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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 …

With the cash strapped governments of the once mighty BRIC nations, seeking to implement new economic policies to boost their dwindling funds. Scott Longley examines how the current BRIC downturn will impact betting’s regulatory debate and progress amongst emerging economies  _______________________ Like a worried bunch of Chicken Little’s, the economic commentaries have been busily scaring the world’s markets with the doleful …

Facing mounting pressure from the European Union to reform its national gambling framework, and adhere to EU business and competition policies, Sweden’s Ministry of Finance has responded by stating that it will undertake a full review of its policy on the matter. Detailing its plans, the ministry stated that it needed to update its policies in order to monitor an …

The emergence of a global eSports marketplace has produced eye-popping projections that are beginning to capture awareness and attention from more and more of the mainstream public. However, quantitative market numbers do not communicate an actionable context for capturing the eSports opportunity; instead, this is found through comprehension of the underlying community. _________________________________ Competitive gaming: A community platform Depictions of the worldwide viewing …

As  legal and political concerns grow over the promotion of  daily fantasy sports (DFS) products in the US. The burgeoning sector is still very much appealing to major brands, gambling operators and technologies. Scott Longley places DFS current context under the spotlight…  ____________________ The beginning of the NFL regular season is always a keenly anticipated event, but this year it was …

Bigger companies and more competition across the market mean it’s a great time to be an innovator in the gaming industry, according to David Mills, head of Matchbook’s mLabs incubator. Mills, who is also head of research for the betting exchange, was speaking ahead of Matchbok’s participation at next month’s EiG event in Berlin, where his colleague Derek Coetzee will …