Justin Helden is the CEO & Commercial Director of Fingaming, who are launching their small form factor betting product, Bildabet, at ICE 2017. With less than two weeks to go, we took the time to find out about the Fingaming plans for the London-based conference, and Helden’s memories of ICE conferences gone by. How I prepare for ICE JH: Pre-ICE I’m usually arranging …
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Following yesterday’s decision by the UK Supreme Court that the UK government cannot trigger Article 50 without the consent of Parliament, bookmaker William Hill has lengthened its odds on the UK beginning its EU exit negotiations’ before the end of March, the target date specified by Prime Minister Theresa May. Updating its ‘Article 50 deadline’ market William Hill has moved …
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Betway has further strengthened its presence within UK racing by agreeing a set of deals with Jockey Club Racecourses, Arena Racing Company (ARC) and York Racecourse to retain its sponsorship of headline contests while extending its support to Newmarket and Haydock. New ventures on the Flat for the bookmaker include the listed Betway King Charles II Stakes on May 20and the Group 3 Betway Criterion …
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BetBright has paid out six figures in additional winnings since launching its award-winning Acca+1 product in October 2016. The Acca+1 takes any accumulator (acca) with five or more selections at combined odds of 7/1 or greater, and offers you the chance to increase your winnings with an extra risk free selection. If the risk free leg comes in along with …
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Beehive has agreed a multi-brand deal with GVC to supply its data-driven marketing platform to the operator’s Playtech brands. The GVC deal represents the latest Tier 1 operator agreement for Beehive, following the agreement to provide its customer marketing tools across Ladbrokes’ retail estate in September of last year. With a focus on automating and optimising its multi-channel promotional campaigns, …
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Sports betting data supplier Betradar‘s stand will be one to visit if esports is on your list of interests at ICE Totally Gaming next month. Esports will play a big part at this year’s ICE, which incidentally is the largest ever, and Betradar is playing along by putting on the ‘Betradar Esports Invitational’. This will see two CS:GO teams, in the …
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Warwick Bartlett Chief Executive of industry consultancy GBGC, details to SBC the potential effects of Brexit following further details of the UK’s EU departure presented by the government last week. _________________________ SBC: Now that PM Theresa May has confirmed that Britain will be leaving the EU Single Market, what impact do you feel the UK exit will have on the UK …
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Australian gambling giant Tabcorp Holdings has labelled Sun Bets, its strategic joint-venture with News UK, as the biggest international commercial initiative undertaken in the firm’s history. Officially launched last August, the Sun Bets brand aims to compete against UK legacy operators within the ultra-saturated UK online betting sector, a marketplace estimated to be three times the size of Tabcorp’s Australian …
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The Competition and Markets Authority has expanded the scope of its inquiry into the potential breaches of consumer law on the part of the online gambling industry when it comes to bonus offers and free-bet promotions by the online gambling industry to include issues arising from the eligibility conditions of free sports bets. The original probe was announced in October …
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Ganapati Malta will mark its ICE debut in 2017 (7-9 February) by inviting delegates to check out its ‘powerful combination of Japanese design and technology’. The online developer, which launched in September last year, will be showcasing its portfolio of slot games, serving up Japanese foods and handing out 20,000 wet towels at the ExCeL London. Brand new titles such …
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