Sports Betting Community (SBC) and Totally Gaming Academy have joined forces in order to bring the Sports Betting Summer Social to London this month. The FREE networking event is being held on Thursday 18th August at the quirky Kings Road hotspot of The Jam Tree and provides a perfect opportunity for up to 300 sports and gaming industry professionals to …
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Sporting Index surveyed the British public ahead of the Rio Olympics and found that staying up late to watch the games will cost the country up to 302 million lost hours of sleep. The leading spread betting firm commissioned pollsters Opinium and found that Brits on average plan to go to bed 34 minutes later than normal to watch the …
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888sport has launched an interesting partnership as the first main sponsor to simultaneously sponsor four EFL Championship teams for the 2016/17 season by offering fans free travel to away games until Christmas. As one of the most watched leagues in world football, 888sport believes that the Championship is the right platform for its sponsorships efforts which will include sponsoring Birmingham …
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Updating the market, ASX-listed Australian gambling operator Tatts Group Limited (Tatts) has announced that it has entered ‘exclusive talks’ to acquire Intralot’s Australian and New Zealand business division. Tatts have confirmed to Australian business news sources that stakeholder negotiations have ‘advanced to a confirmatory due diligence stage’. However, the company would further state that no final proposal had been made. …
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Luke Tarr, Head of Public Relations at Star Sports, is back for a second tilt at the Tipster Challenge at Pontefract. After returning 16.50 points on his first outing in May, he will be hopeful of extending the Guest’s lead at the top of the leaderboard. Star Sports will be competing against SBC News, Timeform and Stephen Harris, the Horse …
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William Hill has announced it will become Tottenham Hotspur’s new Official European and Australian Betting Partner for an initial two-year period. The partnership will see William Hill will have a presence across the Club’s growing digital channels, pitchside advertising boards and will operate the in-stadium betting services on a matchday. As part of its continued commitment to Haringey (Spurs local community) , …
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Pavol Krasnovsky, founder and CEO of RTSmunity, is speaking on ‘Data Crunching – live betting in esports’ at the upcoming Betting on Sports conference (September 15-16) in London. We caught up with him ahead of the two day event to discuss the work RTSmunity has been doing in the past year, the development of its analytical system and more. SBC: …
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Australian ASX-listed gambling operator Tabcorp Holdings has moved to strengthen its governance advisory by appointing Bruce Akhurst and Vickki McFadden as Non-Executive Directors. Tabcorp adds to its advisory board Bruce Akhurst, a veteran Australian technology and management expert who currently serves as Executive Chairman of advertising services firm AdStream. Vickki McFadden will further assist Tabcorp governance on strategic investments, banking and …
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The much anticipated FanDuel DFS product for the UK market has now been announced and launched by the operator. The fantasy sports operator, which launched in Edinburgh in 2009 and took the States by storm, has now gone live with its product created exclusively for the UK’s football fans. There is an initial focus on the Premier League, and it will be available to …
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Sports data and media rights distributor Genius Sports has strengthened its leadership team by confirming the appointment of Steve Burton as Director of Integrity, Governance & Sports Partnerships. Burton joins Genius Sports from London specialist sports law firm Couchmans LLP, where he served as Head of Sports Data (2009-2016). Part of the Genius Sports executive team, Burton will lead the …
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