GAMING FOR AFRICA
Gaming For Africa
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Twain Sport Debuts in Africa with Betway Agreement
Limpopo Authorities Destroy Illegal Gambling Machines
Twain Sport, the newly launched live sport vertical from the Hybrid Sports League and BetGames, is set to make its landmark debut in Africa thanks to a new partnership with Super Group-owned Betway. The revolutionary hybrid sport product will
be available to Betway’s significant customer base in the leading South African market as well as across the continent where the major brand operates. The launch is set to bridge the gap in
demand for increased live sport with high- frequency entertainment, which is in strong demand from the next-gen player, with Twain Sport already proving hugely popular. Partner company BetGames has long
enjoyed an impressive foothold across regulated African markets, with the SBC Award-winning studio’s instrumental heritage providing a crucial platform for Twain Sport’s fast-growing popularity. Twain’s Sport’s launch offering, T-Basket, is
the first that will hit the market, delivering head-to-head basketball tournaments every hour and a match every three minutes, totalling 6300 monthly. African bettors will have a wealth of betting
markets available to them to enhance the experience, via an intuitive mobile-first designed UI, with the initial launch expected to attract multiple audience demographics. T-Basket features professional athletes
competing head-to-head to score the most points in 60 seconds. With eight players in a tournament and a new game every three
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minutes, a full tournament experience is broadcast in just one hour with 14 tournaments and many hours of action every day. Commenting on the deal, BetGames’ VP
Sales, Africa, James Everett said: “Africa as a whole is a hotbed for sports betting and the Twain Sport proposition is perfectly suited to match the rapidly-growing demand for contemporary entertainment in the space. “We expect T-basket and then T-kick to
make a real impact with Betway. As one of Africa’s most trusted names in betting we couldn’t have hoped for a higher profile partner to get started with – the opportunity this represents cannot be understated.” Mark Rowles Head of Marketing at Betway,
added: “We’re excited to launch the Twain Sport offering across our African markets and look forward to seeing the traction of this innovative new feature across our existing offering” Following the success of T-basket, the
exciting supplier brand will compound its impact with a further new sport in Q1 2023 when T-kick makes its debut in the famously football-mad continent and all other markets where it is currently live. Twain Sport delivers a similar sporting
schedule to Esports and Virtual Sports and offers best-in-class integrity measures using Sportradar’s Fraud Detection System. This sits alongside stringent anti-match fixing protocols, providing operator partners with the world’s very best protection.
Limpopo province MEC Rodgers Monama oversaw the recent destruction of 214 illegal gambling machines confiscated over the past five months. According to Monama the availability trend of illegal gambling machines is alarming as this is the highest number of confiscated machines to be crushed since 2019. 57 illegal gambling machines were
crushed last year with an additional 183 illegal gambling machines crushed in July this year. Vhembe District is currently the highest hit area with 38% of the illegal machines to be destroyed followed by Capricorn at 27% confiscated illegal gambling machines. Monama applauds Waterberg District for its firmness on refusing to supporting such criminal operations. Waterberg District is only responsible for 4% of the illegal gambling machines awaiting to be crushed tomorrow. Limpopo Gambling Board has
noticed that all illegal gambling machines are found and confiscated from spaza shops owned by foreign nationals with a huge number of them in possession of expired documentation. Monama called on all Limpopans to
engage in only registered or documented gaming and gambling facilities as their monies utilized on illegal gaming and gambling machines are utilized to fund criminal activities, illegal cigarettes market, and such funds are also transferred outside the borders of South Africa illegally and as such impacts negatively on our economy.
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