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Esports form a notable part of the agenda at Betting on Sports (#bettingonsports) next month, and with a plethora of issues to discuss and debate it’s no great surprise why.  One industry expert is Sportradar’s James Watson. James will be on a panel alongside Pavol Krasnovsky, founder of RTSmunity, exploring how live betting can work in an esports environment. In …

Following this week’s release of the international trailer for ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’, Betway has placed the upcoming Christmas blockbuster (release date: 16 December) at even money to top 2016’s worldwide box office. To take global cinema’s top spot, Rogue One will likely compete against fellow Disney Studios blockbuster ‘Captain America: Civil War’. Priced at 2/1 by Betway, the third …

Bookmakers are constantly on the lookout for new additions and features to both retain punters and attract new ones. This is ever trickier in an increasingly flooded marketplace. It’s one which shows no signs of clearing out too with numerous sportsbooks popping up this year from casino operators opening their own sportsbooks to the recent launch of Sun Bets. Real money …

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 …

Karol Corcoran is the International Marketing Director at FanDuel. It’s an important period for the company with the EPL kicking off this Saturday and the debut of its new product built for the UK’s football fans.  We spoke to Karol about why they set about creating a product from the ground-up, marketing strategy and club partnerships. SBC: Tell us more …

Valery Bollier is the CEO of Oulala, a company that is fast making tracks in DFS and has recently announced a move into India and Australasia via a deal with Cardinal House Group.  Valery is speaking on a panel at Betting on Sports 2016 (September 15-16) on the topic of how DFS operators and bookmakers can work together for mutual …

Paul Leyland, Founding Partner at industry advisors Regulus Partners, will open the ‘Betting on Sports’ Conference (15-16 September, Grange Tower Bridge Hotel London) detailing the potential impacts of BREXIT on betting stakeholders and the sector’s value chain. With the betting industry likely to face internal and external conflicts, Leyland details the demands governance, and leadership will likely face in testing …

Manuel Sagall is the Art Director and Head of Marketing for Golden Race, the Platinum sponsor for the upcoming Betting on Sports Conference in London. The two-day conference is the largest of its kind within the sports betting industry, and takes place in September (15-16) at the 5-star Grange Tower Bridge Hotel. We caught up with him to discuss what attracted Golden Race to …

Two developments have occurred over the last month that have provided some considerable insight into the Gambling Commission’s present and future regulatory priorities. The first is publication of the Commission’s Annual Report for 2015/16. The second is a speech entitled “Gambling: Getting the balance right” given by Philip Graf at the Royal Society of Arts as he comes to the …

The 2016 Olympic games gets underway in Brazil today and there’ll be plenty of action to keep us entertained until August 21st. It’s been a controversial games before it’s even kicked off with the unravelling of the doping scandal, but here we focus on the opportunities that it offers for bookmakers. In its latest Bookies’ Corner series SBC picked the …