FastForward Innovations Ltd (LON:FFWD) hailed a major commercial roll-out for investee company Leap Gaming’s EuroLeague Instant Legends betting product on a range of websites across six countries.
Leap Gaming said its Instant Legends betting product, which has been created in partnership with IMG Arena and the EuroLeague professional basketball championship, is being launched across the full range of betting sites owned and managed by Kaizen Gaming, the largest game-tech company in Greece.
Kaizen operates in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Romania, Portugal and Brazil.
FastForward Innovations owns a 43.4% stake in Leap Gaming (Fralis LLC).
Ed McDermott, chief executive of FastForward, said: “It is excellent to hear that Kaizen group, the largest online operator in Greece and one of the biggest in Eastern-Central Europe will be one of the first to roll out EuroLeague Instant Legends.
“The consistent growth and expansion of Leap's network of partnerships is testament to the quality of its diverse range of innovative products, and we are delighted to support Yariv and his team as they continue to challenge gaming operators worldwide.”
Kaizen’s virtual sports manager Vaggelis Kaloudis said the company was pleased to extend its work with Leap and noted that EuroLeague's popularity is very high in Greece.
He praised the EuroLeague Instant Legends game for combining the “mechanics of virtual sports with the additional, yet material value of players, clubs and federation affinities, in a way which takes the user experience to a whole new level”.