Craig Davies

Craig Davies is a writing enthusiast who joined SBC in September 2017, following years spent in the news and sport sectors of Journalism, in addition to a significant period of time travelling.During his time at the University of Central Lancashire, Craig grasped every opportunity he could to gain experience writing on a plethora of sports. Culminating in a year spent working for The Lancashire Telegraph at Blackburn Rovers during the, then Premier League side’s, 2009/10 season.Upon graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism, he began working for the Tameside Reporter, a regional title, where his primary duty was news, however, it quickly turned into something of a joint role with sports incorporated into the mix.After the newspaper entered administration Craig began doing freelance work for a number of websites in several different fields, before donning a backpack for a two year stay in Australia and South Eastern Asia. Short story writing as he ambled from place to place.Eventually all roads led to home, and his position as a Journalist for SBC.

“Fighting the scourge of betting-related corruption” with the TIU

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Integrity quite rightfully remains a key talking point for sports on a global basis, with the necessity for them to be seen as honest, genuine and clean coming with a plethora of benefits. One such example is tennis, where the International Tennis Federation (ITF) recently agreed a fresh deal with Sportradar, designed to monitor betting patterns on in excess of …

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SBTech teams with Danske Spil for Youbet.dk launch

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SBTech’s full platform solution is to utilised by Youbet, the latest brand launched by Danish state lottery Danske Spil. Set to complement the firm’s current online sports betting and casino offerings, the new site is to target “fresh sports betting demographics” whilst including a “best-of-breed casino hub,” set to encapsulate in excess of 1,000 titles, as well as live casino …

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Anthony Joshua “currently the sport’s biggest player”

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Two unbeaten fighters with mightily impressive knockout records take centre stage in Cardiff’s Principality Stadium this weekend, with the world watching with bated breath as one record crumbles to dust. Britain’s Anthony Joshua, with 20 wins from 20 fights and a perfect 100% KO record, faces off against Joseph Parker, with the New Zealander unbeaten in his 24 fights, 18 …

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BetBright to bring on-board Metric Gaming’s golf solution

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Metric Gaming has agreed a fresh partnership, that is to see the firm supply its golf pricing solution to digital entertainment and sports betting company BetBright. The sports betting technology, software and services organisation details that its service “offers operators the chance to differentiate themselves from rivals in an increasingly competitive market”. Giving customers access to a broad selection of …

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Sky Bet fined £1m by UKGC for social responsibility failures

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Sky Bet is to pay a £1m penalty package for failing to protect vulnerable customers, the Gambling Commission has stated. The regulatory body has detailed that the failures relate to customers who had self excluded from gambling, highlighting three key weaknesses in Sky Bet’s self exclusion scheme, meaning that: 736 self-excluded customers were able to open and use duplicate accounts …

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Play Fair Code strengthens Austrian sporting practices with Sportradar

SBC News Play Fair Code strengthens Austrian sporting practices with Sportradar

The Austrian Play Fair Code (PFC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sportradar, designed to bring a multitude of benefits to its many stakeholders. Amongst those are the exchange on knowledge and best practices focussed towards education and prevention, which is to aid the strategic objective of fighting corruption across all forms of sport, both within Austria and on …

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Matched betting services link-up giving members dual benefits

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MatchedBets.com and ProfitSquad.co.uk have joined forces, allowing members of each matched betting service to benefit from the features of each. Launched in 2016 and 2015 respectively, MatchedBets and Profit Squad offer thousands of members the chance to generate profit from the process of matched betting, with users now able to maximise those by utilising guides, tools and resources of the …

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BetBright signs up for Betradar’s Managed Trading Services

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Betradar has announced a fresh partnership with BetBright, that is to see the online bookmakers utilise its Managed Trading Services (MTS) division. Under the terms of the agreement, Betradar is to engage in “selective trading” in key sports for the Dublin based operator. Marcus Brennan, BetBright Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, added: “We have worked closely with Sportradar through data …

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