Gaming supplier Highlight Games has announced a partnership that will see a new, exclusive virtual sports betting game created using actual NBA highlights and footage.
The partnership, between the NBA, the National Basketball Players Association and Highlight Games will result in the release of NBA Last 90, which is set to debut in the US and European gaming and lottery markets during the 2019-20 NBA season.
Virtual sports gaming, already popular throughout Europe, allows fans to bet on simulated sports events powered by a random number generator. NBA Last 90 will feature a vast archive of NBA highlights and footage from recent NBA seasons.
NBA Last 90 players will have the ability to wager on various outcomes, including which team will win, who will score on the first possession and the total number of points scored by both teams, during the last 90 seconds of a simulated matchup between two NBA teams.
An archive of NBA highlights and footage will be randomly pulled from any matchup over recent seasons between the two teams, producing millions of possible outcomes.
The game will be distributed to licensed gaming operators in multiple regions across the world, initially launching in Europe and will expand to include the US later in the 2019-20 NBA season.
Tim Green, CEO of Highlight Games, said: “I’m delighted to announce this groundbreaking partnership with NBA and NBPA. Highlight Games has an ambitious strategy to enter the nascent US sports betting and virtual sports market, and this collaboration is the first important step on that journey.
"NBA Last 90 features real NBA stars and real NBA highlights, differentiating it from any other virtual sports product on the market. We’re confident that players around the world will be instantly engaged with NBA Last 90.”
