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Inspired appoints Brooks H Pierce as Senior North America VP

SBC News Inspired appoints Brooks H Pierce as Senior North America VP

Expanding its US-centric leadership and strategy, industry virtual sports and games systems developer Inspired Entertainment has confirmed the appointment of Brooks H Pierce as a Senior Vice President for North America. A 25-year gambling executive, Pierce joins Inspired’s senior leadership team from Aristocrat Gaming, where he led the technology firm’s $700 million ‘Americas division’ as US Managing Director. Pierce has …

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CrownBet appoints Mark Gay as new Digital Director

SBC News CrownBet appoints Mark Gay as new Digital Director

An enlarged CrownBet has confirmed the appointment of Mark Gay as Chief Digital Director (CDD). Gay replaces incumbent Steve Maidment, who announced his departure from the Australian online bookmaker earlier this year. A seasoned technology and enterprise strategist, Gay joins CrownBet’s executive leadership team from Australian online retail bank ME (Members Equity), where he served as Chief Intelligence Officer (2015 …

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Serbia FA selects Genius Sports as data & integrity lead

SBC News Serbia FA selects Genius Sports as data & integrity lead

The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) has selected Genius Sports and its official data and integrity partner. The FSS will utilise Genius Sports technologies to monitor, track and analyse play across its syndicated Superliga, First League and FSS Cup competitions. The agreement will allow Genius Sports the right to commercialise FSS match real-time data captured by its systems. Confirming the …

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RotoQL secures $3 million seed targeting growth within pending US betting market

SBC News RotoQL secures $3 million seed targeting growth within pending US betting market

New York start-up RotoQL, an enterprise seeking to become the ‘Bloomberg for sports fans’ has confirmed that it has secured $3 million seed investment round. The seed round was led by early FanDuel investor Karlani Capital, with venture capital firms Boston Seed, Velo Partners, Azure and Oakvale investing in the mobile-centric sports data enterprise. Further joining RotoQL’s early investment round, is …

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RFL extends InCrowd partnership after World Cup success

SBC News RFL extends InCrowd partnership after World Cup success

The Rugby Football League (RFL) has extended its partnership with InCrowd, continuing the RFL’s ambitions of building a world leading membership platform for spectators, viewers and participants of rugby league. In a launch that was planned to perfectly coincide with the 2017 Rugby League World Cup (RLWC2017) in Australia giving new members the chance to support England in their quest …

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Kambi leadership backs betting suite to deliver growth in market changing 2018

SBC News Kambi leadership backs betting suite to deliver growth in market changing 2018

The leadership of Stockholm-listed, betting platform and software supplier Kambi Plc, backs its products, services and innovations to deliver client growth in a critical 2018 for the global betting sector. Publishing Kambi’s ‘2017 Annual Report’, Chief Executive Kristian Nylén is pleased to have closed a ‘rollercoaster year’ which has tested the firm’s structure, industry strategy and leadership nerves. Despite recording …

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DraftKings seeks partners for US betting expansion

SBC News DraftKings seeks partners for US betting expansion

US daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings is reported to be seeking casino and leisure partners, with a view to expanding its future sports betting proposition. DraftKings leadership seeks to gain a competitive advantage over potential US market incumbents, as the Supreme Court reviews the repeal of federal PASPA provisions. This February, DraftKings declared its statement of intent on becoming a …

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Luckbox appoints Quentin Martin as first operations lead

SBC News Luckbox appoints Quentin Martin as first operations lead

Esports betting start-up Luckbox has confirmed the appointment of its first operations lead, hiring PokerStars’ Quentin Martin as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Seeking to launch its initial proprietary esports betting platform this 2018, Martin will be the key stakeholder in developing Luckbox’s operational framework supporting the firm’s future scale. Furthermore, Luckbox management detailed that Martin would lead the firm’s recruitment …

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Johan Styren launches ‘tech-first’ Dilanti Media

SBC News Johan Styren launches 'tech-first' Dilanti Media

Johan Styren former CEO of LeoVegas and Valentin Alsen, ex-marketing lead for Catena Media have teamed up to launch Dilanti Media, a Malta-based industry marketing and player acquisition services provider. Dilanti Media is Styren’s first venture since leaving Stockholm-listed online gambling group LeoVegas AB in August 2017. Speaking to industry media, Styren has detailed that Dilanti will develop in-house technologies …

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Tipstrr announces new cryptocurrency at #bofcon2018

SBC News Tipstrr announces new cryptocurrency at #bofcon2018

Tipstrr, the online betting tips service, announced a new sports tipster-focused cryptocurrency yesterday, at the Betting on Football 2018 conference. Named Tipcoin, it has been launched to alleviate a number of issues that had been identified by the West Midlands-based firm. Andy Jones, Tipstrr Technical Director, described the thought process behind the decision: “So the biggest barrier our users have, is the …

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