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MGS Summit- Live Blog – Emma Crowe ‘Mobile First Thinking’

Mobile marketing expert Emma Crowe VP of Strategy and Planning for Somo Digital explains ‘Mobile First’ thinking and how gambling operators can reach their business and operational objectives. The session focuses on mobile campaign strategies and how they can be merged with mobile consumer trends. Session Summary: Crowe explains why mobile is different to other technologies, innovation in the field …

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MGS – Live Blog – Paul McNea Betfuze – Why Mobile is the New King!

Paul McNea gives the MGS Summit audience insight into what is driving mobile growth and engagement. With more than £13 billion wagered on mobile devices each year, and global growth of 13% YoY mobile gaming is looking to become king of gaming. McNea looks at trends and what is accelerating growth in the mobile gaming sector, McNea predicts that mobile …

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MGS – Live Blog – Gaming’s Social Revolution

Dara Nasr Head of Agency Sales at Twitter, discusses sports and social trends witnessed on Twitter. Focusing on how the mass public interact and engage with the social tool, Nasr breaks down the drivers and motives of social engagement and public reaction. Nasr gives sports betting and outside industry insights into how Twitter is being used to deliver better communication …

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Opportunities in the Social Club – Rasmus Sojmark Oddslife CEO

There can be little doubt that social casinos and social poker rooms have become hugely popular. While the debate of whether the traffic on these verticals can be turned into higher grossing ‘Real Money Gaming’ players still rages, Sean Ryan from Facebook recently said that the lifetime value of a social casino player was around US$500. It cannot be denied …

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Examining The Debate on Sports Integrity & Regulation of Gaming in Brazil

SBC News Examining The Debate on Sports Integrity & Regulation of Gaming in Brazil

Despite Brazil’s ban on most forms of gambling, betting is a popular pastime amongst Brazilian football-fanatics. The estimated size of the un-licensed sports betting market is unknown, but exponential growth is anticipated during the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016. With an intensified betting activity in an un-licensed and un-monitored environment comes a higher risk of …

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WGES Live Blog – Keynote address: the History & Future of Luck : Is Luck Becoming Obsolete?

SBC News WGES Live Blog - Keynote address: the History & Future of Luck : Is Luck Becoming Obsolete?

SBC WGES Live Blog Wednesday  – Keynote address: the History & Future of Luck : Is Luck Becoming Obsolete? And Where Does this Leave Gaming? Session  – WGES Customers & Strategy -9:00 CET Topic – Keynote Address for Day1 Session Speaker – Kevin Slavin, MIT Labs, TED.com Technology Speaker   Session Summary: In this session popular technology/ E-business expert and self …

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