. We are pleased to welcome them to the Microgaming family and look forward to working with them closely after a successful integration.” – said Andrew Clucas, Chief Operating Officer at Microgaming.

“Microgaming is renowned for its portfolio of high quality, innovative content, and we are delighted to collaborate with them. The addition of Microgamings catalogue of entertaining games will enhance the overall gameplay experience for our players.” – added Jonas Nygren, VP casino of Svenska Spel Sport & Casino.