NYX smashes betting records at Grand National

NYX Gaming Group has revealed that it handled a record 24 million sports bets via its OpenBet platform on the day of UK horse racing showpiece the Grand National.

At its peak, NYX processed 68,000 bets per minute, up 10% on last year, while account transactions on the day amounted to 74 million.

NYX said the data represents bets placed across all channels, but noted that 76% of all remote bets were made via a mobile device.

Matt Davey, chief executive of NYX, said: “The Grand National is a major event for our UK customers and months of preparation precedes the day itself.

“The race places huge demands on our industry and our key focus is enabling our customers to offer the quality of service and experience that players demand.

“With a peak of 68,000 bets per minute and a total of 24 million bets in 24 hours, we demonstrated the vast scale of the OpenBet platform and the power of our technology.

“Amazon at its peak in 2016 handled 36,000 transactions per minute, which provides further context to the load and volumes that the platform handled over the Grand National.”

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