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BetITBest CEO Nico Jansen, who is speaking at this week’s World GES in Barcelona, reflects on the advantages of a strong Germany squad at Euro 2016 for his business. How has business been during the Euros? Is Germany’s progression good for BetITBest? In terms of our traffic, which mostly comes from Germany, the progression of the German team is quite good …

William Hill has confirmed that they are fearing for a fairy-tale Welsh success in the Euro 2016 final on Sunday. The bookmaker has made Germany and France joint 7/4 favourites to win the tournament, but they are hoping that big outsiders Wales fail to emulate the Leicester City story. Wales are currently 8/1, but William Hill have racked up seven …

Sporting Index has rolled out a Casino product suite for mobile and tablet users to coincide with the increased traffic during the knock-out stages of Euro 2016. The content for the new product will be provided by NetEnt and Microgaming. Following a successful desktop launch in March 2016, the strategic launch will see mobile and tablet users provided with over 50 …

After Roy Hodgson did the honourable thing and stepped down after England’s humiliating exit at the hands of Iceland, a country with a smaller population than that of Bristol, the hunt now begins for his replacement. The assumption amongst the bookmakers seems to be that Hodgson’s successor will be English. At the time of writing the Oddschecker roundup of odds from …

Francesco Cesarini is the Founder and Technical Director of Erlang Solutions, a specialist technology consultancy that has worked with companies as varied as bet365 and Whatsapp.  Here he delivers his views on betting trends on this year’s European Championships and the necessity for sports betting operators to be open minded to the idea of adopting new technologies.  This year’s Euro competition could …

Platform provider FSB Technology (UK) Ltd has partnered with Sportdec, an Irish technology start up, for the launch of its new app ahead of the Euro 2016 quarter finals. The Sportdec app features live scores, notifications, fixtures and tables, statistics, video, and editorial content, as well as FSB’s new fully-optimised sports betting service. They also have access to FSB’s CRM …

As England prepare for the Euro 2016 knock out stages and a potential showdown with penalty nemesis Germany, penalty legend Matt Le Tissier has taken on the infamous German Robokeeper in a short film to show England how to do it. Sky Bet’s Making Penalties Better campaign, created with Sports PR and marketing agency Heavyweight Sports, has run a series of videos throughout …

Bitcoin sportsbook operator Sportsbet.io has enjoyed a strong start to Euro 2016 following its launch in early June. The operator has seen average daily stakes increase by more than 20% during the first two weeks of the tournament. Among Bitcoin punters, France has been the most popular country to back, accounting for 37% of Bitcoin bets. It is followed by England with …

BetVictor Casino has announced it will give away £100,000 in real cash over four weeks. The offer, which began last Thursday, has already paid out £25,000 to 500 lucky players and there are still three weeks left for players to get their share of the Real Cash Giveaway. Players will be randomly selected to a share of £25,000 in cash …

SmartBets, the odds comparison site powered by bettingexpert.com, has enlisted the help of its free-to-use BetBot to give Euro 2016 fans on Facebook a helping hand with their last 16 wagers. Autonomously participating in conversations with users, BetBot responds to users via Facebook Messenger, providing real-time odds on upcoming games from major bookmakers through SmartBets, as Euro 2016 reaches the latter …