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Jacob Lopez Curciel is the Founder, Chairman and CEO for OPTIMA, a licensed B2B Software Developer of sports betting and gaming solutions with partners in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. OPTIMA has been confirmed as the Platinum event sponsor for next month’s Betting on Sports, held at the Olympia Conference Centre from 12-15 September. The company will present software platform OPTIMA …

Updating the market, GVC Holdings has moved to broaden its online casino content across its portfolio of websites by forming a supplier partnership with HTML5 specialist games developer Pragmatic Play. GVC will roll-out Pragmatic’s portfolio of over 80 HTML5 slots titles into a number of their brands, including in the initial phase bwin, PartyCasino, and Gamebookers. Top Pragmatic titles include …

Former billionaire Seán Quinn has launched new online sportsbook Quinnbet, aiming to ‘ruffle up’ the Irish and UK betting sectors. The new sportsbook represents Quinn’s first venture since the multi-billion collapse of Irish conglomerate the Quinn Group in 2010. Quinn was once considered Ireland’s richest person (2008), with an estimated personal wealth of €3.5-4 billion. However, the Irish tycoon lost …

Lega Serie A has named ManBetX as its ‘International Presenting Partner for Asia’. The new Asian market focused bookmaker will receive heightened coverage across Serie A syndicated Asia broadcasts during season 2017/18. ManBetX marketing secured its broadcast partnership ahead of this weekend’s start of a new Serie A season. The online bookmaker will gain in match graphics, idents and virtual …

SportNation.bet, the sportsbook owned and operated by Argyll Entertainment, has partnered with the Barmy Army, England’s internationally renowned cricket supporters club. Brokered by Reg & Co., the deal was officially launched at the Barmy Army Awards ceremony on the second day of the first ever day/night test match in the UK between England and West Indies at Edgbaston, hosted by …

Ladbrokes has announced its second football betting partnership of the day, confirming that it has agreed to become the ‘Official UK & Ireland Bookmaker Partner’ of English Premier League side Leicester City FC. Seeking to push its brand and products to Premier League fans this 2017/18 season, Ladbrokes will gain high exposure throughout Leicester City’s King Power Stadium (capacity: 33,000). …

Updating the market, Stockholm-listed LeoVegas AB has detailed the launch of sportsbook division LeoVegas SPORT for the German betting market. A key launch for H2 2017, LeoVegas SPORT enters the German betting market launching a multi-format marketing campaign for social media and TV verticals. As a new German betting market incumbent, LeoVegas aims for the its TV and social media …

Brazil’s Finance Ministry has confirmed that it will begin the tender process for the privatization of its state-owned lottery instant-win games operator Loteria Instantânea Exclusiva (LOTEX). The LOTEX tender process will be open to national and international gambling operators and will be handled by Brazil’s National Bank for Economic & Social Development (BNDES). Brazilian business news reports have detailed that …

Snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan will be a key speaker at the inaugural SBC Snooker Forum in London on 4 September. The invite only event, supported by bookmaker BetCris, will see the snooker icon discuss the relationship between the sport and the betting industry and also demonstrate the skills that made him the best in the world. O’Sullivan commented: “I am …

Ahead of Betting on Sports 2017 (12-15 September), we spoke to Sportradar Head of Esports James Watson about data challenges in esports and his company’s relationship with ESL. Watson is part of the ‘Data Data Data’ session (14 September) in the ‘Betting on Esports’ track at next month’s event. SBC: Why did you decide to speak at Betting on Esports …