Pavol Krasnovsky is the Founder and CEO of RTSmunity, market maker for esports on Betfair and Matchbook exchanges and odds supplier. Krasnovsky is joining the Betting on Esports conference (September 12-15th) panel focused on data, the challenges that come with it in esports markets but also how to harness it to succeed. Alongside him on this panel will be Pinnacle Trading Director …
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Argyll Entertainment has marked the launch of the new NFL season by relaunching its US sports themed offering, www.redzonesports.bet, a bespoke British bookmaker for US sports. The launch comes just a few weeks after the online sports betting group switched its BetOnBrazil.com brand to SportNation.bet, to form a ‘stronger connection’ with its new media partner SportNation.com. Operating off the SBTech platform, …
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Betway has announced that it is the new title sponsors of the 2017 British Basketball All-Stars Championship. The event, which will take place at the O2 Arena on 24 September, will be shown live on Sky Sports, as well as being broadcast live in over 70 countries around the world. The prize fund for the new, entertaining version of the …
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Updating the market European online betting group Panserve limited, has informed that it has appointed Natalia Zavodnik as new Chief Executive of its Marathonbet division. Panserve Limited appoints Zavodnik as new leader of flagship brand Marathonbet, following the departure of former incumbent Viktor Hoffman to industry start-up Addison Global. Zavodnik is promoted to CEO of Marathonbet, having previously served …
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Industry technology providers’ IGT Group and Scientific Games have informed the market that they have signed a ‘landmark patent cross-licensing agreement’. Updating stakeholders, IGT and Scientific Games detail that moving forward each company will have access to each other’s slot portfolio for the North American market. Fierce rivals within the land-based gambling systems and lottery terminals sectors, it appears that …
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Independent online gambling operator Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has informed that industry software and systems supplier SBTech will service its sports betting platform provisions for its German market launch. Updating stakeholders, SBTech has informed that it will provide SB&G’s full operational provisions for its Sky Bet Deutschland brand. Agreed platform provisions will include trading and risk management systems, bonusing …
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Daily fantasy sports operator Sportito has accelerated its international expansion by securing a Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) ‘Online Gambling Licence’. Having gained Malta MGA approval, Sportito confirms that it will now push to launch its DFS services for the German market. Sportito expands its European licensing provisions, which further includes a UK Gambling Commission operator licence secured in 2016. Following …
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There’s just one week left to secure your ticket to Betting on Sports 2017 (12-15 September), an event stocked with the strongest lineup of speakers the sports betting industry has ever seen. Next week Olympia Conference Centre will open its doors to more than 1,200 high-level delegates, including representatives of more than 120 operators, 80 high-level affiliates and hundreds of …
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A turbulent first half of 2017, has seen FTSE-listed online gambling group 888 Holdings declare pre-tax losses of $17.3 million (H1 2016: £21.5 million), with the company impacted by ‘exceptional costs’ of +$50 million recorded during the period. Updating investors, 888 governance reported that the costs would offset a ‘record’ H1 performance for the company, as 888 recorded key metric …
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Golden Race, Gold Sponsor for the upcoming Betting on Sports conference (12-15 September), is a virtual sports provider which creates an authentic sports betting experience that customers can completely control, manage, and deliver to players across retail, online and mobile channels. Less than two weeks before the event, we spoke to Golden Race CEO Martin Wachter about the company’s new …
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