Team SBC caught up with Barry Martin, CEO of 666Bet.com, the former founder of London’s first ever live poker club – the Gutshot Poker Club, Barry Martin is not afraid of facing new challenges, fresh from launching 666bet’s offer of 1966/1 on England winning the World Cup, Barry talks to SBC about his future hopes for the 666Bet brand and its operations. …
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Asian facing sports betting operator TLC88.com has announced that it will continue its partnership with Sunderland AFC as official Asian Betting partner. The operator confirmed a further three year extension to their current partnership deal. Sunderland’s partnership with the sports betting operator will continue until 2017, The Football club’s Commercial Director Gary Hutchinson commented on the extension: “We are really …
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Bally Technologies, Inc is to spend up to US$100m acquiring Dragonplay Ltd, the online social casino company headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with top-grossing applications for Android, as well as a significant presence on Facebook and Apple iOS. Launched in 2010, Dragonplay ranks among the 10 top-grossing game developers in the social casino genre with approximately 700,000 daily active users (DAU) …
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Online payment solutions provider Optimal Payments has announced its VIP sponsorship and attendance at the 14th annual Global iGaming Summit & Expo (GiGse) from July 14 to 16, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. GiGse brings together over 700 of the top executives and decision-makers in the regulated iGaming market to discuss the latest trends and emerging developments …
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World Cup experts are being given the opportunity to win over £8,000 (€10,000) if they can correctly predict the outcome of Brazil 2014. bettingexpert.com, one of Europe’s largest media portals for sports betting and igaming enthusiasts, has released its free-to-enter World Cup Predictor challenge with a top prize of £8,000 to the person who can correctly forecast the successful teams …
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Microgaming has supplied its download casino software to Lucky247. Already powered by Microgaming doe Flash and mobile casino, Lucky274 has launched a download client using Microgaming’s software which is now live for players to enjoy. Graeme Harker, CEO of Lucky 247.com, commented: “We are constantly striving to offer the best possible player experience across all platforms and always looking for …
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The Irish based betting exchange BETDAQ has become the first live UK B2B partner of pool betting operator Colossus Bets, winner of the Betting on Football Best Innovation Award. Colossus Bets gives customers the opportunity to win up to £10,000,000 by giving the correct scores in seven selected matches offered weekly and is the World’s biggest bet. There are several …
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LBO operator Coral has launched Betradar‘s Live Channel for retail betting in its shops. The bookmaker has already implemented the live sports channel in over 100 shops across the country with the intention to rollout 1,000 shops within 12 months. Olly Raeburn, Coral’s Marketing Director said: “We’re delighted to be adding the Betradar Live channel to the Coral proposition as …
Read More »Spam and blackhat marketing tactics and strategies have garnered a bad reputation, but where do they stand in today’s igaming marketing arc and why are these practices misunderstood? Team SBC caught up with IrishWonder and 90 Digital’s SEO and Marketing scientist Julia Logan to discuss black marketing practices and their effects and impacts on igaming operators. Julia Logan a.k.a. IrishWonder …
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Federbet, the Belgian-based integrity body which claimed last season 110 matches were identified as having been fixed, with suspicions over a further 350, has been widely criticised by both sporting and gambling organisations. French regulator ARJEL issued a joint statement with the French Football League (LFP) decrying the claims. It said: “ARJEL and LFP cannot agree with the statements that …
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