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SBC Awards: NSoft shortlisted in two categories
NSoft has received one more confirmation of its business excellence in 2019 by being shortlisted in two categories for this year’s SBC Award. NSoft will be competing for the prestigious awards: Best Live Streaming Product and Innovation of the Year.
This is the sixth edition of the SBC awarding ceremony which celebrates the very best in sports betting and recognizes the achievements from across the industry. This year the SBC Awards will feature 41 award categories whereof 14 Operator awards, 3 Affiliate awards, 18 Supplier awards, 2 Specialist awards, and 4 Payment awards. NSoft is shortlisted under the Supplier section.
“The SBC Awarding ceremony will be the finest way to conclude this very successful business year for NSoft. Being shortlisted for this prestigious award is a success itself. I am glad that our Sportsbook solution, especially In-Play and its features, is perceived as very best in the industry. Moreover, being recognized as an innovator is very exciting. It simply means that people recognize and understand our vision,” commented Dražan Planinić, NSoft’s Head of Product Development.
The product that mainly led NSoft to the Innovation of the Year nomination is NSoft Vision which will also be showcased at the upcoming CES 2020. It is an AI-driven surveillance system that provides many business applications. “True power of NSoft Vision comes from its smart, robust underlying AI services and the features that are constantly getting better thanks to Machine Learning.
NSoft Vision collects real-time and historical data aiming to empower data-driven decision-making processes for one’s business.
Wherever presented, NSoft Vision was an attraction driver, but being shortlisted for the SBC Award is a true verification of its uniqueness among the industry professionals,” commented Luciano Kovačević, NSoft’s Product Manager.
The SBC Awarding Ceremony is scheduled for December 3rd, 2019 in London.
NetGaming, the creative casino games studio, has partnered with EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine in a deal that boosts the supplier’s access to important markets around the globe.
NetGaming’s engaging slot collection, including its latest release Kitty Cafe, is set to be integrated into EveryMatrix’s casino aggregator.
CasinoEngine is a highly performant integration and productivity platform and the largest casino content library in the industry, thanks to its collection of over 8,000 games and 260+ local and global jackpots.
NetGaming’s immersive game content is available in 26 languages and can be operated with 41 currencies.
Pallavi Deshmukh, CEO at NetGaming, said: “We are delighted to sign with EveryMatrix, as the company’s strong distribution capability enables us to expand across a range of key territories.
“We feel confident that our impressive portfolio will prove popular amongst players and look forward to a fruitful long-term partnership.”
Amund Stensland, COO at CasinoEngine, said: “We are thrilled to have NetGaming on board, and the company’s entertaining slot titles will be a welcome addition to our offering.
“Our focus is to integrate high-quality gaming suppliers for our vast operators’ network seeking to expand into new jurisdictions.”
Alberto Garzon, consumer affairs minister of Spain, has unveiled the plans for a crackdown on advertising by gambling companies and casinos.
The proposals are an attempt by Garzon’s left-wing Unidas Podemos party to make good on its campaign promise to protect youth and gambling addicts, having formed a coalition government with the Socialist Party in January.
The government aims to reduce television gambling advertising by as much as 80% and ban companies from hiring celebrities to market gambling products and services.
“The regulation has to be similar to tobacco. We are not regulating the textile sector here, but a sector that has an impact on public health,” Garzon said.
The new proposals also include a ban on marketing that offers the likes of free bets to new customers, which Garzon said lures vulnerable groups into gambling.
Government data shows that online betting by Spaniards has almost tripled between 2014 and 2018 to 17.8 billion euros ($19.2 billion).
Sports betting is now so strong that almost all leading Spanish soccer clubs, including Barcelona and Real Madrid, feature gambling brands among their official sponsors. Among those with gambling companies as official shirt sponsors are Levante, partnered by Betway.
The government plans to prevent soccer clubs from selling to children jerseys emblazoned with gambling brands, but its proposals stop short of a total ban on such logos on professional teams’ official kits.
Hacksaw Gaming is thrilled to announce that My Lucky Number has launched exclusively with Rootz on Wildz.com until 23 rd March 2020.
My Lucky Number features an amazing jackpot of €25,000,000. The personalised addition of the player choosing his or her own lucky number is also an innovative feature that makes the jackpot win extra special.
Hacksaw’s content has been live with Wildz since September 2019 and the partnership has gone from strength to strength so it comes as no surprise that an exclusivity agreement to launch Hacksaw’s first premium slot was reached with the operator.
Marcus Cordes, COO at Hacksaw Gaming said, “We are determined to push the boundaries when building our games and My Lucky Number is no exception. With its added personalised touch to enable players to choose their own winning number, we believe that My Lucky number offers a new gaming experience whilst keeping in line with Hacksaw’s aesthetic and we are proud to announce it through Rootz.”
Tony Kjäldström, COO at Rootz added, “At Rootz, we are always looking to give our customers a diverse and personalised gaming experience and we are extremely excited to be the first to launch Hacksaw’s My Lucky Number exclusively on Wildz.com. We believe that My Lucky Number will be very popular with our players thanks to its unique features and huge jackpot.”
My Lucky Number is available to play at www.wildz.com on Tuesday 25th February 2020
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