Announcing its first major product release for 2017, Curacao and Malta licensed bookmaker Pinnacle has launched its ‘Betting Resources’ services, with a view of educating its customer base on the market intricacies and complexities of sports betting. The bookmaker aims to create ‘the most comprehensive collection of expert betting advice available anywhere online’ available to betting consumers. The service will …
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The 89th Academy Awards (26 February) awaits Hollywood with every bookmaker placing Damien Chazelle’s ‘La La Land’ as the firm favourite to win Best Picture. Nominated for a record 14 Oscar categories can anyone stop the La La Land juggernaut. Furthermore, will a Hollywood bashing President Donald J Trump dominate the awards’ night speeches and celebrations… SBC’ gets the bookies …
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Justin Helden the CEO & Commercial Director of Fingaming, will be launching the firm’s small form factor betting product, Bildabet, at ICE 2017. A London Baby Sponsor (7 February – Café de Paris Leicester Square), Helden details to SBC readers what topics, debate and discussion 2017’s industry agenda. ____________________ SBC: What new products and services will you be bringing to market in 2017? Justin Helden: …
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A successful Spring Racing Carnival has seen Australia ASX-listed betting and fantasy sports operator TopBetta Holdings (TopBetta) report corporate wagering of AUS $14.5 million (£8.5 million) up 21% quarter on quarter. Issuing a corporate update, TopBetta revealed that the company had seen an all-time 61% high in active player numbers during Q4 2016 (period ending 31 December). TopBetta governance pointed …
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Issuing an industry note, international sports integrity body ESSA has revealed that a total of 131 cases of suspicious betting activity was recorded during 2016. Detailing its report, ESSA governance specified that 41 cases had been recorded during Q4 2016. Tennis dominated 2016 with 103 cases being reported to the Tennis Integrity Unit, followed by football with 16 cases reported to …
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Emmanuel Macron leader of socialist independent party ‘En Marche’ has been priced as 6/4 ‘French 2017 Presidential Election’ market favourite (39% chance of win) by the Betfair exchange. Macron who announced his official candidacy last November has been labelled as the French Left’s best hope at defeating hard-right candidate Marie Le Pen, who is currently Betfair’s third market favourite at …
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Entering a busy commercial period, Thomas De-Bruyné, CEO of Golden Race, details to SBC his why 2017 will be another monumental year for the betting and gaming industries. A London Baby sponsor (7 February – Café de Paris Leicester Square) Golden Race is an award winning supplier of virtual sports and entertainment provisions for the betting sector. Placing best-in-class graphics and visualisation for its …
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Updating the market London-listed Sportech Plc has confirmed the appointment of Andrew Gaughan, President, Sportech Racing // Digital, to its Board as an Executive Director with immediate effect. Gaughan has been a member of Sportech leadership since 2010 leading the significant growth of the firms digital racing products and services within its core US market and in new territories. Further …
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Will Duff Gordon CEO & Founder of Total Performance Data (TPD) wants to bridge the significant data gap between horseracing and bookmakers to bring optimal markets and services to the betting consumer. A horseracing enthusiast, Gordon details to SBC that beyond repairing racing’s damaged relationship with betting stakeholders, the sports now needs to embrace and further its data dynamics through …
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Continuing SBC’s London Baby Ice Breaker series, Laurent Reysbosch Senior Vice President of iGaming at HiPay, details to readers what industry trends and agenda will dominate debate and discussion in 2017 A London Baby sponsor, HiPay are a global payment provider processing more than €2 billon annually across 150 countries and 220 payment type. The firm sets itself apart in the …
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