Mobile marketing technology and service provider, Element Wave, has appointed William Morris as its Commercial Manager. Morris joins from Racing Post, who he joined in 2008 as a Business Development Executive, before being promoted to Head of Retail B2B in 2013. His role will be to help Element Wave continue its strong growth in the online gaming industry, following the recent …
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Gaming retail giant GAME has made its latest esports acquisition, with the news that it’s bought Spanish platform SocialNAT. In March 2015 GAME acquired Multiplay, a UK esports event organiser, for a fee in the region of £20m. The financial terms of the SocialNAT deal have not been disclosed. SocialNAT has over 150,000 registered users. It’s extremely popular in the Spanish …
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One issue with the esports scene to date is that it’s disjointed. One reason for this is that unlike traditional sports the individual games themselves are owned by companies meaning determining rights, access and coverage becomes a more complicated situation. Many don’t realise the extent to which esports is an umbrella term, and that games within it can be as distant …
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The Northern Ireland retail betting division of Ladbrokes Plc has posted losses of circa £36 million , just one year after it enjoyed strong profit. Northwest Bookmakers, which is a subsidiary of Ladbrokes plc, saw its profits slump in the year to December 2014. The company, which trades as Ladbrokes, is the Northern Ireland’s largest bookmaker and holds around a quarter of all shop licences …
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It has been announced that Vodafone has entered the world of esports thanks to a new partnership with G2 Esports. G2 Esports has professional teams in League of Legends, Counter-Strike:Global Offensive, Heroes of the Storm, Vainglory and FIFA. As part of this landmark agreement G2 will be supporting a Spanish League of Legends squad, who will play under the name “G2.Vodafone.” …
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After Sunday’s revelation that Anthony Joshua will challenge Charles Martin for the IBF world heavyweight title, Betfair customers are anticipating more than just a belt for the Brit backing him into 15/2 favourite for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016. Colm Rock, Novelties Trader for Betfair, said: “Andy Murray had been favourite to win this year’s Sports Personality of …
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Following unconfirmed reports that Daniel Craig has signed up to several seasons of a new US TV series called Purity, the odds for Tom Hardy to take over as James Bond have been slashed by bookmakers. Whilst Craig, the seventh Bond, has yet to confirm his departure from the role it’s long been rumoured that Spectre would be his final hurrah …
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A team of ambitious fundraisers from the Responsible Gambling Trust have climbed their way to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. The trekkers scaled the formidable mountain and 29 of the 30 participants reached the summit on Friday 12 February, raising funds to help minimise gambling-related harm in the UK. Climbers made their ascent to the Uhuru peak of Kilimanjaro which, …
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Introducing the Bookies’ Corner at SBCNews, a new biweekly column wherein betting industry experts give their two cents on topical issues from the worlds of sport, entertainment and politics. With the 88th Academy Awards fast approaching we spoke to Harry Lang, Marketing Director at Pinnacle Sports, Anthony Cousins Head of Sportsbook at Unibet and Betway’s Alan Alger to hear their thoughts …
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With the title decider (we said it) between Arsenal and Leicester going down today the team at popular tipster site, bettingexpert, has graced SBC readers with some expert tips for the showdown. bettingexpert Banker: Over 3.5 goals at 2.67 This tipster, h3ctor, sits on a 40.2% win rate on bettingexpert, having made 9183 tips. This one has all the makings of a …
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