Sportech‘s Racing & Digital division has been selected by Betfred to provide a comprehensive suite of new betting technology products to its Totepool business. The ten year contract is expected to be worth over £9m in total revenues. Totepool currently holds the exclusive licence to operate all Tote betting on British horseracing. Under the agreement, Sportech will replace Betfred’s entire …
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Ladbrokes are set to create a new social responsibility committee, which will have the purpose of helping their board to oversee the establishment of a socially responsible approach to providing betting and gaming to the bookmakers’ customers. This announcement was first made by the bookmaker in February this year. John Kelly, the Senior Independent Director, will chair the committee whilst …
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For the last three weeks sports graduate Ollie Silverton has represented online bookmaker Titan Bet filming videos, blogging and tweeting his experiences and match previews and reports. Here he explains why this tournament has arguably been the best in living memory as well as who is likely to go through to Sunday’s final in Rio. As I write this I’m …
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SBC catches up with BETFUZE C0-Founder and CEO Paul McNea, to gain more insight into how his new platform is leveraging mobile and mass social data to create better engagement and value for the sports betting customer Paul is a regular speaker and Sports and betting events around Europe and is a member of a number of industry steering groups …
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3D games developer Betsoft Gaming has had its operations suspended by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission, pending a future hearing. The Channel Islands based regulator issued the notice on July 3rd. Executive Director Andre Wilsenach said: “In addition the Executive Director has issued a Suspension Notice under Regulation 91 of the Alderney eGambling Regulations, 2009 to the above named company requiring it to suspend operations …
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Racecourse Data Company (RDC) has announced that Timeform has been appointed a distributor of official British horseracing Pre-Race Data (PRD) up to the end of 2018. PRD is generated by Weatherbys and is the key component of information required to take a bet. It includes information on a racecard, such as final fields, owners, trainers, jockeys, weights, colours, draw and …
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NetEnt, provider of high-quality online casino games, has paid out a €5.6m jackpot – among the largest recorded in Sweden – to a 62-year old winner from Karlstad playing Mega Fortune on Unibet.com. It is the third time a player has unlocked the jackpot on Unibet, playing NetEnt’s Mega Fortune. The winner, who wishes to remain anonymous, was playing the …
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GAMING IN HOLLAND CONFERENCE: DAY 1 With 225 attendees from 22 countries, the Gaming in Holland Conference 2014 was the biggest edition yet and the first edition to sell out completely. Speakers and visitors alike look back on a successful conference: a must-visit event now that iGaming regulation is drawing so near in The Netherlands. The conference kicked off …
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Pinnacle Sports is taking World Cup betting to the limit by accepting $1,000,000 bets on the final in Rio on July 13th. The Curaçao-based operation’s incredible limits offer high-rolling bettors the chance to back up their judgement with a considerable bankroll. Those with deep-enough pockets can actually bet that maximum amount over and over again. And should those monster bets …
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Online operator Unibet has gone live with Yggdrasil Gaming’s innovative casino games content. Yggdrasil’s portfolio contains a variety of popular casino games including new fast high-roller video slot Winterberries, its already established success Jokerizer slot that is also available on mobile, as well as Lotto7, a unique daily lottery draw and progressive game where players will play for a €2.5 …
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