Sportech Participates in Global Symposium on Racing

An Update from Sportech Racing and Digital

Sportech once again participated in the Global Symposium on Racing hosted annually by the University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program. The event brings together professionals from the international racing and betting industries to discuss issues and opportunities for participants.

As a key provider of betting solutions to the global racing industry, Sportech was proud to support the Symposium through sponsorship, client appreciation events, and the attendance of our North American Sales and Business Development teams.

For information about any of Sportech’s wide range of betting solutions, visit our website or contact us.

December 13, 2019 News Comments Off on Sportech Participates in Global Symposium on Racing

Sportech Strengthens Product and Commercial Teams

Sportech PLC, the international betting technology business, announced that it has strengthened its product and commercial teams with the addition of key individuals who will work across the Group’s B2B divisions.

Paul Rietdyke will lead Sportech’s new Product User Experience and Design department to help elevate clients’ online digital experiences to the next level. With extensive experience across a range of sectors, Paul has developed world class digital experiences for numerous clients including UK-based agency work for Arsenal FC, Everton FC, Liverpool FC and the Saudi Football league, as well as engagements with Think Money Group and Sportpesa.

Leon Hosking joins the Sportech team as Product Manager, bringing additional knowledge of the betting industry to Sportech’s product development initiatives. Leon’s most recent role was as trading and operations specialist for Sportpesa where he was responsible for the offerings of the UK, Italian and .com websites, advising the trading, payments, marketing, customer integrity and CRM departments. He also held a product owner role for bespoke horse racing products. Leon has held senior roles at Skybet, Totesport and Coral in risk, trading, odds, training and development.

Finally, Chris Rogers joins the Sportech team as Commercial Manager. Chris will combine his deep industry knowledge and strong commercial and account management skills to help support the continued growth of Sportech’s product range. Chris has extensive experience in the betting and gaming industry, most recently handling trading, marketing, CRM, acquisition, and responsible gambling for Leo Vegas group’s UK-facing sportsbooks. Chris has also worked for prestigious names in the gaming industry including Coral and Betfred.

December 9, 2019 News, Press Release Comments Off on Sportech Strengthens Product and Commercial Teams

Sportech Powers Casino Miami Race Book

An Update from Sportech Racing and Digital

Sportech Racing and Digital is pleased to announce that it has been selected by American Gaming to deliver pari-mutuel betting services for the new William Hill Race Book at Casino Miami in Florida.

Sportech is now delivering betting services to Casino Miami with Quantum™ System, the world’s most widely deployed pari-mutuel betting system, and with central hosting and operations provided from its Global Quantum™ Data and Operations Centre. Sportech is also providing turnkey settlement services to the race book.

This represents the second such arrangement with William Hill, with Sportech also providing pari-mutuel betting services to William Hill race book operations in Iowa, USA.

For more information about Sportech Racing and Digital, visit www.sportech.net.

December 6, 2019 News Comments Off on Sportech Powers Casino Miami Race Book

Sportech Delivers Breeders’ Cup Betting Excitement

Sportech, the international betting technology business and home of legal in-venue and online betting on racing in the State of Connecticut, announced that it once again delivered seamless betting action to racing fans throughout the United States during the 2019 Breeders’ Cup event at Santa Anita.

Sportech Tote Systems

Sportech’s Quantum™ System software and service delivery network anchored by the Global Quantum™ Data and Operations Center processed over 131 million transactions for US clients during the two days, demonstrating the impressive capacity and speed of Sportech’s Tote betting technologies.

Connecticut

Sportech Venues, home to legal in-venue and online betting on racing for the State of Connecticut and provider of race book services, accepted a total of $3.6 million in betting state-wide over the two days and paid out over $2.7 million to winners.

Richard McGuire, CEO of Sportech PLC, remarked, “The Breeders’ Cup, once again, delivered exciting racing and some of the best thoroughbred betting opportunities in the North American racing calendar. We were pleased to deliver yet another world-class betting experience to racing fans in Connecticut and to our clients across the US.”

