As 2015 comes to a close SBC caught up with Jeevan Jeyaratnam to pick his brain over all the goings on across the industry over the past year, as well as predictions for the next. Jeevan is a senior trader and odds compiler for Super Soccer Oddsfeed. SBC: What industry development caught your eye this year? Jeevan: Elaborated on further down, it …

Gaming and software developer Yggdrasil Gaming has been awarded the necessary licences by the UK Gambling Commission to enable the firm to offer its services to British residents. Yggdrasil has recently extended its offerings across Europe with a host of deals signed in the latter part of this year. The firm has offices in both Malta and Poland, and will look …

The verified status on Twitter is exclusively reserved for key figures across major industries. Despite maintaining a huge audience and accounting for some of the most engaged userbases on the platform, Twitter has been reluctant to verify any eSports figures except for a very select few. Players from the teams Cloud9 and Team SoloMid were verified earlier this week, and the …

The League of Legends developer Riot Games has sold the remainder of its shares to major gaming company Tencent. Tencent owns a significant portion of Activision Blizzard in addition to 40% of Epic Games, the Gear of War developer. It also owns shares of other companies such as Miniclip, Glu Mobile and Robot Entertainment. In a statement a spokesperson for Riot Games stated: …

The Football League and its primary sponsor and partner Sky Bet have agreed a new three year title sponsorship deal. Sky Bet has sponsored the League since 2013 and this latest deal will commence in August 2016 and run until at least 2019. It will deliver increased revenue to the 72 clubs throughout the Football League. One change is that due …

Six leading brands have recently gone live with slots games from Yggdrasil Gaming’s portfolio. Deals were recently arranged with BetClic, Expekt and Monte Carlo Casino, three popular European brands which have been delivering casino games for close to 20 years. Three more have now been equipped with Yggdrasil’s offerings, these are Casino Heroes, Sunmaker and Kaboo. Fredrik Elmqvist, CEO at Yggdrasil Gaming, said: “Our games …

Paul Petrie, co-founder of Scottish online bookmaker McBookie, takes a look at how the industry developed this year. SBC: What industry development caught your eye this year? Paul: For us Cash-Out has been the most significant development to our business. I know a few bookmakers have had it for a while – although there are some still to incorporate it …

Marathonbet garnered a lot of attention worldwide earlier this year when challenging two older ladies to face one another on FIFA for the first time in order to predict the results of the Premier League’s opening weekend. Having recovered from the initial session, the two gaming ‘mums’ are back this with a Christmas themed FIFA play date – this time …

MRG Systems has developed a new system that gives bookmakers more control over what information to promote to their customers. The Summary Screen has been developed as the next generation of MRG’s popular All-in-One display screen and allows bookmakers the flexibility to choose which meetings get priority in their shops. The Summary Screen is the latest version of a digital …

Jorn Starck has been appointed as the new Executive Director of regulator Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC). Starck replaces the outgoing Andre Wilsenach, who’s left the AGCC for an academic role at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Starck is currently the AGCC Director of Regulatory Operations, a position he’s held since 2014 having been promoted after he originally joined the AGCC …