SBC Events has strengthened its conference team with the recruitment of Jonathan Whelan in the newly created role of Director of Conference Production. Whelan has 12 years experience in events, beginning his career with Terrapinn where he ran the firm’s gambling portfolio, including World Gaming Executive Summit, before relocating for a period in Singapore. Reporting into Managing Director Andrew McCarron, …
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The SBC Webinars series continues on Tuesday 23 March when GiG presents The Digital Transformation Journey, an in-depth look at how to create a seamless player experience across an operator’s retail sites and online offering. The session will examine each key stage of the process from the initial design and implementation of a tailored omnichannel solution to the ongoing managed …
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Shay Segev, Group CEO of Entain Plc (formerly GVC Holdings), has spoken exclusively to SBC about the ‘generational transformation’ that the FTSE100 betting group has undertaken after embracing the key responsibility objectives of its new ‘corporate charter’. Speaking to SBC MD Andrew McCarron, Segev outlined Entain’s new mission, explaining that the company aims to lead global gambling across all safer …
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COVID has undoubtedly had far-reaching implications for the betting industry across the world, putting a halt on live sporting events and – according to Fabio Schiavolin, Chief Executive of Snaitech – accelerating the migration of customers from retail to online betting. Delivering his keynote speech on day one of Betting on Sports Europe – Digital 2020, Schiavolin touched on a …
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International operators like Betsson Group, LeoVegas and Kaizen Gaming lead the way in the race for the SBC Awards 2020, with multiple nominations on the shortlists unveiled today. Also in the running for picking up an iconic SBC Awards trophy are key suppliers and affiliates such as Sportradar, SG Digital, Oddschecker, Golden Race, Catena Media, BetConstruct, and Gambling.com Group. With …
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The industry-leading SBC news network has grown further with the launch of Lottery Daily, a site focused on developments in the global lottery sector. As with SBC’s existing betting and gaming industry sites, Lottery Daily will deliver a mix of breaking news, expert insights and in-depth interviews with high-profile figures. The content will concentrate on a vital part of the …
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What can the sports betting industry do to avert an industry-wide crisis across Europe will be a key theme at this year’s Betting on Sports Europe conference, being held at Stamford Bridge on 2-4 June. The conference will take place against a backdrop of the sports betting industry coming under fire from both politicians and the media, with the criticism …
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Sports betting event organiser and media company SBC has launched a dedicated news portal for the Spanish-speaking gaming industry, www.sbcnoticias.com. The new website will cover sports betting, igaming, casino and other global gaming news in Spanish, with a particular focus on emerging markets in Latin America, as well as Spain. It marks the first time SBC has launched a website …
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SBC’s new fortnightly ‘Betting on Sports webinar series’ opens on Wednesday 10 July 2019 (15:00 GMT) with Rare Breed – Betting on Politics, which will see an expert panel assessing how to price what many consider betting’s last authentic trading market. In a world of the Brexit, Trump and Scott Morrison shocks, politics presents bookmakers with very different challenges to …
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Members of the European Lotteries trade organisation have invited their counterparts in the US to their panels at Betting on Sports America to discuss their experience of the synergies between the traditional lottery product and sports betting. The Joint Working Group is set to attract a number of the state lotteries and will be held during the Betting on Sports …
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