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Sir Roy Gardner Joins Hills Board

SBC News Sir Roy Gardner Joins Hills Board

William Hill  announced the appointment of Sir Roy Gardner as an independent Non-executive Director, with effect from 3 March 2014. He will serve as a member of the Audit and Risk, Remuneration, Nomination and Corporate Responsibility Committees, and will take over as Senior Independent Non-executive Director when David Edmonds retires from the Board at the 2014 Annual General Meeting. Sir …

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Betfair’s Michael Bischoff Warns of Hidden Cloud Costs

SBC News Betfair's Michael Bischoff Warns of Hidden Cloud Costs

Michael Bischoff CIO of Betfair has warned that public cloud computing offers several hidden costs to users and business, which must be taken into account, when undertaking data sifts. S The operator Betfair used cloud services solutions under VMware Technology – vCloud Hybrid, a competitor to such cloud and data services as Rackspace and Amazon Web Services.  Speaking to Computing.co.uk …

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Will new ARJEL boss stick or twist?

SBC News Will new ARJEL boss stick or twist?

Graham Wood, director of the iGaming Consultancy, looks at the task facing ARJEL’s new President. French punters may be hopeful that a change at the top of the country’s gaming authority ARJEL could mean a change of direction, but it is likely that they will be disappointed. Jean-François Vilotte, the outgoing President is likely to have left because he failed …

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Net Entertainment Add Social Twist

SBC News Net Entertainment Add Social Twist

 Net Entertainment provider of high-quality online casino games, is pushing the online casino boundaries with the launch of its ExtendTM API framework. Net Entertainment ExtendTM enables operators to build tailored and completely customised gaming experiences that are triggered by real-time data through the powerful API. Development teams can use their creativity to graphically enhance customers’ game play to deliver a …

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POC needs to be ‘properly enforced’

SBC News POC needs to be 'properly enforced'

Ladbrokes have called for ‘proper enforcement’ of the point of consumption (POC) licensing of online gaming when it is introduced in the UK later this year. The firm estimate that the new tax, despite being planned for December this year, will hit their 2014 revenues by £2m and they want to see some benefit for this expense. They said: “How …

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Reutter Appointed as William Hill Digital Director

SBC News Reutter Appointed as William Hill Digital Director

iGaming and sports betting operator William Hill have announced the appointment of Juergen Reutter as its new online operations director. Juergen Reutter will take over digital and mobile operations from the Gibraltar office of the operator and steps up from his previous position as Director of Mobile Gaming for William Hill Online, where Reutter served for 18 months. Reutter has …

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Topping To Stay At William Hill Until 2015

SBC News Topping To Stay At William Hill Until 2015

Ralph Topping will remain in charge of Britain’s biggest bookmaker until the end of next year, the company said yesterday. The firm issued a statement clarifying its position on Topping’s replacement, after reports in the media suggested that it had accelerated its original plan (William Hill share price: Ralph Topping to retire sooner than expected). William Hill said in a …

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World Cup 2014 Feature – Dan Fitch – ‘Gaining Reader Trust Through Content’

SBC News World Cup 2014 Feature - Dan Fitch - 'Gaining Reader Trust Through Content'

The battle for the World Cup in Brazil promises to be intense, with no clear favourite having yet emerged as we ready ourselves for the tournament this summer. There promises to be a similarly tight battle for World Cup supremacy off the pitch, as the planet’s biggest iGaming companies jostle for position in the search rankings. Over the past few …

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Iain Coward Joins Biggerbet Ltd

SBC News Iain Coward Joins Biggerbet Ltd

Biggerbet Ltd has promoted finance director Iain Coward to Managing Director of the business.The Durham-based company’s portfolio includes online affiliate and betting service FREEBETS.com, it’s Australian division au.FREEBETS.com, Horseracingresults.co.uk, and Cheltenham Festival News. Coward, a Chartered Accountant who trained with PricewaterhouseCoopers, has been working in the online gaming sector for over six years. This included a three-year stint at the world’s largest poker site, Pokerstars.com, where he …

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