In the build up to this summer’s UEFA EURO 2016 championships, BetVictor has announced the launch of its multi-content UK campaign promoting its ‘Million Pound Goal’ competition. The operator has guaranteed it will give away a total of £1,000,000 to the customer who correctly predicts, or is closest to correctly predicting, the minute and scorer of the opening goal in the …
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Daniel Graetzer – Mediatech Solutions – Building effective international expansion…
Daniel Graetzer Executive Director of Mediatech Solutions speaks to SBC on the realities of creating industry platform services and provisions for effective international expansion. Focusing on delivering a tailored product for each individual market, Mediatech Solutions has won a number of new international clients. Graetzer who heads up strategy for the platform provider details what core factors stakeholders must asses when delivering gambling services to new and developing markets. __________________________________ SBC: …
Read More »Chris Waddle joins bettingexpert for launch of live betting app
Leading sports betting player portal bettingexpert.com has signed former England, Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield Wednesday star Chris Waddle as a brand ambassador and in-play tipster, to launch and promote its revolutionary bettingexpert LIVE app. bettingexpert’s LIVE app helps punters discover the best in-play tips before easily placing bets through an integration with leading bookmaker bet365. Waddle will be delivering tips via his own …
Read More »1000th employee joins Sky Betting & Gaming
Sky Betting & Gaming have announced that they have reached a milestone of 1,000 employees by hiring Software Engineer Nándor Szentpéteri, who joins the company’s Gaming Tribe. The announcement comes after record expansion across the last 5 months. The growth follows a 36% rise in revenue to £247m posted in the 12-months to June 2015, with further positive results anticipated …
Read More »Mondogoal Championship winner nets £15,000 on final EPL weekend
Daily fantasy sports operator Mondogoal ran a major competition to cap off the end of the 2015/16 Premier League season with one player walking away with £15,000 after triumphing in the Mondogoal Championship. A total prize pool of £50,000 was up for grabs with second and third placed players taking home £7500 and £3750 respectively. The eventual postponement of the …
Read More »Schalke 04 enters esports by way of LoL team Elements
Schalke 04 has become the latest major football side to embrace the world of esports but it’s gone about it a far more dedicated way by taking over League of Legends team Elements. Moritz Beckers-Schwarz, chairman of the board at FC Schalke 04 Arena Management GmbH said: “We have noticed that the level of professionalism in esports has continued to …
Read More »SDB strengthens team with Graham Martin appointment
Graham Martin has joined the board of SDB Games, a popular skill games developer quickly gaining market share. Martin is a third generation bookmaker who founded Bonne Terre Limited, which eventually evolved into Sky Bet, one of Europe’s largest and most successful online gaming companies. Martin is joining SDB as a Non-Executive Director. He commented: “SDB games has several USPs which make the company an attractive proposition. It has developed a new generation of no …
Read More »BetConstruct adds Habanero games to its casino suite
Major industry supplier BetConstruct has bolstered its casino offering with the addition of content from slots and table games provider Habanero. Habanero is to supply BetConstruct with its full suite of casino games, consisting of 60 plus slots, six table games, and 10 video poker titles. These will now be available via desktop and mobile devices to customers of the sport …
Read More »Giving content marketing a spin for online casino brands
Content marketing is hugely successful in the sports betting sector, but can it work in the same way for casino games? Scott Longley investigates. Casino occupies a curious position within the online gambling universe. While all the evidence shows that the category of gaming is by far the largest vertical in revenue terms, it remains a product which to a degree …
Read More »Coral suspends bets on Hiddlestone to be next Bond
Coral has suspended betting on Tom Hiddlestone, star of BBC drama The Night Manager and Loki in Thor, to be named as the next James Bond. There has been much speculation about who’ll replace Daniel Craig with a number of big names being thrown around. A great increase in betting activity on Hiddlestone this weekend though prompted Coral to first …
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