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Codey Parsons, LiveScore Group: My Transgender Story

SBC News Codey Parsons, LiveScore Group: My Transgender Story

 Codey Parsons, Player Protection Analysts at LiveScore Group, share his deeply personal journey from a youth marked by confusion and struggle to the realization and acceptance of his transgender identity. This poignant and empowering journey illustrates the trials, complexities and triumphs of transitioning, underlining the importance of acceptance, understanding, and the need for a supportive workplace in a world that …

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Fergal Parkinson, TMT Analysis: ending the nightmare of convoluted onboarding

SBC News Fergal Parkinson, TMT Analysis: ending the nightmare of convoluted onboarding

Fergal Parkinson, Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Founder of TMT Analysis, writes for SBC News about achieving a balance between a smooth onboarding process and thorough KYC checks and how TMT Analysis’ Verify is bringing an end to that ‘nightmare’. A friend of mine went to the Derby at Epsom earlier this month: the 244th meeting of the world’s most historic …

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LSports – The Data Revolution: Adapt or Fade Away in the Sports Betting Industry

SBC News LSports - The Data Revolution: Adapt or Fade Away in the Sports Betting Industry

Writing for SBC, Dotan Lazar, CEO of LSports, takes a look at why sports data has become the new battleground for sportsbooks looking to stand out in a saturated market and the role that LSports plays in building that engagement with bettors through its latest promising  innovation. The reality that sportsbooks face today is challenging, to say the least. The …

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Same-game multis, visualisations and content: Stats Perform on the areas ripe for innovation

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Last year, Stats Perform launched a new campaign to ‘light up your sportsbook’ with a huge focus on live streaming. Now, the company has identified three new areas that are ripe for innovation. In this second part of his interview with SBC News, Stats Perform Betting Product VP Nick Cockerill discusses the company’s plans to light up same-game multis, live …

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Italy braced for a summer of gambling reforms

SBC News Italy braced for a summer of gambling reforms

Italian gambling stands on the precipice of sweeping changes as the government advances with its plans of a “comprehensive reorganization of the sector.”  A pivot in the regulatory landscape of Italian gambling is currently in progress, with all eyes focused on the ongoing amendment of the Delegation Law.  Approved in April, by PM Giorgia Meloni sanctioned changes aim to reshape …

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Sportradar’s Darren Small: optimise your sportsbook before August’s big kick-off

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fore August’s big kick-off

In Sportradar’s latest blog, SVP Managed Trading Services Darren Small discusses how the firm’s next generation trading and risk-management tools can be used to optimise sportsbook operations in time for August’s big kick off.  The Premier League season came to a close just over two weeks ago, but before the dust has had a chance to settle on Manchester City’s …

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Harris Hagan: Legal Eye…Managing the Great Expectations of the White Paper

SBC News Harris Hagan: Legal Eye…Managing the Great Expectations of the White Paper

UK Gambling faces a restless summer as the UKGC pledges to publish the first consultations of the White Paper on proposed gambling reforms. Harris Hagan examines how intended reforms will satisfy or disappoint the interests of diverse stakeholders interpreting the White Paper’s content that has become all things to everyone… ____________ As the dust settles (at least temporarily) following the …

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The Premier League transfer window: bookies banking on some ‘fire sales’

The Premier League transfer window: bookies banking on some ‘fire sales’

As the dust settles on Manchester City’s historic treble, attention turns to the opening of the Premier League transfer window and speculation is rife as to which players will be switching allegiances for 2023/24. As always, this is a busy time for bookmakers. Whilst some, such as Betway, haven’t offered transfer markets for some time, others offer multiple odds as …

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Robert Chvatal: Allwyn spearheads the largest transformation in lottery history

SBC News Robert Chvatal: Allwyn spearheads the largest transformation in lottery history

Robert Chvatal, Group CEO of Allwyn International, has asserted that the pan-European lottery conglomerate can balance its organic and M&A growth in what promises to be a transformative 2023. Speaking to SBC following the publication of Allwyn International’s Q1 results, which incorporated the performance of Camelot UK assets, the transaction resulted in an impressive 80% surge in revenues to €1.6bn, …

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Double Up Media: Increasing fairness is the best way to raise consumer confidence

SBC News Double Up Media: Increasing fairness is the best way to raise consumer confidence

Transparency and integrity in online gambling are essential for consumer confidence and the industry’s legitimacy. Pavlos Sideris, Director of Double Up Media, says no wagering bonuses are one of the most effective ways of raising confidence levels among players.  Providers must test products, random number generated (RNG) games must be certified as fair, licenses acquired and payout rates published. These …

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