For more information on Sportech Venues, Winners, MyWinners.com and Bobby V’s Restaurant and Sports Bar, visit MyWinners.com. For more information about Sportech Racing and Digital visit the Sportech Racing and Digital website.

November 4, 2019 News Comments Off on Sportech Delivers Breeders’ Cup Betting Excitement

Bump Launches Sinai Health Foundation Raffle

Update from Sportech Bump 50:50

Sportech’s Bump 50:50 has been selected by Sinai Health Foundation to provide electronic 50/50 raffle programs online at www.sinai.bump5050.com and during designated events in Ontario, Canada.

Bump 50:50 launched the new Sinai Health raffle service in October, delivering their innovative package of online and in-stadia electronic raffle technologies and proven marketing strategies. The raffle will progress through to the 6th January drawing.

Sinai Health Foundation is one of the recent additions to the Bump 50:50 client roster from the world of non-sports related charitable organizations.  Bump has over 90 clients from the worlds of professional and collegiate sports, entertainment events, and charitable foundations.

Bump 50:50 provides a package of electronic raffle technologies and services that is proven to help charitable foundations implement successful electronic 50/50 raffles. In addition to point-of-sale hardware and software, the Bump 50:50 package includes a triple-redundant central system and rapid-response services. Bump’s signature implementation and marketing package helps maximize the potential of its customer’s 50/50 raffle programs, generating raffle jackpots as high as four hundred thousand dollars.

For more information about Bump 50:50 and their electronic raffle systems, visit the Bump 50:50 website.

November 4, 2019 News Comments Off on Bump Launches Sinai Health Foundation Raffle

Bump 50:50 and In-Stadia Betting

Dan Tanenbaum, President of Bump 50:50, a division of Sportech Racing and Digital, took time out of his busy day to answer some questions for iGB North America Magazine on In-Stadia Betting. The article “In The Thick Of The Action” was published in Issue 41 last week.

The article examines how sporting arenas are “evolving into technologically advanced entertainment platforms, rather than simple venues where people gather to watch live sport”. The article discusses three main factors that contribute to in-stadia betting; “Stadium As A Platform” suggesting the stadium is more than another betting venue, “Preparing The Ground” for legal wagering in state regulation, and “The Mobile Question” how a partnership between a venue and an operator could look.

Dan comments on how Bump has already entered into many stadiums with technology for raffles and prepared the ground for future betting.

“[While] we don’t really view Bump’s charitable raffles as ‘gambling’ per se, in the US and Canada it is the only way to legally win money at a game right now,” he explains. “And, in cases where the activity is permitted, raffles prepare the stadium and its staff for betting activity.”

Dan says “a significant portion” of Bump 50:50 raffle sales come through kiosks or roaming sales agents, but adds it also provides sales via web and mobile devices where permitted by law.

From experience, Bump 50:50 have also created solutions to some of the mobile questions raised in the article. They have developed core processes to mitigate some of the technical limitations, such as concentrated wi-fi demands and exclusivity zones. Dan explains “the implementation of in-stadia betting in the US will be determined by the limitations imposed by regulators more so than by exclusivity agreements.”

Find the full article here.

For more information about Bump 50:50 and their electronic raffle systems, visit the Bump 50:50 website.

October 24, 2019 News Comments Off on Bump 50:50 and In-Stadia Betting

Sportech Joins World Lottery Association

Sportech, the international gaming technology business, is pleased to announce that it has been accepted as an Associate Member of the World Lottery Association, a global professional association of state lottery and gaming organizations from more than 80 countries.

Sportech joins WLA’s associate members from the worldwide lottery supplier industry on the basis of the company’s longstanding expertise as a provider of enterprise gaming solutions to national lottery, pools lottery, and charitable sports raffle operators.

Building on established lottery supply contracts in North America, Europe  and the Caribbean, Sportech is making significant investment in lottery with technology and talent secured with the 2019 acquisition of Lot.to Systems, the integration of lottery bets on Sportech’s Quantum™ System software, and rapid growth in its Bump 50:50 sports raffle business.

