Phil Hudson, Acquisitions Manager at Pinnacle Sports, discusses his firm’s decision to open up the World Cup Final to $1million bets. Do you anticipate the World Cup Final to be your biggest ever betting market? Yes, we fully anticipated volume to exceed both Euro 2012 and World Cup in 2010 combined, with live and mobile components of that making significant …
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SBC catches up with BETFUZE C0-Founder and CEO Paul McNea, to gain more insight into how his new platform is leveraging mobile and mass social data to create better engagement and value for the sports betting customer Paul is a regular speaker and Sports and betting events around Europe and is a member of a number of industry steering groups …
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The William Hill website is hosting an interview with new CEO James Henderson. Here is a transcript of what he had to say. You’ve been introduced today as William Hill’s CEO designate. What are your thoughts about taking over the top job? I’m absolutely delighted to be able to take over the job at William Hill, especially in its 80th …
Read More »The 13th EiG will take place at the Arena Berlin during the week commencing Monday October 20, 2014. This year’s conference will focus on current concerns within gambling/igaming and incoming future factors that will impact the industry’s value chain. Ahead of future legislation/regulations entering the European igaming market, and with industry concerns regarding innovations and industry technology capabilities, EIG Berlin …
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In the final installment of SBC’s match fixing series, David Kelly caught up with former FIFA Head of Security, and current Director of Sport Integrity at the International Centre for Sport Security, Chris Eaton, to discuss how the gambling industry can protect football integrity through international cooperation with police and sports bodies. SBC:What is your opinion on revelations made in …
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Team SBC’s Sam Cooke caught up with Nicholas Goff, Head of Football Trading at Gala Coral Group, to discuss their plans for the World Cup Brazil 2014, how they’ve approached it and what they are anticipating in terms of betting. Ahead of the forthcoming changes to gambling taxation for the United Kingdom Coral’s plans for the future were also discussed. …
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Jacek Wojdyla, Head of International Affairs at FIFA’s integrity subsidiary Early Warning System (EWS), explains how the organisation is approaching things during Brazil 2014. How will EWS be operating over the World Cup? How do you analyse a suspicious game? After the risk assessment pre-work, we will monitor the WC based on our 3-pillar strategy: 1. Technical monitoring of the …
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Mobile content optimisation start-up Fresh 8 Gaming, a finalist at this year’s Betting on Football Awards, aims to improve player acquisition by using dynamic advertising widgets combined with data and geo-location mapping in order to serve the viewer better targeted messaging with regards to igaming and sports betting products. This week, Team SBC catches up with Andrew Sharland Managing Director …
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In an interview with bettingexpert’s Andrew Brocker, Phillip Hudson of Pinnacle Sports explains how the bookmaker is approaching the World Cup. World Cup betting is very different to a typical league or cup tournament. What are the key considerations in framing World Cup match odds? Qualification provides important data but doesn’t relate to the situational aspect unique to Brazil 2014, …
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Team SBC caught up with Barry Martin, CEO of 666Bet.com, the former founder of London’s first ever live poker club – the Gutshot Poker Club, Barry Martin is not afraid of facing new challenges, fresh from launching 666bet’s offer of 1966/1 on England winning the World Cup, Barry talks to SBC about his future hopes for the 666Bet brand and its operations. …
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