The dates and venue for the inaugural eGames event has been announced by the International eGames Committee (IEGC). It’ll take place as a two-day pop up on Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th of August at British House, Parque Lage, Rio, Brazil. The event will also be broadcast to esports fans worldwide. Countries from all over the globe have now been invited to battle it …
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Gearing up for this summer’s Euro 2016 championships, Amaya Inc interim CEO Rafi Ashkenazi has detailed that betting subsidiary BetStars will launch its services in Italy and France. Updating Amaya investors, Ashkenazi declared that BetStars further European expansion was ‘imminent’ with the brand ready to launch in Italy and France by the start of Euro 2016 (10 June). Following BetStars …
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The iGaming Super Show is pleased to announce that Marcus Tandler will be the keynote speaker at the Player Acquisition Strategies conference taking place on Thursday 9th June. Marcus Tandler wowed TEDx attendees in Munich when he described the highly complex future of web search in an elegantly simple flurry of slides that created a film-like strip of imagery conveying …
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BetITBest‘s Nico Jansen is interested in discovering the best in people. This week it’s Olly Joshi. Olly Joshi is one of three co-founders at WantMyBet, alongside Will Chapman and Tom Gooday. He is also something of an internet entrepreneur having established the app ‘Gathr’. WantMyBet is a social betting platform aimed at disrupting the industry with an innovative twist on a traditional affiliate model. ____________________________________ Best …
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Following this week’s launch of its nationwide ‘Million Pound Goal’ campaign, Betvictor has announced the appointment of Lars Fulle as its new Head of Marketing. Fulle joins BetVictor from online lottery operator Lottoland where held the senior management position of VP of Online Marketing Announcing Fulle as marketing lead, BetVictor would additionally confirm the appointment of Marla Wisniewska as its …
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Amaya Inc. owned PokerStars has announced a new sponsorship deal with major esports organisation Team Liquid. The terms of the deal will see several Team Liquid pros, including LiquidTLO, introduce poker into their gaming repertoire and showcase online poker to brand new audiences on their Twitch channels. The aim is to demonstrate the similar skills, challenges and competitive elements that poker shares …
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Sportlobster will give fans the chance to win one million Euros this summer as it launches the €1 million Euros Predictor, which challenges consumers to predict the exact outcome of Euro 2016. Competitors will need to predict the 16 teams that will progress from the group stage, including their position, and then the teams progressing from each knock-out game from …
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Yggdrasil Gaming CEO Fredrik Elmqvist discusses the reasoning behind the firm’s huge recruitment drive so far this year as the slot developer pushes across Europe. SBC: Hi Fredrik, it’s a pleasure to interview you. Can you detail to SBC readers the need for your European recruitment drive? Why is this initiative required for Yggdrasil operations? Fredrik Elmqvist: Quite simply because we are growing …
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Battaash provided Stephen Harris with the perfect lift at Bath, as bettingexpert moved back up to 2nd place in the Tipster Challenge table. The 14/1 shot helped them to a week high total of 16.20 points. Meanwhile, SBC News were able to keep the lead after small point wins on Beausant and Sharjah. The experts from Timeform had a similar …
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Addressing executive remuneration at Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) first ever AGM, Chairman Gary McGann stated that the company had implemented a ‘fair, transparent and balanced’ policy. McGann noted concerns on the matter, following 32% of shareholders voting against PPB’s executive pay report at the meeting. PPB’s Chairman stated that the divide stemmed from a change in the new group’s long …
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