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London Baby: Sponsor Profile – Cubits

SBC News London Baby: Sponsor Profile – Cubits

ICE 2015 and London Baby are less than a week away! Team SBC caught up with London Baby sponsor Tim Rehder CEO of Cubits, the Bitcoin trading platform  that allows customers to buy bitcoin in minutes, making it one of the fastest digital currency platforms in Europe. SBC: What has your company and its services and operations learned from 2014? Tim: Quality …

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Matchbook.com Preview – NFL Super Bowl XLIX – America’s Game

SBC News Matchbook.com Preview – NFL Super Bowl XLIX – America’s Game

The NFL has seen a rise in popularity throughout European markets, as its Chief Commissioner Roger Goodell eyes the opening of a London based NFL franchise. Totally different to any European sport SBC asked team Matchbook.com to provide a preview of this year’s NFL Super Bowl XLIX final between the New England Patriots vs Seattle Seahawks (Sunday Feb 1) Rising …

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Scott Longley – Regulus Partners – Mad Men! Lib Dems keep ad ban in-play

SBC News Scott Longley – Regulus Partners – Mad Men! Lib Dems keep ad ban in-play

Scott Longley, Editorial Director of Regulus Partners examines last weeks Lib-Dem attack on UK gambling & betting advertising.  The timing of the leaking of a letter from Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury to his government colleague Sajid Javid, the Culture Secretary, about the issue of betting adverts around sporting events was unfortunate for the gambling industry. The publication …

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Oisin Lunny – OpenMarket – Lets talk about CEX

SBC News Oisin Lunny - OpenMarket - Lets talk about CEX

Oisin Lunny Senior Market Development Manager for mobile enterprise development firm OpenMarket, tells SBC the importance of  recognising, researching and creating mobile centric customer experiences (CEX) as modern consumers develop mobile-first lifestyles. Mobilising the Total Customer Experience I recently learned from mobile network analysis firm GSMA Intelligence that humans are now in the minority compared to SIM cards. More people have …

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Scott Longley – Regulus Partners – Hype Times

SBC News Scott Longley - Regulus Partners - Hype Times

Scott Longley, Editorial Director of Regulus Partners, looks at Amaya Gaming’s acquisition of Rational Group, as igaming’s new giant looks to enter the US and awaken a thus far lacklustre market. Does a leveraged Amaya Gaming justify its hype?  Hyperbole and online gambling are inextricably linked. From the very first inception of the form, online gaming has surfed a wave of …

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Success in Nigeria means playing the game with the right rhythm

SBC News Success in Nigeria means playing the game with the right rhythm

Johnson Adewale Foye, Head of Operations at HSL Gaming Network Limited which runs Gobet3000, has more advice for companies planning on setting up a retail betting business in Nigeria. From my last post, I specifically stated that companies will make a better harvest with a retail network than the online network because of some of Nigeria’s peculiarities. Here I will …

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US online gambling & betting efforts set to regroup in 2015

SBC News US online gambling & betting efforts set to regroup in 2015

Efforts to liberalise the US online gambling market stalled in 2014 with no new states joining New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware in allowing online gambling services and regulatory policies. The lack of progress witnessed in 2014 has underwhelmed pro gambling campaigners and international operators eyeing market entry. Furthermore the poor revenue performance of the three online gambling states, has further …

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