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Extending trading capability to improve bookmaker performance

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Paolo Personeni, Managing Director of Managed Trading Services (MTS) for Sportradar (pictured), highlights how capitalising on flexible third-party trading and risk management services will improve business performance for bookmakers. Outsourcing trading and risk management has typically been taboo within our industry, with the assumption that operators that require third-party assistance have an inferior offering compared to others who may do …

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Inside Edge: Is the Champions League taking its toll on domestic football?

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is interviewed by BT Sports Des Kelly before the UEFA Champions League Group D match at Anfield, Liverpool.

With the UEFA Champions League now well underway, Nick Haynes from Form Labs takes a look at whether the condensed fixture list is having an effect on the performance of top flight English football teams. The norm throughout a league season is that there tends to be increasing disparity between the top and bottom of the table as the campaign wears on, …

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Rodchenkov Russian doping expose wins William Hill SBOTY2020 award

SBC News Rodchenkov Russian doping expose wins William Hill SBOTY2020 award

‘The Rodchenkov Affair’, a riveting account of Russia’s state-backed doping programme by whistleblower Dr Grigory Rodchenkov, has won William Hill’s ‘Sports Book of the Year’ (#SBOTY2020) award. William Hill’s judging panel, chaired by The Times sports journalist Alyson Rudd, stated that there was “simply no contest for the top honour given the stunning revelations, captivating narrative and far-reaching effects of …

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Stats Perform scores exclusive EHF betting video rights

Stats Perform scores exclusive EHF betting video rights

Stats Perform will distribute content from the European Handball Federation’s (EHF) premium Club and National Team competitions to licensed sportsbook operators via its Watch&Bet streaming service. As part of the 10-year agreement, Stats Perform will stream more than 500 handball matches per season which will be made available to the data provider’s betting partners. Stats Perform Chief Rights Officer Alex …

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Dominik Beier takes charge of DACH sports agency e|motion

SBC News Dominik Beier takes charge of DACH sports agency e|motion

Dominik Beier, former CEO of Interwetten Sports has joined Vienna-based sports marketing, events and consultancy e|motion Group as new Managing Director. Recognised as sports betting’s youngest CEO, last September Beier (29) resigned as ‘speaker of the board’ of Interwetten, having completed two-years leading the DACH-markets bookmaker. A change of sector sees Beier join e|motion, the sports marketing agency which recently …

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HM Gibraltar places online gambling industry on strict AML orders 

SBC News HM Gibraltar places online gambling industry on strict AML orders 

The HM Government of Gibraltar has imposed fines totalling £2.5 million across its online gambling sector, having identified weak processes and controls related to ensuring AML protections.  The fines shared across the industry follow a ‘thematic review’ undertaken by Gibraltar’s Gambling Division undertaking risk assessment of AML and compliance duties. In its assessment, the Gambling Division noted that operators had …

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CAT takes lead judiciary of UK football data rights dispute

SBC News CAT takes lead judiciary of UK football data rights dispute

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), UK law’s main court for business and economic disputes, has ruled that it will act as the lead judiciary in the data rights and competition infringement claim made by Sportradar against Betgenius and Football DataCo (FDC). As judiciary, the Tribunal has dismissed the applications made by Football DataCo and Betgenius to transfer Sportradar’s ‘competition claim’ …

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BBIN extends reach to Europe through Atletico Madrid deal

Atletico Madrid

BBIN has become the ‘Official iGaming Supplier Partner’ for Atletico Madrid in Asia, as part of a new agreement with the La Liga giants. The two parties will use their image to symbolise ‘that their passion and spirit is building a bridge between Europe and Asia’, according to a statement released by the software supplier. 10-time La Liga winners Atletico …

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How SpilXperten is driving engagement among Denmark’s handball fans

How SpilXperten is driving engagement among Denmark’s handball fans

The first matches of the Women’s European Handball Championship are taking place in Denmark today, and this year’s tournament is already generating a lot of excitement amongst the sport’s fans across the country. In this edition of the Better Collective Spotlight, Toke Parbo – Content Manager at Better Collective – discusses why the sport has become so popular in Denmark …

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Unibet founder Anders Ström ends Kindred chairmanship

SBC News Unibet founder Anders Ström ends Kindred chairmanship

Kindred Group Plc has informed investors that company founder Anders Ström will not seek re-election as Non-Executive Chairman. Lauded as an industry figurehead, in 1997 Ström founded Unibet – Kindred’s original business enterprise – as a telephone betting service to take wagers for Swedish customers Ström issued the following personal statement on his decision not to pursue re-election: “Some years …

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