American iGaming platform innovator Scientific Games Corporation has reportedly announced that it saw an over 50% uplift in online horseracing bet volumes last week courtesy of the running of this year’s edition of the annual Cheltenham Festival.

The Las Vegas-headquartered innovator reportedly told European Gaming Media and Events that its OpenSports platform had handled record-breaking levels during the four-day horseracing extravaganza for some of the world’s most prestigious online sportsbook operators including the likes of Flutter Entertainment, William Hill and Entain. The firm moreover purportedly detailed that this high level of activity came as many land-based sportsbetting shops across Europe remain shuttered due to the ongoing threat of the coronavirus pandemic.

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