Quickfire, powered by Microgaming, has signed a major UK casino firm in Rank Group. Entertaining Britain since 1937, Rank Group is one of the largest gaming entertainment brands in the UK. Its gaming services include Grosvenor Casinos, the UK’s largest multi-channel casino operator, and Mecca, one of the most popular community gaming websites in Great Britain. Rank has joined forces …
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Betway gave a boost to the team of Guest Tipsters this week, with a 6.25 point Tipster Challenge return from winners Divine Spear and Grimley Girl. Thank you to Alan Alger for getting involved during a busy ICE week and providing some good tips! Aside from Divine Spear, who was backed by all four tipsters, it was a slow week …
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All of the panellists in the Betting Integrity Betmarkets Session at ICE 2016 agreed that the only way the current situation will improve is if the Gambling Commission, sports governing bodies, betting operators and law enforcement align with each other and work collaboratively in the fight against match fixing. Betting integrity and match fixing at the highest level of sport …
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Australian gambling operator Tabcorp Holdings has selected specialist online gambling marketing agency Digital Fuel Ltd to lead the UK launch of its new brand ‘Sun Bets’ in cooperation with media publisher News UK. Digital Fuel will lead first stage marketing initiatives for the ‘Sun Bets’ brand that will aim to launch in early 2016. The brand was first announced in …
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On 6 October 2015, Mega Moolah set a Guinness World Records® title for the ‘Largest jackpot payout in an online slot machine game’ when Betway UK player Jon Heywood won the GBP equivalent of €17,879,645.12 from a 25p spin. Yesterday, on Microgaming’s stand at ICE Totally Gaming, joint record-holders Microgaming, Betway and Jon received their official certificates from a Guinness World Records adjudicator. …
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Spanish-licensed bookmaker Kirolbet has made a quick start to 2016, by adding La Liga football club Real Sociedad to its growing list of partners. Starting today in London, they will be exhibiting at ICE stands N1-130 and N1-132. We caught up with Kirolbet Marketing Manager Beñardo Elorz to discuss the new partnership with Real Sociedad, existing deals with other Spanish …
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BettingExpert are looking for redemption in Wednesday’s Tipster Challenge at Ludlow, after drawing a blank last time at Catterick. Similarly, Timeform will be hoping for better after picking just one winner last week in Out Sam. This time, SBC News, BettingExpert and Timeform will be taking on Alan Alger from Betway. Can Alan continue a resurgence for our guest tipsters …
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A panel of speakers in a Cybercrime, Security and Regulatory Compliance session at ICE 2016 have expressed concern about the revised customer verification and enhanced due diligence (DD) as part of the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive. The European Union 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive was officially published in June 2015 as a review on the 2007 regulations, covering all gambling services. …
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Just a month on from Gary Anderson’s second world darts title, the Betway Premier League is back, starting at the First Direct Arena in Leeds. We caught up with Alan Alger, PR for Betway, to discuss the start of the £700,000 ten-man tournament, played out over 4 months at 16 arenas across Europe. SBC: Alan, Betway is sponsoring the Premier League …
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Digitain, an independent technology provider for iGaming industry operating in Europe, has launched its new multi-channel, multi-lingual and multi-currency system platform based on cutting-edge technologies, which are constantly enhanced to provide high level customer experience. It can be supplied either as a Turn-Key Solution, where the partner handles all licensing and management issues, or as a White Label where the …
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