Interviews

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Delasport: all about the If Bet innovation with Oren Cohen Shwartz

SBC News Delasport: all about the If Bet innovation with Oren Cohen Shwartz

In a fast-moving and ever-evolving sports betting industry, sportsbook customers have come to expect a higher level of wagering, always looking for something new to enhance their experience and new ways to bet on their favourite markets. SBC sat down with Oren Cohen Shwartz, CEO of Delasport, to talk about the firm’s latest innovation – If  Bet.  SBC: How would …

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Capitalising on new opportunities: Altenar’s plans for 2022

SBC News Capitalising on new opportunities: Altenar’s plans for 2022

As more of the world opens up to regulated sports betting, Altenar is confident that it can deliver a stand-out user experience for its customers across the world. That’s according to Domenico Mazzola, the company’s Chief Commercial Officer.  Speaking to SBC, Mazzola highlighted some of the recently launched products that have been added to the Altenar portfolio, before explaining why …

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Jeevan Jeyaratnam: Abelson Odds: No Niche… Recognising the thriving role of stats betting

SBC News Jeevan Jeyaratnam: Abelson Odds: No Niche... Recognising the thriving role of stats betting

From shots on target to player tackles, stats betting and data-driven markets have deeply enriched the matchday offering that sportsbooks provide over the last few years. Speaking to SBC Leaders, Abelson Odds’  Chief Operations Officer Jeevan Jeyaratnam shines a light on how stats betting has evolved from a unique feature of sportsbook markets to an integral part of any operator’s …

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Bayes Esports: Challenges in marketing esports to the ‘traditional’ sports bettor

SBC News Bayes Esports: Challenges in marketing esports to the 'traditional' sports bettor

Ben ‘Noxville’ Steenhuisen (pictured right), Senior Software Architect at Bayes Esports, looks at the overlaps between esports and ‘traditional’ sports before assessing some of the key challenges companies face when marketing the concept of competitive video gaming to new demographics of bettors. For a long time the variety of sports available for traditional sports betting was a mostly stagnant pool. …

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Pontus Lindwall: Positioning Betsson as a leading technology company

Betsson AB CEO Pontus Lindwall

The gambling industry has changed substantially over the last few years, most notably with the growing influence of the online sphere on how we consume information and entertainment.  Speaking in the latest SBC Leaders magazine, Betsson Group CEO Pontus Lindwall explained that when he first entered the online gambling industry in 1996, the sector was very much in its infancy. …

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Avid defenders of compliance: How Clever Advertising navigates the difficulties of collecting traffic

SBC News Avid defenders of compliance: How Clever Advertising navigates the difficulties of collecting traffic

With a presence in five different continents, the notion of ever-changing regulations is no novelty for Silvia Almeida, the media buying lead that coordinates, controls, and defines the unequivocal pathway of circa 150 media buyers at Clever Advertising. But this does not mean that the performance media agency can rest on its laurels – as it places compliance at the …

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Technamin: Adding a sportsbook platform just ‘makes sense’ for casino operators

SBC News Technamin: Adding a sportsbook platform just ‘makes sense’ for casino operators

Casino operators can extend the reach of their content to new audiences by adding a sportsbook platform to their portfolio, Technamin CEO Suren Khatchatryan told SBC. Speaking ahead of ICE, the CEO shed some light on why a tailored platform is integral to the overall betting experience before highlighting his reasons why now is the perfect time for casino operators …

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Anna Poghosyan, BetConstruct: harmony amid the chaos

SBC News Anna Poghosyan, BetConstruct: harmony amid the chaos

“BetConstruct has found a neat way to translate chaos into harmony”, the company’s Head of Business Development Anna Poghosyan told SBC News, as she discussed the company’s new  igaming platform, Spring, and its igaming console, SpringBME.  Ahead of ICE next week, Poghosyan gave us a sneak peak of what we can expect from BetConstruct at the event before explaining why …

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Abelson Info: PIPs is satisfying the ‘growing appetite’ for player-related markets

SBC News Abelson Info: PIPs is satisfying the ‘growing appetite’ for player-related markets

Operators must prepare to meet the increased demand for soccer player markets in 2022, as more bettors – driven by trends from the US and advancements in player data, become accustomed to the growing availability of statistics and bet builder products. Reuben Thomas – Commercial Director at Abelson Info – tells us about Player Incident Pricing & Settlement, or PIPs, …

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