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Kindred Futures Challenges Voice Driven Betting

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7 months ago

November 16, 2018

Kindred Futures Challenges Voice Driven Betting

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Kindred Futures, the innovation arm of Kindred Group, has launched the first-of-its-kind prototype for voice-driven betting.

The prototype is built in partnership with tech start-up Artificial Solutions. It makes use of the tweaked Google Action to facilitate voice betting on six top European football leagues & competitions. It provides a hassle-free betting experience and has the potential to redefine the way the users bet in the future. “Google was a great foundation for us thanks to its years as a search engine, meaning it had a wealth of data on a broad range of topics that its speech recognition understood. But despite this, it still required many hours of tuning and training to build the recognition of nuanced betting terminology and phrases” says Michael Franklin, Natural Language Lead at Kindred Futures.

The prototype was developed after 80 hours of extensive testing, during which more than 9,000 betting phrases were inputted to find out betting terms were understood and what were missed. Mark Jones, Head of Presales at Artificial Solutions said: “Speech recognition has made massive leaps over the last few years, and it’s now reached that tipping point where it’s good enough to be used to explore the future of voice-activated betting. This pioneering conversational AI application means Kindred Futures is in the perfect position to exploit voice technology moving forward.”

Will Mace, Head of Kindred Futures describes the project as “an experiment to see whether the technology was at a level or standard to cope with the nuance of sports betting.” He continues: “Delivering great experiences for our customers is at the forefront of what we do, making the best use of cutting-edge technology to deliver the products and services they want, or may require in the future.”

The product is in prototype mode now. When it is fully developed, it can be plugged into smart personal assistants like Alexa, Siri, and Cortana.

To find out more about Kindred Futures, visit http://www.kindredgroup.com/kindred-futures

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CEEGC 2019

BtoBet announced as Digital Sponsor at CEEGC 2019 Budapest

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6 hours ago

June 24, 2019

George Miller

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Leading iGaming technology provider BtoBet shows further support for CEEGC Budapest.

The 4th edition of the yearly Central and Eastern European Gaming Conference takes this on the 24^th of September at the Ritz-Carlton Budapest, and we are happy to announce the continuing support of BtoBet as Digital Sponsor of the event.

“We are blessed to have such amazing support from BtoBet for the past 3 years and we would like to express our gratitude towards the team for making things happen in the gaming industry. BtoBet has come a long way and is among the top providers today. Make sure to attend CEEGC Budapest to meet their team at the conference!” stated Zoltán Tűndik, Co-Founder, Co-Owner and Head of Business at European Gaming Media and Events.

Along with the announcement, we would like to also create a reminder that the Super Early Bird Rate will expire in a few days (30 June) and those interested in attending the event, should act fast to get the discount. Register here!

About BtoBet:
BtoBet is a multinational company and is part of a group with 20 years of experience in software development in IT, telecommunication, e-commerce, and banking, strongly committed to technology and widely investing in technology research and development. The experience gained at the forefront in these advanced environments, compared with the more recent gambling industry, allows BtoBet to be visionary with a deep understanding of the requirements of the market, catching changing trends and anticipating bookmakers’ and operators’ needs. BtoBet is a true partner in technology, offering a standalone platform and services for the iGaming and Sports Betting industry. It counts on a very talented, continuously trained development team and day to day management support to clients. BtoBet allows licensees to be unique in the market, by giving them the opportunity to completely personalize their offers for Sports betting and iGaming business, online mobile, and retail.

Make sure you take advantage of this unique opportunity of learning and networking with the gambling industry in the CEE and Balkans region via the CEEGC platform which is committed to bringing together industry shareholders and government officials from the region on a yearly base.

Register here or View the Agenda!

Browse the official event website here: www.ceegc.eu

Industry News

NSoft to attend World Gaming Executive Summit

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7 hours ago

June 24, 2019

George Miller

NSoft to attend World Gaming Executive Summit

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NSoft is announcing its participation at “the must-attend event for the C-levels of the gaming industry” that is going to be held on 2-4 July 2019 in Barcelona.

Now in its 13th year, the World Gaming Executive Summit continues to be the most senior and high-level event for online, land-based and lottery gaming communities. The seniority, reputation, and global reach make the World Gaming Executive Summit, the most exclusive and influential gathering for the gaming community and all those affiliated to it.

NSoft’s representatives are happy to join the industry colleagues for 3 days of learning, debate, and networking. WGES represents a truly unique opportunity for industry leaders to come together, share ideas and debate their strategies.

Don’t miss out the roundtable discussion on the use of Facial recognition in retail operations on July 3rd, 2019 at 11:20.

In order to find out more on NSoft’s products, visit us on www.nsoft.com or book a meeting with our C-level team in Barcelona on marketing@nsoft.com

NetEnt Press Releases

NetEnt invites players to give its marvellous money machine a spin with Cash-O-Matic

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9 hours ago

June 24, 2019

George Miller

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Cash-O-Matic is an adventure packed with Free Spins and Multipliers.

NetEnt’s Cash-O-Matic is a 1024-bet way, 5-reel, 4-row video slot designed with the look of an old-style cash machine and loaded with game mechanics.

The new, retro-looking title has flipped NetEnt’s proprietary Avalanche^TMfeature on its head. Now operating in reverse, Avalanche^TM sees all winning symbols remain on the reels, while the rest disappear.

Cash-O-Matic is full of Free Spins and Multipliers. The number of Free Spins awarded equals the amount of Scatter symbols collected, with a minimum of 10 Free Spins there to be won. With Scatter lengths of up to 18, the number of Free Spins can get really high.”.

In the main game, the Level Multiplier is awarded if at least one row is filled with winning symbols. The more rows, the higher the Multiplier value. In Free Spins, the Multiplier depends on the number of Scatter symbols that activated Free Spins and can go as high as x50.

“We’re pleased to present Cash-O-Matic, a true homage to the first slot machine, the Liberty Bell. High volatility reverse Avalanche^TMaction, Free Games, Scatter Stacks and Multipliers in a very simple and elegant art package. A game for the VIP players out there.” said Bryan Upton, NetEnt Director of Games.

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