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Colossus Bets, home of the £10,000,000 Colossus and the world’s biggest football and sports jackpots, saw one player hit the proverbial crossbar in its £2,000,000 Pick 6 football jackpot last night, yet still walk away with over £27,000 from his losing £8 bet. With 15 minutes to go in the final two legs of the Pick 6 the Colossus Bets …

SBC News has joined forces with Bet Advisor in a deal which sees the expert tipster resource become the site’s Official Tipster Partner. The partnership will see SBC News cover the latest developments and progress of Bet Advisor’s large stable of professional tipsters and also provide some insight into what makes them tick through a series of profiles. Andrew McCarron …

Stefano Saccani, Business Development and Affiliate Manager at Bet Advisor, explains the firm’s dynamics and its ambitions for the future under a new owner. SBC: Bet Advisor has recently come into new ownership – how is that switch going to inform the development of product and services? Stefano: Bet Advisor has been one of the best tipster platforms in the …

Colossus Bets, home of the £10,000,000 Colossus and the world’s biggest football and sports jackpots, saw the first winners of the £500,000 bonus leg in its £1,000,000 HDA15 football jackpot yesterday evening. Barnsley’s come from behind win at home to Bradford saw six winning bonus leg tickets, the highlight of which was a ticket costing just 40p which added £50,000 …

Specialist gaming law firm Harris Hagan has issued a bulletin detailing the outcome of the GBGA’s Judicial Review challenge to the point of consumption licensing regime. Here John Hagan digests some of the judgment. Mr Justice Green handed down his eagerly awaited Judgment this morning in the judicial review proceedings brought by the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (“GBGA”). In …

Canadian gaming group The Intertain Group has agreed to buy Malta-based operator Vera&John for €81m, with a potential of another €8.1 should the firm perform to certain standards. Intertain revealed that it has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire Vera&John parent company Dumarca Holdings Limited using €44.5 million in cash and €36.5 million in common shares. The …

Team SBC catches up with Industry marketing veteran Toby Oddy CEO & Founder of acquisition and ROI focused marketing agency Digital Fuel, to discuss changing dynamics and values in customer acquisition strategies. Having consulted numerous top tier igaming and sports betting operators on player acquisition projects and ROI practices. Toby outlines how the relationship between agency and operator should change/evolve with …

The £25 million construction of Middlesbrough’s casino complex has been left in doubt as Stockton based commercial property developer Jomast Developments has not been able to confirm when work will begin on the planned site. The developer beat off competition from Aspers and Apollo Leisure , to win approval of licensing to begin construction of a casino and hotel complex …

The latest Online Gambling Quarterly report from MECN has had a number of unusual events to assess, given that the first half of 2014 was marked above all by the FIFA World Cup and some events, such as the PokerStars acquisition, that shook up the industry. This new report covers online gambling industry benchmarks, KPIs, and related topics and comes …

The Governance Board of GTECH SpA has announced a planned extraordinary shareholders’ meeting on 4 November to outline the steps needed by the technology and lottery provider to finalise its acquisition of International Game Technology (IGT). The GTECH SpA board intends to seek approval to seal its cross-border merger of GTECH and Georgia Worldwide Plc. Georgia Worldwide will look to …