Sports betting solutions provider SBTech has partnered with four-time World Heavyweight Champion Evander Holyfield to launch a new online gaming brand based on the former World Heavyweight Champion’s nickname “The Real Deal.”
RealDealBet.com, mainly a sports betting site, will be hosted on SBTech’s platforms and will use the supplier’s managed services marketing solutions, covering more than 60,000 events each month across more than 30 sports, including 150 football leagues.
Customers will have access to casino games, with a range of jackpot, video and 3D slots available, alongside live dealer blackjack and roulette products and classic table games, with content supplied by BetSoftGaming, Net Entertainment and Microgaming.
“He’s an inspirational individual, not to mention a champion many times over, and we’re confident as experienced industry frontrunners that we can achieve the same levels of success for this new endeavour,” SBTech CEO Itai Zak said of Holyfield. “This will be a site developed by champions for champions.”
SCIENTIFIC GAMES GOES LIVE IN NEW JERSEY
Meanwhile, gaming solutions provider Scientific Games has announced that its online casino games will be rolled out in New Jersey, through its partnership with bwin.party digital entertainment.
Customers of websites such as BorgataCasino.com and NJ.partypoker.com will now have access to a range of online slots games developed by Scientific Games’ Williams Interactive division, including online versions of land-based titles on casino floors throughout Atlantic City such as Gold Fish, Zeus III, and Spartacus Gladiator of Rome.
Partypoker’s group director of poker Jeffrey Haas said that providing players with great games and entertainment was its number one priority.
“Securing access to some of Scientific Games’ most popular land-based slot games means we can deliver an even better experience to our customers and sustain our position as a market leader,” Haas added.
“We are pleased to offer a wide array of games featured in the Scientific Games interactive portfolio,” said The Borgata’s vice president of slot operations Ted Herzchel. “The Williams studio content from their game library offers unique styles of play, with well-known branded and proprietary game themes we believe will resonate with our current online players.”
Scientific Games’ vice president of Commercial – Interactive Bob Hays, added: “Extending our relationships with both Borgata and bwin.party will enable our online casino operator partners to increase the benefits from the convergence of online and brick-and-mortar casino entertainment by offering players the same authentic slot content wherever they want to play – at the casino, at home, or on-the-go.”
