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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SBTech-powered Portuguese sports betting operator Bet.PT has announced the launch of a range of casino slots and table games supplied by iSoftBet. Bet.PT’s journey from start-up to being the Portuguese market’s biggest sports betting operator has been driven by technology from SBTech, the first and still the only B2B provider to supply a licensed sportsbook in the Portuguese regulated market. …
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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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Jeevan Jeyaratnam, a partner at Super Soccer Oddsfeed, says he is concerned by the approach of the biggest clubs to the FA Cup, the world’s oldest cup competition. There were a number of high profile ‘shocks’ in last weekend’s FA Cup 4th round. Is this just the ‘magic’ of the FA Cup, where the unlikely becomes more likely due 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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Analysts are forecasting problems for the betting industry after a report by a group of British MPs recommended that the maximum stake on the controversial Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) found in betting shops should be reduced from £100 to £2. The bookmakers have already lambasted the report, and the MPs behind it, but the market has noticed comments by …
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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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SBC will be exhibiting at ICE Totally Gaming 2017 from 7-9 February. Here’s five reasons why you should make stopping off at stand SD2-C&D a key part of your first day schedule: Meet our bigger and better team in 2017 SBC Founder Rasmus Sojmark cited the company’s ability to attract ‘high quality personnel’ after announcing the appointment of Neil Judson …
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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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