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The World Cup’s Finest with KamaGames’ Ionut Chepeneag

SBC News The World Cup’s Finest with KamaGames’ Ionut Chepeneag

In The World Cup’s Finest we ask various individuals to delve into their own personal history of football’s quadrennial showpiece extravaganza, selecting a number of favourites as well as revealing what is their very first World Cup memory. Ionut Chepeneag, Social Media Manager at KamaGames, begins a new week of delving into the World Cup history books, offering a slight …

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Tough Asia backdrop sees Playtech issue new profit warning

SBC News Tough Asia backdrop sees Playtech issue new profit warning

FTSE250 gambling technology group Playtech Plc has today issued a corporate profit warning, detailing continued Asian market woes. Issuing its second Asia related profit warning over the past year, Playtech governance details a continued slowdown of its Asian market operations and services. “As previously reported, average daily revenue in Asia continues to be impacted by an increasingly competitive backdrop. Towards the end …

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Sportingtech raises the Pulse with new Retail Solution

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Sportingtech has bolstered its product portfolio with Retail Solution, a web-based application that opens up opportunities in multiple markets across LatAm and Africa. The gaming platform provider has chosen this year’s iGB Live conference in Amsterdam (17-20 July) to present the newest addition to its Pulse Platform, which combines sports, technology, casino games and betting into a single solution. Designed to …

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Winning Post – The importance of timing for UK gambling regulation

SBC News Winning Post - The importance of timing for UK gambling regulation

Regulus Partners, the strategic consultancy focused on international gambling and related industries, takes a look at some key developments for the gambling industry in its ‘Winning Post’ column. UK: In Parliament – Timing is Everything There are few sure things in matters of gambling regulation but it is looking increasingly likely that the reduction in maximum stakes on betting shop …

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Resorts Casino NJ selects SBTech for rapid betting systems deployment

SBC News Resorts Casino NJ selects SBTech for rapid betting systems deployment

Industry technology provider SBTech details its ‘second major US sports betting announcement’, confirming that it will act as lead betting systems provider for the Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City New Jersey. Securing the partnership, SBTech has been selected by Resorts governance to provide its legacy Boardwalk casino with a full omni-channel sports betting solution servicing on-property, digital and mobile …

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Oddschecker’s World Cup story thus far

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The business end of the World Cup is well and truly underway, with one slip in the knockout rounds holding the possibility between crucial progression and a disappointing flight home. As everyone’s gaze focuses straight ahead however, Oddschecker have been busy looking back at the last fortnight of football, which saw an exciting group stage of 48 games have 122 …

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AgiproNews Italian View – Coalition warned on the dangers of implementing ‘Luigi’s Blanket’

SBC News AgiproNews Italian View - Coalition warned on the dangers of implementing 'Luigi's Blanket'

The stark reality of governance by a populist Lega and Five Star coalition is dawning on all Italian industry stakeholders as a draft law circulates of a ‘total ban on betting advertising’. This week the Italian Cabinet will review the draft mandate personally penned by Five Star leader and Italian Deputy PM Luigi Di Maio. Di Maio and Lega leadership …

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The World Cup’s Finest with Heavyweight Sports’ Darren Haines

SBC News The World Cup's Finest with Heavyweight Sports’ Darren Haines

In The World Cup’s Finest we ask various individuals to delve into their own personal history of football’s quadrennial showpiece extravaganza, selecting a number of favourites as well as revealing what is their very first World Cup memory. Today’s edition is brought to you by Heavyweight Sports’ PR Director Darren Haines, who discusses David Beckham’s Argentinian redemption, a Zico/Roberto Baggio …

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The Stars Group expands new private debt-note offering to $1 billion

SBC News The Stars Group expands new private debt-note offering to $1 billion

Issuing a corporate update, Toronto TSX-listed the Stars Group Inc has informed that it will add a further $250 million to its proposed private unsecured senior note/loan offering. Seeking to complete its $4.7 billion acquisition of Sky Betting & Gaming (Sky Bet), the Stars Group governance will move to expand its senior debt-financed loan to $1 billion (transaction first announced …

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