It has been revealed that England Manager Sam Allardyce is no longer working as an ambassador for My Club Betting. The FA had been examining the relationship between Hodgson’s replacement and the betting company but it was news regarding the company’s CEO’s past that was the trigger for this decision. An investigation by The Sun found that Neil Riches, Chief Executive …
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Joe Lovelace of Panbet takes the Tipster Challenge at Salisbury
Joe Lovelace, PR Executive at Panbet is the latest industry Guest to take the Tipster Challenge on SBC News. He has picked out winners for each of the six races this afternoon at Salisbury. The action gets underway at 2:20, with the final race starting at 4:50. Lovelace joined Panbet in August 2015 as a Social Media Executive, before moving …
Read More »Tabcorp appoints Jamie Hart as Sun Bets Executive Director
Australian gambling operator Tabcorp has appointed Jamie Hart former Innovation Director of William Hill to lead its News UK joint venture Sun Bets as Executive Director. Industry veteran Hart who left William Hill in March, following a senior executive restructure will be tasked with launching the new Sun Bets sports betting proposition for the UK market. As Sun Bets Executive …
Read More »Is the betting market prepared for the rise of The Sun?
This summer’s Euro 2016 Championships has seen a glut of new sportsbook announcements, but few are as intriguing as the plans between The Sun newspaper and Australian operator Tabcorp to launch Sun Bets. The UK market is no stranger to attempts by octogenarian media mogul Rupert Murdoch to leverage the pre-eminent position of his business interests in the UK media …
Read More »Pounds vs Points – Can LVG beat The Sun’s ‘fat man’?
Louis van Gaal could live to regret calling SunSport Reporter Neil Custis ‘fat man’ come May. The jibe was dished out following United’s 3-3 draw with Newcastle in mid January. Custis has now issued the Man Utd boss a challenge of pounds vs points. The Sun’s Man Utd Correspondent has vowed to lose 28lb by the end of May, and believes he …
Read More »Will Tabcorp and News UK launch Sun Bets within six months?
It has been reported that Australian betting company Tabcorp is scheduled to launch Sun Bets, in partnership with Rupert Murdoch’s News UK, within the next six months. Chief Executive at Tabcorp, David Attenborough, had this to say: “It is a natural step for us. We have worked with News Ltd. closely in Australia and built up a high degree of trust. They have one …
Read More »Tabcorp to enter UK market in partnership with The Sun
Australian bookmaker Tabcorp Holdings has teamed up with News UK, publisher of The Sun newspaper, to launch a new online wagering and gaming business in the UK and Irish markets. The business will be known as Sun Bets and will launch in 2016. The new business will bring together Tabcorp’s capability in global wagering with News UK’s vast customer base …
Read More »Nektan posts ‘better than expected’ year performance
Aim listed B2B mobile gaming platform provider Nektan Plc, has issued it’s a preliminary trading update for its full year results ending 30 June. Nektan governance expects full year 2015 net gaming revenue to be approximately £0.5 million, with the adjusted EBITDA loss (excluding listing costs, exchange differences and non-cash charges relating to share based payments) to be better than …
Read More »Nektan & News UK launch mobile gaming app Sun Play
Mobile gaming platform developer and white label services provider Nektan plc has announced the launch of New UK mobile gaming app Sun Play, which will offer The Sun newspaper customers free and real money cash games exclusively themed around The Sun brand. Nektan gaming services will be added to The Sun current gaming portfolio which includes The Sun Bingo and …
Read More »eSports report- UK Market – The First Steps…
Following SBC’s introduction to the world of eSports here we take a closer look with an analysis of the anticipated boom in the UK market, its growing popularity and value worldwide (part 2 to follow). The findings of the Superdata and Newzoo eSports market brief in May 2015 features extensively. Furthermore on the agenda there is a breakdown of the money …
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