Smarkets is looking to change the public’s perception of the gambling industry. From its home overlooking St Katharine Docks the company has enjoyed a fruitful few years. It recently placed 12th in Inc’s 5000 Europe of the continent’s fastest growing companies. Its focus is on a sleek and simplistic customer experience (which includes a flat 2% commission) and the way the …
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John Pettit – Playtech BGT: Unifying individual strengths, dynamics & intelligence
Unifying all of its sports betting assets under the Playtech BGT Sports division, leading industry technology provider Playtech aims to bring market innovation through the optimal convergence of its joint products, services and user engagement mechanisms. John Pettit Managing Director of Playtech BGT UK, Ireland, Australia & Asia details to SBC readers his firm’s serious intent at challenging the sports …
Read More »Sponsorship Spotlight – Using sports content and marketing to optimise sponsorship
Just two weeks after JDG Sport was hired by Betfred to optimise title sponsorship of the 2017 Super League, we caught up with Managing Director James Gordon to discuss the use of agencies for activating sponsorship and reaction to the number of gambling companies getting involved in Rugby League. JDG Sport, a provider of sports content and marketing services, will …
Read More »Jacob Johns – Easyodds – Preparing for The Cheltenham Festival
With less than two weeks to go until the biggest horse racing meet of the year, we caught up with Jacob Johns, one of the leading horse racing tipsters at odds comparison site Easyodds, to find out more about his company’s preparation for The Festival and how he expects the bookmakers to respond after the ‘Worst Ever Cheltenham’ in 2016. …
Read More »SBC Bookies Corner – Strange World…Trump The Reality!
Last October SBC covered the betting phenomenon of Donald Trump who had shaken up bookmaker political markets. His surprise US Election victory rocked global politics, the media, public and bookmakers who now have to adapt to a Trump Presidency and Administration. Following the first two months of Trump’s volatile presidency, SBC’s latest ‘Bookies Corner’ asks bookmakers and industry stakeholders …
Read More »Sponsorship Spotlight – Increased TV coverage and opportunities for betting partners in Rugby
As the Six Nations makes its return after a one-week break, we’ve put Rugby sponsorship into the spotlight on SBC News. A month on from Leicester Tigers signing LeoVegas as its ‘Official Betting and Gaming Partner’, we caught up with Chris Rose, Head of Brand for the 10-time English Champions, to discuss the lack of visibility for betting partners in …
Read More »Ladbrokes Coral CEO Jim Mullen: ‘take a serious look at the facts’ on FOBTs
Ladbrokes Coral CEO Jim Mullen has appealed to politicians to ‘step back from the fray’ and take a serious look at the facts in highly fractious debate around FOBTs. Writing a piece in the Daily Telegraph, replicated below, Mullen argues that the only impact that cutting stakes to £2 from £100 will have is the loss of thousands of jobs and …
Read More »Fredrik Elmqvist – Yggdrasil success shows industry underdogs can win through innovation & effective output
Industry games and platform provider Yggdrasil has declared 2016 as its most successful year in business, with the company reporting a staggering 332% increase in corporate revenues to SEK 87 million (£7.7 million). Significantly strengthening its commercial pipeline, Yggdrasil has signed twenty new industry clients during the year (eleven of them in the UK market). The commercial boost would see …
Read More »Bernard Marantelli – Colossus Bets – Building a Crowd Pleaser with Colossus Syndicates
Bringing new player engagement dynamics to its football pools product, Colossus Bets has announced the launch of its ‘Colossus Syndicates’ feature which will enable users to propose crowdfunded tickets which will compete for Colossus jackpots. Colossus Bets Founder & CEO Bernard Marantelli speaks to SBC on the challenges of developing an effective crowdfunded game for the sports betting market and how his …
Read More »Ryan Scarratt – Front Runner – Giving niche sports the airtime they deserve
Following Front Runner’s sponsorship deal with the bookmaker Mr Green, we had a chat with Ryan Scarratt of niche sports channel Front Runner. The new free to view sports channel has taken an interesting approach to broadcasting in 2017 when the bulk of similar companies are reflecting the paid subscription model. From showing ice hockey to poker and MMA it’s focused …
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