GVC Holdings’ European online sportsbook property bwin, has confirmed a four-year extension to its existing partnership with the Deutscher Fussball Bund – DFB – German Football Association. Extended to December 2022, bwin will continue to act as ‘official DFB betting partner’, securing extensive brand coverage across Germany men/women’s national football team matches. In addition, the bwin brand secures advertising rights …
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Rebecca Sotomora: Groove Gaming at the epicentre of aggregator disruption
Ahead of ICE 2019, Rebecca Sotomora commercial lead for Groove Gaming, details to SBC readers how industry turn-key technology dynamics and reputations have changed through quick access plug–n-play platform cutting resources with effective delivery…. _________________ SBC: Hi Rebecca, thanks for the interview, since its enterprise inception in 2017, what do you believe has been the foundation for Groove Gaming’s fast …
Read More »Children’s exposure to betting ads lowest for 10 years
Children saw nearly 40% fewer gambling ads in 2017 than they did in 2013 according to the latest report from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The report found that children on average see 2.8 adverts for gambling products a week. The report also found that the levels of children’s exposure to sports-related gambling ads in 2017 were on average of …
Read More »OtherLevels launches personalised real-time solution
Digital marketing and messaging platform, OtherLevels Holdings Limited, has launched its new real-time module which enables igaming operators to carry out in-play engagements. OtherLevels In-Play 2.0 will offer an automated, real-time solution that combines event feeds, live odds, condition evaluation, dynamic message content and smart segmentation which will be developed using historical betting data. Brendan O’Kane, Managing Director for OtherLevels, …
Read More »6 of the Best – ECOMMPAY’s Paul Marcantonio
This week’s 6 of the Best comes from Paul Marcantonio, Head of UK & Western Europe at ECOMMPAY. Read on to discover which England international side provided a sporting highlight, a best bet that hasn’t yet landed and which category proved to be particularly tough. Best Holiday Not a particularly glamorous, but my best holiday experience was/is Olu Deniz in …
Read More »GamblingCompliance signs up for SBC’s Betting on Football & Betting on Sports America
Sports betting media and events company Sports Betting Community (SBC) and leading regulatory intelligence portal GamblingCompliance have joined forces in order to improve the dialogue around gambling regulations. The partnership will see GamblingCompliance become the lead partner on the key compliance and regulatory tracks at SBC’s upcoming Betting on Football (19-23 March) and Betting on Sports America (23-25 April) conferences. …
Read More »Efbet enters Spanish market with OptimaMGS platform
Sportsbook and casino operator, Efbet, will expand its current European operations by entering the Spanish regulated market through a new site powered by the OPTIMAMGS™ platform. The betting group, which already utilises OPTIMAMGS™ as the lead platform for its Eastern European properties, will continue to use OPTIMA turnkey solutions to provide Spanish customers with access to its games portfolio and gaming …
Read More »Peter Woodfine: Vermantia – Why Data & Pictures present a 2019 battlefield
The provision of data and pictures to both retail and online racing betting operators has become one of the most important battlefields in the industry in recent years. As suppliers prepare to descend on London’s ExCeL conference centre to showcase their wares, SBC News caught up with Peter Woodfine, Business Development Director of leading distributor Vermantia, to find out what’s …
Read More »Industry taken to task over use of ‘gagging orders’ in settlements
The Gambling Commission has warned the gambling industry that the indiscriminate use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in settlements with customers over problem gambling issues will not be tolerated. Last year, stories broke in the national media about some major bookmakers adding ‘gagging orders’ to deals with their customers preventing them from going to the Commission with a complaint against any …
Read More »Ladbrokes punters pile in on no deal Brexit after Commons vote
Brexit has dominated headlines for the last two and a half years, with less than 60 days to go until the UK is due to leave Europe. Both the EU and UK remain uncertain as to whether or not a deal, that will be agreed upon by both parties, can be reached by 29 March. In Tuesday’s vote, MPs voted …
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