Conall McSorley is the Commercial Director for Metric Gaming, a key sponsor for the upcoming Betting on Sports Conference. The two-day event takes place in September (15-16) at the Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in London. We caught up with him to discuss what attracted Metric Gaming to the event, which conference debates they are most looking forward to, and how …
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888sport has launched an interesting partnership as the first main sponsor to simultaneously sponsor four EFL Championship teams for the 2016/17 season by offering fans free travel to away games until Christmas. As one of the most watched leagues in world football, 888sport believes that the Championship is the right platform for its sponsorships efforts which will include sponsoring Birmingham …
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Pavol Krasnovsky, founder and CEO of RTSmunity, is speaking on ‘Data Crunching – live betting in esports’ at the upcoming Betting on Sports conference (September 15-16) in London. We caught up with him ahead of the two day event to discuss the work RTSmunity has been doing in the past year, the development of its analytical system and more. SBC: …
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The much anticipated FanDuel DFS product for the UK market has now been announced and launched by the operator. The fantasy sports operator, which launched in Edinburgh in 2009 and took the States by storm, has now gone live with its product created exclusively for the UK’s football fans. There is an initial focus on the Premier League, and it will be available to …
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FTSE-listed betting operator William Hill has informed the market that it has agreed to acquire industry software development firm Grand Parade for a reported £13.6 million combined cash and shares deal. Confirming the deal, William Hill governance detailed that it had acquired Grand Parade with a view of bolstering its digital development capabilities as the company continues its corporate focus …
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Updating the market this morning, FTSE-listed betting operator GVC Holdings (GVC) has informed investors that it has agreed a refinancing deal with Japanese corporate bank Nomura International Plc. GVC governance has secured a €250 million unsecured loan with Nomura, which will be used to facilitate its existing €400 million long-term loan issued by Cerberus Business Finance. The operator had entered …
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The sports focused social network WantMyBet has announced the release of its debut Android and iOS apps. WantMyBet harnesses the common, down the bookies chatter of “Listen to this great accumulator I just put on” and digitalises it for the modern age. It allows people to compete with their tips via the leaderboard, and win both money and free bets. It …
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Increased marketing costs attached to Euro 2016 have seen Frankfurt-listed European sports betting operator bet-at-home AG post a 42% decline in corporate earnings to €9.6 million (H1 2015: €16.5 million) for its H1 2016 results (period ending 30 June). Detailing period expenditure, bet-at-home governance specified that the company had spent €26.6 million (H1 2015: €15 million) on advertising its brand …
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Be part of the conversation at Betting on Sports – the largest sports betting industry conference for a decade with 50+ speakers, an expected 700 delegates, and a total of six events over the two days. The conference is held on the 15 & 16 September 2016 at the prestigious 5-Star Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in London. Check out the …
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Sean Carr runs the esports consultancy Esports Logic and has been working with Dafabet as the bookmaker’s esports liason. Here he provided SBC News with his take on the recent skins betting drama and the general state of play in esports betting… Over the past 18 months esports has expanded exponentially; with significant risings in prize funds, TV broadcasters securing …
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