SBC begins the week by speaking to Simon Westbury Director of Sales for VSoftCo Ltd on virtual gaming’s presence within betting services inventory framework. VSoftCo Ltd is a specialist software development company in the global virtual sports market. Over the past 5 years, the company has developed a highly sophisticated suite of products, largely focused on virtual football. Westbury gives …
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A week after the country discovered that its next government was a Conservative majority one, independent consultant Warren Lush takes a look at how the election campaign played out for bookmakers. The dust has now settled on the UK 2015 General Election…well I suppose you could say that! How did the bookmakers fair and which companies can claim the campaign …
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Customers of the beleaguered Metro Play Ltd, owner of the 666Bet brand, have been given until 24 May to make withdrawal requests from their account or risk losing their money altogether. A statement from the firm said: “We have made arrangements to enable our customers to withdraw outstanding balances from their accounts with www.metroplay.com and www.666bet.com. All withdrawal requests made …
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Over 60 countries around the world license online casinos, the US is the worst country for gamblers, and 56 percent of the world’s population faces some form of online gambling ban, but ordinary players are not penalised in most cases. These are the main findings of a research project into online gambling access, by affiliate KeyToCasino. Looking at sources in …
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The shortlists have been announced for EGR B2B Awards and Random Consulting, an independent firm dedicated to adding value to a wide range of companies in the global betting and gaming industry, has been nominated as a finalist in three of the most notable Services Categories Corporate Services Provider Marketing and PR Provider Services Rising Star Random Consulting’s lead partners …
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Marc Pedersen, SBC News Affiliate Correspondent and Head of Sales at Better Collective, recently attended the industry’s two igaming shows in the US – Igaming North America and GIGSE. Here’s what he found out. What did you discover about the potential, or not, for sports betting in the US market going forward? Two major topics came to mind. One is …
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Super affiliate bettingexpert.com has seen its records broken again in a bumper April for the tipping network. The website, which is available in ten different languages across Europe, saw its ‘tipster army’ community post 108,378 tips during the month – equating to 2.5 tips every minute. Underlining the strength of bettingexpert’s tipping community, an unbelievable 53,924 of these were winning …
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SBC News and Asia Gaming Brief are excited to announce our next gaming industry networking party in Manila! Our parties have by now garnered a reputation as the best networking events for our industry in Asia and we are delighted to once again invite you to the stunning 71 Gramercy rooftop lounge in Makati, where key decision makers and industry …
Read More »Tomorrow sees one of the closest UK General Elections for 40 years and it feels like a pivotal one for the gambling industry. None of the outcomes are good for our sector, just varying degrees of how bad the impact is going to be on us. Given the long run up to the election, the campaigning parties have not touched …
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Polls have become the main feature of this General Election, but the betting markets are also gaining more prominence than in previous elections. With more access to information than ever before, the public are also expected to make more informed decisions when it comes to placing their bets on who will be leading the country on 8th May, or at least …
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