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THE HUB FOR SPORTS BETTING AND ONLINE GAMING IN THE UNITED STATES AND BEYOND
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Enter the U.S. Sports Betting Market with Continent 8 Technologies
A V A I L A B L E N O W I N A T L A N T I C C I T Y
New Jersey-licensed Continent 8 Technologies allows gaming companies to take advantage of the incredible opportunities afforded by
the legalization of sports betting in the United States. Continent 8, the world’s
largest online gaming data center and global network solution provider, has
opened new data centers in Atlantic City, New Jersey, providing immediate
availability to online gaming, sports betting, and eSports vendors. The company
has supported online gaming vendors in New Jersey since 2014 and will soon
expand to Pennsylvania and Nevada.
The new Atlantic City Convention Center Data Center provides
a direct link to Continent 8’s global network of 40+ data centers. As the only
independent provider licensed by NJ’s Division of Gaming Enforcement to sup-
ply data center and network services to online gambling licensees, Continent 8
can support any online gaming operator seeking to enter the New Jersey and
broader US market.
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A V A I L A B L E N O W I N A T L A N T I C C I T YContinent 8 Technologies is an award-winning, multi-jurisdictional global network solutions provider that connects, manages, and secures the world’s most valuable information. Its advanced data centers and high-quality networks support critical online operations in both private and public-sector organizations in over 40 locations across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
Continent 8 provides unparalleled protection against today’s threats. Continent 8’s SecureTM time-tested network managed service detects and mitigates DDoS attacks that can be disastrous to online gaming. The Atlantic City expansion connects to Continent 8’s global Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) backbone, providing the best-in-class connectivity and support in the industry.
Providing and protecting gaming’s critical infrastructure 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Continent 8 global network features include:
• Over 40 locations worldwide
• Global Private Connectivity
• DDoS Detection & Mitigation
• Public & Private Cloud Services
• Global Public Cloud Connectivity
• Cloud to Regulated Markets
• 24 x 7 x 365 Support
Overview
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Fact Sheet F O U N D E D :
1998
L E A D E R S H I P T E A M :
Michael Tobin, Co-founder & CEOJay Stubina, Co-founder
David Lejeune, Chief Operating OfficerNick Nally, Chief Development Officer
Mike Nahoum, CFO and VP OperationsGary Hale, Senior Vice President, Customer SuccessStephen Trimble, Chief Product OfficerPeter Williams, Managing Director – Asia Pacific
R E G I O N A L O F F I C E S :
Dublin, Fort Lauderdale, Gibraltar, London, Malta, Manilla, Montreal, Washington D.C.
D A T A C E N T E R L O C A T I O N S :
40+ across three continents, and growing
A W A R D S :
Corporate Service Provider of the Year: 2019 Global Gaming Awards
International Business of the Year: 2018 Isle of Man Newspaper’s Awards for Excellence
Data Centre of the Year: 2010-2018 EGR B2B Awards
Best Energy Saving: 2017 Isle of Man Energy Awards
Company of the Year: 2014 Isle of Man Newspaper’s Awards for Excellence
Technology Supplier of the Year Award: 2011 Interactive Gaming Awards in London
M E D I A C O N T A C T : Nick Nally 954-302-2114 [email protected]
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Milestones Continent 8 Consulting created in Montreal
Montreal Point of Presence (POP) implemented
Continent 8 Technologies incorporated on the Isle of Man
Malta and Singapore data centers opened, London POP implemented
Isle of Man data center & global headquarters opened
Paris data center opened and Paris POP implemented
Gibraltar data center opened
Milan POP implemented
New Jersey, Guernsey, and Dublin data centers opened, New York, Newark, and Toronto POPsimplemented
London, Lisbon, Taiwan, and Malta data centers opened
Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Tokyo POPs implement-ed — network now wraps around the planet
Multi-state data center and POP expansion in the United States
Authorized by Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to provide managed network services to gaming operators
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Continent 8 has supported online gaming vendors in New Jersey since 2014, and has expanded to Mississippi, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, with upcoming locations in New York and Ohio.
