Interviews

Natalie Berenato, Head of Marketing and Affiliates at operator Betcart, explains the firm’s attention to detail when it comes to customer, and affiliate, care. SBC: Hi Natalie, Can you provide SBC readers with a breakdown of Betcart services and provisions? What does this new brand bring to the betting market? Natalie Berenato: Betcart, although young, is not exactly new to the …

A year since launching its ‘Managed Trading Services’ (MTS) at ICE 2016, SBC catches up with Heath Cram Director of Business Development for Sportradar AG to discuss the product latest developments amid an ever-changing sports betting market. Cram details to SBC readers how Betradar has utilised all key corporate components and competencies to build effectively managed trading services for all …

Alexandru Teodorescu, the Chief Product Officer at Oddslife, spoke to SBC News about re-positioning the company within the market, his preparation for ICE and LAC, and a move into eSports. SBC: You’ve been going through some intensive R&D at Oddslife – what have you been working on? AT: Indeed, we’ve been through some very busy months here at Oddslife, researching …

Will Duff Gordon CEO & Founder of Total Performance Data (TPD) wants to bridge the significant data gap between horseracing and bookmakers to bring optimal markets and services to the betting consumer. A horseracing enthusiast, Gordon details to SBC that beyond repairing racing’s damaged relationship with betting stakeholders, the sports now needs to embrace and further its data dynamics through …

Anna Shahbazyan, BetConstruct’s Regional Director for Latin America, will be at next week’s ICE Totally Gaming conference in London (7-9 February). During a quick pre-ICE chat with SBC, she spoke about the ‘great opportunity’ to meet partners face to face, and likened the conference to a ‘family reunion’ where regional offices come together to meet as a BetConstruct family. SBC: …

Jamie Reeves is the director of affiliate website Fplbet and an experienced consultant for daily fantasy football businesses.  Jamie has worked behind the scenes with a large number of DFS sites operating in the UK space, including FanTeam, Mondogoal, Fanager, FantasyBet, and more recently Bet4theBest. Fplbet incidentally is a great resource to check in on for fantasy football tips and guidance if …

Jacob Lopez Curciel is the CEO at Optima. He admits to liking everything about ICE, but specifically ‘the high pace of the business flow and the amount of contacts and relationships created every year which is amazing’. Just a week before the conference, we caught up with him to talk about his preparation for ICE 2017, where to find him and …

Late last week, LeoVegas was revealed as the new ‘Official Betting and Gaming Partner’ for Leicester Tigers, the two-time European Cup winners and 10-time English league champions. We caught up with UK Country Manager Shenaly Amin to find out more about the three-year deal, how the company will judge the effectiveness of the partnership, and whether Leicester’s recent poor form …

Justin Helden is the CEO & Commercial Director of Fingaming, who are launching their small form factor betting product, Bildabet, at ICE 2017. With less than two weeks to go, we took the time to find out about the Fingaming plans for the London-based conference, and Helden’s memories of ICE conferences gone by. How I prepare for ICE JH: Pre-ICE I’m usually arranging …