Regulus Partners, the strategic consultancy focused on international gambling and related industries, gives an insight into some of the key developments in the gambling industry as part of its ‘Winning Post’ column. Australia: market development – the state they’re in The Australian betting market was significantly rearranged this week, with William Hill bowing out and Stars becoming an important player. New …
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Better Collective reaches STS affiliate agreement
Polish bookmaker STS has signed an affiliate contract with Better Collective, allowing the firm to strengthen its presence on numerous “crucial” websites, in addition to continuing a strategic targeting strategy of its “profiled range of recipients.” The news comes following sports betting affiliate Better Collective extending its presence in the regulated Polish market, after the acquisition of Goal.pl Group and …
Read More »Peter Ivanov – UltraPlay – Betting patterns in esports
It’s important to remember when looking at esports as a whole that it’s just an umbrella term. Under the sports term there’s cricket, rugby, football and a plethora of other disciplines and each will have unique and independent betting markets. The same applies, too, for esports. Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends are the three biggest titles …
Read More »Duncan Keene – ContentSquare – Big Bet… rethinking & re-evaluating user-experience
Entering 2018, next-generation digital insights platform ContentSquare has secured £30 million in series B funding. ContentSquare seeks to become the leading user insights technology for all businesses, developing profitable UX actions that increase engagement, reduce operational costs and maximise conversion rates. SBC speaks to UK Managing Director Duncan Keene, on ContentSquare’s platform dynamics and UX vision for the saturated gaming/betting …
Read More »Betting cryptocurrency records huge presale success
The eGold project dedicated to the global esports betting sector has successfully reached its presale hard cap of 500 eth giving a 20% bonus to the ICO members. The first stage of the ICO campaign collected around $500,000. 444,444 EGL (10% of the total amount of tokens for sale) were distributed at this stage following the company’s roadmap and vision …
Read More »Winning Post – UK remote growth a margin call?
Regulus Partners, the strategic consultancy focused on international gambling and related industries, gives an insight into some of the key developments in the gambling industry as part of its ‘Winning Post’ column. UK: remote market – Supernormal margins, not supernormal growth… 2017 has been a year of mixed messages for UK remote gambling. A number of commentators have referred to …
Read More »Pinnacle – Continuing to thrive as an eSports operator
Throughout 2017, the popularity of eSports as a betting product continued to increase to unprecedented levels, with operators now paying a greater level of focus to the eSports element of their sportsbooks. Benjamin Cronin, Content & Social Media Manager at Pinnacle spoke to SBC after an extremely successful 2017, that saw it continue its strong presence within the world of …
Read More »Betradar: The increased desire for data and live streaming
For both esports suppliers and live streaming products, the landscape has dramatically evolved over the past year, therefore winning awards in both categories is a significant testament to the continually improving product of Betradar. Detailing how it continues to develop and ensure that it stays ahead, Warren Murphy, MD Betting & Gaming spoke to SBC after Betradar received the SBC awards …
Read More »UltraPlay bolsters its esports betting portfolio
Betting solutions provider UltraPlay has recently announced that GWENT, The Witcher Card Game is the title to be added to the company’s esports betting portfolio. It means that UltraPlay is the first online gaming provider to offer betting on the popular card game GWENT. Peter Ivanov, Head of Esports trading at UltraPlay commented on the new offering: “Gwent is …
Read More »Erlang Solutions: Handling spikes & loads in a new era of gaming
The bookmakers of the future may not be who you’d expect, writes Stuart Whitfield, CEO at Erlang Solutions. Chris Eaton, industry expert, integrity monitor and former investigator for INTERPOL is quoted as saying: “In 10 years’ time, I expect sports betting to be part of major telecommunications companies and data companies.“ Technology and telecommunications companies deal with massive volumes of data …
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