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Unibet looks forward to ‘record breaking’ Aldo vs McGregor UFC 194

SBC News Unibet looks forward to 'record breaking' Aldo vs McGregor UFC 194

Unibet is anticipating that the long awaited MMA battle this Saturday between Jose Aldo ‘Junior’ and ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor at UFC 194 will be a hugely popular betting market, but that it won’t come close to surpassing anything involving Alexander Gustafsson. Postponed from its original date of 11 July due to an Aldo injury, fight anticipation has been brewing for months …

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Bookmakers hope PAS masters real-time problem gambling analysis

SBC News Bookmakers hope PAS masters real-time problem gambling analysis

UK bookmakers are to implement Player Awareness Systems (PAS) – a new initiative which helps people avoid gambling-related harm while using gaming machines in betting shops. PAS, which is being launched today by the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) at the Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) annual conference, has been developed using the RGT’s ground-breaking December 2014 research that showed it …

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Playtech officially withdraws Ava Trade acquisition bid

SBC News Playtech officially withdraws Ava Trade acquisition bid

FTSE listed gambling technology provider Playtech has confirmed that it has withdrawn its application to buy forex financial trading platform Ava Trade. As expected, the technology provider terminates its acquisition deal which had met regulatory opposition from the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI). Playtech confirmed that its CBI appeal had been allowed by the Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal on …

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Coral announces first ever Irish sponsorship with Leopardstown

SBC News Coral announces first ever Irish sponsorship with Leopardstown

UK bookmaker Coral looks to expand its presence within the Irish sports betting market by announcing that it has agreed a three year sponsorship of Leopardstown Racecourse (Leinster County) January meets. The sponsorship comes following the approval of Coral’s Irish betting licence and marks the bookmakers first official Irish marketing partnership. Leopardstown’s is set to host the Coral.ie Hurdle Meeting …

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David Clifton – Licensing Expert – The RGA’s “Anti-money laundering: Good practice guidelines for the online gambling industry”

SBC News David Clifton – Licensing Expert – The RGA’s “Anti-money laundering: Good practice guidelines for the online gambling industry”

As all operators licensed by the Gambling Commission reading this will surely be aware, they are required to uphold the licensing objectives under the Gambling Act 2005 and to have in place effective policies and procedures to identify and manage the risks to those objectives arising from their business. In order to uphold the first licensing objective to prevent gambling …

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Kiron Interactive extends virtual portfolio with BGT agreement

SBC News Kiron Interactive extends virtual portfolio with BGT agreement

Virtual games supplier Kiron Interactive has agreed to supply its product portfolio to Best Gaming Technology. The agreement will see the provider’s games made available on over 8,000 self-service betting terminals in regulated markets including Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Italy, Holland, and Spain. Among the products to make their debut in the roll-out are Kiron’s virtual racing games and the Fantastic League …

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William Hill – Pressure moves from Jeremy Corbyn to Nigel Farage

SBC News William Hill - Pressure moves from Jeremy Corbyn to Nigel Farage

Following Labour’s success at the Oldham W/Royton by-election, bookmaker William Hill have increased their odds for party leader Jeremy Corbyn to stand down this year from 5/1 to 8/1. Labour’s victory though was UKIP’s failure in an area in which it expected to garner some support. This has led to William Hill shortening the odds from 3/1 to 9/4 for …

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Rob Painter – Sky Betting & Gaming – Drive & Direction…

SBC News Rob Painter - Sky Betting & Gaming - Drive & Direction...

Having committed £12m to Sky Betting & Gaming’s ongoing recruitment drive, Brand & HR Director Rob Painter details to SBC the corporate and leadership challenges of undertaking such a significant initiative as the igaming and betting sectors’ drastically change. Painter details SB&G’s governance approach, its commitment to driving talent acquisition in Yorkshire and why the igaming and betting industries should no longer …

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BHA confirms 32Red & bet365 as official UK racing Authorised Betting Partners

SBC News BHA confirms 32Red & bet365 as official UK racing Authorised Betting Partners

As widely anticipated online bookmakers’ bet365 and 32Red have been confirmed as UK racing Authorised Betting Partners (ABP) by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). 32Red and bet365 join competitor Betfair as the first set of online bookmakers to be granted official ABP status. BHA CEO Nick Rust confirmed that the bookmakers had committed to contributing a share of online winnings …

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