Sports Betting Community (SBC) will be at the forefront as the sports betting industry descends on Las Vegas to take part in the Global Gaming Expo. Fresh off another successful Betting on Sports conference in London, SBC will not only have a presence on the show floor by having a booth for G2E, but will also host the official G2E …
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Åland Islands-based gaming operator Paf has confirmed that it will reduce its maximum yearly loss limit by €5,000, in a bid to prioritise responsible gambling measures. In 2018, Paf became one of the first operators to introduce a maximum limit for the amount a customer can lose in a year. Paf has since confirmed that its initial maximum limit of …
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The UK racing industry has been warned that it needs to begin making plans ahead of a potential no-deal Brexit scenario, which is expected to have a significant impact on the sector. In a note sent on behalf of the Thoroughbred Industries Brexit Steering Group, it was emphasised that ‘the political situation regarding the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European …
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Betting and gaming operator Fortuna Entertainment Group has confirmed that it has successfully completed the migration of its Slovakian sportsbook onto Playtech’s IMS platform. The migration marks the next stage in Fortuna and Playtech’s omni-channel partnership in Central and Eastern Europe following the extension of their initial agreement in 2018. The operator has since outlined plans to migrate its sportsbooks …
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The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) CEO Neil McArthur has praised the ‘encouraging increase’ of gambling operators which are utilising both algorithms and machine learning to crack down on gambling related harms. Speaking at the Southbank Centre yesterday, McArthur confirmed that the UKGC plans to launch its next Raising Standards Conference early next year, however called for a bi-annual meeting of CEOs …
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BtoBet CEO Alessandro Fried believes that operators risk becoming merely a franchise of their platform provider if they take an off-the-shelf product with a prescribed user experience. Fried said that it does not make sense from a business point of view for an operator to opt to deliver the exact same user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) to many …
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SBTech said that the process of getting new operators live via its sports betting solutions is something that it “refuses to take lightly”. James Coxon, VP of Commercial at SBTech, added that it prioritises getting “fully under the hood of exactly what they want as a business”. He was speaking at last month’s Betting on Sports conference in response to …
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William Hill has secured a new partnership with The National Basketball Association (NBA) after being named as a ‘Proud Partner and an Authorized Sports Betting Operator of the NBA in the United States’. Under the terms of the new agreement, William Hill will gain access to official NBA betting data as well as league marks across its mobile platforms and …
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Sports betting platform and systems provider FSB Tech has secured a new agreement with private bookmaker Goldchip, which will see two roll-out a new digital sportsbook and online casino. Under the terms of the new agreement, FSB will integrate its flexible sports betting solutions with Goldchip’s existing technology, which is hoped to boost both user experience as well as the …
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Kentucky-based Keeneland Association has secured a new multi-year agreement with Sky Sports Racing which will give the broadcaster exclusive rights to broadcast Keeneland racing and sales to UK and Irish viewers. The agreement, which will begin at the start of Keeneland’s Fall Meet in October, will include race-day coverage as well as exclusive content and commentary provided by Keeneland Paddock …
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