Isle of Man ▲ Douglas
Ireland ▲ Dublin
England ▲ London 1▲ London 2◆ London 3
Guernsey ▲ St. Peter Port
Netherlands ▲ Amsterdam
Switzerland ◆ Zurich
Spain ◆ Madrid
Portugal ▲ Lisbon
Gibraltar ▲ Admiralty Tunnel
Malta ▲ Qormi 1▲ Qormi 2
Italy
◆ Milan
Canada ◆ Toronto ◆ Montreal 1◆ Montreal 2▲ Montreal 3
Mexico ◆ Monterrey
California ◆ Los Angeles
Japan ◆ Tokyo
Taiwan ▲ Taipei
Hong Kong ◆ HK1
Philippines ◆ Manila (via NNI)
France▲ Paris 1◆ Paris 2
Singapore ▲ SNG1
Jersey ▲ St. Helier
Nevada ▲ Las Vegas
▲ Data Centre & Network PoP◆ Network PoP
Canada u Toronto u Montreal 1u Montreal 2s Montreal 3
Mexico u Monterrey
California u Los Angeles
Nevada s Las Vegas
New Jerseys Newark s Atlantic City
West Virginias Charleston
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New Yorku Manhattan
Pennsylvanias Philadelphia
Mississippis Starkville
W E B S I T E :
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U N I T E D S T A T E S S A L E S C O N T A C T :
Graeme Price+1 514 461 [email protected]
M E D I A C O N T A C T :
Nick Nally954-302-2114 [email protected]
K E E P U P T O D A T E O N O U R A T L A N T I C C I T Y C A P A C I T Y :
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Pointsbet“Pointsbet is delighted to partner with Continent 8 to host our infrastructure and support our exciting entry into the US Marketplace. We have been impressed with the Continent 8 team’s expertise of the New Jersey Marketplace, and seamless integration of multi-state geographies, to support our long-term growth ambitions in the United States.”
– Nikita Pinchuk, Director of IT
edict egaming GmbH“Whether it is service and support for our daily business, or the cooperation on new projects, we know we have cho-sen a reliable partner at all times with Continent 8.”
– Dominic-Daniel Lienar, CEO
GVC Holdings PLC “Continent 8, seamlessly integrating the gaming geographies.”
– Keith Laidlaw, Group CTO
NYX Gaming Group“The services and support we get from Continent 8 really help us focus on our core business.”
– Martin Stidelius, Head of Infrastructure Engineering
BetClic Everest Group “Continent 8’s technical support consistently allows us 100% uptime during major sporting events. Excellent anti-DDoS protection and business support.”
– Ludwig Zammit, Head of IT Operations Paysafe Group
“We built a strong, trusted and global partnership with Continent 8 for the delivery of mission-critical services to our growing FTSE 250 business.”
– Mike Giannoumis, SVP, IT
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Microgaming“Quite simply, the only choice in this industry for Hosting and Connectivity Services.”
– Leon Turner, Head of IT Playtech
“A very proud partner of Continent 8 for the past 10 years.”– Shimon Akad, COO
Booming Games
“Continent 8’s commitment to the Asia Pacific region made our choice a simple one.”
– Maximilian Niehusen, CEO Infinity Gaming Solutions
“Continent 8 provides fully managed hosting and connectivity services to support Infinity Gaming’s state of the art platform solutions. As our partner of choice, Con-tinent 8 offers a bespoke, personalized and high quality service.”
– Pritesh Desai, Director SBTech
“For SBTECH the key partner for hosting and connectivity services is Continent 8 for the excellent communication services, vast experience and the outstanding personal service.”
– Shai Peri, CIO Realistic Games
“Continent 8 continues to provide Realistic Games with an exceptional level of service.”
