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Introducing the Bettortainment Hub: The Live Engagement Engine Built for the In-Play Window

2 min read By Jonathan Baxandall

Bettortainment Hub desktop and mobile UI showcasing live chat, bet tipping, leaderboards, and real-time watchalongs.

Today marks a major milestone for our team: we are officially launching the Bettortainment Hub!

Built specifically to solve retention challenges facing modern sportsbooks and affiliates, the Bettortainment Hub gives operators the tools they need to keep users active, entertained, and betting directly on-site during live sporting events.

The In-Play Challenge: Surrendering the Second-Screen Window

For years, sportsbooks have spent heavily to acquire bettors, only to lose their attention the moment a live match begins. Users habitually bounce to external platforms like X, YouTube, or messaging apps for live chatter, tips, and commentary.

As our Co-Founder and Content Director, Gavin Puszczalowskyi, put it:

“Having spent 20+ years in live radio, I know how real-time media holds an audience. Yet sportsbooks do almost nothing to entertain customers during live matches. We built Bettortainment because operators were surrendering their most valuable window to second-screen distraction. Keep people on-site, keep them entertained, keep them betting. If every user placed just one more bet, that moves the needle massively for our clients.”

What Features Power the Bettortainment Hub?

The Bettortainment Hub is an all-in-one engagement engine designed to keep fans immersed within an operator’s ecosystem. Key features include:

  • Real-Time Bet Tipping & 1-Tap Betslip: Seamlessly connect engaging live tips directly to the sportsbook slip to maximize conversion rates.
  • Interactive Gamification: Integrated live quizzes, polls, leaderboards, and prize draws to drive active participation.
  • Community Features: Moderated fan chat environments alongside expert-led watchalongs.
  • Flexible Integration: Available via simple iFrame or SDK deployment, allowing operators to offer broadcast-grade content without building heavy studio infrastructure.

Why Operators Choose the Bettortainment Hub for Revenue Growth

Rather than chasing vanity metrics like raw page views, the Bettortainment Hub is optimised for core commercial drivers: dwell time, in-play bets per session, higher-margin market exploration, and repeat visits.

Co-Founder and Commercial Director Jonathan Baxandall notes:

“Retention is talked about relentlessly across the industry, but currently, iGaming companies look largely the same as their competition, and few are engaging audiences with the content that their customers crave. Focus on what matters: dwell time, in-play bets per session, higher-margin market exploration, and repeat visits. The Bettortainment Hub gives operators of all sizes the ability to engage high-value audiences at precisely the right time with the right calls to action.”

Read how leading iGaming media covered the launch of the Bettortainment Hub:

Meet Bettortainment at SBC Summit Lisbon!

We will be showcasing the Bettortainment Hub live at the SBC Summit in Lisbon from September 29 to October 1.

Want to see how the Hub can transform your in-play engagement?

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