Nektan, an international gaming software and services provider, has announced that it has entered into a partnership deal with Metric Gaming, an independent sports betting supplier, in terms of which it will provide a fully integrated complete racing and sportsbook offering to the US market.
This follows the Supreme Court’s vote last week to repeal a federal ban on Sports Betting in the country that will allow states across the US to individually legalize these activities.
The agreement will see Metric Gaming and Respin, Metric and Nektan, through their respective U.S. operating subsidiaries, offering high quality horse racing and sports betting services via Respin’s Rapid Games platform, the US casino gaming industry’s only independently certified Class II (Protected Tribal Gaming Catgegory) and Class III on Premises-Bring Your Own Device (“BYOD”) mobile platform. V
Gary Shaw, Interim CEO of Nektan, commented that with last week’s Supreme Court decision, the combination of Metric’s leading sports and race products, and Nektan’s Rapid Games Mobile Casino, creates a large opportunity for both companies working in partnership. He added that the sector will look to a combination of sports and casino and having a partner combining both will create additional opportunities for both companies.
Martin de Knijff, CEO of Metric added that last week’s Supreme Court decision signals a sea change in the U.S. He added that they are impressed by the Rapid Games platform and believe that its multi-device approach gives their state-of-the-art horse racing and sports betting counterparts a price and functionality advantage over legacy based competitors in both the retail and iGaming spaces.