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Opportunities in the Social Club – Rasmus Sojmark Oddslife CEO

There can be little doubt that social casinos and social poker rooms have become hugely popular. While the debate of whether the traffic on these verticals can be turned into higher grossing ‘Real Money Gaming’ players still rages, Sean Ryan from Facebook recently said that the lifetime value of a social casino player was around US$500. It cannot be denied …

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Football Association of Ireland Partner With BragBet

Irish social networking and online betting operator BragBet have announced a commercial partnership with The Football Association of Ireland (FAI). The gaming operator is set to become the official betting partner of the Republic of Ireland national football team, the commercial deal has been announced today by Irish Football’s governing body – The Football Association of Ireland (FAI). The terms of …

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Betfair Start to Reap Benefit of Operational Slimming

SBC News Betfair Start to Reap Benefit of Operational Slimming

Sports betting exchange and igaming operator Betfair are starting to reap the benefits of cost cutting implementations and that were sanctioned by senior management with a view of streamlining company operations that began at the start of 2013. Betfair implemented these measures after rejecting a £1 billion takeover by CVC Capital Partners in early 2013. The publication of the company’s …

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Paddy Power Sponsor Dennis Rodman’s North Korean Goodwill Trip

SBC News Paddy Power Sponsor Dennis Rodman's North Korean Goodwill Trip

Irish gaming operator Paddy Power has announced that it has sponsored the controversial trip by former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman to North Korea. The 52-year-old former Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bull basketball player arrived in the capital city of Pyongyang yesterday, wearing a baseball cap emblazoned with Paddy Power’s name and vowing to engage in “basketball diplomacy” with his …

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Kickoff.co.uk Launch The Acca Smacker – Making Multiple Bets Simple

Kickoff.co.uk have announced the launch of their new betting product The ‘Acca Smacker’, a new content driven betting engine that allows users to place multiple bets on football in a simplified way. The engine has the capacity to bring predictive algorithms, betting stats and bookmaker odds to make multiple betting easy. The  ‘Acca Smacker’ is now ready for full customer use at …

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Bet Smart ‘Big Data’ Makes Soccer Betting Smart!

Bet Smart Media is giving soccer bettors across Britain a new, must-have weapon for their arsenal this season. In partnership with Opta, the world’s leading sports data company, Bet Smart Media has launched Opta Trends, an innovative new tool for bettors to easily find data-supported trends for upcoming English Premier League matches. The insights give bettors the confidence to place …

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EveryMatrix Eye Asian Expansion With Launch Manila Office

iGaming software supplier EveyMatrix has announced the opening of its Asian offices in Manilla. EveryMatrix management reported that the new Asian focused company operations would be spearheaded by Ian Sherrington, who would be taking up the role of Business Development Manager – Asia. EveryMatrix are viewing rapid expansion in the lucrative and fast growing Asian igaming market. EveryMatrix will also …

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Tokyo Bookies 2020 Olympic Favourites

Ahead of next weeks International Olympic Committee (IOC), UK bookmakers have marked the Tokyo Olympic bid as favorite to win the voting competition. The 100 IOC members will gather next week in Buenos Aires Argentina, to select which candidate city will secure the 2020 Olympics. The desicion will be televised worldwide on the 10th of September. Currently Japan’s Tokyo bid …

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Btwiice Appoint Lee Richardson as Non Exec Director

SBC News Btwiice Appoint Lee Richardson as Non Exec Director

Lee Richardson experienced igaming industry executive has joined online betting insurance start-up Btwiice as non-executive director to aid the gaming focused insurance organization develop business, launch its verticals and attract its first clients. New igaming insurance operators Btwiice specializes in ‘insurance’ to football and in-play betting by guaranteeing potential gains from bets, whether the player wins or loses. Btwiice also …

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Playtech’s Roger Withers confirms retirement as Chairman

SBC News Playtech's Roger Withers confirms retirement as Chairman

iGaming software supplier Playtech published positive interim results for  2013 that saw the company report a 15% year-on-year increase in total revenues to €176.8 million ($237 million) in the first half of 2013 from €1 53.8 million the previous year. Playtech further announced that gross income had increased to €194.9 million to generate an adjusted net profit of €84.9 million, …

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