Julian Bewley, Chief Commercial Officer of Sportech PLC, said, “Sportech are thrilled to join the WLA as an associate member and for the opportunity to contribute to the industry and its growth through our passion for making lottery games more appealing, accessible, and fun and to giving lottery operators innovative tools and strategies to propel their business forward.”

October 22, 2019 News, Press Release Comments Off on Sportech Joins World Lottery Association

Sportech Sponsors EPMA RB Forum 2019

Bruno Gay at EPMA RB Forum (Far Right)

On Friday 4th October, Sportech’s European sales team attended European Pari Mutuel Association (EPMA) Racing and Betting (RB) Forum in Paris. This year, the RB Forum was attended by 140 participants from 27 different countries from the Horseracing and Tote community focussing on innovation.

Sportech was a proud sponsor at the RB Forum as an Associate Member of the EPMA and a panellist discussing global and world pools.  Sportech Vice President Sales and Business Development EMEA, Bruno Gay, participated on the panel, “Common pools, betting innovation and a place for a global bet” in which the Ascot World Pool was the hottest topic up for discussion and was described as an “exciting global pool success”.

Discussing Sportech’s key role in the delivery of the world pool, Bruno described Sportech’s experience with the 2019 Ascot World Pool and the concept of “reverse guesting”, the driving framework behind global pools, commenting, “world pools are accessible and feasible thanks to technology.”

To view Bruno’s presentation and others from the RB Forum, go to the RB Forum website here.

For more information about Sportech Racing and Digital, visit www.sportech.net.

October 14, 2019 News Comments Off on Sportech Sponsors EPMA RB Forum 2019

A Big Jackpot Sunday For BUMP 50:50


Update from Sportech Bump 50:50

Bump 50:50, a division of Sportech Racing and Digital, generated over a half a million dollars on a single Sunday, with four of its ninety-four 50/50 raffle clients standing out.

Of Bump 50:50’s NFL® clients, the Detroit Lions had a Sunday jackpot of $135,150, the Houston Texans reached $100,755, and the Miami Dolphins hit $84,799.  From the MLB®, the San Francisco Giants had a Sunday jackpot of $153,600.

Bump 50:50 provides a package of electronic raffle technologies and services that is proven to help charitable foundations implement successful electronic 50:50 raffles. Bump’s signature implementation and marketing package helps maximize the potential of its clients’ 50:50 raffle programs, generating record-setting jackpots, like this big jackpot Sunday, for teams, special events, and charitable organizations.

For more information about Bump 50:50 and their electronic raffle systems, visit the Bump 50:50 website.

October 1, 2019 News Comments Off on A Big Jackpot Sunday For BUMP 50:50

SIS Selects Sportech To Provide Global Commingling Solution

SIS (Sports Information Services) and Sportech PLC today announced a global commingling totalisator agreement that will allow SIS to create and disseminate a worldwide pool for greyhound racing.

SIS, the leading supplier of 24/7 betting services to retail and online operators globally, will utilise Sportech’s Quantum™ System pari-mutuel betting software to offer the greyhound global pool, leveraging Sportech’s unrivalled worldwide reach and expansive global commingling capabilities. Sportech will also provide hosting and operational services of the greyhound global pool from the company’s Global Quantum™ Data and Operations Centres.

Paul Witten, Product Director at SIS, said “This partnership further bolsters our capability as the leading supplier of 24/7 betting services worldwide.

“Sportech’s market leading technology will help facilitate SIS’s greyhound racing global pool, which will further expand the reach of greyhound racing around the world”.

Bruno Gay, Vice President Sales and Business Development EMEA for Sportech, said: “We are delighted to partner with SIS to deliver a greyhound racing global pool, a project for which Quantum™ System and Sportech’s global service delivery network are perfectly suited.

Sportech’s Quantum™ technology has helped betting clients all over the world find new markets for their products and new content for their consumers.  On the heels of the successful implementation of the “Ascot World Pool” for UK Totepool, Ascot Racecourse, and the Hong Kong Jockey Club, we are delighted to support SIS in offering a global pool to satisfy the world greyhound racing market.”

July 15, 2019 News, Press Release Comments Off on SIS Selects Sportech To Provide Global Commingling Solution
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