Many traditional sportsbooks now include some markets on esports and there’s no doubt that it’s a rapidly growing market but perhaps due to a lack of understanding and regulatory concerns, many have so far avoided commercial partnerships with the organisations within it. Dafabet became the first major sports betting operator to establish a deal with an esports organisation in the …
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Better Collective adds Euro Predictor and BetNStream
Better Collective has added two new products – Euro Predictor and BetNStream – to its impressive Euro 2016 line-up designed to ensure punters don’t miss a match, tip or bet throughout this summer’s tournament. The free-to-play Euro Predictor, optimized for mobile and desktop, is already capturing fans’ imaginations as they compete for the €100,000 (£77,000) prize that will be awarded to the best predictors. …
Read More »Industry excellence recognised at EGR B2B Awards
Hosted at the Pavilion at the Tower of London on Wednesday 1st June, the 2016 EGR B2B Awards celebrated the best in industry services, recognising a total of 38 disciplines critical to online gambling’s day-to-day operations. Rewarding service categories for software, platform provisions, payment processing, IT development, data analytics, marketing and operational services the seventh EGR B2B Awards details the make-up …
Read More »SBC launches 2-day Betting on Sports Conference
SBC Events is proud to announce the Official Launch of Betting on Sports, our TWO day conference in central London on 15th-16th September 2016. Betting on Sports is being held across two days at the five star Grange Tower Bridge Hotel and has been designed to provide world class hospitality, unlimited networking and business opportunities, and top of the class …
Read More »Hennie Blaauw: How Yggdrasil keeps pushing the boundaries on game design
Hennie Blaauw, Yggdrasil Gaming’s Creative Art Lead, discusses the process of creating a brand new title for the slot market and the freedom that the team has in the development. What’s the process for the design of a brand new game at Yggdrasil? How much input do you have? Does the design fit around the mathematics? Every game starts with the design …
Read More »32Red & Kambi extend sports betting platform partnership
Updating the market sports betting platform provider Kambi and key client 32Red Plc have confirmed a partnership extension. The extension of services sees 32Red continue its sports betting platform agreement with Kambi which was first signed in April 2014. The partnership saw London AIM-listed 32Red relaunch its sports betting offering ’32Red Sports’, with company governance stating that the company was …
Read More »Pinnacle Sports undertakes comprehensive rebrand to ‘Pinnacle’
Curacao and Malta-licensed online sports betting operator Pinnacle Sports has undertaken full corporate rebrand to ‘Pinnacle’. The rebrand follows this March’s news that Pinnacle Sports had purchased the URL domain www.Pinnacle.com from a Phoenix-based electronic components manufacturer for an undisclosed sum. Updating the market, Pinnacle leadership stated that it had launched “a new contemporary brand architecture and dynamic design style that …
Read More »Psycho promotes Betfred’s new Voice Bet app
Former England international and star of Euro 96 Stuart Pearce is the face, or rather the voice, of Betfred’s latest advert to promote its new app ahead of the Euros. The innovative app, which is available on both iOS and android, was developed in-house and allows customers to place their bets using voice recognition technology. The Betfred Voice Bet app will be launched …
Read More »Viktor Hoffman to head up Marathonbet operation
European sports betting operator Panbet Ltd, which operates the international Marathonbet brand, has appointed Viktor Hoffman as its new Chief Executive Officer. Hoffman is promoted to principal leader of the firm having served as Chief Product Officer of Panbet since January 2016. Hoffman replaces former CEO Stan Reoutt who departed the company in April of this year. A nine-year online …
Read More »CVC collects another bookmaker with €1bn Sisal acquisition
Luxembourg-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has extended its reach into the betting industry once again with the news that it has agreed to acquire a 100% equity stake in Italian gaming and payments operator Sisal Group S.p.A. The acquisition will see CVC assume Sisal’s €960 million corporate debt, with the PE firm expected to make an estimated €1 billion …
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