Romania’s Bucharest Appeals Court has rejected bet365’s request to revoke its temporary online gambling suspension by the Romanian National Gambling Office (ONJN). In October bet365 had moved to contest the suspension of its licensing, having been placed on the Romanian online gambling blacklist by ONJN. bet365 management were surprised by the actions taken by ONJN, stating that the company had …
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SBC analysis: Deloitte’s eSports 2016 predictions
Deloitte has released its technology media telecommunications (TMT) forecast for 2016, and it makes for some interesting reading in regard to eSports. It is estimated that as an industry it will grow by 25% and create global revenues of $500m (£346.8m) in 2016. This is up $100m (£69.4m) from last year. Deloitte’s predictions fall some way short of some of last year’s …
Read More »Better Collective launches Daily Accas
Super affiliate Better Collective has launched Dailyaccas.com, a new affiliate site to help punters find the accumulator that suits them on a daily basis. The site takes upcoming football games within the next 12 hours and mixes them into three simple accas to suit the player’s profile. The ‘Banker’ safe selection, the ‘Risky One’ containing three bets with odds of …
Read More »Inspired launches 7 new HTML5 games for mobile and online
Inspired, a leading provider of Virtual Sports, Mobile Games and SBG Video Lottery, has announced the recent launch of seven new HTML5 mobile games. The following games, which are already proving popular amongst players, will be available to all Inspired operators, including William Hill, Gala Coral and Bet365: Centurion: Set in ancient Rome, this omni-channel bonus game features the lovable Centurion …
Read More »James Fleming – Quick payments ‘the most important retention tool available’
James Fleming, Commercial Director at emerchants Europe, talks about how his firm’s payment service has transformed the way customers get funds from bookmakers. Emerchants is providing gaming operators with the ability to give their customers instant access to funds via a prepaid card. Can you give a bit of flavour how it works? Our original goal was to dramatically improve …
Read More »Tom Seymour – Cricket offers superb branding opportunities for betting
Tom Seymour, Commercial Director at Durham County Cricket Club (CCC), aims to take SBC readers on a cricketing’ tour of discovery over this year, focusing on the biggest players, grounds and opportunities the sport has to offer. Durham County Cricket Club may be a new kid on the block within the national game, but in terms of winning trophies and …
Read More »PPF Review 2015 – Education to combat Match Fixing
The 2015 review of sports betting integrity education for elite athletes by member player associations has been published by the Professional Players Federation (PPF). The Minister for Sport, Tracey Crouch MP, attended the reception at which it was launched which was itself hosted by Nigel Adams MP. A key part of the review was the discussion of the ongoing need …
Read More »BHA confirms 32Red & bet365 as official UK racing Authorised Betting Partners
As widely anticipated online bookmakers’ bet365 and 32Red have been confirmed as UK racing Authorised Betting Partners (ABP) by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). 32Red and bet365 join competitor Betfair as the first set of online bookmakers to be granted official ABP status. BHA CEO Nick Rust confirmed that the bookmakers had committed to contributing a share of online winnings …
Read More »Bet365 retains Best Bookmaker title at Betting on Football Awards
Bet365 was named Best Bookmaker for the second year running at the Betting on Football Awards last night. The Stoke-based bookmaker beat off strong competition from rivals Sky Bet and Unibet to pick up the title. Sky Bet didn’t go home empty handed though. The firm picked up awards for Best Mobile Bookmaker and Best Sponsorship Partnership for its work …
Read More »Finalists announced for Betting on Football Awards #bofawards
The finalists have been announced for next week’s Betting on Football Awards, hosted by SBC at the Playboy Club. The main Football Bookmaker of the Year award will be a three way fight between last year’s winners Bet365, Sky Bet and Unibet. It is the second year of the Betting on Football Awards and the winners of each of the …
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