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Grattis! Unibet takes top honours at EGR 2016 Operator Awards

SBC News Grattis! Unibet takes top honours at EGR 2016 Operator Awards

Industry news source EGR has crowned Swedish-based Unibet Group as ‘Operator of the Year’ at its EGR 2016 Operator Awards. Hosted at the HRC Artillery Garden, Unibet proved to be the night’s big winners, taking home the top industry honour of ‘Operator of the Year’ and the further awards of ‘Socially Responsible Operator’ and ‘Best Marketing Campaign’ for its multi-award winning …

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At The Races improves its mobile betting app with Simplestream

Dan Finch, Simplestream

Horse racing channel At The Races has worked with Simplestream to release a tablet extension and offline viewing capability for its mobile betting app. Built with Simplestream’s Media Manager, the app is designed to facilitate an extended reach for the company, and meet consumer expectation for services to be accessed from any device. Its API-driven multiple-betting system enables users to …

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Yggdrasil ‘surges’ on new deals and business initiatives

SBC News Yggdrasil ‘surges’ on new deals and business initiatives

Casino game supplier Yggdrasil Gaming announced “surging” third-quarter revenues helped by the signing of landmark deals this year with the likes of bet365, BwinParty and Casumo. The Malta-based company saw revenues almost quadruple to SEK21m compared with SEK5.3m in the same period last year. EBITDA similarly soared, up to SEK9.2m from SEK1.9m in 2015. The number of player transactions on …

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Bet365 to defend title as SBC Awards shortlists announced

SBC News Bet365 to defend title as SBC Awards shortlists announced

The SBC Awards shortlist is finally ready, and the sports betting industry is one step closer to recognising the very best companies in 2016. Bet365 will defend its ‘Bookmaker of the Year’ prize at the SBC Awards 2016, after being shortlisted alongside Sky Betting and Gaming, Unibet, 10Bet and Pinnacle. The Stoke-based bookmaker is also in the running for the …

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Next England manager – Who will take over from Big Sam?

Allardyce, Manager

After Sam Allardyce somehow contrived to lose his dream job with England after being ‘stung’ by undercover reporters from the Daily Telegraph, SBC News takes a look at the candidates to replace the national side’s shortest-serving full time manager. The stated odds have been taken from Oddschecker at the time of writing. Gareth Southgate – 13/8 with BetVictor Shortly after …

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bet365 gets native with Playtech

SBC News bet365 gets native with Playtech

Seeking to boost its mobile casino app’s speed and user engagement capabilities, bet365 has become the first betting operator to integrate Playtech new native application. Detailing upgrades, Playtech specified that bet365 customers would see new improvements including faster load times, quicker access to favourite games and heightened ‘immersive’ gameplay, which the technology provider stated would be better than HTML5 equivalents. Further …

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bet365 sponsors the return of jump racing at Hereford Racecourse

SBC News bet365 sponsors the return of jump racing at Hereford Racecourse

Hereford Racecourse and UK racing operator Arena Racing Company, have announced bet365 as headline sponsor of the Hereford ‘Opening Raceday’ on Tuesday 6 October. bet365 a member of UK racings ‘Authorised Betting Partner’ scheme will sponsor the return of jump racing at Hereford Racecourse, with seven races taking the Stoke-based bookmakers name. The bet365 brand will further gain heightened coverage …

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BOS Sponsor Profile – James Fleming – Emerchants

SBC News BOS Sponsor Profile – James Fleming - Emerchants

Emerchants are a leading provider of prepaid payment solutions, offering prepaid debit card programs which are specifically designed for the online betting and gaming industry. After enjoying success in Australia with Bet365, Ladbrokes, William Hill, Sportsbet and CrownBet, they will be in market with major European partners starting in Q4 2016. Emerchants are keen to introduce its solution, and the …

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Why the bookies love famous faces

SBC News Why the bookies love famous faces

Big name sports stars looking to keep bringing home the bacon post-retirement have a few options these days.  From attempting to emulate GNev’s punditry on Sky Sports, the usual route of remaining in the game as a manager, coach, scout or agent to opening a carp fishery in France if you’re Lee Bowyer, there’s another choice becoming all the more popular. …

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