– Andy Cattrell, Director
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SBTech Partners with New Jersey-Licensed Continent 8 to Expand Across the USFeburary 5, 2019
LONDON, ICE 2019 – In the post-PASPA land-grab, SBTech has secured multiple top-tier do-mestic partners in both online and on-property sports betting in what is unquestionably the world’s largest untapped betting market. Success has been driven by the adaptability of SBTech’s products, demonstrated by the varying approaches of the group’s new US part-ners across multiple states. Coupled with the recent recruitment of several of the industry’s most experienced and credible names, 2019 promises to be another exceptional year for SBTech.
Supporting this unprecedented growth, SBTech continues to entrust Continent 8 Technolo-gies as its global datacentre and connectivity provider. In 2018, Continent 8’s US multi-state capacities increased to include Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, with upcoming locations in New York and Ohio. Continent 8’s seamless suite of host-ing, security and network managed services is primed for those immediately entering the sports betting market in the US and planning further growth as the landscape evolves.
As Richard Carter, CEO, SBTech, said, “We have made an excellent start in the US since the market went live in August last year, securing a series of key strategic partnerships across regulated states, with many more to come as other states begin to open. We have an ex-cellent relationship with Continent 8, and they will be a major partner of ours as the market continues to evolve and we continue to expand across the country.”
Michael Tobin, CEO, Continent 8 Technologies, shared his insights on the partnership with SBTech, stating, “We are delighted to support SBTech’s rapid growth, particularly in the ever-changing US landscape. Continent 8 has been licensed and operating in New Jersey since 2014 and continues to add creative US offerings. Spring 2019 will see the delivery of our independent, licensed data centre in the state-owned Atlantic City Convention Center. This neutral hub will be connected to our global network and rapidly evolving US multi-state presence, offering our full range of industry leading services. This is an exciting time for sports betting in the United States. We are confident our dynamic, evolving solutions will enable SBTech and others to prosper in this growing market.”
SBTech provides award-winning omni-channel sports betting and gaming solutions and a full range of management services to 45 global partners. Defined by technical excellence and informed by deep market knowledge, SBTech’s innovative solutions deliver competitive edge and rapid growth for all its clients. For more information visit www.sbtech.com.
Continent 8 Technologies is an award-winning, multi-jurisdictional global network solutions provider that connects, manages, and secures the world’s most valuable information. Its advanced data centres and high-quality networks support critical online operations in both private and public-sector organisations in over 40 locations across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. For more information visit www.continent8.com.
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Continent 8 Partners with New Jersey to Open New Data Center at Atlantic City Convention Center: Creating the Hub for Sports Betting and Online Gaming in the United States and BeyondOctober 9, 2018
LAS VEGAS, NV – New Jersey-licensed Continent 8 Technologies, the world’s largest iGaming data center and global network solutions provider, is opening a new data center at the Atlantic City Convention Center in partnership with the CRDA (Casino Reinvestment Development Authority). Designed to Tier 3 standards, the data center will help make New Jersey the largest hub for online gaming, sports betting, and eSports in the United States.
This expansion fortifies Continent 8’s commitment to Atlantic City and fulfills their pledge to create an online gaming hub designed for real-time data exchange. It will provide direct connectivity to their private global network spanning over 30 locations across Europe, Asia, and North and South America.
In addition to increasing capacity in New Jersey, the new data center will include connectivity to Mississippi, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania and West Virginia locations, as well as providing a secure data redundancy and disaster recovery facility from which to host online gaming operators’ most critical online operations. Operators seeking to enter the New Jersey and broader US market will benefit from this Atlantic City online gaming hub, its connection to the largest online gaming global network, and Continent 8’s cyber security services.
Continent 8 is the only independent information technology provider licensed by New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement to supply data center and network services to online gaming licensees. Interested online gaming operators are encouraged to contact Continent 8 (www.continent8.com) to speak with their team of global experts and secure capacity before the market becomes saturated.
