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The final month of the Indian Premier League’s Twenty20 cricket tournament, which ended this week, was such a disaster that the Indian Supreme Court was even called in to rule on whether to just cancel the last few matches of the season. Two players from the Rajasthan Royals team are in jail pending trial while a third is out on …

SBC WGES Live Blog Wednesday  – Keynote address: the History & Future of Luck : Is Luck Becoming Obsolete? And Where Does this Leave Gaming? Session  – WGES Customers & Strategy -9:00 CET Topic – Keynote Address for Day1 Session Speaker – Kevin Slavin, MIT Labs, TED.com Technology Speaker   Session Summary: In this session popular technology/ E-business expert and self …

UK based igaming bookmaker William Hill and online betting exchange Betfair have reportedly applied to the Greek Ministry of Finance and the Greek Gambling Commission (GGC) for the application of concession to bid to run Greece’s online gambling monopoly which is currently operated by state operated OPAP. The Greek government is in the process of selling a major stake in …

Australian business and  financial review newspaper ‘Australia Business’, issued reports that British bookmaker William Hill is understood to be leading the race to acquire celebrity businessman Tom Waterhouse’s Australian betting operation. Tom Waterhouse is a popular figure in Australian sports television and shares half-time sports betting reports on Australian rugby and Australian  football broadcasts. The potential deal allegedly values TomWaterhouse.com …

SBC looks to introduce its members and readers to new and upcoming companies in the igaming sector. This week we feature an exclusive interview with Claire Wellard Affiliate Director for IHRE Consulting specialists in performance and affiliate marketing. Claire has over nine years experience in acquisition marketing working with igaming leader brand such as Bodog, mybet and Ads.com. SBC: Hi Claire, can you …

Sportingbet founder  and MD of  igaming venture capital investment firm Burlywood Capital Mark Blandford has hit out at comments made by Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson criticizing igaming operations. Adelson whose gambling ventures include casinos in Singapore, Macau and Las Vegas, wrote in Frobes Business magazine that “online gambling is a societal train wreck waiting to happen”. Adelson additionally …

iGaming Business – iGaming Super Show 2013: Feedback Survey If you attended last weeks Amsterdam iGaming Super Show the team at conference organizers iGaming Business would love to know about your experience. Please let igaming business know what you loved, what you didn’t and what they can improve to keep you returning to their events. just take just 6 minutes …

Dot Media the publishers of mobile marketing and industry news magazine – ‘Mobile Marketing Magazine‘, have announced  ‘The Mobile Gaming and Gambling Summit’. The event will be taking place at London Piccadilly Hippodrome on the 11th of September 2013. The ‘The Mobile Gaming and Gambling Summit’ is the first igaming conference to focus solely on new  on mobile and tablet …

British  horseracing broadcaster GBI Racing Limited has signed a deal with Swedens AB Trav Och Galopp (ATG) that will see its coverage shown in over 2,000 retail betting outlets throughout the Region. GBI Racing is the joint venture between Racecourse Media Group and At The Races and provides live multi-camera coverage from every one of the 58 racecourses in the …

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry has presented the Indian Ministry of Sports detailed reports and knowledge papers urging the government to push for the legalization of sports betting in India. The report prepared by Carl Rohsler, partner of the British law firm Squire Sanders and Vidushpat Singhania, senior associate of the Indian law firm Lakshmi Kumaran …