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“The right tool for the job” is a popular adage in the online betting industry, writes Erlang Solutions CEO Stuart Whitfield. In seven years at Erlang, I’ve learned that there are three key reasons why Erlang and Elixir are often the right tool for the job in online gambling and betting: superior concurrency, scalability, and reliability. bet365 has more than …

Betcart.com, the leading sportsbook brand in the BCourt Group, has agreed a multi-year deal to become the Official Betting Partner for Real Madrid C.F. Dave Gal, CEO for Betcart, has credited this year’s Betting on Football conference at Stamford Bridge with providing the platform to negotiate a “landmark deal” with the now 12-time European champions. The operator will get “significant …

The UK Labour Party is expected to announce plans for a compulsory industry levy, which will fund the treatment of problem gambling. UK media reports that the levy plan is being spearheaded by Labour Deputy Leader Tom Watson, who will unveil the policy later today during his Labour 2017 Party Conference speech in Brighton. Under Watson’s plans, a compulsory gambling …

A full schedule of English Premier League football this Saturday gave bookmakers a severe battering as seven out of eight market favourites won their respective matches. Bookmakers have detailed to SBC that they are still counting the cost of ‘EPL Game Week 6’ (23-25 September), as punters cashed-in on heavily backed favourites Tottenham, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United. …

eSports centric betting platform supplier UltraPlay has moved to restructure its senior management team, confirming the promotion of Mario Ovcharov to the position of Chief Commercial Officer (CCO).   Ovcharov who has been a key stakeholder for the platform developer since 2014, is promoted as commercial lead having served as UltraPlay’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) since 2015.   As new …

Endemol Shine Group and Black Cow Technology are to launch Playzido, a new B2B games platform. The open platform will utilise Black Cow’s new OGA software, and will feature premium games from Endemol Shine Gaming in addition to selected content from other suppliers. Playzido will supply a remote gaming server to real money and social gaming operators. Owain Walbyoff, Managing …

Golden Race has chosen Las Vegas, “the city of casinos par excellence”, as the place to introduce its new competition games to the sports betting and gaming industry. The virtual sports supplier, a Gold sponsor at the recent Betting on Sports conference, will be showcasing its new American Football and 3×3 Basketball products at next month’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E) …

Industry games developer Pragmatic Play continues to strengthen its senior management team confirming the appointment of Victoria Bonner as its new Head of Marketing. A seasoned industry marketer, Bonner joins Pragmatic Play from Malta-based competitor NetEnt AB where she acted as lead Events Manager (2016 – 2017). As new Head of Marketing, Bonner will now lead Pragmatic Play industry communications, …

The Mail on Sunday has revealed that Nigel Farage may return to UK politics by launching a new UKIP ‘breakaway party’, should the controversial anti-Islam campaigner Anne-Marie Waters win the party’s leadership. Farage states that ‘UKIP would be finished’ should current bookies’ 10/11 favourite Waters become the leader of the hard-line conservative and anti-EU party. Updating its UK political markets, Paddy …

Nominations have been flying in for this year’s SBC Awards, sponsored by OPTIMA, which takes place on Tuesday 5 December at the stunning Artillery Garden in central London. The fourth edition of this event, designed to recognise excellence across the sports betting industry, will be centred around the presentation of 11 Operator/Affiliate awards and 17 Supplier awards. The process of …