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INTRALOT Group CEO Constantinos Antonopoulos has been announced ‘Manager of the Year 2013’ at a special ceremony in Athens, in the presence of politicians, prominent public figures, and members of the business community. “Manager of the Year” is an institution that was founded in 2002 by the Hellenic Management Association, in order to honour managers whose vision and outstanding performance …

Calum Macaulay, Managing Director of Talksports  tells the Betting on Football audience how to built multi-content and multi-channel brand. Whilst the majority of UK Radio broadcasters have witnessed a decline in revenues and audience, Talksports Radio have grown in all areas of coverage  and content, with over 3.5 million listeners tuning in everyday, making it the most popular sports radio …

The Higher Regional Court of Dusseldorf has ordered lottery operator Westdeutsche Lotterie (WestLotto) to pay Mybet Holdings damages of €11.5 million plus interest, as Mybet Holdings won its court hearing regarding its prevention to sell lottery goods in German supermarket chains and petrol stations. WestLotto a government licensed independent lottery supplier, had order an injunction to stop the operator from …

Dr Simon Dymond of Swansea University has studied what drives addictive behaviour in slots players. His study breaks down the psychological factors players attribute to near wins on the machines and how their minds react to symbols displayed on the slot reels. Dymond and his team believe that players addictive traits in certain players are triggered by brain reactions/impulses to perceived …

Irish gaming operator Paddy Power has announced the acquisition of independent bookmakers – Hacketts, who currently operate nine betting shops in the Irish regions of Limerick, Dublin, Clonmel, Templemore and Tullamore. The deal is set to be finalized in 2014 The acquired betting shops are set to be re-branded and re-decorated in the Paddy Power. The acquisition of Hacketts betting …

German gaming operator Mybet Group, operator of sports betting brands – JaXX.com, mybet and totobet has appointed former Tipp24 lotteries senior executive Sven Ivo Brinck to replace Mathias Dahms as the Groups Chief Executive. Brinck joins the mybet group after more than ten years service to Tipp24, the Hamburg based online lottery brokerage, Brinck held various senior positions during his …

Amid the current debate revolving around match-fixing, it is important to remember that there are in fact a number of different variants, each with their own motivation. The latest case unearthed by a UK tabloid has already led to suspects being arrested on suspicion of “defrauding a bookmaker”. However in the past many examples of match-fixing have actually been designed …

Plumbee, has today announced that Mirrorball Slots has reached 1 million likes on Facebook. Treasure Island, Big Bad Wolf and Goldilocks are just some of the games within the Mirrorball Slots portfolio that are engaging more than 1 million monthly active users across all platforms and just last month, Plumbee launched its latest game, Firestorm – the 11th game to …

SBC Business Correspondent Mark McGuinness met up with Ray Davies for a coffee and croissant. Ray is the Egaming Development Manager at the Department of Economic Development for the Isle of Man Government. Mark McGuinness catches up with Ray to discuss 2014 big issues, and how the Isle of Man Government is gearing to tackle new regulations and new technologies …