Winbet has launched Spotlight Sports Group sports betting editorial across their site. The agreement comes off the back of Spotlight Sports Group’s deal with Sportal365.

Winbet recently launched Winbet.it in Italy and this venture into a new territory prompted Winbet to draft the expertise of Spotlight Sports Group to supply a localised expert solution at scale. Spotlight Sports Group will provide their editorial directly into Sportal365s CMS on behalf of Winbet.

Breaking into the new territory has been made easier with Winbet utilising the group’s network of over 250 localised journalists knowledgeable in all key sports. The group delivers 15 pieces a day covering content with native speakers with knowledge of the key sporting events. Basing the content around the pivotal events in the Italian sports calendar drives engagement and enriches Winbet’s customer experience.

The editorial ensures customers are informed with high-quality long-form pieces. The ability to deliver this at such a scale and at speed is a key strength of Spotlight Sports Group as they fully manage Winbets editorial and deliver on a daily basis.

Discussing the agreement, Spotlight Sports Group, Account Director Daniel Smith said:

‘We’re delighted to see the agreement with Sportal365 has led to Winbet being able to utilise our services. We have a huge network of localised journalists who produce brilliant content in over 70 languages and our betting editorial really does take customers above and beyond what a regular sportsbook offers. We’re excited to be working with Winbet and we believe our editorial content can create a distinctive sports betting experience for their customers.’

Echoing Smith’s words Cvetomir Krumov, Head of Operations at Winbet said:

‘’Spotlight Sports Group has shown their capability to drive engagement through their expert editorial. Their difference and the reason we decided to work with them was down to their unique betting angle in all of their editorial. On top of this the fact that the content can be localised to our audience is a huge advantage and we’re excited to off an enhanced experience to our customers.’’

International sports betting company chooses Percona for industry-leading support and services around PostgreSQL and MongoDB

Percona, a leader in open source database software and services, today announced that Parimatch, an international sports betting company, has appointed Percona to provide expert open source database support for its critical MongoDB and PostgreSQL databases.

Parimatch provides sports betting and gambling services in Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Tajikistan under the local licenses. The brand is also present in Russia, UK, Africa, and Asia. Parimatch Tech is the research and development arm, delivering technology and solutions for the global gaming and betting industry. Parimatch’s platform has handled over two billion USD of sports bets since its launch in 1994 and is one of the leading sports betting companies in the CIS region with expansion in progress.

Parimatch uses a mix of multiple database technologies and deployment approaches to support its applications. To help deliver the levels of real-time performance that Parimatch and its customers require, Percona will work with Parimatch to ensure these implementations are fully supported. Percona’s team of open source database experts will implement best practices and support services across multiple technologies and deployments, all under one contract. Parimatch will also use Percona Monitoring and Management to ensure the efficient running of all instances across their PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases.

Martin James, Vice President EMEA at Percona said: “Parimatch is a company with a strong focus on development, using multiple database technologies to meet its business needs.  Percona offers them the advantage of taking a single approach to support across multiple databases and access to a team of database experts who can help them make the most of these technologies. Having a single Support contract that covers multiple technologies and deployments  will make it easier to track costs and manage issues over time.”

Andrey Chigarkin, CIO at Parimatch said: “Parimatch provides betting services to hundreds of thousands of customers every day, and our team prides itself on using the most advanced technologies to deliver the best experience. By choosing to work with Percona, we gain access to a wealth of database expertise and support for our on-premise and cloud deployments, covering both MongoDB and PostgreSQL instances. This will help us ensure our services are optimised for reliability, performance, and security.”

Percona Support provides comprehensive, responsive, and cost-effective database support 24 hours a day. They help development teams reduce complexity, optimise performance, and improve the security of business-critical database environments, no matter where they are located or deployed. Percona offers the option to consolidate support across multiple deployments and technologies under one contract, streamlining the service and simplifying the support process.

Percona employs a global network of experts and has helped more than 3,000 customers, including Cisco, Adobe, Intel, and Netflix, make the most of their open source databases.

Award-winning operator adds games from leading studio

B2B gaming supplier Push Gaming has reached an agreement to provide its game library to new casino brand, Wheelz.

Wheelz is the third brand for fast-growing operator, Rootz, and offers thousands of games including table, live dealer and slots; the latter’s line-up benefiting from Push’s portfolio.

Titles like Land of Zenith, Wheel of Wonders and the upcoming Dinopolis will be available, offering the kind of “player first” entertainment that the developer prides itself on.

Operating under an MGA licence, the new online casino and as such has secured the services of Hollywood icon David Hasselfhoff as brand ambassador. The star of the screen also lends his name to one of Wheelz’s gamified loyalty scheme features, Hoff’s Extra Wheel, which can pop-up randomly during play on any game.

As an additional bonus for players enjoying the new game, Push has worked with Wheelz to award 10 free spins on Wheel of Wonders to every player who signs up.

Commenting on the latest launch, Christine Parkhill, Head of Account Management at Push Gaming said: “While we can already count Rootz as a valued partner with its other operations, Wheelz is a brand that aligns nicely with our own ambitions.

“Its gamified loyalty scheme and intuitive UI puts players first, which is just how we position ourselves as a company, so Wheelz is exactly the right kind of site for our unique game selection.”

Tony Kjaldstorm, CCO at Rootz said: “Wheelz is another of our state-of-the-art brands that focuses on a slick, seamless operation offering a wide selection of market-leading games, that’s why we had to have Push Gaming titles for our players.

“We’re looking forward to seeing how our players react to yet more engagement from this new game selection. Wheelz with Push Gaming is everything that a modern casino should offer.”