Tag Archives: basketball

BetVictor’s Eoin Ryan: Evolving the PriceItUp feature

SBC News BetVictor's Eoin Ryan: Evolving the PriceItUp feature

Allowing punters to create their own bets is a feature that’s grown exponentially in recent years, over the coming season operators are aiming to further enhance the levels of control that users have over betting markets. We spoke to BetVictor’s head of product, Eoin Ryan about the importance of personalisation, as well as how the “PriceItUp” feature can continue to …

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ESSA reports 50 suspicious betting alerts in 2018’s first quarter

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International betting integrity body ESSA has published its integrity report for the first quarter of 2018, reporting 50 cases of suspicious betting to the relevant authorities during the period. Breaking down those figures sees nine sports involved, with tennis having the most cases with 27, followed by eleven cases in football and four in table tennis. Of the rest, both …

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US sports players associations speak out on PASPA

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Players associations representing athletes across four key sports within the United States have joined together to release a statement regarding the prospect of legalised sports betting within the country. Union’s for professional players across baseball (MLBPA), basketball (NBPA), American football (NFLPA) and ice hockey (NHLPA), have today (Thursday April 12) issued the following statement: “Given the pending Supreme Court decision regarding …

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Winning Post – Spain’s draft budget proposes good news for betting operators

SBC News Winning Post - Spain's draft budget proposes good news for betting operators

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: Gambling and gender – what crisis? Gambling has been on the wrong side of practically every issue recently, especially in the UK. Entirely separately to gambling’s regular whipping, there has been …

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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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Ninca90 secures back to back World Tipster titles

SBC News Ninca90 secures back to back World Tipster titles

Nemanja Dojcinovic, also known by his community name of Ninca90, has been named World Tipster Champion 2017 by bettingexpert.com. The defending champion made a total of 7,123 tips and secured a total unit profit of 5,268, with 54.3% of his winning tips coming from Basketball, followed by football (31.9%), handball (6.4%), tennis (5.3%) and ice hockey (2.1%). Dojcinovic secured a €10,000 …

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Spain ACB ‘unlocks’ data value with Genius Sports

SBC News Spain ACB 'unlocks' data value with Genius Sports

The Asociacion de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), the governing body of Spanish professional basketball has selected Genius Sports as its ‘Official Data Partner’. Integrating Genius Sports’ LiveStats system, ACB will look to ‘unlock the value of its data’ forming a three-season partnership with the sports data specialist. Detailing provisions, ACB will now operate Genius Sports ‘Sports Management Platform’ allowing for optimal …

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Tipbet nets easyCredit Basketball Bundesliga betting partnership

SBC News Tipbet nets easyCredit Basketball Bundesliga betting partnership

European betting operator Tipbet has announced that it has become Official Betting Partner and Premium Sponsor of the German easyCredit Basketball Bundesliga (easyCredit BBL) for season 2016/2017. With the German BBL basketball 2016/17 season having started on Friday 23 September, Tipbet secures its high visibility partnership furthering its brand presence within German sports. Tipbet marketing confirmed that as a Premium …

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Serbian Basketball League signs Sportradar integrity deal

SBC News Serbian Basketball League signs Sportradar integrity deal

Sportradar has signed a deal with the Serbian Basketball League (KLS) which will see the Serbian Superlige monitored by Sportradar’s integrity services. The company’s Fraud Detection System will monitor betting across over 450 betting operators, looking over the remaining matches in the current season from today onwards, as well as the upcoming season’s games. KLS Director Leon Deleon explained the …

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