Voting is closing at the end of the month to find the winner from the Pitch ICE competition which took place at London’s ExCel during Clarion Gaming’s Totally Gaming event. In total 14 new start-ups took to the stage during the show to convince attendees of the attraction of the potential of their business idea. The show featured fantasy and social gaming ideas, gaming services …
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The best Asian industry networking event returns to Manila on Friday 18 March as Sports Betting Community (SBC) and Asia Gaming Brief (AGB) celebrate another ‘Asian Gaming Spring Social’ networking event. Set on the Friday before the iGaming Asia Congress begins in Macau, and held at the luxurious Salon de Ning, Peninsula Hotel in Makati, organisers expect a full turnout …
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Bookmakers wanting to get the most out of the Euro 2016 Championships are advised to attend this year’s Betting on Football Conference to get the best insight ahead of this summer’s football extravaganza. Strategically hosted a month before the start the UEFA EURO Championships, SBC’s Betting on Football Conference will be dedicated to developing, sharing and exploiting best industry insight …
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The ‘Game to Watch’ competitions at ICE 2016 showcased the most innovative games recently developed and prepared for launch to the gaming market. SBC News were delighted to catch up with Peter Gough, after his company were crowned deserving winners of the established games category. Peter, who is the Founder of Fenway Games, reflected on a week of industry validation …
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Just two years after its launch, SBCnews.co.uk marked a milestone 5,000th news piece last week following an interview with Mondogoal CEO Shergul Arshad. SBCnews was created to provide the best in-depth news, analysis, knowledge, opinion and insight for the sports betting industry and has come a long way in two years of operation, attracting more than 50,000 users a month. Managing Director at SBC, Andrew McCarron, said …
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Just a few days after ICE 2016, SBC News spoke to Gamevy Founder and Marketing Director Helen Walton to discuss the company’s success in winning the ‘Game to Watch’ competition, with online gameshow ‘The Heist‘. Winning the competition marked an ICE double for the online game developer, who also won the inaugural PitchICE in 2015. Helen was understandably delighted with the …
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A year on from scooping the PitchICE Best Start Up award, Gamevy have won the Game to Watch competition at ICE 2016, beating off stiff competition from some hot new contenders, including Skillz Gaming. The hotly-contested game to watch competition sees companies compete for the game judged most interesting and likely to succeed. Given the innovation for which ICE is …
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Leading software provider NetEnt has announced the creation of music-themed game, Jimi Hendrix online slot. The new slot will join the NetEnt’s Rocks’ Trilogy, with the recent launch of Guns N’Roses slot and the upcoming Motörhead-focused game. NetEnt officially unveiled this at ICE Totally Gaming 2016 in London. Jimi Hendrix, the main character of the future slot, is regarded as one …
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After the conclusion of ICE 2016, event organisers Clarion Events have confirmed they will renegotiate its contract at ExCeL for the 2020 show onwards, by which time the show organisers expect that ICE Totally Gaming will be occupying the entire site. Clarion also confirmed that this year the show grew by another 4,000sq.m. Only 12 halls were not occupied, but …
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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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