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GamblersPick.com reaches milestone 1,000 online casino revie

SBC News GamblersPick.com reaches milestone 1,000 online casino revie

Legacy online casino affiliate GamblersPick.com has today announced that it has reached a milestone ‘1,000th casino review listing’ on its community portal. Founded in 2015, GamblersPick has created a trusted online gambling community, in which its audiences share their experiences about each specific game and engagements with online casinos. Furthermore, the House Tech Ads operated online gambling community, details that …

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Scientific Games joins GLMS global integrity programme

SBC News Scientific Games joins GLMS global integrity programme

Nasdaq-listed industry technology and systems supplier Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) has become the first lottery betting supplier to join the Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) programme. The GLMS programme is a lottery industry mutualized monitoring system on sports betting aimed at detecting and analysing suspicious betting activities that could question the integrity of sports competitions. The programme sees global lottery …

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Industry should expect ‘No Rationale’ in quid pro quo tax game

SBC News Industry should expect 'No Rationale' in quid pro quo tax game

Amid the hopes and expectations of the industry’s future, deliberated at the Betting on Sports 2018 conference, was the hard reality of the ‘UK Tax Hike’ on online gambling services awaiting industry leaders. “Its seems a long distance now, the days of Tessa Jowell, the former Minister of Culture, Media & Sports under Tony Blair, stating that the UK would …

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European TV & Sports rocked by Comcast £30 billion takeover of Sky

SBC News European TV & Sports rocked by Comcast £30 billion takeover of Sky

The landscape of European media and sports is set to be disrupted, as this weekend US telecoms and entertainment giant Comcast won the blind-bid to take majority control of Sky Plc. Tabling a £29.7 billion offer at £17.29 per share, Comcast won the blind auction for Sky hosted by the UK Takeover Panel, completing European Media’s biggest ever acquisition. Led …

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GambleAware expands UK gambling-harm support network with Citizens Advice partnership

SBC News GambleAware expands UK gambling-harm support network with Citizens Advice partnership

Announcing a new long-term initiative, industry charity GambleAware has confirmed that it will work with Citizens Advice to ‘to help debt advisors better understand, prevent or reduce gambling-related harms’. Updating the market, GambleAware governance has committed to a two-year £1.5 million partnership with Citizens Advice, the UK charity network which provides consumers with information and advice on money and legal …

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GVC rolls out proprietary Ladbrokes Coral gaming content

SBC News GVC rolls out proprietary Ladbrokes Coral gaming content

FTSE-listed gambling group GVC Holdings has launched the first titles developed by its proprietary Manchester games studio ‘CR Games’, across its multi-brand portfolio. Updating the market, a catalogue of 20 new games will be made available across the casino properties of bwin, Party Gaming and Sportingbet brands.  GVC will launch its initial CR Games inventory across its ‘dotcom markets’, seeking …

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The new betting ecosystem: sharks, fish, whales and the trawlermen – part 2

SBC News The new betting ecosystem: sharks, fish, whales and the trawlermen - part 2

Are schools of bloated sharks an accepted cost of doing business? In the second and final part of this series, Kevin Dale navigates through the choppy waters of minimum bet liabilities, player restrictions, volume incentives, premium charges and how to adapt to the new ecosystem. _____________________________ Amongst the player to player, or P2P models, pools companies have welcomed winners for …

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Action Plan 2018-2020 sees Spain reclassify gambling-harm as a drug addiction

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Seeking to revamp Spain’s support structures for tackling addiction, Spain’s ‘Drug Support Council’ will introduce gambling harm to its upcoming ‘Action Plan on Addictions 2018-2020’ mandate. The Action Plan incorporates the recommendations of a number of Spanish national health stakeholders, regulatory policy advisors and industry standards associations. Amongst the stakeholders taking part in the development of the new plan, are …

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Home Advantage! William Hill US nets Vegas Golden Knights multi-year partnership

SBC News Home Advantage! William Hill US nets Vegas Golden Knights multi-year partnership

NHL franchise, The Vegas Golden Knights has agreed on a multi-year partnership with William Hill US, become the first pro-hockey team to secure a betting/gambling sponsorship. Founded in 2017 by US financier Bill Foley and the Maloof Family, the Golden Knights represent the NHL’s newest franchise and the city of Las Vegas’ only active pro-sports franchise. During their inaugural season …

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Kevin Sheehan terminates Scientific Games governance contract

SBC News Kevin Sheehan terminates Scientific Games governance contract

Nasdaq-listed gambling technology group Scientific Games Corporate (SGC) has confirmed that former Chief Executive Kevin Sheehan and corporate legal advisor Viet D Dinh will no longer serve on the firm’s board of directors. Issuing an SEC filing, Scientific Games reveals that both Sheehan and Dinh have departed the company this September, choosing to terminate their governance roles. Kevin Sheehan had served as …

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