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SpeedLabs raises $6.5M to create new sports markets from in-game moments
The New York startup's Momentum Markets create new in-game markets from live game events, instead of repricing old ones.
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Waterhouse VC: Hearts and Goliath
Every month, industry investors Waterhouse VC publish an article that spotlights different aspects of the ecosystem. This month, Tom Waterhouse delves into Hearts and Goliath.
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Payments are messy for operators, and Soap Payments wants to clean it up
Filip Michalsky and his co-founders are building the payments layer that real-money gaming operators have always needed but had to cobble together themselves.
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Fast Draft, FantasySpin merger wants to champion fantasy as operators shift to sports betting and prediction markets
Fast Draft founder Matt Kelley says the combined entity plans to “make fantasy great again” by staying focused on the core audience and not deviating to adjacent product segments.
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Hydrastack is building the fastest way to bring land-based casino games online
The Hydrastack co-founders are building an AI-powered platform that converts land-based casino games to online in weeks—solving a supply chain problem that's frustrated manufacturers, operators, and players for years.
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GridGorilla plans to reinvent the Super Bowl squares format into something bigger
Co-founders Nathan Thomas and Brett Debari are bootstrapping a patented squares-style prediction game, and why they see it as a low-friction onboarding funnel for the broader real-money gaming category.
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Waterhouse VC: Business Pitches
Every month, industry investors Waterhouse VC publish an article that spotlights different aspects of the ecosystem. This month, Tom Waterhouse delves into business pitch.
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BetHog raises $10M to “take over” the live dealer category with AI
CEO Nigel Eccles outlines BetHog’s ambitious plans to roll out AI dealers through its new B2B arm, Sentient Studios.
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LuckyDraw is building prize draw tech to help operators court customers
Former Bragg executive Yaniv Spielberg says anyone can win money, but customers will always remember the operator that gave them World Cup tickets or a Rolex watch.
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SBC Summit Americas strengthens startup focus with BettingStartups
BettingStartups will be the host of the Startup Zone at SBC Americas, and is offering an exclusive opportunity for startups to exhibit within it
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TallyUp wants to build the world's biggest tournament, and real-money deposits are the first step
CEO Jason White on 250 million games played, plans for a $10M Series A, and why attention is the most important currency.
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i3Soft founder says online poker forgot its casual players—and now they want to win them back
Former PokerNews CEO and PokerStars director John Caldwell has spent four years building software designed to fix what he says is the central problem killing online poker: recreational players don't feel like they have a chance anymore.
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Intelitics co-founder on why sports betting marketers are flying blind—and how to fix it
Allan Stone has been in betting and gaming long enough to watch the industry outgrow its own marketing stack. Now he's building the intelligence layer he wishes had existed all along.
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Waterhouse VC: Castles with Moats
This month, Tom Waterhouse explores the concept of “moats” and why Evolution stays ahead.
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Why Blitz:Draft is building the Tinder of DFS
With swipe-based, two-minute drafts and small contest sizes, the startup is targeting casual fans left behind by traditional DFS in hopes that faster gameplay can unlock a much larger market.