A high impact TV campaign on the risks of gambling and how to stay in control starts on Friday, 23 January. The £2m campaign from the Senet Group, the new gambling marketing and industry watchdog. The TV Campaign branded ‘WHEN THE FUN STOPS, STOP’ aims to raise awareness and detection of problem gambling and its causes. The Senet Group campaign …

Former NordicBet (Betsson Group) Managing Director Neill Garfield has been appointed new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Boylesports, as the Irish operator looks to expand its presence in the UK betting and igaming sector. Garfield has begun work at Boylesports Dundalk Irish headquarters, but is expected to relocate to Boylesports new Gibraltar offices, where he will focus on the operator’s …

Inspired Gaming Group (Inspired), supplier of SBG Video Lottery and Virtual Sports, today announces that Lee Gregory, Managing Director of the UK, takes responsibility for the whole integrated UK P&L and Dave Hammond has been appointed as SVP of Mobile. Lee Gregory will take responsibility for the whole of the UK market across VLT, Virtual Sports and Mobile. Dave Hammond, …

Bet Advisor Tipster of the Week is  horse racing expert Alec Pearce who SBCNews featured last week. However the Bet Advisor tipster stable has such depth that it can cover any sports betting market. This week we have focused on highlighting basketball tipping as a new NBA season gets under way. So If you want some solid and sound betting …

KPMG has been appointed administrator of failed online spread betting firm Alpari, sponsors of East London football club West Ham United. The spread betting firm closed its operations this week, after it was severely hit by the Swiss Central Bank scrapping its franc’s peg to the euro currency. The decision by the Swiss Central Bank created volatile trading conditions, which …

The LGA – ABB framework developed by the Betting Commission is an opportunity to create a new relationship between councils and the betting industry that helps to ensure councils are confident that their concerns are listened to and acted on. It also aims to reassure the industry that councils recognise their right to be on the high streets. The framework builds …

Corporate research and data specialist Global Reviews ran a number of studies into Digital Marketing Effectiveness, Digital Sales Effectiveness and Mobile Sales Effectiveness of the UK & Ireland Sports Betting industry in 2014. Global Reviews , is a proven data leader at providing Sport Betting Companies with key digital customer insights and trends. In the webinar, recorded on January 8th 2015, Gerard Farrell, …

Technology news source Venturebeat.com have broken the news that King social games and mobile lead developer Tommy Palm has left the company to set up Resolution Games. Tommy Palm is recognised as the social gaming guru who created the Candy Crush Saga, King’s highest grossing game. In its latest quarter the company announced that the 3-match puzzle game had generated …

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) are pleased to announce that they have signed a four-year agreement with sports data specialists Sportradar that will see them become the PSA’s Official Sports Data Partner. Effectively immediately, the agreement will see Sportradar granted the right to distribute all PSA data to the betting and media industry, including data from the Women’s Squash Association …

Manchester United has announced a social gambling partnership with developer KamaGames, bringing branded mobile and online games to the Club’s 659 million global followers. KamaGames is a top tier social games developer and publisher of social games for mobile platforms, Steam, Xbox Live, and Playstation networks. Their total audience for the social games portfolio currently reaches over 70 million users worldwide …