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SportCaller launches Free Or 4 with William Hill to ramp retention on UK football

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6 years ago

October 20, 2020

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Free-to-play specialist is recruited to help drive engagement with intuitive “easy-trigger” game prizes for players of Leeds-based operator

SportCaller, the leading free-to-play (FTP) sports-game provider, has rolled out its latest game, Free Or 4, for Tier-1 operator William Hill, debuting the new football FTP last weekend to an immediate and appreciable spike in engagement.

Free Or 4 simply asks players to select six games in which they reckon three or four total goals will be scored from the Saturday long-list of 3pm UK kick-offs. Make six successful selections, and all correct entries will receive £200 in free sportsbook bets. However, there are also smaller, easy-trigger consolation prizes up for grabs for any customer picking just five, or even four, matches correctly.

The weekly game represents William Hill’s first return to football free-to-play since its Football21 game in 2018 which offered a £10k jackpot each week. Free Or 4 demonstrates an important change in FTP focus, moving away from low-probability prize pots as a means of mass-market acquisition to a far greater level of sophistication and appeal via attainable prizes as a robust method of retention.

Free Or 4 has been built in partnership with William Hill and SportCaller to promote retention, boosting the user experience on a sport whose domestic UK leagues always have a strong bearing on annual revenues. SportCaller continues to innovate new ways in which to acquire and retain repeat-customers at low cost, optimising William Hill’s dynamic customer-base, as the football season rebounds with a digital vengeance from behind closed doors.

The Dublin-based supplier allows its partners to launch a wide range of FTP prediction, jackpot and more hyper-casual game formats with seamless speed across any sport, language or territory via web, iOS, Play Store, Facebook Instant Games or Twitch extensions.

Liam Barbour, Head of Customer Product at William Hill, said: “It’s fantastic to broaden our ongoing collaboration with SportCaller and get back to free-to-play on football, sportsbook’s perennial revenue-driver. We took our time developing Free Or 4, working in tandem with numerous focus groups, customer research and testing so that we could establish a straightforward concept whose intuitive playability instantly resonated with our thriving client-base.

“The results have been both immediate and encouraging and I look forward to seeing how our customers engage with the game throughout the domestic football season. As ever, SportCaller’s gameplay finesse has helped enhance brand loyalty and digital dwell-time, proving themselves versatile masters in the competitive “attention economy” of modern engagement.”

Cillian Barry, MD at SportCaller, said: “Flexibility in the ideation and deployment of FTP games came to the fore during the sporting shutdown, but we’re seeing that trend extend in sync with the new normal. William Hill understand these shifting sands of engagement, so it was a great experience to work alongside their dedicated team, coupled with some illuminating focus-group feedback, to create a game with simplicity, universal appeal and a core retention mechanic at its heart.

“The early engagement levels have been impressive, while the conversion rates to active users speak directly to the trust and brand recognition which these simple “winnable” games can readily foster.”

Africa

EveryMatrix goes live with Betsson Africa platform rollout in Cameroon

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31 minutes ago

April 28, 2026

Wladimir P.

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Turnkey casino and sportsbook integration includes PAM, payments, affiliate tools and front-end development for Betsson’s Cameroon launch.

EveryMatrix said its platform technology is now live with Betsson Africa in Cameroon after completing a full turnkey casino and sports integration.

The supplier said it was selected via a competitive tender to deliver a bespoke platform package covering front-end development, casino, sports, player account management (PAM), payments and affiliate management.

Ebbe Groes, Group Co-CEO & Co-founder EveryMatrix, said: “Delivering a full turnkey platform solution for Betsson Africa reflects the strength and maturity of our technology and delivery capabilities in regulated environments, while reinforcing our commitment to the continent.

“Our focus is on supporting a stable and compliant launch in Cameroon and working closely with the Betsson team as the operation develops.”

Rony Richa, Commercial Director at Betsson Group, said: “This launch reflects a pragmatic approach by Betsson as we explore selected regulated markets. EveryMatrix was chosen for its proven technology, regulatory experience, and capability to support a structured and controlled rollout.”

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AxiumAI links up with ComeOn Group on real-time sportsbook personalisation

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31 minutes ago

April 28, 2026

Wladimir P.

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Agentic AI tools are integrated into ComeOn Group’s proprietary sportsbook to support contextual pre-match and in-play interactions.

AxiumAI has partnered with ComeOn Group to expand real-time personalisation across ComeOn Group’s proprietary sportsbook platform.

The companies said the collaboration is aimed at improving real-time sports engagement through intelligent automation, supporting more timely and relevant interactions across key moments in the player journey and during sporting events.

AxiumAI said its technology has been integrated into ComeOn Group’s platform to complement in-house capabilities, enabling real-time contextual interactions across both pre-match and in-play events. ComeOn Group positioned the rollout as part of its continued investment in its proprietary sportsbook, following recent enhancements in trading, platform performance and product features.

Adam Lewis, Chief Executive Officer at AxiumAI, said: “We’re pleased to be supporting ComeOn Group in advancing their personalisation strategy. Their strong proprietary platform and product vision provide a solid foundation for deploying agentic engagement capabilities. We look forward to continuing the collaboration and supporting the next phase of their sportsbook development.”

Sherwin Jarvand, Chief Growth Officer at ComeOn Group, said: “Personalisation is an important part of how we continue to evolve the player experience. Our focus is on delivering relevant and timely interactions in a way that supports engagement while remaining aligned with our responsibilities as an operator. AxiumAI’s technology complements our existing capabilities and integrates well with our proprietary platform. As we continue to develop our sportsbook offering, partnerships like this play a role in enabling scalable and real-time engagement.”

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Habanero rolls out Prosperity Horse slot with accumulating Wild multipliers

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31 minutes ago

April 28, 2026

Wladimir P.

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Habanero has released Prosperity Horse, a high-volatility 7×5 slot featuring an accumulating multiplier Wild mechanic and expanding feature set across the base game and free spins.

The game runs 28–58 paylines and is built around the Prosperity Horse Wild, which locks in place on winning combinations and increases an in-game multiplier as additional Wilds land. The multiplier does not reset between spins, with Multiplier Gates appearing at random on the reels to help boost the multiplier further.

Prosperity Horse also includes a Red Envelope mechanic that can award instant cash prizes or convert into high-value symbols. Three or more scatter symbols trigger the Free Spins feature, where expanding symbols appear more frequently and multipliers continue to increase.

For operators, the title integrates Habanero tools including Jackpot Race and a Buy Feature.

Toni Karapetrov, Head of Corporate Communications at Habanero, said: “Prosperity Horse builds on a clear set of mechanics that are easy to understand but offer strong potential as the game progresses.

“The combination of expanding symbols and multipliers gives players a consistent sense of development throughout each session while still delivering the level of volatility that many players are looking for.”

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