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SBC Events has signed up a quartet of industry big hitters for a hotly anticipated Betting on Football 2017 session on the future of the trading floor in sports betting. Christopher Langeland, Managing Director of GIG subsidiary BettingCloud, GVC Holdings Group Trading & B2B Director Jim Humberstone, Betradar Managing Director MTS Paolo Personeni ‎and Danske Spil Head of Sportsbook Jens Nielsen will …

For Conor White, Marketing Communications Manager at BetBright, it was a case of the wrong horses coming up trumps in the Tipster Challenge at Sedgefield. Both White and the experts from Timeform collected 3.62 points from a trio of short price winners in Hint of Grey (13/8), Whitsundays (11/8) and Bordeaux Bill (8/13). Meanwhile, bettingexpert horse racing guru Stephen Harris …

Having triggered Article 50 which begins the process of withdrawal from the European Union, the UK now enters an unprecedented cycle in its politics, with Brexit negotiations likely to dominate all political agenda and discussion. Following PM Theresa May’s official triggering of Article 50 on the 29 March, all bookmakers have updated their respective political markets as the Conservative government …

SBC caught up with Valery Bollier of Oulala, a daily fantasy sports company sponsoring Betting on Football 2017 (3-5 May). We had a chat about why football matters to their business, why they’ve moved to sponsor Betting on Football this year and which parts of the Stamford Bridge conference agenda he is most looking forward to. SBC: Why is football important to your organisation? Valery: …

BetBright’s Conor White has adopted a bold approach in the Tipster Challenge at Sedgefield, by taking on several short price favourites in a bid to challenge the leaders. The Marketing Manager for the Irish operator has gone against the likes of Jac The Legend and Crackdeloust, preferring to take a chance on relative outsiders such as Shake It Up and Bollin …

Commissioned by industry charity GambleAware, a study of industry ‘self-exclusion’ practices carried out by Chrysalis Research has found that consumer protection schemes are proving to be effective at stop problem gambling. The evaluation of ‘Multi Operator Self Exclusion Scheme’ (“MOSES”) for UK licensed betting shops has detailed that 83% of users researched found industry practices effective in reducing or stopping …

JackpotJoy Plc has posted impressive growth figures in its maiden results on the London Stock Exchange after the online operator’s move from Toronto and rebranding from the Intertain name. The firm has announced strong group financial performance on a like-for-like basis with revenue growth of 15% and adjusted EBITDA growth of 19%, with record cash generation for the year in the …

Presenting a forward-looking statement to investors, Ladbrokes Coral CEO Jim Mullen states that his firm’s executive team must now match its enlarged revenue generating capabilities with market-leading operational efficiencies, in order for the FTSE enterprise to reach its optimal value. Speaking 150 days since officially completing the merger of Ladbrokes Coral, Mullen detailed that 120 senior executives had been presented …

SBC caught up with Simon Westbury, Managing Director for Betting on Football 2017 (3-5 May) sponsor VSoftCo, to discuss his company’s approach to virtual sports betting, why he was attracted to the event and which parts of the Stamford Bridge conference agenda he is most looking forward to. SBC: Having also sponsored last year’s Betting on Sports conference, what is …

EveryMatrix has completed a €4.3 million strategic investment round and appointed Norbert Teufelberger, former CEO of bwin, as its new Chairman. The company has widened its shareholder base by completing the private strategic investment round with Strawberry Capital, a large Norwegian fund owned by Petter Stordalen. In his new role as non-executive Chairman of the board, Teufelberger will assist with the …