Freelance sports trader Alan Thompson has proved himself ahead of the World Cup by winning the Onside Analysis World Cup Quiz, run in conjunction with SBC News. Thompson answered all the questions correctly and won a World Cup Trading Pack developed by Onside Analysis, the specialist in football performance and data analysis. Thompson said: “The pack is excellent, a quality …
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BetVictor pulls out of Sun Bets partnership
BetVictor’s new management brought in under new sole owner Michael Tabor have terminated its negotiations with the UK’s Sun newspaper. BetVictor will choose to re-focus its energies on re-structuring company operations under new management, having been acquired by Tabor’s investment vehicle last May. The operator had agreed to partner with the Sun newspaper, in order to provide a white label …
Read More »32Red re-launches sports betting product with Kambi
Igaming operator 32Red is set to revamp its sports betting offering, after soft-launching its Kambi Sports Solutions sport betting platform. 32Red Sport has been re-launched in time for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. 32Red will target new and existing sports betting customers with a set of World Cup promotions. Furthermore the new sport betting product will be promoted through the …
Read More »Barry Martin – Bringing 666Bet to life
Team SBC caught up with Barry Martin, CEO of 666Bet.com, the former founder of London’s first ever live poker club – the Gutshot Poker Club, Barry Martin is not afraid of facing new challenges, fresh from launching 666bet’s offer of 1966/1 on England winning the World Cup, Barry talks to SBC about his future hopes for the 666Bet brand and its operations. …
Read More »Bally buys social operator Dragonplay for US$100m
Bally Technologies, Inc is to spend up to US$100m acquiring Dragonplay Ltd, the online social casino company headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with top-grossing applications for Android, as well as a significant presence on Facebook and Apple iOS. Launched in 2010, Dragonplay ranks among the 10 top-grossing game developers in the social casino genre with approximately 700,000 daily active users (DAU) …
Read More »Bettingexpert offers £8k prize for World Cup predictions
World Cup experts are being given the opportunity to win over £8,000 (€10,000) if they can correctly predict the outcome of Brazil 2014. bettingexpert.com, one of Europe’s largest media portals for sports betting and igaming enthusiasts, has released its free-to-enter World Cup Predictor challenge with a top prize of £8,000 to the person who can correctly forecast the successful teams …
Read More »Microgaming gets Lucky247
Microgaming has supplied its download casino software to Lucky247. Already powered by Microgaming doe Flash and mobile casino, Lucky274 has launched a download client using Microgaming’s software which is now live for players to enjoy. Graeme Harker, CEO of Lucky 247.com, commented: “We are constantly striving to offer the best possible player experience across all platforms and always looking for …
Read More »BETDAQ integrates Colossus Bets pools
The Irish based betting exchange BETDAQ has become the first live UK B2B partner of pool betting operator Colossus Bets, winner of the Betting on Football Best Innovation Award. Colossus Bets gives customers the opportunity to win up to £10,000,000 by giving the correct scores in seven selected matches offered weekly and is the World’s biggest bet. There are several …
Read More »Coral installs Betradar’s Live Channel
LBO operator Coral has launched Betradar‘s Live Channel for retail betting in its shops. The bookmaker has already implemented the live sports channel in over 100 shops across the country with the intention to rollout 1,000 shops within 12 months. Olly Raeburn, Coral’s Marketing Director said: “We’re delighted to be adding the Betradar Live channel to the Coral proposition as …
Read More »Federbet criticised over match fixing claims
Federbet, the Belgian-based integrity body which claimed last season 110 matches were identified as having been fixed, with suspicions over a further 350, has been widely criticised by both sporting and gambling organisations. French regulator ARJEL issued a joint statement with the French Football League (LFP) decrying the claims. It said: “ARJEL and LFP cannot agree with the statements that …
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