Continent 8 is focused on the delivery of market-defining internet technologies, products and services. It provides business with secure, reliable facilities and networks to support critical online operations across Europe, Asia and the Americas. From over 30 locations spanning Europe, North America and Asia, Continent 8 Technologies provides highly reliable managed hosting, security and global network solutions for today’s online business-critical platforms.
Company Insight - Continent 8
Nick Nally, Chief Development Officer Continent 8
network of 30+ data centers. As the only independent provider licensed by NJ’s Division of Gaming Enforcement authorized to supply data center and network services to online gambling licensees, Continent 8 is positioned to support any online gaming operator seeking to enter the New Jersey and broader US market.
For further insight into the US sports betting market we talked Nick Nally, Chief Development Officer at Continent 8 (see page 80). Continent 8 has been providing expertise and services to the online gaming and other regulated industries for almost 20 years. Continent 8 is in a unique position to offer a take on the emerging sports betting market as it is focused on the delivery of market-defining internet technologies, products and services.
Te company provides business with secure, reliable facilities and networks to support critical online operations across Europe, Asia and the Americas. From over 30 locations spanning Europe, North America and Asia, Continent 8 Technologies provides highly reliable managed hosting, security and global network solutions for today’s online business-critical platforms.
In June, Continent 8 Technologies opened a specialised data centre at the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City. Tis expansion is Continent 8’s second location in Atlantic City responding to the demand generated by the passing of sports betting legislation in New Jersey, providing immediate availability to online gaming, sports betting, and eSports vendors. A third new, independent Continent 8 data centre location in Atlantic City will be added shortly to further capacity and provide additional secure data redundancy and disaster recovery.
In addition, the company is integrating their Atlantic City, New Jersey data centres with supporting locations in Mississippi, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Te Ocean Resort Casino data centre, in conjunction with the other upcoming location, provides connectivity to Pennsylvania and Nevada locations, and a direct link to Continent 8’s global
Continent 8 has been working in the US market for many years but opened its first data centre offering in 2014 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Since that time, the company has worked with a large number of groups playing a crucial role in helping shape regulations when it comes to hosting of services in the US market. In 2015, the company was able to help amend regulations that now allow suppliers to host online infrastructure in buildings other than a bricks-and- mortar casino but within a licensed premises in Atlantic City.
We discuss the advantages of Continent 8’s new multi-state capacity, and how it will help those companies seeking to enter the growing sports betting market in the United States. We also cover Continent 8’s operations in the US specifically and its commitment to enter every significant regulated online gaming market across the market.
Continent 8 is integrating their Atlantic City, New Jersey data centres with supporting locations in Mississippi, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. We discuss how the company plans to have offerings ahead of any market opening up to online sports betting in the United States. We also talk about some other major developments such as the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City and how it meets the demand generated by the passing of sports betting legislation in New Jersey, and Continent 8’s plans going forward in the US sports betting market. We also get the company’s unique insights into how the company sees the market going forward. Is there a chance of market saturation? Will potential operators need to move quickly? How about tax rates and infrastructure and its impact on the emerging US sports betting market. In an exclusive interview, Continent 8 provided us with its unique take on the market. See the full interview on Page 80
OPERATOR NEWS
Te National Hockey League (NHL) has formed a multi-year strategic relationship with MGM Resorts International meaning that MGM is now the first official sports betting partner for the NHL. Te announcement naming MGM Resorts the NHL’s first official sports betting partner was made by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and MGM Resorts Chairman & CEO Jim Murren in New York City.
As an official sports betting partner as well as an official resorts partner of the NHL, MGM Resorts will have the ability to market many of MGM Resorts’ products and services to the League’s fans via the League’s various media platforms and events. MGM Resorts will also use official NHL branding to “amplify” the relationship across a range of the company’s land-based and digital sports betting offerings within the US.
MGM Resorts will receive access to previously unseen enhanced NHL proprietary game data that will be generated by the League’s state-of-the-art tracking systems currently under development. Access to this data will allow MGM Resorts to provide its customers with specialized NHL game insights, as well as unlocking new and innovative interactive fan engagement and betting opportunities for its U.S. customers wherever legally available.
Caesars Entertainment has signed an agreement with Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment in a multi-year partnership with NBA team the Philadelphia 76ers, and the NHL New Jersey Devils and Prudential Center - the home of the New Jersey Devils and New Jersey’s premier destination for sports entertainment. Te partnership will introduce New Jersey sports fans to Caesars Entertainment’s new sportsbook experience, now available at two of its Atlantic City properties and Te Caesars Casino & Sports app through special promotions and activations inside the exclusive Caesars Club at Prudential Center.
Caesars has also signed a 15-year partnership to make it the first founding partner of the Las Vegas Stadium, the future home of the Las Vegas Raiders of the NFL.
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