Will Duff Gordon CEO & Founder of Total Performance Data (TPD) wants to bridge the significant data gap between horseracing and bookmakers to bring optimal markets and services to the betting consumer. A horseracing enthusiast, Gordon details to SBC that beyond repairing racing’s damaged relationship with betting stakeholders, the sports now needs to embrace and further its data dynamics through …
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Continuing SBC’s London Baby Ice Breaker series, Laurent Reysbosch Senior Vice President of iGaming at HiPay, details to readers what industry trends and agenda will dominate debate and discussion in 2017 A London Baby sponsor, HiPay are a global payment provider processing more than €2 billon annually across 150 countries and 220 payment type. The firm sets itself apart in the …
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Seeking to break new ground within the betting and igaming technology, industry platform provider BtoBet will present its ‘first mobile intelligent augmented reality’ functions at ICE 2017 (7-9 February to London ExCeL). Detailing the technology, BtoBet leadership states that augmented reality (AR) could revolutionise all aspects of betting/igaming’s value chain. As a data led industry platform and software provider BtoBet wants …
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DIMOCO Carrier Billing and EnergyBet have agreed a partnership deal to bring ‘easy payment opportunity’ to the iGaming sector. The partnership enables EnergyBet customers to tap into carrier billing to experience the easiest and most efficient mobile payment option. Players can use smart phones, tablets, laptops, PCs and connected TVs, all securely identified via their carrier networks. The convenience of …
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Updating the market, Playtech Plc has confirmed that it has renewed principal online bingo and games supplier terms with Rank Group Plc subsidiary Mecca Bingo, the firm’s biggest online bingo partner. The FTSE-listed gambling technology supplier was pleased to renew its ‘more than a decade long’ partnership with Mecca Bingo, turning the brand into a leading online bingo destination for …
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Britain’s bookmakers are demanding an urgent inquiry into a new report by the Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) All- Party Parliamentary Group which is expected to call for a £2 per spin maximum stake to be imposed on all FOBTs when it is published this morning. The Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) has criticised the report as ‘deeply flawed’ and said …
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Japanese casino games developer Ganapati the platinum sponsor for London Baby 2017 (7 February – Café de Paris Leicester Square) has major ambitions in bringing added diversity and flair to the industry operators’ current games portfolio. Opening the London Baby ‘Ice Breaker’ series, Ganapati’s Richard Hogg tells SBC readers what he believes will dominate 2017’s industry agenda and discussion. ______________________________ SBC: What …
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Anna Shahbazyan, BetConstruct’s Regional Director for Latin America, will be at next week’s ICE Totally Gaming conference in London (7-9 February). During a quick pre-ICE chat with SBC, she spoke about the ‘great opportunity’ to meet partners face to face, and likened the conference to a ‘family reunion’ where regional offices come together to meet as a BetConstruct family. SBC: …
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Swedish gambling stakeholders have been left in limbo regarding the country’s path towards a regulated online gambling market following the departure of Hakan Hallstedt as Director General of Lotteriinspektionen, Sweden’s national gambling regulator. Last Friday, Lotteriinspektionen governance confirmed that Hallstedt would not be renewing his tenure as Director General, as he had accepted a placement as Judge for the Blekinge District, …
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Jamie Reeves is the director of affiliate website Fplbet and an experienced consultant for daily fantasy football businesses. Jamie has worked behind the scenes with a large number of DFS sites operating in the UK space, including FanTeam, Mondogoal, Fanager, FantasyBet, and more recently Bet4theBest. Fplbet incidentally is a great resource to check in on for fantasy football tips and guidance if …
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