Sportech launches US fantasy sports venture

iGaming Business – Pools and tote gaming operator Sportech has announced the creation of a joint venture with fantasy sports gaming company Picklive in the US and has also acquired Data Tote, a provider of on-track and online greyhound and horse race betting services in Europe. Picklive USA will be distributed nationwide, leveraging Sportech’s extensive reach in the US, where it currently processes 50% of all horseracing bets. Picklive will be accessible to Sportech’s existing customer base in Connecticut as well as to its B2B customers through eBet, Sportech’s US online division, which operates more than 20 horserace betting websites….