Slovenian iGaming solutions provider Oryx Gaming has reminded online casino and sportsbetting operators that it is in ‘a perfect position’ to assist them in minimizing the negative financial impacts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic via its large portfolio of virtual sports, live dealer and lottery content.

The Ljubljana-headquartered innovator used an official Monday press release to declare that many iGaming firms will be feeling the pinch as they ‘shift their strategies’ due to the recent coronavirus-related cancellation or delay of a number of this year’s most lucrative live sporting events such as the UEFA European Football Championship.

Cutting consequences:

Oryx Gaming detailed that online casino and sportsbetting operators can diminish the downsides of these moves by integrating its Oryx Hub platform so as to be able to offer their customers a giant catalog of virtual sports games from developers such as Kiron Interactive, Leap Gaming, Golden Race and 1×2 Gaming. It stated that this content covers ‘thousands of daily events’ involving top-flight soccer from Italy, Spain and England in addition to dog and horse races, tennis and motor sports.

Entertainment explosion:

The Bragg Gaming Group subsidiary explained that the portfolio of content offered via its Oryx Hub advance moreover runs to some 8,000 live dealer, lottery and casino games from over 80 third-party developers encompassing the likes of Pragmatic Play Limited, Ezugi, Evolution Gaming Limited and Betgames.TV.

Altering attention:

Matevz Mazij, Managing Director for Oryx, used the press release to proclaim that the closure of land-based betting shops and casinos alongside the cancellation of numerous sporting events will force many iGaming operators ‘to shift their focus to other verticals’ including virtual sports, lottery and live dealer games.

Read a statement from Mazij…

“These are challenging times and the coronavirus outbreak will have an impact on every individual and business in our industry and beyond. By adding virtual sports, numbers betting and casino to their games portfolio, operators can still offer players their daily dose of excitement.”