The agreement between the Malta Gaming Authority and the Microsoft Malta has been approved, this will see that the Customer relationship management system, (CRM) has finally been established, it has come to help in reducing the burden that comes with licensing formalities.  Microsoft will ensure the website being established will be safer and will ensure an even faster way of licensing for all Malta potential operators.  The website will enable all the Malta Gaming Authority users to follow up their license application requests from their website.

According to the MGA top officials, announced that Microsoft would be in charge of the Customer management system, this is so that the authority and the existing operators would change how they view their relations and their widespread products. MGA is supposed to join hands with Microsoft, and the CRM was supposed to present Malta as the overall leader in terms of control of the igaming and online gambling areas.  The Executive MGA Chairman, joseph Cuschieri had something to say about the partnership between MGA and Microsoft; he said that the signed agreement is a propelling force to aid in further development of the relationship between the two entities.

He also repeated a statement he had made last year, about the renovation and the studying of their activities; this was aimed at making their systems more active.  The creation of the CRM website is a stepping stone in changing the way activities are run in the companies, added the CEO. The MGA is the only gaming authority that provides the operators a pan- European online gaming license, thus they are determined to surpass the anticipations of their stake holders, business partners and customers.  He also explained that he hoped that with the signed contract, there would be advancement in technology and various provision systems.

With MGA Company being technologically radical and active, the addition of more advanced technologies will act as a boost to its profits. The CEO finally stated that the company needs to be more actively involved in order to cope with various challenges that may come up.

There was a lapse in the connection of the network on tablets provided by Microsoft during an NFL playoff match featuring New England Patriots. This was a huge disappointment for the players as well as the coaches who were unable to review any of the play.

Apparently, Microsoft entered into a deal with the NFL back in 2013. The deal which is believed to be worth over $400 million claimed that Microsoft will be the official provider of its Tablets which many referred to as ‘iPads’ which enabled the commentators and coaches to review plays.

Since this deal, things have not been 100% sure as another downfall was evidence last Sunday as the TV viewers for the championship match that involved New England Patriots and Denver Broncos were disappointed when they were notified of a possible failure to the tablets on the Patriot’s sidelines.

Evans Washburn who is a CBs side reporter claimed that the Patriot’s staff team was having some problem with the tablets which made it impossible for their coaches to see their defensive players. The NFL team immediately came in to solve the problem with some tablets able to continue their purpose while others could not bring up any image from the pitch.

The problem persisted through the first half of the game but the tablets would resume to full functioning in the second half. Through its spokesman, Microsoft claimed that the problem was associated with network connectivity rather than tablet malfunctioning.

The company released a statement on Sunday which said that the problem was related to a network connectivity problem rather than a malfunctioning problem. He also added that the problem will never be experienced again as they have talked to their network partners to look deep into the matter.

The following day, NFL released a statement which assured its clients that Microsoft was not responsible for the problem but it was from a network connectivity failure. Brain McCarthy a spokesperson of NFL claimed that towards the 1^st half, the Patriot’s coaches were left on a stand still as pictures from the field went missing. This was not a malfunctioning of the Microsoft tablets but network failure. He assured that this season had no tablet malfunction but network connectivity.

The well-known Ashton Kutcher a Hollywood film star as well as technological evangelist has officially revealed that he will put in money as investment in eSport’s Unikrn wagering platform. This will be through the venture capital firm; Sound ventures.

It was just recently the film star feature in a movie as a technology pioneer Steve Jobs the man who founded the Apple in a film that was entitled Jobs is well known to have cemented his investment passion and made a huge step in it and has made numerous investments with various enterprises among them FourSquare, Uber, Airbnb as well as SoundCloud.

The Hollywood film star together with his long-term associate Guy Oseary who is the Co-Founder of Sound Ventures claimed that they would take up the initiative of giving advice as well as being on the look to Unikrn. This comes as the firm is on the verge of incorporating in fresh products in the market.

On the 30^th day of June, Unikrn Series A round reported that it had brought together a sum of $7 million as its total capital. Since then, the company based in Seattle has seen its total value rise to $10 million as it funds the Crunchbase profile. The firm which has done entirely everything and used resources at its disposal is under the leadership of former director to Microsoft Ventures. This man is none other than Rahul Sood, he claimed that they will work extra hard in making sure that the entity is one of the best leaders in the competitive eSport gameplay and eSport wagering markets.

