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Betting on Sports webinar series takes a look at Machine Learning & The Global Sports Betting Industry

Betting on Sports Webinar: Machine Learning & The Global Sports Betting Industry

SBC’s Betting on Sports webinar series continues on Wednesday 7 August 2019 with ‘ICED(AI) – A Burgeoning Affair: Machine Learning & The Global Sports Betting Industry’. The session will deal with one of the key issues facing the sector, providing an in-depth examination of both the opportunities and challenges emerging from developments in Artificial Intelligence at a time when the …

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Better Collective Spotlight – Speltips.se first in mind and first in search for Sweden

Sweden

For this month’s Better Collective Spotlight, SBC News took a closer look at Speltips.se, the flagship brand for Better Collective in Sweden. We asked Jesper Ribacka, Director of Better Collective Stockholm, about the history of tipster sites in Sweden, why the opportunity is greater for affiliates than operators and what the future might hold for the country’s affiliate market.  SBC: …

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Andrew Morgan, ICS: The Premier League bonus race is over

Premier League

Content and not bonuses is the most effective player acquisition tool ahead of the 2019/2020 Premier League season, says Andrew Morgan, International Director at ICS Media Group. The countdown to the kick-off of the 2019/2020 English Premier League is very much underway and over the next few weeks we will see online sportsbook operators unlock their marketing war-chests as the …

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SBC Bookies Corner – Boris comes into play…

A new chapter for UK politics begins as Boris Johnson takes over at Number 10, given the mandate of delivering Brexit by Halloween (31 October). SBC gets bookmakers first reactions on what awaits punters and markets with regards to ‘PM Bojo’… _________________  SBC: Winning 66% of the Tory membership vote, Boris Johnson fulfils his manifest destiny by becoming new UK PM. …

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LATAM and CIS growth specialists head Emerging Markets track at Betting on Sports

emerging

Latin American and CIS growth experts JD Duarte and Stan Reoutt will bookend the Emerging Markets track at Betting on Sports 2019, as part of the event’s growing international outlook.  Reflecting the increasing global reach of the sports betting industry, Emerging Markets is a five-session conference track that focuses on the opportunities available to operators and suppliers in some of …

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Russell Karp: DataArt – US betting faces a UX ‘culture clash’ challenge…

SBC News Russell Karp: DataArt - US betting faces a UX 'culture clash' challenge...

Does the betting industry recognise its prominent ‘UX challenge’ developing and delivering its initial product propositions for the liberalised US sports betting market post-PASPA.   Russell Karp Vice President of Media & Entertainment at DataArt, details to SBC audiences that effective European UX strategies cannot be simply transferred to a US playing field, without stakeholders undertaking their homework on multiple …

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Winning Post – Irish outlook… Sin tax errors, on both sides!

SBC News Winning Post – Irish outlook… Sin tax errors, on both sides!

Opening the week, industry strategic consultancy Regulus Partners provides an Irish overview, assessing whether the government can reform its newly sanctioned betting tax scheme by forming a level playing field for its incumbents. ________________ The Irish government is reportedly considering changes to its betting duty regime in light of the evidence of the first six months of doubling the rate …

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Jesper Søgaard: Stage 1 – Establishing Better Collective’s US profile

SBC News Jesper Søgaard: Stage 1 - Establishing Better Collective's US profile

Last May, Stockholm-listed Better Collective A/S moved to significantly advance its US profile by acquiring US legacy betting publisher the RotoGrinders network for $21 million. Branded as a transformative deal for Better Collective’s organisation and growth strategy, Chief Executive & Co-Founder Jesper Søgaard details to SBC why his firm is ready to gamble on the US betting market’s undefined agenda …

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Gambling Commission calls The Samaritans to bolster guidelines

SBC News Gambling Commission calls The Samaritans to bolster guidelines

The Gambling Commission is partnering up with The Samaritans in the battle against problem gambling after a fresh analysis of 2007 data shed light on its links with suicide.   The small scale research programme, published today by GambleAware and the Gambling Commission, was based on findings from the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) and indicated that one in five …

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Viktor Hoffmann: VBET – Sending the right message through sponsorship

SBC News Viktor Hoffmann: VBET - Sending the right message through sponsorship

In an interview with InsiderSport, Viktor Hoffmann – recently appointed Global Marketing Director at VBET -detailed why the partnership with Arsenal sends the perfect message for the VBET brand and its UK ambitions, as well as how the operator can maximise the partnership to expand its global footprint.  ________________ InsiderSport: Firstly, can you tell us how much it means to be associated with a …

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