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Global Operator CEO’s to discuss challenges of international betting industry at #boscon2017

CEO Panel

Betting on Sports (12-15 September) will embrace the challenge of operating within a fast-changing global industry by uniting five leading CEO’s from the sports betting space.   Markus Peuler, CEO at Mybet, will be joined on the first day CEO panel at #boscon2017 by Pinnacle’s Paris Smith, BetBright’s Marcus Brennan, Favbet’s Nikos Chalikias and Parimatch’s Sergey Portnov. This high-level discussion …

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Bookies.com’s Matthew Glazier – The relationship between operators and affiliates #boscon2017

Glazier - Copyright: kentoh / 123RF Stock Photo

Ahead of Betting on Sports 2017 (12-15 September), Bookies.com Managing Director Matthew Glazier, part of the ‘Super Affiliates’ session at next month’s event, spoke to SBC News about what he’s looking forward to at #boscon2017, where betting can work together more closely with sport and what sports partnership has stood out over the last 12 months. SBC: Why is it …

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ESI Forum in association with Digital Fuel to assess the esports gambling opportunity

SBC News ESI Forum in association with Digital Fuel to assess the esports gambling opportunity

Today marks the last day where attendees can secure a 20% discount for this month’s forum with code “ESI20” at checkout. Tickets can be found here for £15 (excl VAT). After the rousing success of the inaugural ESI Forum, Esports Insider (part of SBC Global) are delighted to reveal further details of the second Forum, set to take place on …

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Nominations open for expanded SBC Awards

SBC Awards

Nominations for the new look SBC Awards have opened with an expanded 28 categories up for grabs. Held on Tuesday 5 December, this year’s SBC Awards is going even further to recognise excellence in all areas of the sports betting industry by splitting the categories into 11 Operator/Affiliate awards and 17 Supplier awards. SBC will also once again be recognising …

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Rahul Sood – Unikrn – Betting on esports

SBC News Rahul Sood - Unikrn - Betting on esports

Rahul Sood is the CEO at esports only bookmaker Unikrn. During a busy year to date which has seen Unikrn acquire tournament organiser LEET.gg and release its own cryptocurrency, unikoingold, on Ethereum, Sood caught up with SBC News ahead of his speaker slot at the Betting on Esports Conference in September. Sood will be discussing esports betting on the panel …

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Clarion boosts global affiliate portfolio acquiring Affiliate Summit Corporation

SBC News Clarion boosts global affiliate portfolio acquiring Affiliate Summit Corporation

Clarion Events has furthered its presence within the affiliate marketing sector, by acquiring B2B event organiser Affiliate Summit Corporation. The leading events company boosts its affiliate marketing resources adding the Affiliate Summit tradeshow and conference, FeedFront Magazine, GeekCast.fm, ReveNews.com to its existing portfolio. Flagship conference the Affiliate Summit joins Clarion Events alongside the iGB Affiliate brand to further the vision …

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ESIC, ESL and Kindred Group to discuss pertinent integrity issues at Betting on Esports 2017

SBC News ESIC, ESL and Kindred Group to discuss pertinent integrity issues at Betting on Esports 2017

Key figures from across the esports industry will discuss and debate the key integrity issues in the burgeoning industry at September’s Betting on Esports conference at Olympia, London. The panel will explore a wide range of topics, from software/hardware cheating to doping as well as examining whether or not esports has a major integrity scandal looming in the future. Esports …

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Blackstone acquires majority shareholding in Clarion Events

SBC News Blackstone acquires majority shareholding in Clarion Events

iGaming Business (Clarion Gaming subsidiary) has today revealed that parent operating company Clarion Events has been acquired by London private equity firm Blackstone. The industry news source did not reveal any details regarding the sum of acquisition but stated that new owner Blackstone had taken over the majority shareholding from Providence Equity Partners who had acquired the company in 2015 …

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Sports Betting West Africa – SPWA…We United West Africa!

SBC News Sports Betting West Africa - SPWA...We United West Africa!

If you missed it, then you truly missed out. This year’s Sports Betting West Africa is one for the history books. We had record shattering attendance, and an African first by uniting regulatory boards from four nations. Representatives of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (Nigeria), The Gaming Commission of Ghana, The Sierra Leone State Lottery Company and the National Lottery …

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