Tag Archives: Keith O’Loughlin

SG Digital ramps up United States sports betting preparations

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Scientific Games Corporation is planning to gain ground on its competition, ahead a potentially significant shift of the sports betting landscape within the United States. The organisation has announced that SG Digital, through its OpenBet sports betting solution, has commenced sportsbook product review sessions with New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE).   Should the US Supreme Court repeal the …

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Scientific Games reveals OpenBet Cheltenham Festival figures

SBC News Scientific Games reveals OpenBet Cheltenham Festival figures

Scientific Games Corporation has revealed its Cheltenham Festival figures, with its SG Digital OpenBet sportsbook processing a record number of account transactions. The platform processed in excess of 38 million bets, an increase of almost ten percent on 2017, with the number of bets per minute placed through a single operator during the festival peaking at 15,800. In addition, The …

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Scientific Games unveils new SG Digital leadership team

SBC News Scientific Games unveils new SG Digital leadership team

Expanding its industry digital capabilities, services and dynamics, Nasdaq-listed Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) has announced its new SG Digital senior leadership team. As reported in its previous market updates, following its $630 million acquisition of Toronto TSX-listed NYX Gaming Group, the newly formed division will be led by Matt Davey as Group CEO & President of SG Digital. The division …

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Greece lightning! NYX seeks 50 new recruits for Athens Tech Hub

SBC News Greece lightning! NYX seeks 50 new recruits for Athens Tech Hub

Toronto TSX-listed NYX Gaming Group, an industry supplier of multi-product verticals is looking to hire approximately fifty new staff for its ‘NYX  Athens Development Centre’ in Greece. A variety of vacancies are available at the Athens tech hub, as the provider looks to invest in new talent to drive further innovation for its product development and industry systems. To date, hub …

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Snookered: O’Sullivan breaks bookmaker trading algorithms

SBC News Snookered: O’Sullivan breaks bookmaker trading algorithms

Five-time world champion Ronnie ‘The Rocket’ O’Sullivan found out this week that his unique style of play has forced bookmakers to create a separate predictive algorithm for when he is on the table. The revelation was made at the inaugural SBC Snooker Forum in Marylebone, where O’Sullivan had earlier predicted that 70 to 80% of the sport’s top players will …

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Why snooker and the betting industry hits the jackpot

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Keith O’Loughlin, Executive Vice President Sports at OpenBet (part of NYX Gaming Group) and a key speaker at the recent SBC Snooker Forum, on why snooker is such an attractive proposition for punters. While football and horse racing are most commonly seen as the biggest types of sports betting across the globe, snooker continues to thrive as an attractive event for …

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Betting on Sports puts operators and affiliates on the road to Russia 2018

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The ‘Sport in Focus’ track at Betting on Sports (12-15 September) will culminate in a session dedicated to next year’s FIFA World Cup, as more than 120 operators and 80 high-level affiliates at #boscon2017 get on ‘The Road to Russia’. AC Milan Commercial Director Jaap Kalma will be joined by an industry quartet tasked with educating over 1,200 delegates at …

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NYX hires former Coral betting director Keith O’Loughlin as VP of Sportsbook

SBC News NYX hires former Coral betting director Keith O’Loughlin as VP of Sportsbook

Toronto TSX-listed industry platform provider NYX Gaming (NYX) has confirmed the appointment of Keith O’Loughlin as Executive Vice President of Sports Betting . NYX informs that O’Loughlin is set to join the company later this year following his official departure from Ladbrokes Coral. O’Loughlin joins NYX from UK betting operator Gala Coral where he served as Director of Sportsbook (2014-2016). …

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Coral gains customisable player prop bets with Digital Sports Tech

SBC News Coral gains customisable player prop bets with Digital Sports Tech

UK bookmaker Coral has announced that it has launched Digital Sports Tech betting solutions on its platform, broadening its market choice for customers. Launched today under a ‘period of exclusivity’ with Coral, Digital Sports Tech solutions is the only industry product that enables customers to create and customise their own bets on player performance across a range of statistics and …

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Coral launches in-house developed sportsbook platform

SBC News Coral launches in-house developed sportsbook platform

Coral has today announced the launch of its ‘in-house’ developed sportsbook platform, centralising its mobile, tablet and desktop devices. The bookmaker informed the market, that its new platform had been developed by a new product development team with the aim of delivering a ‘smoother customer experience’. Utilising the latest digital and cloud infrastructure technologies, the bookmaker stated that Coral sports …

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