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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New Lightning Box Games slot gets exclusive launch on Betsson
Viking Fire has been launched exclusively on Betsson for a two-week period, before it is released to the general market on November 30. The latest release from Lightning Box Games is a 4×5-reel, 40-line slot game, available on both desktop and mobile. Players with shields and helmets catapult rocks at enemy ships to earn up to four extra wilds and …
Read More »At The Races improves its mobile betting app with 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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »Next England manager – Who will take over from Big Sam?
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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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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