Chartwell Technologies has been chosen by the powerful IG Group to help power the very first UK licensed online casino.

The new casino will complement IG Sport’s spread betting brand and will offer players a different gambling experience while sportsbettting. The site will be launched and marketed by the IG group subsidiary, Extrabet.

"We're delighted to add Chartwell's casino to our on-line sports betting portfolio," said the head of IG Sport, Stuart Lane. "While we're continuing to see growth with both fixed-odds and sports spread betting, we also recognise the appetite for other modes of on-line gaming and thus the benefits of increasing the offerings on our sports platforms. With the addition of the on-line casino we are now a step nearer to our long term goal in bringing both Extrabet and IG Sport customers everything they require on one betting site."