Continent 8 Expands Atlantic City Operations: Welcoming Sports Betting Operators June 11, 2018
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – New Jersey licensed Continent 8 Technologies, the world’s largest online gambling data center and global network solutions provider, is expanding its capacity in Atlantic City – anticipating Governor Phil Murphy signing the sports-betting bill recently passed in the New Jersey Legislature. During the Governor’s scheduled keynote address at the upcoming East Coast Gaming Forum (June 13-14) in Atlantic City, Murphy will undoubtedly address the new law and the future of gaming.
Continent 8 has been supporting clients in Atlantic City since 2014 and increases data center and network capacity to meet the growing needs of the online gaming industry, as required. In addition to supporting online gambling, sports betting, and eSports vendors in New Jersey, Continent 8 will soon go live in Pennsylvania and Nevada.
“The repealing of PASPA accelerated the demand for IT infrastructure solutions that fit the unique needs of online gaming and also meet online gaming licensing requirements,” said Michael Tobin, CEO of Continent 8. “We are responding to those needs immediately with further infrastructure expansion in Atlantic City. We will strengthen this expansion again this coming July by adding another location with full redundancy and complete disaster recovery capability.”
“As the only independent IT provider licensed by New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement to supply both data center and network services to online gambling licensees, Continent 8 is well positioned to be the leader in connecting, managing, and securing critical data associated with the online gaming industry,” said Nick Nally, Chief Development Officer for Continent 8. “By adding significant capacity in Atlantic City, we can definitely support clients seeking to capture the market opportunity presented as a result of the PASPA repealing.”
This additional capacity being deployed is connected to over 30 other Continent 8 locations around the world. These locations all feature state-of-the-art managed services such as detecting and mitigating DDoS attacks that can be disastrous to online gaming. It will also provide a worldwide network for gaming companies to expand globally with private connectivity to existing established European and Asian operators, payment providers, software companies, and back-office systems in other licensed jurisdictions unlike any other company.
Interested online gaming organizations anywhere in the world should contact us to learn how Continent 8 can help you take advantage of the growth opportunities that are unfolding.
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Data Center a Good Next Step in Atlantic City esports DevelopmentThe Press of Atlantic CityAugust 2, 2018https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/opinion/editorials/data-center-a-good-next-step-in-atlantic-city-esports/article_e1aedbe9-4ab9-5977-89f3-ee8da6a45d0d.html
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“Continent 8 wants to invest $5 million to build a 6,000-square-foot data center, with the servers and internet connections needed for the network-intensive online competi-tions.”
“When teams battle in popular video games with chips ablaze, they need lightening quick networks to match the players’ response times. And thousands of fans need not just unim-peded immersion in the contests, but going forward will want more data-intensive experi-ences such as augmented reality glasses and holographic displays.”
“The company already has invested nearly $2 million in Atlantic City and has data rooms for online gaming at Caesars Atlantic City and Ocean Resort Casino. The Casino Reinvestment Development Authority has approved the lease terms for the Convention Center facility, and the deal is expected to be completed soon.”
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Continent 8 Technologies Expands Operations: Welcoming Sports Betting Operators New Jersey-licensed Continent 8 Technologies, the world’s largest online gambling data center and global network solutions provider, is expanding its capacity in Atlantic City. Our increased capacity gives gaming companies the ability to take advantage of incredible growth opportunities unfolding this year.
Welcoming Sports Betting Operators Online gaming is poised to change dramatically through regulated sports betting as the laws change and provide tremendous opportunities for the entire gaming industry. Continent 8 has supported online gaming vendors in New Jersey since 2014, and has expanded to Mississippi, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, with upcoming locations in New York and Ohio.
Licensed Independent IT Gaming Provider in Atlantic City Continent 8 is the only independent IT provider licensed by New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement to supply both data center and network services to online gambling licensees. The Atlantic City data center is connected to over 40 other Continent 8 locations, providing a worldwide network for gaming companies to expand globally with private connectivity to European and Asian operators, payment providers, software companies, and back-office systems.
With 20 years of gaming and multi-jurisdictional experience, we are familiar with navigating challenging regulatory environments such as the one we now face. We have the capacity, experience, and breadth of solutions to help you start now — and expand to other global locations and jurisdictions.
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