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SIS has appointed Mike Jones in a newly created role for its senior leadership team. Following a successful 6-month interim period starting in February 2016, he has become the Director of Software Engineering for the company. Based at SIS’ headquarters in Milton Keynes, Jones will be working with SIS teams in London and Salford to drive a transformation in the …

Richard Moffat Managing Director of leading UK sports betting affiliate OLBG (olbg.com) speaks to SBC on his firm’s recent international expansion and business strategy which has seen OLBG launch its player referral services in Spain, Australia, Ireland and Romania. Moffat details to SBC readers how entering new international markets has tested OLBG’s day-to-day operations and marketing values as an industry …

bettingexpert (bettingexpert.com), a leading European sports betting player community, has crowned Serbian  Nemanja Dojčinović (community name ‘Ninca90’) as its Tipster of the Year 2016. The lucrative competition rewards the player who has bagged the highest yield from their tips on the bettingexpert platform, and Ninca90 blew away the competition with his 4.6% return from 10,010 recommendations across the year. From …

Rank Group and 888 Holdings pursuit of William Hill is expected to heat up this week, as consortium stakeholders are expected to make a fresh bid to seduce William Hill governance into opening negotiations. This weekend, UK business news sources have reported that Rank and 888 governances have been reviewing the 364p per share offer (value circa £3.2-3.3 billion), which …

Updating the market, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has informed that Smart TV Broadcasting Limited, the operating company of Smart Live Gaming, has surrendered its official ‘Remote Operator’ and ‘Gambling Software’ licences. The forfeit of both its UK licences comes a week after the UKGC had placed Smart Live Gaming brands under temporary suspension stating that the interactive gaming operator …

Ladbrokes’ retail betting division has confirmed that UK sports broadcaster BT Sport will be televised across its betting shop estate network. Confirming the partnership ahead of this weekend’s start of Premier League season 2016/17, BT Sport content will be displayed across all 2144 shops in the UK and 77 shops in Northern Ireland. The content of leading UK sports broadcaster …

Targeting growth in German-speaking nations, digital sports content media provider Perform Group (Perform) has announced the launch of its DAZN service in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A live sports streaming network, DAZN will offer German language sports streams of Premier League, La Liga (Spain), Serie A (Italy) and Ligue 1 (France) matches, plus Bundesliga highlights for regional customers paying €9.99 …

Southampton FC is delighted to announce that Premier Punt has become the club’s Official Fantasy Sports Betting Partner. The Edinburgh based social gaming and betting company has signed a multi-year deal deal with the Saints ahead of the 2016/17 campaign.  Founded in 2013, Premier Punt specialises in ‘No Commitment’ fantasy football betting, meaning users can play weekly, daily or on …

Leicester City FC has announced global sport betting operator 12BET as an Official Betting Partner for the 2016/17 season. Formed in 2007, the sports betting and casino brand specialises in-play football betting and this is far from its first top tier sponsorship in the sport having agreed deals with Sevilla, Swansea and Newcastle United in the past. Leicester City Heads of Partnerships Harj …

Toronto-listed Amaya Inc has confirmed Rafi Ashkenazi’s appointment as chief executive on a permanent basis after former boss David Baazov cut his official ties with the company. Amaya confirmed Baazov had resigned from ‘all positions’ within the company effective 11 August. He had been on temporary leave since March. Issuing a short statement Baazov commented: “I am proud of my contributions in building Amaya into the successful company it is today, and …