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William Hill’s 2016 woes continue as the operator reported a 3% decline in group net revenues for its unaudited 17 week trading update (period ending 26 April). A rough start to 2016, had seen the FTSE-listed operator revise its year financial guidance following a miserable week at Cheltenham 2016. Today William Hill governance stated that 2016 expectations remained at a …

The last month has seen a large number of regulatory developments that will have direct bearing on operators licensed by the Gambling Commission. Although it was not the first in chronological terms, my starting point is a speech given by Sarah Harrison, the Gambling Commission Chief Executive, at the Bingo Association AGM. It represented a summary of: what she called …

Having set up industry bespoke ‘Affiliate M&A’ advisory TAG Media, Founder and Managing Director Tom Galanis speaks to SBC on business consolidation entering the affiliate and player acquisition sector Galanis, an industry affiliates and player acquisition specialist, details the changing market conditions and business values of industry affiliate marketing practices that have led to M&A becoming a reality. ______________________________ SBC: …

Sean Carr is Dafabet’s eSports Liaison. Having signed a partnership with one of the world’s leading esports organisations, Fnatic, Dafabet is clearly aiming to lead the line in terms of major bookmakers getting involved in this space.  We spoke to Sean about the partnership with Fnatic, being the industry’s sole esports liaison and Dafabet’s plans for the future. SBC: How …

In part two of his article on pricing in the betting industry, Jeevan Jeyaratnam of Super Soccer GPS highlights some of the mistakes that occur because of the way trading rooms work these days, and the implications for the customer. Confidence in some large scale price providers is low, and rightly so judging by a couple of ‘early shows’ we’ve witnessed this …

Pricing feeds have become de rigueur in an industry beset by increasing costs, but are they the best way forward for established sportsbooks desperate to retain market share? In a two part article, Jeevan Jeyaratnam of Super Soccer GPS takes a look at how the market has developed. In recent years the growth of online wagering and the, ever-extending, choice of whom to bet …

Updating the market, FTSE-listed gambling operator Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) presented its proforma basis results (merged results) for Q1 2016 (period ending March 31). The newly merged FTSE-100 enterprise (merger officially completed 2 February) reported group revenues up 16% to £339 million for its opening quarter performance. PPB governance was pleased to report Q1 2016 metric growth, despite being impacted …

As the industry pushes forward with a higher emphasis  on omni-channel strategies Scott Longley examines why legacy bookmakers have to look to overturn the ageing demographic of their retail betting customer base. With a view of modernising its shops and retail points what can the industry learn from other sectors… Much of the to and fro in the submissions to …

NFL senior officials are set to review a new franchise proposition for the city of Las Vegas, which aims to migrate the Oakland Raiders to ‘Sin City’. Pitching the proposition’s serious intent, Las Vegas Sands billionaire Sheldon Adelson hosted a media day last Thursday with former England Football captain David Beckham in attendance. Adelson, the fifteenth richest man in US (Forbes …

With more and more looking to find a way into esports, and an increasing number of non-endemic sponsors looking to move into the space in some form companies that provide a helping hand stand to do rather well.  As a B2B platform provider and host Esportsfield is one such company. We spoke to Co-Founder and Head of Product Oleg Voronko about …