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Sam Hill: Betgenius – Why basketball’s global expansion is netting big profits for sportsbooks

SBC News Sam Hill: Betgenius - Why basketball’s global expansion is netting big profits for sportsbooks

With domestic basketball leagues underway across the globe, bookmakers are preparing for what will undoubtedly be the biggest betting season the sport has ever seen. Sam Hill Business Development Director for Betgenius details basketball’s unique intricacies, detailing to stakeholders the requirements needed to develop effective betting markets… ______________________ Over the past couple of years, we have seen basketball overtake tennis …

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Scott Longley: Jackson sizes up online hole at Paddy Power Betfair

Jackson PPB

The good news for Paddy Power Betfair is that the company now has certainty over the succession to outgoing chief executive Breon Corcoran, writes Scott Longley, with ex-WorldPay executive Peter Jackson to be officially anointed in early January. However, the slightly less good news is that he has a lengthy order of business to address if he is to achieve the grand hopes …

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Stephen Harris – bettingexpert: Insider’s edge – Melbourne Cup 2017

SBC News Stephen Harris - bettingexpert: Insider's edge - Melbourne Cup 2017

Stephen Harris, Racing Editor for leading betting player portal bettingexpert.com, tells SBC why all industry stakeholders should follow next week’s Melbourne Cup (Tuesday 7th of November), Australia’s most prestigious annual Thoroughbred horse race ___________________ The ‘Emirates Melbourne Cup’  is known worldwide as “the race that stops a nation”, and with a crowd of 100,000 certain at Flemington racetrack (plus tens of …

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BetRegal diary – Turning an idea on a napkin into a competitive igaming product

BetRegal

Former Pinnacle Marketing Director Aly Lalani is one of the key drivers behind the launch of BetRegal.com, a new sportsbetting and gaming brand created to provide its customers with the “highest possible value” in prices. In the fourth diary of this series, Lalani is back to talk about the challenges of building a functional front end for the product. Having …

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David Clifton: Licensing Expert – What to do if you received “that letter”…

SBC News David Clifton: Licensing Expert - What to do if you received "that letter"...

In my recent SBC News article “Be mindful of protecting children”, I commented on the Sunday Times article entitled “Cartoons lure kids to online gambling”,  published on 8 October. I had no knowledge that at the same time I was writing that, the Gambling Commission had joined forces with the Committee of Advertising Practice, the Advertising Standards Authority and the Remote …

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OPTIMA’s Jacob Lopez: The evolving relationship between online, OTC and self service betting

OPTIMA & BTC Partnership

As CEO of OPTIMA, a leading supplier of sports betting and gaming provisions, Jacob Lopez is in an optimal position to analyse how betting platforms will develop and maintain relationships between retail, digital and self-service stakeholders as consumer demands and technologies evolve.  The Seville based supplier, which boasts partners in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, has gone from strength to …

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Ohad Narkis: Taking a ‘no nonsense’ approach to PlayOJO launch

PlayOJO - Copyright: jirsak / 123RF Stock Photo

Can an operator’s ability to remain as open and transparent as possible become a unique identifier within the online casino industry? Ohad Narkis, Co-Founder of Maple Marketing, has bet big on ‘player responsibility’ with the launch of new online casino PlayOJO. Will his gamble pay off? Launching a new online gambling property will always test the hardest of stomachs, as …

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David Clifton: Licensing Expert – Be mindful of protecting children

SBC News David Clifton: Licensing Expert – Be mindful of protecting children

As I write this, we await the Government’s review of gaming machines and social responsibility measures that is due to be published later this month, according to comments by the Secretary of State when she appeared before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on 11 October. She added that this would be followed by a full 12-week consultation that …

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Alessandro Fried – BtoBet – A digital transformation in the sports betting industry

Fried - BtoBet

Alessandro Fried believes that the sports betting industry is “undergoing a digital transformation” driven by a combination of changing consumer demand and the emergence of disruptive technology. Writing in a new white paper report for BtoBet, an advanced omni-channel platform provider for the industry, Fried suggests that every iGaming and sports betting brand should be focusing their own digital transformation …

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