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Is your development team busy with other projects? Do you need a hand with contracts, industry relationships or bringing your content to market? We understand that business can’t wait, so rely on our experience and spotless reputation. Find out about our wide range of options to help you acquire more customers and drive revenues. Sit back and let us do the work!
EasyGate™
EasyGate™ is your gateway to the best fixed-odds and parimutuel wagering pathways from the leading provider of live North and South American horse racing content for international markets.
Our responsive multi-tote and fixed-odds software architecture EasyGate™ eliminates the complexity not only of North and South American racing, it also simplifies access to other content from other countries. We’ve got what you need to succeed – simply connect and go.
EasyGate™ has re-defined fixed-odds (FO) wagering, a common form of betting in parts of Europe (where many of 1/ST CONTENT’s biggest customers are based) but relatively new to the US. With FO, you get exactly what it sounds like, a ‘fixed’ price at the time you place your wager. With pari-mutuel betting, once all the wagers have been placed and the race is off, the track takes its cut and the rest is divided between those who won. However, importantly, the customers do not have visibility of the final price until the race is run.
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We make it easy for your customers to bet on the Americas’ fastest-settling and most engaging sport, with a robust and reliable daily timetable to match. They’ll love the raw speed, and you’ll love the thousands of races held every year at the top tracks. With myriad races offered daily, there’s always something to bet on.
Development
We develop individual connectors that fit into your technical environment. Lean on our experience to conceptualize, develop, implement and launch your next project.
Contract and Settlement
Although there are hundreds of stakeholders in North and South American racing, you only need to deal with us. We connect your organization with racetracks, data providers, wagering pathways, video providers and more. We ensure all the contracts are in place, all the licenses are valid in every jurisdiction where required and every transaction is settled promptly and accurately.
Fixed-Odds Betting
What is it and how does it differ from pari-mutuel / “tote” betting? Fixed-odds (FO) wagering is a common form of betting in parts of Europe where most of 1/ST CONTENT’s biggest customers are based. It has been the staple diet of bettors in the UK and Ireland for over 70 years but is relatively new to the US market. With FO you get exactly what it sounds like, a ‘fixed’ price at the time you place your wager. With pari-mutuel betting, once all the wagers have been placed and the race is off, the track takes its cut and the rest is divided between those who won. However, importantly, the customers do not have visibility of the final price until the race is run. It’s just the latest innovation from 1/ST CONTENT whose wider modus operandi is to ensure the most comprehensive and responsive pricing service for North American horse racing, featuring odds that track every stage of the betting life-cycle – from early quotes to starting prices and then the most sophisticated in-running pricing feed (see below). These fully-automated pricing solutions offer true differentiation to drive betting revenues and help attract new audiences.
In-Running Betting
Together with our partners at TPD (Total Performance Data), we’ve recently rolled out “In-running Betting”, an industry-first for North American racing, to a range of Tier-1 operators in Europe who have been quick to report positive spikes in turnover. This breakthrough product was fashioned to disrupt the sportsbook space by delivering reliable live pricing on a popular sport which had previously struggled to keep pace with a broader sports betting marketplace, where over 70% of turnover is generated in-play. Now, however, we can deliver a dependable in-play offering that crystalizes accurate odds for the most solid in-play, fixed-odds pricing around. The feed fuses the industry starting price with the best of automated trading via TPD’s astonishing range of consequential in-running analytics, including stride length, stride frequency and sectional timings enabled by saddle-cloth GPS tracking. These variables are accordingly harvested in-play by TPD’s machine-learning trading tools whose algorithms train themselves on race pace for precise pricing that delivers a distinct step-change in live fixed-odds betting.
Digital Retail Display
We can now illuminate your customers’ in-shop betting experience, thanks to the latest in digital display technology from our partners at BoscaSports. Simply plug into EasyGate and receive your own “BoscaBox” which will display racecard data, form, race predictors and live pricing in a visually engaging and intuitive format that will engage seasoned racing fans and also educate those unfamiliar with the sport. This service simplifies previously convoluted racecards, streamlining the most relevant information into an easily intelligible and navigable user experience that will attract more customers to the sport and your shops.
Marketing
We’ll help you promote North and South American racing to your customers. Every day, we provide you with news and tips for many of the top tracks, alongside additional audiovisual (AV) race previews from our expert handicappers. We’ll also send you exclusive editorial coverage, such as special Betting Guides for the Pegasus World Cup, the Triple Crown, the California Crown and Breeders’ Cup. If you have “high roller” customers that deserve special treatment, we can work with you to implement a tailored VIP marketing program that responsibly improves their user experience with engaging insights and angles.
White Label
Thanks to our market-leading platform solutions, we can also offer our partners a white label product (featuring fully customizable UI/UX) whose user interface and flexible front end can create any brand-specific localised solution for online operators, seamlessly connecting with varied regulations and audiences – whether they’re established bettors, or new fans seeking more educational content.
Race Day Control (RDC)
Race Day Control looks after everything that happens on the actual day of the race. It’s complete service across the betting life-cycle: from event creation to settlement – including going and weather updates, pricing (early prices to “the show” and rapid market re-formation, even around late scratches) and pool access. RDC fosters total peace of mind for our betting partners in delivering a best-in-breed product to their consumers.Now You’re in the
HOme stretch?
Congratulations, you’re just a few steps away from exciting new products. Our API is easy to integrate and we provide first-class support throughout the whole process in order that you can go live and generate revenues as quickly as possible!
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