Interviews

Finalising its second year in full operations, SBC caught up with Colossus Bets CEO & Founder Bernard Marantelli to discuss his start-up’s progress under changing market conditions. Focusing on in-house product development capabilities, Colossus Bets has released a series of new features and innovations in 2015, marking itself as an effective and unique industry start-up. Marantelli details how his company’s …

Having spearheaded eSports first ‘Competitive Integrity Certification Program’, aimed at establishing best practices, player and game guidelines/standards, and improving stakeholder dialogue. SBC caught up with Bryce Blum Director of eSports at Unikrn to gain further insight on why the certification program was established and its potential industry benefits. A lawyer and avid gamer, Blum who leads gaming operations for Unikrn was at …

2015 has seen a number of new entrants vying to compete and innovate the European fantasy sports/football market. Valery Bollier Co-Founder and CEO of Oulala (Oulala.com), believes his outfit has developed the most innovative and engaging fantasy sports game for European sports fans. Launching Oulala’s UK monetized platform, SBC gains further insight into this ambitious start-up’s plans. _________________________ SBC: Hi …

Having secured its betting operations licence for the newly regulated Irish market, Nick Hill Sales Director of sports betting technology and platform provider EveryMatrix discusses the potential of the market, its intricacies and  future challenges.  Leading EveryMatrix’s commercial capacity for the past 6 years, Nick Hill has gained extensive knowledge of operating betting technologies and launching new product services in multiple international markets. ____________________________ …

Fresh from announcing his firm’s first esports centric data and integrity partnership with ESL the world’s largest eSports network, SBC catches up with Sportradar CEO & Founder Carsten Koerl. A leading figurehead in sports and wagering data, Koerl sheds insight and opinion on the growth of esports, its potential integrity challenges and the sectors development of competitive/wagering functions. ____________________________________ SBC: …

After 10 years as the first CEO of the UK Gambling Commission, Jenny Williams talks to SBC News as she steps down from the role. The gambling legislation regarding online has pivoted from permissive to restrictive during your time in office – how much did this trigger a reappraisal of the regulator’s approach to its work? Not sure that I …

Understanding what is happening on the ground is any given market is often said to be one of the keys to success in the gambling world and nowhere is this more evident that on the continent of Africa. Across the sub-Sahara from the Francophone west to the English-speaking countries of East Africa and down to the Portuguese-speaking eastern coastal regions, …

Having commissioned PwC to complete a two-phase research programme into the behaviour of remote gambling, with a view to indicate and shed further insight on gambling related harm and risks. Marc Etches Chief Executive of the Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT), details the importance of the study for a changing and more challenging market ________________ SBC: With the recent emergence of …

SBC gains first hand insight on the current legal conditions and context of eSports by Bryce Blum, Director of eSports at Unikrn. A lawyer and avid gamer Blum is at the centre of operations for Unikrn, a competitive platform aiming to take lead in the burgeoning eSports market, leading the operators business development and legal initiatives. Bryce further maintains a full-time …