Europe

Coin Gaming, the operator of bitcoin casino Bitcasino.io, has launched Sportsbet.io, a new bitcoin-only sportsbook ahead of Euro 2016.  The new operator has gone live giving bitcoin users a new option for betting on the sports betting’s biggest gambling event of the year. Euro 2016 is expected to attract the equivalent of at least 1.5m BTC (£465.3m) in bets across the …

10Bet has launched a first ever offline campaign to connect with sports fans during Euro 2016. The campaign, produced in partnership with London agency Jump and media partner AMS, focuses on 10Bet’s hundreds of In-Play markets for over 22,000 live events per month. Comprising TV ads on channels including Eurosport, ITV 2, ITV4 and More4, amongst others, plus radio slots …

Updating the market sports betting platform provider Kambi and key client 32Red Plc have confirmed a partnership extension. The extension of services sees 32Red continue its sports betting platform agreement with Kambi which was first signed in April 2014. The partnership saw London AIM-listed 32Red relaunch its sports betting offering ’32Red Sports’, with company governance stating that the company was …

Realistic Games furthers its casino content partnership with Gibraltar-based operator BetVictor announcing the launch of its exclusive ‘Million Pound Goal’ slot in time for Euro 2016 (10 June – 10 July). A key feature of BetVictor’s ongoing UK summer marketing campaign ‘Million Pound Goal’ competition, which will see the firm give away a guaranteed £1,000,000 to the customer who correctly …

German trade association for the sports betting industry Deutsche Sportwettenverband (DSWV) has strengthened its governance by appointing Dr Bastian Scholz to the new position of Policy Advisor. Scholz an expert in German national public policy has undertaken numerous research projects for political party Christian Democratic Union (CDU).  Scholz further holds a doctorate from specialist engineering university ’ Technische Chemnitz’ and …

Curacao and Malta-licensed online sports betting operator Pinnacle Sports has undertaken full corporate rebrand to ‘Pinnacle’. The rebrand follows this March’s news that Pinnacle Sports had purchased the URL domain www.Pinnacle.com from a Phoenix-based electronic components manufacturer for an undisclosed sum. Updating the market, Pinnacle leadership stated that it had launched “a new contemporary brand architecture and dynamic design style that …

Neale Deeley Managing Director of Gaming at Betradar details to SBC readers the fast yet understated growth of Virtual Sports content for betting operators. With ‘Virtuals’ becoming a more important market vertical within sports betting, Deeley sheds insight on product development for new client demands, adopting Virtual Sports strategies and future market impacts. ____________________________ SBC: Neale great to interview you, …

Previous members of the ‘Guests’ will be thankful for the performance of Ladbrokes’ Jessica Bridge at Nottingham, as she took the team to the top of the Tipster Challenge table for the first time in 6 weeks with a 7/1 win on the unfancied Aristocles. Across the 7 races, there were only 4 total wins for our experts, as bettingexpert drew …

Paul Turner has today been named as Head of Sporting Index, promoted to the newly created role from his post as Marketing Director for the London-based spread betting firm. Turner has been with the company for over three years and was originally appointed as Head of Marketing of Sporting Index Group, which also encompasses the B2B trading services arm Sporting Solutions, …