Interviews

SBC catches up with Nick Garner ahead of a busy month for the igaming industry. Nick Garner CEO of Search and online Reputation agency 90 Digital discusses the latest trends in SEO, PR and online reputation management for igaming. Nick is a veteran of SEO for the igaming industry, having headed up international projects for Unibet and Betfair. SBC discuses …

As part of SBC’s build up to ICE2014, we caught up with Raf Keustermans CEO of Social Gambling studio – Plumbee to discuss mobile game development, design and impacts. Raf will be speaking at ICE2014 at the Mobile Gaming Conference on 4th February and the Game Design & Development Conference on 5th February at the ExCel Centre: – SBC: Hi …

SBC Business Correspondent Mark McGuinness met up with Ray Davies for a coffee and croissant. Ray is the Egaming Development Manager at the Department of Economic Development for the Isle of Man Government. Mark McGuinness catches up with Ray to discuss 2014 big issues, and how the Isle of Man Government is gearing to tackle new regulations and new technologies …

As part of SBC’s build up to ICE 2014 and the ICE Conferences, we caught up with Bally’s Bill Wadleigh Director of Interactive to discuss game design, development and user interaction. Bill Wadleigh will be speaking at the new Game Design & Development Conference at ICE 2014 on ‘Designing a Winning Game’ _______________________________   SBC: Hi Bill, pleasure meeting you. …

Online betting exchange Matchbook.com, recently launched their new betting exchange platform and new responsive website. Having undertaken this new product revamp, Matchbook.com has ambitious plans for 2014. Team SBC caught up with Global Head of Acquisitions Francis Osei-Amoaten to discuss the current betting exchange market, marketing in sports betting and Matchbook.com’s ambitious future plans.   SBC: Hi Francis pleasure to …

Looking ahead to ICE 2014, SBC looks to put the leading topics at the front of this years ICE 2014 conference. The SBC Team caught up with Tatem Games CEO Igor Karev to discuss social games monetization. Igor will be discussing  strategies for social gaming and how to detect and understand player behavior with regard to social games and gambling. …

SBC business correspondent Mark McGuinness interviews Manx Telecom’s Sales Director Fergal McKenna about the company’s latest big data analytics solution aimed at the i-gaming industry.  SBC: Fergal it was a pleasure to meet you and the Manx Telecom team at the EiG conference recently. Can you tell us how the show was for you and a bit more about the …

Continuing our EIG SBC start-up features, our Business correspondent Mark McGuinness caught up with Jesse Learmonth, president of Bet Smart Media based in Canada on beautiful Vancouver Island. Bet Smart has been developing web and mobile betting products since 2010, the Bet Smart Media team leverage their knowledge of technology development and igaming to produce top tier Applications for the …

SBC Business correspondent Mark McGuinness caught up with hot Irish start-up Elemnent Wave’s CEO Dorothy Creaven. Element Wave recent winners of the EIG 2013 Start-up Launch Pad, specialize in creating cutting-edge software for the mobile market, specifically in the user engagement and customer retention space. Mark McGuinness discusses mobile analytics, retention, and how Element Wave can help companies operate in …

Following on from EIG 2013 Barcelona, SBC Business Correspondent Mark McGuinness met with Six Faces’s Shaun Pyrah, Director of Strategy & Product.  Based in Hobart Australia, the  start up Six Faces aims to develop convergence between social games and real money gambling, through its carefully constructed product portfolio. Mark McGuinness, discusses product convergence between social and real money gaming,  Six …