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A round-up of the latest launches and deals in the egaming industry including Playtech and Betradar
Viadex, the global virtual infrastructure and deployments experts, has been named in The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 List in acknowledgement of its exceptional international growth, ranking 141st
The sixth annual league table ranks Britain’s mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales over their latest two years. Viadex, listed for the first time ranked amongst companies such as bet365, Skyscanner and JoJo Maman Bébé.
Viadex’s international sales reached £6.5m in 2014 with a two year average international sales growth of 24.97%. The recognition from The Sunday International Track 200 now cements Viadex as one of the fastest growing IT companies for international expansion.
Viadex’s international offices are located in South Africa, Gibraltar, Singapore and Dubai and it is headquartered in Surrey, UK.
Dan Hayden-Hammond, Global Sales Director said “Viadex are honoured to be listed as one of Britain’s top 200 companies in terms of international growth. This result is testament to the hard work of our internal team delivering large scale projects globally, helping our customers solve their business challenges daily. Achieving this level on the league table for the first time reinforces our position as global IT player.”
Dublin-based operator BetBright has partnered with Betradar to launch the supplier’s virtual sports product.
The deal will see BetBright integrate virtual sports for the first time and will offer Betradar’s full suite of virtual sports, starting with virtual football across both desktop and mobile.
“Virtual sports betting has become an important part in bookmaking offers,” Noel Hayes, director of sportsbook at BetBright, said.
“At BetBright we are striving to constantly expand our product offering and we are delighted to announce the launch of our virtual product suite which is powered by Betradar,” he added.
Software supplier giant Playtech has signed a deal with billing solutions provider LogNet Billing to incorporate its MaxBill solution for B2B billing.
The billing solution will enable Playtech to manage and improve its B2B billing activities including ongoing billing and reconciliation processes.
“Expanding the business capacity of our billing and reconciliation processes is a strategic decision,” Shimon Akad, chief operating officer at Playtech, said.
“MaxBill will lead this transformation and will greatly improve the way we do business with our customers and partners,” he added.
Digital sports solutions provider Chroma Sports has opened relocated its Brighton headquarters to a new location with the triple its current capacity.
The company has opened a new 7,500 sq ft office which will house its leadership team, UK centres for design, innovation, technology and project management, as well as its ‘Chroma Labs’ creative hub.
“Chroma is growing and it’s only right that we bring our talent together in new, state-of-the-art offices,” Paddy O’Clery, Chroma Sports CEO, said.
“With two technical colleges and the University of Brighton close-by, we’re perfectly situated to draw on a large, high-quality tech talent pool that can give us a real edge,” he added.
Betkurus has become one of the first bitcoin sportsbook’s to launch a cash out option for its customers.
“Being the world’s most advanced Bitcoin sportsbook and offering the largest selection for live events across all sports, we felt obliged to think about our valued customers,” Marc Wu, marketing director of the company, said.
“We wanted to increase the risk management possibilities for the most strategic of them as well as to shield the winners from unlikely events, which strip them away from their wins,” he added.
Malta-based casino operator Casumo has launched a new mobile casino with improvements to UX, navigation and deposit functionality alongside greater personalisation.
The mobile-web casino, which has been optimised for smartphone and tablet, will allow users to more easily “complete core tasks”, such as playing their last played game upon log-in.
Personalisation has also been pushed, with individual bonuses and offers displayed on the dashboard, and the firm said the responsive design should greatly improve performance on tablets.
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator FanDuel has completed a Series E funding round worth $275m, bringing its total raised capital to date to $363m.
The oversubscribed round, which dwarves the $70m it raised in September last year, was led by private equity firm KKR with Google Capital and Time Warner Investments together with Turner Sports also joining.
A number of NFL and NBA team owners also participated, along with previous investors Shamrock Capital, NBC Sports Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Pentech Ventures and Piton Capital.
DraftKings has become the official daily fantasy sports partner of the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles through a multi-year deal that includes the creation of a fantasy sports bar and lounge at the arena.
The 4,400 sq ft DraftKings Fantasy Sports Bar & Lounge will open in September and will allow fans to watch live events from the STAPLES Center and around the world on 35 smart TVs, 15 tablets and four iMacs.
Fans in the DraftKings lounge will be randomly chosen to win prizes and special offers, including the chance to go into the STAPLES Center to watch the action from VIP seats provided by DraftKings.
Boston-based social casino developer GSN Games has bolstered its game offering with the worldwide launch of its new GSN Grand Casino app on both iOS and Android.
GSN said Grand Casino uses rich animations and realistic sound affects to “immerse players” in the casino experience, and includes branded slots titles such as Deal or No Deal and Wheel of Fortune.
Andrew Pedersen, general manager of social casino at GSN Games, said GSN Grand Casino was a “complete re-imagination” of social casino entertainment.