Europe

Olybet – Granted Gaming Licence in Lithuania

Last Friday the 13th of December 2013, Olympic Entertainment Group, the holding company of Olybet sports betting brand was granted a sports betting and gaming license allowing the operator to offer and promote gaming products to Lithuania citizens. Olybet are set to target the region by opening sports betting cafes and offering customer sports betting services online Olympic Entertainment Group, …

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Sportradar Acquire Spengler Cup & WAFF Football Championship

Sportradar  supplier of sports and betting-related data, is pleased to announce the agreement to further extend its media rights portfolio with the Spengler Cup 2013 and the 8th WAFF Football Championship for men. The new contract guarantees interesting live sports content for retail betting shops throughout the Christmas holidays. The acquired media rights packages will be distributed on the Live …

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Freebets.com – bet365 Best in November for Money Back Promotions

SBC News Freebets.com - bet365 Best in November for Money Back Promotions

Leading affiliate site FREEBETS.com has released its monthly money-back offers report and the in-depth market analysis from the team has placed bet365 top for money-back offers in November. In addition the Stoke-based bookmaker took top place in its monthly compilation of the best single money-back offers. It’s the second time in seven months since FREEBETS.com started conducting its research that bet365 have …

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Easyodds.com Launch New Website

SBC News Easyodds.com Launch New Website

Sports betting odds comparison portal – Easyodds.com has undergone a website redesign to better showcase odds and engage customers looking for the best value in sports betting. Easyodds.com website redesign is part of the company’s new strategy to build a vibrant brand’ ahead of new product launches in 2014. New features include – new layout, and easier navigation to popular markets. …

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SBC Talks ‘Easy Business’ With Isle of Man Egaming Manager- Ray Davies

SBC Business Correspondent Mark McGuinness met up with Ray Davies for a coffee and croissant. Ray is the Egaming Development Manager at the Department of Economic Development for the Isle of Man Government. Mark McGuinness catches up with Ray to discuss 2014 big issues, and how the Isle of Man Government is gearing to tackle new regulations and new technologies …

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Betradar Integrate Virtual Football League

Provider of sports betting technology for the online gaming industry, Offsidegaming have today announced its deal with Betradar to integrate its Virtual Football League (VFL). Betradar is a brand of Sportradar, one of the world’s leading supplier of sports and betting related data. The agreement will see Offsidegaming adding the VFL to its comprehensive suite of gaming products, using the …

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Betfair Publish Positive Net Earnings for Q3 2013

SBC News Betfair Publish Positive Net Earnings for Q3 2013

iGaming operator Betfair published Q3 2013 performance reports, figures saw Betfair report increased earnings despite a decline on revenue. The London stock exchanged listed operator reported that company revenues had dropped by 6% o £188m (€227m/$308m) for the six month period leading to October 2013. Decline in gaming revenues was attributed to Betfair withdrawing operations and marketing from Greece and Germany …

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Offside Gaming Partner with Parlay Games

Leading sports book technology provider, Offside Gaming has today announced that it has signed an agreement with Parlay Games to provide a new bingo network for the LATAM market. This exclusive new deal between Offsidegaming and Parlay Games will see a unique standalone bingo network created and customised for the Latin American market; this is another step towards Offsidegaming increasing its …

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Paddy Power Hit By Negative Sporting Results

SBC News Paddy Power Hit By Negative Sporting Results

Gaming operator  Paddy Power announced that it expected full year operating profit to be about €11 million lower than its forecast  target set three months ago, the lowered profit revenues were caused due to nfavourable soccer and horse racing results. Paddy Power who had commenced 2013 with an operating profit increase of 12 per cent to €75.4 million in the …

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Ladbrokes Chairman Buys £50,000 of Company Shares

SBC News Ladbrokes Chairman Buys £50,000 of Company Shares

Ladbrokes Chairman – Peter Erskine spent £50,000 of his own personal money, in a bid to calm company and market fears of another Ladbrokes Profit warning. Ladbrokes have so far announced four profit warnings, stating the company will not hit yearly financial targets. According to UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph, rumors of a fifth  profit warning began to circulate after …

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