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Christoffer Ødegården, Bojoko: meeting the growing demands of the Canadian market

SBC News Christoffer Ødegården, Bojoko: meeting the growing demands of the Canadian market

With a population of more than 38 million people, the Canadian market holds a wealth of potential for casino companies looking to expand their international footprint. But as more operators flood into the market, it becomes increasingly difficult for players to choose who to gamble with. This is where Bojoko comes in. Christoffer Ødegården, Head of Casino at Bojoko, spoke …

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BetConstruct: Receiving a Danish licence gives us a “sublime advantage”

Danish Gambling Committee

BetConstruct has made its entry into the Danish market after receiving a new licence from Spillemyndigheden, the country’s gambling regulator.  The licence means that BetConstruct will be able to offer its online casino games, sports betting and live casino products as well as retail solutions for betting shops to operators across Denmark.  In a statement, BetConstruct said: “Obtaining a licence …

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Bayes Esports & BLAST Premier: bringing CS:GO content to a wider audience

SBC News Bayes Esports & BLAST Premier: bringing CS:GO content to a wider audience

As of late, Bayes Esports has been expanding its data portfolio to include some of the leading esports events and tournaments – one such partnership has been with BLAST Premier, a league that specialises in delivering Counter-Strike: Global Offensive content. Discussing this new collaboration, Bayes Esports Senior Director Public Relations Prof. Dr. Susanne Ardisson and VP Distribution & Programming at …

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BetConstruct: unpacking the requirements for a new gambling business

SBC News BetConstruct: unpacking the requirements for a new gambling business

Setting up an online gambling business comes with its own unique array of challenges, whether that be branding, licensing or even product development.  In the latest edition of BetConstruct’s ‘back to basics’ series addressing all things gambling, we take a look at seven key criteria that must be met when setting up a new online gambling business – and, more …

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Sportradar snaps up new ad:s integration via Snapchat launch

Snapchat

Sportradar is helping betting operators to tap into new audiences across social media by integrating its ad:s technology into the Snapchat platform.  The integration will enable sports betting operators to “engage and acquire customers” via Sportradar’s paid social media advertising service, which includes a range of campaign management tools, performance optimisation measurements as well as “automated creative production featuring the …

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One year on: how igaming companies are supporting on-the-ground initiatives in Ukraine

SBC News One year on: how igaming companies are supporting on-the-ground initiatives in Ukraine

In the last 12 months, we have seen many companies commit to supporting on-the-ground charities and initiatives in Ukraine that deliver funding, humanitarian aid and essential services to those affected by the conflict. Igaming companies have been no exception to this. In part four of our roundtable series led by the Bet on Good Foundation, industry experts discuss some of …

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SOFTSWISS saves partners €16m in fraud prevention activities

SBC News SOFTSWISS saves partners €16m in fraud prevention activities

SOFTSWISS’ Anti-Fraud team processed close to 62,000 requests in 2022, saving its operator partners close to €16m over the course of the year. The number of requests processed is a 53% increase on the year previously. SOFTSWISS noted that in Q4 of 2022, the money saved “almost doubled against Q1 2022, showing impressive growth at 88%”. Ilya Nesterau, Anti-Fraud Team …

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Maria Mashchenko: delivering BETER products to next-gen players

Maria Mashchenko, BETER

Maria Mashchenko’s story is one of professional success and key leadership. Having been BETER’s COO for the last two years, she has recently been promoted to general manager of the BETER Sports vertical, using her talent and expertise to drive BETER to even greater heights and firming up its position as an industry leader with the igaming sector. Maschenko has …

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Computacenter and Pure Storage: leading the race for multi-cloud adoption

SBC News Computacenter and Pure Storage: leading the race for multi-cloud adoption

Formula 1 and multi-cloud services are two things that, on first thought, may not possess too many similarities. However, there are a lot of lessons that the gambling industry can learn from motorsport – particularly when it comes to the role that multi-cloud infrastructure plays in keeping a gambling operator in “pole position”, especially around major sporting events. In the …

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BetConstruct: acquisition is important but retention is the difficult task

SBC News BetConstruct: acquisition is important but retention is the difficult task

Acquiring players has become a big focus for many betting and gaming companies over the last few years. But what good is attracting a player to come and gamble on your site without ensuring that you have a strong retention strategy in place? From a financial perspective, retaining existing players is much more cost-effective than acquiring new ones. So it …

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