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Coral to sponsor Alan Brazil’s talkSPORT show

SBC News Coral to sponsor Alan Brazil's talkSPORT show

Bookmakers Coral have signed a deal with talkSPORT, the world’s biggest sports radio station,  to become the new betting partner of the station’s flagship show – the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast. The partnership will see Coral sponsoring a daily on air betting slot on talkSPORT’s breakfast show, called the Coral Daily Download, where Coral’s resident experts, Simon Clare and David …

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Paddy Show Best Value in January 2014

SBC News Paddy Show Best Value in January 2014

Paddy Power had an incredible 109 money-back offers during the course of January according to the latest monthly report from the leading online affiliate and betting service, FREEBETS.com. The bookmaker was one of only two of the 19 leading layers analysed by the FREEBETS.com team to promote more than 100 total offers during January. Betway had 104 and William Hill …

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Ripon Renews Broadcast Terms with At The Races

SBC News Ripon Renews Broadcast Terms with At The Races

UK and Ireland racing broadcaster At The Races has renewed broadcast terms with the Ripon Racecourse, the new deal will see racecourse content published by ATR programming for the next ten years. Located in North Yorkshire and nicknamed the Garden Racecourse, Ripon Racecourse is a specialist thoroughbred racing venue. ATR’s new agreement with the racecourse, will see the broadcaster retain …

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Experts looking into FOBT behaviours

SBC News Experts looking into FOBT behaviours

A consortium made-up of NatCen Social Research, Featurespace and Geofutures has been commissioned by the Responsible Gambling Trust (RGT) to undertake a new piece of research into gaming machines in bookmakers. The consortium has been tasked with exploring whether data from gaming machines can be linked to problem gambling. Featurespace will analyse how industry data may be used to potentially …

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Leovegas takes on Yggdrasil content

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Games providers Yggdrasil Gaming have signed a licensing agreement with LeoVegas.com to supply the online and mobile casino operator with its entire lottery and casino games portfolio. Yggdrasil Gaming specialises in lottery and instant lotto products, slot, keno, mobile and online scratch games, as well as pooled progressive jackpots, and will provide LeoVegas with its full suite of 23 ground-breaking …

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Popular Castle Builder now available for gaming

SBC News Popular Castle Builder now available for gaming

Rabcat is announcing the worldwide launch of its most innovative and successful real-money game yet, Castle Builder. Already a record-breaking title in the Austrian market, where it was released on desktop with Austrian Lottery operator win2day last January and nominated for a 2013 Game of the Year award by industry peers, this innovative real-money game is now available to the …

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BSKYB’s Cutter Joins Betfair as CTO

SBC News BSKYB's Cutter Joins Betfair as CTO

Sports betting operator Betfair Plc  has announced the  appointment of former BSkyB director of software engineering Paul Cutter as its new chief technology officer (CTO). Cutter takes over as CTO at the online betting and gaming exchange from Tony McAlister, a former IT executive at mobile network Vodafone, who was in the role from January 2009. . Cutter joins Betfair …

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Full Tilt Poker Sportsbook Rumours Circulate

SBC News Full Tilt Poker Sportsbook Rumours Circulate

Rumours are circulating the igaming industry that Full Tilt Poker, one of the internet’s biggest and most recognised poker rooms are exploring the  possibility of broadening their product inventory by offering players a sports betting platform. The move to offer new igaming and sports betting product channels to customers is part of a new strategy taken on board by Full …

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BetBright to sponsor Kempton Park Chase

SBC News BetBright to sponsor Kempton Park Chase

Irish online and mobile betting service BetBright has become the new sponsor of the Kempton Park Chase, formerly known as The Racing Post Chase. The BetBright Chase, one of the most prestigious handicap chases on the National Hunt calendar, will be run at Kempton Park on Saturday 22 February with £100,000 of prize money up for grabs. BetBright will also …

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Asian tech firm partners with Fulham

SBC News Asian tech firm partners with Fulham

Asian-based technology providers Power8 have become an official Club Partner of English Premier League club Fulham FC in a deal which includes significant presence of the Power8 branding on LED perimeter advertising, ultimately reaching TV and on-line audiences in 212 worldwide markets. Power8, which provides some solutions for the gaming industry, says it is proud of its partnership with Fulham …

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