talkSPORT managing director Calum Macaulay has been announced as one of the keynote speakers at next month’s Betting on Football Conference, which is being held at Stamford Bridge on 8 May. With expensive television advertising around football saturated by gambling operators, Macaulay will be speaking on the effectiveness of branding around radio in a session entitled: ‘Outside the box – …
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SBC Members are being offered discounts to two of the industry’s big events over the next couple of months – our very own Betting on Football Conference, held on 8 May at Stamford Bridge, and the I-Gaming Forum, held on 8-9 April at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden. We are also taking nominations for our Betting on Football Awards …
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The introduction of casino legislation in Japan will lead to the development of a raft of creative agencies hungry to win the marketing budgets of integrated resort offerings, according to Chris Wieners, managing director of the Macau based HOGO Marketing. Wieners, whose session at May’s Japan Gaming Congress (JgC) is entitled ‘Finding your customer – unique challenges and opportunities that …
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The MIGS Management has recently announced that the 6th Edition of the Malta iGaming Seminar will be held between the 11th and 12th November 2014 at the Hilton Malta. This follows the successful 5th edition held last November where the conference was attended by a record number of delegates with most of the attendees being executives from foreign countries investigating …
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Ahead of the upcoming Betting on Football Conference on May 8, SBC caught up with session speaker Bernard Marantelli CEO and founder of Colossus Bets. Colossus Bets is a football pool betting operator offering guaranteed jackpot prizes and consolations for easy to play correct scores and correct outcome predictions. Bernard Marantelli set up Colossus Bets to bring lottery-sized prizes, with interactive fractional cash-in …
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Nominations are now being taken for the Betting on Football Awards being held in London on 8 May. Held on the evening of the Betting on Football Conference, the Betting on Football Awards features four different categories. Companies have up until April 4 to be nominated for the four awards, which are: Best Football Innovation – for the football-themed product …
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SBC affiliate correspondent Marc Pedersen reports from the iGaming North America show at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. I’ve only been out at the iGaming North America conference for one day, but already I’m getting a good feel for how the market is setting itself with regards to the opening up on online gaming. While there is lots of media …
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GiGse 2014 has signed up to be a premium sponsor of the 18th Annual East Coast Gaming Congress and iGaming Institute, in a coordinated effort by both events to guide attendees who require a comprehensive, cost-effective understanding of i-gaming’s future in North America. ECGC and iGaming Institute, the gaming industry’s largest conference outside of Nevada, will take place May 19-20, 2014, …
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Japan is set to benefit from the inflow of international expertise at May’s Japan Gaming Congress (JgC), according to Takashi Kiso, CEO of the Japan based International Casino Institute. Talking two months ahead of the inaugural JgC he confirmed: “For the emerging market to be successful, I think it is very important to obtain the knowledge from countries in which …
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Over 100 iGaming executives from Metro Manila and beyond gathered at the city’s most exclusive new bar last Friday, 28 February, to join Sports Betting Community Asia and Asia Gambling Brief for the third installment of their networking drinks event. Dubbed ‘Winter Warmer’ after the recent cold spell in the city, and sponsored by Ezugi, EveryMatrix, First Cagayan and Footballbet,com …
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