iGaming Business – Server-based gaming specialist Inspired Gaming as expanded its virtual sports service into Colombia after agreeing a deal with GENTEC, part of the Betancur Group. Colombian law does not currently allow for virtual sports betting in the country, but an expected change in regulation later this year will enable Inspired to enter the market. Inspired will provide GENTEC with its range of virtual sports, as well as its bet management system and EPOS solution BetBOX via local distributor Algazara. GENTEC customers will be able to bet on virtual sports including football, horseracing, tennis and motor racing. BetBOX enables…

iGaming Business – Server-based gaming specialist Inspired Gaming has announced that Circus Group has become the first operator in Belgium to launch its virtual sports product. Through its Circus.be domain on online and mobile platforms, the licensed operator will initially offer Inspired’s football, horseracing, greyhound racing and tennis virtual sports products. Using Inspired’s Virtuals Dashboard, Circus Group can schedule the four different event channels to each broadcast a new event every three minutes, with a total of almost 2,000 betting opportunities available each day. Players will be able to choose from a range of betting markets, place accumulator bets across…

iGaming Business – Slovenian state-owned Sports Lottery Športna Loterija has launched a selection of virtual sports products from server-based gaming specialist Inspired Gaming. Inspired will supply virtual horse racing, greyhound racing, football, motor-racing, speedway, tennis and cycling games to the lottery’s e-stave website. The seven games, which have been localised for the Slovenian market, will be streamed on e-stave every three minutes, allowing players to access more than 3,000 betting events per day. The system will now be certified by the Slovenia Institute of Quality and Metrology before being publically launched next month. “Many of our players are sports fans…

iGaming Business – Server-based gaming specialist Inspired Gaming Group has moved to strengthen its presence in Italy by opening a new corporate office in Rome. The firm’s Italian business has experienced rapid growth in recent times following deals with a number of companies including Italian gaming operator Cogetech and iGaming operator and platform provider Microgame. Inspired Gaming now operates 7,000 video lottery terminals in the country and has successfully launched the game Merlin for Comma 6a slot machines. The company’s Inspired Virtual Sports are also live who six customers, with a further seven clients in homologation or just about to…

Gaming Intelligence – Leading gaming machine suppliers Inspired Gaming and SG Gaming have called for the mandatory enforcement of responsible gambling measures across all categories of the UK gaming market including land-based and online products. It follows the launch of the first phase of the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) Code of responsible gambling measures on Category B2/B3 machines. Inspired Gaming chief executive Luke Alvarez said the measures need to be developed and implemented across all land-based and online products in the UK market. While Alvarez welcomed the introduction of the responsible gaming protections for machine gaming, he warned that…

iGaming Business – Server-based gaming specialist Inspired Gaming has agreed a new video lottery terminal (VLT) deal with Italian gaming operator Cogetech. Under the deal, Inspired will supply its ‘Open VLT’ cabinets, technology and high-definition games to Cogetech venues across Italy. Inspired and Cogetech already have virtual sports partnerships in place in the country. Cogetech was also one of the first Italian operators to sign up for Inspired’s Virtual Sports. Fabio Schiavolin, chief executive officer of Cogetech, said: “We are committed to providing the best range of entertainment to our players, and Inspired’s VLT products and games are proven to…