David Lampitt, Managing Director of Group Operations at Sportradar, described the Independent Review Panel (IRP) proposals for lower level tennis as “archaic”, adding that it is “counter-intuitive to think that adopting a prohibition style is going to enhance the integrity of the sport”. Speaking at last month’s Betting on Sports conference at Olympia London, Lampitt was asked about the possible …
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#bofcon2017 – New innovation and the impact of automation on trading
Paolo Personeni, Managing Director of Managed Trading Services at Betradar, has predicted that “voice activated sports betting is around the corner”. Speaking at Betting on Football 2017, Personeni was part of a panel discussing the evolution of the trading floor, the increased use of algorithms to define odds and the presence of more data which “means automation will become generally …
Read More »Betting on Football tackles the trading floor of the future
SBC Events has signed up a quartet of industry big hitters for a hotly anticipated Betting on Football 2017 session on the future of the trading floor in sports betting. Christopher Langeland, Managing Director of GIG subsidiary BettingCloud, GVC Holdings Group Trading & B2B Director Jim Humberstone, Betradar Managing Director MTS Paolo Personeni and Danske Spil Head of Sportsbook Jens Nielsen will …
Read More »BOS – Find a bookmaker ambassador with the right personality
The CEO from Argyll Entertainment, the operator behind the new BetonBrazil sportsbook, has stressed the importance of bookmakers finding the right personality to reach an extended audience. Stuart Tilly spoke about making Alan Brazil part of the brand itself and ‘more than just an ambassador’, by using his personality to shape the design, audio content and prizes around the website. …
Read More »Chris Duncan – Oddslife – BOFCON Speaker
For our final #bofcon speaker of this week, we have a Betting on Football conference veteran in Chris Duncan, who will be making his 3rd consecutive appearance at the event on Thursday 21st April. Chris was one of the co-founders for Betsson in 2001, and stayed on for 10 years as director of exchange betting, then director of live sports …
Read More »Chris Duncan – Oddslife – Finding true value in sports betting innovation
Team SBC begins this week by speaking to Chris Duncan Chief Development Officer of social sports engagement start-up Oddslife on valuing and gauging innovation impacts on the sports betting industry in 2015. A Founding team member of European sports betting exchange Betsson, Duncan is an expert in creating sports betting liquidity. Duncan shares his thoughts on the current state of …
Read More »World Cup winner Hassler joins Oddslife as brand ambassador
German World Cup superstar Thomas Hassler is behind a new way for media brands to engage with sports fans. Hassler, who won both the World Cup and European Championships with his country, has joined as brand ambassador for social sports betting platform developer Oddslife, which has developed a new method for sports fans to interact and compete on both national …
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