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Swish has secured its third high-profile gaming client in a little over a month after striking a deal with Videoslots.com for the online casino operator’s Swedish players. The deal, which follows similar agreements with both LeoVegas and Mr Green, will help Malta-based Videoslots to strengthen its position within the re-regulated Swedish market. Following this re-regulation of the Swedish gambling market, …

Fast-growing online betting exchange Smarkets has confirmed the departure of Todd Johnson as Chief Operations Officer (COO). Johnson, who has served as Smarkets COO since 2016, revealed via LinkedIn that he had departed the London-based online betting exchange, returning to the financial services sector as operations lead for brokerage and wealth management firm GPP Group. Smarkets’ communications team has confirmed …

Online gambling group 138.com (138) has moved to revamp its UK sportsbook and casino profile, utilising new industry software incumbent Dench turnkey platform solutions. The extensive partnership sees 138 migrate its 138.co.uk domain, services and customers to the Dench Core platform, seeking to revitalise its product proposition for the saturated UK online gambling marketplace. The 138 executive team details that …

Sports betting is sports betting; right? Fundamentally, yes. But where the US market and its European counterpart are concerned, it comes in slightly different flavours. Three industry experts explain… Talk of Europe’s role as a shaping presence in the US market for sports betting became something of a leitmotif to proceedings from the moment that PASPA was consigned to the …

Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) has announced its first major initiative of 2019, officially launching its ‘IntegriSport Project’, co-developed in partnership with the EU ERASMUS European-wide education and training programme. The project aims to raise awareness and improve training standards among European-wide law enforcement authorities/stakeholders with regards to identifying sport manipulations/corruptions Launching IntegriSport, the GLMS has split the project into two …

The number of users who bet on esports with 1xBet increased by almost 350 per cent in 2018 when compared with the corresponding period of 2017, according to a company report. This report finding – first shared with SBC Magazine for its Sports Betting Guide to ICE – led the international operator to predict that esports will become one of …

SBC Americas Editor Chris Murphy was in attendance as BtoBet officially launched its regional partnership with Wildar Gaming for Latin America (LatAm). BtoBet CEO Alessandro Fried shared his vision with journalists at the invite-only ICE press conference about both the ‘uberization of the igaming industry’ and the ‘importance of being glocal’. He defined ‘glocal’ as being present at a global …

The National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) has boosted its bid for increased public awareness through the appointment of Deanna Wilken, MA, as Communications Manager. Keith Whyte, Executive Director for the NCPG – an advocacy organisation for individuals and families experiencing problem gambling and gambling addiction – said that Wilken will “build on the existing structure” to improve communication across …

This week’s 6 of the Best comes from Gary Pine, Chief Product Officer at W2 Global Data. Keep reading for more on Pine’s eight-day Asian adventure, his ‘go to’ album, where to find the best atmosphere in world rugby and why weekend lycra is now “the order of the day”. Best Holiday Having recently returned to the office from a Christmas break in …

Customer retention specialist Optimove has launched iGaming Pulse, a new industry benchmark that will empower operators to both understand their strengths and analyse their weaknesses when it comes to marketing products. We spoke to Motti Colman, the company’s Director of New Business, to find out more. SBC: How will iGaming Pulse help sports betting operators to optimise marketing actions and …