NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Inspired
Entertainment, Inc. ("Inspired") (NASDAQ: INSE) today announces key
contracts and deployments in its UK and European Virtuals
business.
Live in Italy with
Goldbet
Inspired's Virtual Sports are now live in circa.
1,000 GoldBet retail venues in Italy. One dedicated broadcast channel will
show a mixed schedule of trotting and horse races from Inspired,
while a second channel showing Inspired's Platinum Football will be
launched in early 2018.
Greek Virtual Football Success
Inspired's premium
Rush Football 2® Virtual Sports product, already live over the
counter in over 4,000 OPAP lottery venues, has now launched on Self
Service Betting Terminals in 500 OPAP venues, rising to 800 by the
end of the 2017.
Betfred Retail Virtuals Agreement Extended
Following
Betfred's recent 5 year SBG contract extension and award of over
1,000 additional SBG terminals, previously operated by a competing
supplier to Inspired, the UK's largest independent bookmaker has
also extended its existing Virtual Sports agreement with Inspired,
which will involve the supply of two new channels of Virtual Sports
content to its betting shop estate. Enhanced new Horses (2
furlong race) and Greyhounds (Rush Dogs 2™) products, along with
traditional Horses, Dogs, and Bingo are now available to Betfred
customers, with a race from Inspired being delivered every minute
via Inspired's in-venue viewer technology.
William Hill Upgrade
Inspired has upgraded its suite
of Virtual Sports offerings across William
Hill's retail estate. The upgrade also sees the introduction
of new premium products including Rush Sprints 2™ and Rush Dogs
2™.
Upgraded Virtual Horses from Inspired Available with
49's
49's Limited (owned by a consortium of leading UK
operators) has launched newly upgraded virtual horse racing
products from Inspired including all new Portman Park, Steepledowns, and Sprint Valley
tracks, which have been ever present in all UK LBO's since
2001.
Paddy Power to Exclusively Launch New Virtual Cricket
Product
Paddy Power will exclusively launch a new Virtual
Cricket product from Inspired to over 50 retail venues in
December 2017. The launch will
coincide with the 2017/18 Ashes series and become the fulcrum of
the Paddy Power dedicated mixed Virtual Sports channel.
New Market Success in Romania
Inspired's agreement to supply
Virtual Sports products to Romanian operator Superbet on both
retail and digital channels has been extended to 2020.
Inspired's premium Rush Football 2® is now live with BetArena
(part of the SuperBet group) in 40 retail locations, rising to 200
in the near future.
Inspired's Virtual Football Matchday™ Live in Italy with Eurobet
Inspired's latest
Virtual Sports products have launched in Eurobet retail venues with
one channel dedicated to Inspired's market-leading Matchday™
and Platinum Football products.
SBC Awards Shortlisting
Inspired has been shortlisted
for 3 prestigious SBC Awards, the results of which will announced
on December 5th 2017.
Shortlistings include Inspired's Virtual Grand National for
Best Virtual Sports Product, Matchday™ Italy for Best Virtual Football Product, and
Rush Horses Go!™ for Best Sports Themed Slot/Game.
'We're seeing fantastic momentum in our European Virtual Sports
business, as more operators extend existing contracts and new
customers become aware of the revenue driving potential of these
ultra realistic, accessible entertainment products,' said
Steve Rogers, Chief Commercial
Officer, Digital Games, Inspired. 'Our portfolio of games is
constantly growing as we upgrade existing popular sports, develop
new variants to suit specific markets, and add new sports into the
mix following our continued market research programme. We
pride ourselves on being the top supplier of Virtual Sports in the
industry, with our products live in over 40,000 venues. These
recent successes in both the UK and across Europe are testament to that fact,' he
added.
About Inspired Entertainment, Inc.
Inspired is a
global games technology company, supplying Virtual Sports, Mobile
Gaming and Server Based gaming systems with associated terminals
and digital content to regulated lottery, betting and gaming
operators around the world. Inspired currently operates more than
32,000 digital gaming terminals and supplies its Virtual Sports
products in more than 40,000 venues and on over 100 websites in 30
countries. Inspired employs over 800 employees in the UK and
elsewhere, developing and operating digital games and networks.
Additional information can be found at www.inseinc.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be
identified by the use of words such as "anticipate", "believe",
"expect", "estimate", "plan", "outlook", and "project" and other
similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or
trends or that are not statements of historical matters. These
statements are based on Inspired's management's current
expectations and beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions
concerning future events.
Such forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown
risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many
of which are outside of Inspired's control that could cause actual
results to differ materially from the results discussed in the
forward-looking statements. Additional factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied
in forward-looking statements can be found in Inspired's most
recent annual report on Form 10-K and subsequently filed quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, which are
available, free of charge, at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Contact:
For Investors
Daniel Silvers
daniel.silvers@inseinc.com
+1 646 820-0860
For Press and Sales
Elinor Fewster
elinor.fewster@inseinc.com
t: +44 20 7456 9016 | m: +44 7973808951
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