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Exclusive interview with Yiannis Gangas, Chief Product Officer at Vermantia
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Vermantia’s round the clock live racing service has been turning heads in the industry for some time now. European Gaming caught up with Chief Product Officer Yiannis Gangas to get the low down.
Tell us more about the live racing channels and what they offer.
In short, it’s the most comprehensive source of live horse and greyhound racing that any retail or online operator could require. We deliver more than 70,000 premium live events a year from the best tracks in the world, including the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, and USA. These feature highly-competitive racing that are proven to attract high-levels of customer engagement and ensure good margins as well as profitability. Crucially, they are available 24/7, so that wherever operators are in the world they can rest assured that they have a high-quality live product on tap for their customers. It is an end-to-end solution too, with a complete odds service, adaptable data feed, automated channel production platform and the latest in broadcasting and streaming technologies.
What makes the Vermantia service different to what else is currently available?
Our live racing content is round the clock, suitable for any time zone, and the most extensive available. Its presentation is also bespoke to each operator. We appreciate that there are local requirements in every territory, so we localise the service by customising the design and content, as well as offering an adaptive data feed for faster deployment. We’re very careful to make sure we don’t bundle content together which operators don’t want. It’s very much about listening to what they require and adapting accordingly. We can provide professional live commentary and race cards in any language required and can provide sales and marketing support too. We appreciate not every market has the horse and greyhound racing in its DNA, so there is an educatory requirement on occasion. But we have found that operators who take the plunge even in these markets are not disappointed.
What role does virtual sports have to play in all this?
Virtuals is a really important product and very popular with players. Our service is among the best out there with 20 virtual channels delivered to customers internationally. I’m also delighted our unique baseball game was also recognised at the SBC Awards in London earlier this month. Virtuals has an army of fans around the globe who enjoy it in its own right, as well as those who are happy to get involved in between live sports coverage. But for the latter group, who I think are the majority of customers, it is all about live. I am very pleased to say that Vermantia broadcasts 40 per cent more live racing action than any other provider in the industry. That is particularly important in some countries who do not allow virtuals, of course. But for the others, any operator will tell you that the real sweet spot for customer engagement, whether that’s in retail or online, is good quality data, readily available betting markets, and live pictures. That is the holy trinity.
How is this live content distributed?
There is no one size fits all when it comes to distribution and it is important to be flexible. A retail operator in Africa is going to have different requirements and infrastructure to an online brand servicing the Nordics. As a result, we can use either satellite broadcast or streaming to deliver our live race channels. The former covers the globe and offers 24/7 playout monitoring, SLA, and high efficiency video coding for maximum quality at minimum bandwidth. Our streaming solution is ultra-low latency. It’s less than a second, in fact, which is as fast as anything in the industry, and much faster than some of the options available to operators.
Which markets do you service at the moment and which operators currently take live racing from Vermantia?
Our live racing channels are deployed in Europe, CIS, and Africa with operators as large as OPAP and Intralot Group who are among our long-standing partners. We are also rolling out as we speak to new clients from Central and Southern Europe to the Caribbean, proving that this type of content delivered in such a user-friendly fashion has universal appeal wherever operators and their customers find themselves in the world.
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GamblingCompliance has announced the official shortlist for the Global Regulatory Awards 2019. NSoft is proud to announce that Mr. Zlatan Omerspahić, NSoft`s Data Protection Officer (DPO), has been shortlisted in the category: Data Protection Officer or Team of the year.
The nomination complements to all activities Mr. Omerspahić and NSoft, as a company, performed in order to not just be in compliance with the GDPR, but to promote the importance of data integrity and data protection per se.
Zlatan is an acknowledged expert within the legislation field and very fruitful panelist at expert conferences with specific know-how that he gladly shares with other industry professionals. Commenting on the nomination, he said: “This is very exciting! It is a great honor to be nominated for GamblingCompliance´s award and I am very emotional about it. NSoft put trust in me, and all I’ve accomplished in my field of expertise would not be possible without the great support from my colleagues.”
The GamblingCompliance Global Regulatory Awards 2019 will take place at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in Central London on May 1st, 2019. This year’s event will host over 400 industry specialist who will celebrate the success of the best ones in 17 award categories.
“This nomination and the awarding ceremony will actually be a wonderful way to celebrate my work anniversary at NSoft which is also on May 1st. I am looking forward to the event,” concluded Mr. Zlatan Omerspahić.
To find out more on NSoft contact us at info@nsoft.com or visit NSoft web site and book a meeting.
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US casino operators Eldorado Resorts Inc. and Caesars Entertainment Corp are in the early stages of discussion on a possible merger, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Caesars has recently agreed to allocate billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who has been pushing the company to sell itself, three board seats to his representatives, and a say on the selection of its next chief executive officer.
Caesars is providing some limited confidential financial information to Eldorado, which is carrying out due diligence on the potential combination of the two companies, the sources said.
Eldorado has yet to make a binding offer for Caesars, and there is no certainty any bid will materialise or that a deal will be successfully negotiated, the sources added, asking not to be identified because the matter is confidential.
Caesars and Eldorado have market capitalizations of $5.4 billion and $3.6 billion, respectively. They also had debt piles of $9.1 billion and $3.3 billion, respectively, as of the end of December.
Caesars declined to comment, while Eldorado did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Swedish online betting company Betsson has signed a partnership agreement with CompetitionLabs, a real-time engagement software provider based in the UK. As per the agreement, CompetitionLabs’ tools will power live real-time tournaments and gamification for the Betsson Group.
Julian Steinwender, CompetitionLabs CPO, said this collaboration was one of the software providers most significant. He added: “We are delighted to be powering a whole new approach to engagement with Betsson. Seeing activity going live is really exciting for us and continues our plans for expansion and innovation together.”
Joey Hurtado, Managing Director for the Casino Brands at Betsson Group, said: “The CompetitionLabs platform has given us a powerful and easy to use solution that allows us to provide true real-time engagement and gamification to our customers. Starting with tournaments, we have seen immediate uplift in both customer engagement and GGR. The ability to leverage our whole portfolio of games and their data has enabled a new set of opportunities for innovation and differentiation. This is in line with our strategy of offering our customers with quality products.”
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This is a Syndicated News piece. Photo credits or photo sources can be found on the source article: Betsson signs partnership with CompetitionLabs
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