Betting on Football

Richard Graham has enjoyed a sports sector career spanning over 30 years. He is a former CEO of Commonwealth Games England and also CEO of The Professional Squash Association. Graham has also worked for sports federations, agencies and major events, dealing with sponsorship, media rights and commercial partnerships at the highest level. He recently joined fantasy sports operator Mondogoal as …

Valéry Bollier has over eleven years of experience in the iGaming industry. He is a regular speaker at industry conferences and seminars, as well as a contributor to various B2B publications. Equipped with a passion for Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) and “Big Data”, Bollier is the co-founder and CEO of Oulala.com, a revolutionary fantasy football game which was launched three …

Daily fantasy sports (DFS) has been a growing phenomenon in the football and sports betting industries, which is why SBC are so excited about the Fantasy Stars panel at #bofcon in April. With DFS making such a big noise in the United States, our expert panel will discuss the understandable clamour for it here in Europe and how it can …

Introducing the first confirmed BOFCON speaker for this week, Nathan Rothschild. He will be making his Betting on Football conference debut at Stamford Bridge on Thursday 21st April, as part of our trading places panel. Nathan is a co-founder and partner at iSport Genius, a revolutionary sports data platform that provides sporting insights through highly innovative statistical analysis of data. ______________________ …

For our final #bofcon speaker of this week, we have a Betting on Football conference veteran in Chris Duncan, who will be making his 3rd consecutive appearance at the event on Thursday 21st April. Chris was one of the co-founders for Betsson in 2001, and stayed on for 10 years as director of exchange betting, then director of live sports …

Another day, another confirmed #bofcon speaker on SBC News. This time it’s Jonathan Smith, a man with over 25 years of betting industry experience under his belt! Jonathan founded Sportsbook Training Services, and in April he will be presenting the Sports Betting Academy, a 3-day course for sportsbook staff. He will be making his Betting on Football conference debut at Stamford …

Throughout the month of March, we will be announcing a new Betting on Football Conference (#BOFCON) speaker every day. Shaun Simmonds has been in the sports betting industry for 4 years having started out as a freelance sportswriter and staff copywriter for Panbet. He is currently Head of Sponsorship for Marathonbet and will be returning to Betting on Football for the third time, …

Darren Macdonald of MRG Systems has taken time out from his busy schedule developing the latest LBO screen technology to run his eye over the industry events of 2015 and what they mean for bookmakers and suppliers. What industry development caught your eye last year? Fantasy sports.  I believe this has a big future.  Fantasy football was very popular years ago …

SBCnews caught up with Kelly Eden, Head of TXTRADER at TXODDS, to find out what he made of the industry’s progress in 2015 and beyond. SBC: What industry development caught your eye this year? KE: Betting and gambling in Africa, particularly sports betting seems to be getting bigger and more widespread there. Football is and always will be the biggest …