Sound Ventures Rahul Sood the CEO Unikrn claimed that he was pleased to initiate the Unikrn Arena and freeing the Unikrn Vault App in attempt to give its royal clientthe amusement they wish for. He continued to claim that incorporation of both Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary was a huge step as the two are renowned investors who pick the best enterprise and would bring more connections to his firm. This association would bring more success to each stakeholder of the company.

On the other hand, Ashton claimed that this is a chance to invest in various startups but was attracted more by Unikrn who have a unique way of changing various ways in which people integrate in the eSport market.

Widjaja is a former betting trader and is known to have hacked Singapore Pools about $200,000. He did this by coming up with a conspiracy with his colleague in manipulating football odds. Yesterday he received a jail term of 4 years.

Rocky Widjaja is 26 years and agreed to 13 out of 52 counts of cheating with Thomas Tong Heng Huat who is 32 years for the use of a computer to gain access a programme known as Margin Maker 2 (MM2); this was used to cheat the Singapore Pools.

Toh Yung Cheong who was the judge to the case denied the permanent citizen to Singapore cash-bailout. The case has a pending appeal against ruling. At the same time, the court learnt that in August 2011, the two colleagues had intentions of cheating their employer through the use of the software to control the odds of the “total goals: over/under”. They intended to do this on the different leagues and football matches in international leagues.

This plan would be implemented by either of the man who on the trading rooms in Singapore Pools’ headquarter was on the shift at the time of implementation. The man who would be off shift would place their bet and his conspirator would accept the bet, before they lowered the odds a couple of minutes after.

The actions would be coordinated and a sure win would be guaranteed for them and a sure loss for the Singapore Pools. The tickets that won the bet would be claimed at different pools outlets.

The scheme went on for a long time before being unravelled until January 20^th, 2012. This is when it was realized that Widjaja had gone against the staff regulations through his the bets that he placed in the outlets. The bets were between $12,000 and $38,000 and the winning would be as much as $44,000.

When Ricky’s actions were discovered, he erased his texts and a Microsoft spreadsheet that contained details to the offences. His lawyer made an impassioned plea for the pre-sentence report. She reported that her client had made a full restitution for all the money he took together with Thong’s share. Thong is currently serving a 5year-4months jail term for similar offences.

On Wednesday there was a dinner hosted by GeekWire that was held to talk about sports and technology. In the dinner that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella revealed his plans multimillion dollar partnership they had set with Real Madrid Football club there was more to his speech that touched on sports and technology.

He said that sport was one of the industries that was greatly receiving transformation with the advancement in technology as well as data digitalization. This was evident as in attendance to the dinner that was held in Seattle were sport personalities including an NFL linebacker, Olympic medalist, Veteran Journalist among other individuals relevant to sports. There was a lot on discussion during the event among the topics of discussion on how injuries had been prevented and performances of players improved by the use of wearable trackers. There were also talks on how by indulging fans using technology, the fan base would be improved both in and out of the arenas and Stadia.

Those who attended seem to have good and positive response after the diner. Adrian Hanauer, who is the owner of Seattle Sounders said that this had not been invested on and would greatly help on the fans on how they get to watch the game. This would go a long way in helping in the availability of the tickets to the fans and as well as influence greatly on those fans watching the game through TV.

From the player’s point of view, Kevin Pierre- Louis who is s linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks also shared his opinion on the matter. He said that he was excited on the use of technology to help improve player’s performance. He added that this was essential as it would help in prepping player’s body. Kevin said that many veterans had been in the past sidelined because of injury and with the technology this could be easily avoided. With the technology he added player’s performance could be easily monitored while on the field and thus predicting any ailment or injury in an early stage and thus treatment something that would have a great influence on an athlete’s trajectory.

Jennie Reed was the other sport personality that was interviewed after the dinner, and the 2012 silver medal winner and three-time Olympic cyclist showed her support from a financial perspective. She said that the data on sports was now available even to those countries that are not financially well off as the data can be obtained through devices that are cheap to acquire.