“We need to be able to look ourselves in the eye and say we did everything we could,” explained William Hill CEO Ulrik Bengtsson, as he contemplated the importance of social responsibility and player protection across the betting and gaming industry. This exclusive interview with Bengtsson opens the second edition of SBC Leaders for 2021, where he shares his views …
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Kamil Murcko: How Enetpulse is building excitement for Euro 2020
The anticipation and longing have probably never been bigger for sports fans than before the postponed Euro 2020 tournament this summer. At Enetpulse, a leading sports data provider, the focus is now on bringing the thrill back for football fans. Kamil Murcko, Enetpulse’s Head of Sales, believes that the rescheduled tournament will generate increased levels of fan engagement – perhaps …
Read More »SBC Digital Africa announces 60-strong expert speaker line-up
This week’s SBC Digital Africa conference and exhibition is set to feature a speaker line-up of 60 senior executives and specialists, all ready to share hard-to-find information about the continent’s best opportunities for betting and gaming operators. The agenda for the event on 30-31 March 2021 includes sessions that examine the future of the markets in South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, …
Read More »FanDuel: Sports fans want experiences ‘radically different to traditional formats’
Appearing in the debut episode of the SBC Leaders Podcast, a podcast series that gets to know the people driving global gaming’s biggest developments, FanDuel CEO Matt King discussed the operator’s approach to developing sports betting in ‘radically different’ formats. Speaking to SBC’s Global Relationships Director, Kelly Kehn, King outlined how both the sports betting and sports broadcasting markets are …
Read More »Bayes Esports: Predicting the unpredictable with esports events
Darina Goldin, Director of Data Science at Bayes Esports, takes a look at seasonal trends within the esports industry and why she learnt to embrace the chaos that comes with trying to forecast esports events in 2021. If something is seasonal, it means that it fluctuates within a calendar year in a predictable fashion. This is true for shopping, the …
Read More »‘Affil U Bro’: How the Affilka platform is solving pain points for iGaming operators
It might be a ‘new kid on the block’ among more established affiliate tracking platforms for iGaming operators, but Affilka – an offspring of SoftSwiss – has made huge strides since evolving into a platform independent of its parent company in 2019. Anastasia Borovaya (pictured), Affilka Product Owner at SoftSwiss, tells us about the platform’s key features, delivering performance data …
Read More »Euro 2020: The time for trading teams to make up for lost time
Euro 2020 is finally going ahead this summer. It’s been a while coming and I – like all sports fans and bettors – am excited to get involved in the action of a fully-fledged major soccer tournament once again, writes Marco Blume (pictured), Trading Director of Pinnacle and the operator’s B2B arm Pinnacle Solution. Russia 2018 is now becoming a …
Read More »David Ozararat: Why establishing a French hub has been a ‘step forward’ for SoftConstruct
The last 12 months have shone a light on the need for unification of the French gambling market and highlighted reasons why there needs to be an expansion to areas of regulation. That’s according to David Ozararat, who became President of SoftConstruct’s French division in February. He told SBC News that the market is on an upward trajectory with online …
Read More »Lyuben Starev, Enetpulse: New data points and special features for Euro 2020
Sports data provider Enetpulse has spent the extra year rethinking its solutions for this summer’s showpiece Euro 2020 football tournament. We spoke to Lyuben Starev (pictured), head of products and content at Enetpulse, about changes to its original approach, new data points and features planned for Euro 2020. SBC: Can you tell us about your lead sports data solutions for …
Read More »The ‘circle of control’: Protecting your brand traffic from the ‘piggybackers’
Why do I have potential customers searching for my brand but not ending up on my page? The answer, explained Internet Vikings CEO Peter Ekmark, may lie in brand traffic protection. “Having worked with major igaming B2C brands in both regulated markets and developing markets for almost 15 years, I have faced a multitude of digital marketing challenges,” said Ekmark. …
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