UK business news source The Financial Times (FT) has profiled bet365’s founder and Co-CEO Denise Coates. The profile, written by Enterprise Editor Andrew Bounds, describes Coates as the ‘driving force’ behind the operator’s success and rapid growth. In a period of 15 years bet365 has become the world’s largest online gambling operator employing more than 2000 staff, making the company …
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Bet365 named as best bookmaker by bettingexpert.com
Bet365 has been named as the best bookmaker of 2014 after super affiliate bettingexpert analysed over a quarter of a million tips from its English language members. Rather than use the criteria of which bookmaker offers most markets, the best promotions or ease of use, bettingexpert has calculated its decision using which bookmaker offers the best odds most often. When …
Read More »bet365 introduces partial cash-out mechanism
bet365 are set to be the first bookmaker to launch a partial cash-out mechanism, which will be integrated with its sports betting product. The new betting innovation will allow customers to close a portion of their active bets, while allowing to keep the remainder open. The operator has attached the new innovation to its popular cash-out function. The partial cash-out …
Read More »Gerard Farrell – Global Reviews – Sports bettors expect ease of use as a bare minimum
In the year February 2014 to February 2015 Global Reviews conducted three Digital Sales Effectiveness* studies into the Sports Betting Industry in the UK and Ireland. This research examines how effective 888, Bet Fred, Bet Victor, Bet365, Betfair, Coral, Ladbrokes, Matchbook, PaddyPower, Sky Bet and William Hill are at converting customers online. Bettors expect more online Prospective bettors are looking …
Read More »Infographic shows history of online sports betting industry
This new infographic from RightCasino.com reveals how, in 20 years, online betting has grown into an industry worth more than $74 billion. It charts the history of online betting from humble origins in Antigua to its current level of sophistication, where crazy PR stunts, royal baby betting and celebrity endorsement are industry standard. The sports betting industry as a whole …
Read More »CIO Martin Davies bet365 not interested in ‘fashionable technology’
In a recent interview with Computing.co.uk’s Sooraj Shah (21 Jan), bet365 Chief Information Officer Martin Davies stated that the company was not committed to adopting the latest ‘hot’ technologies. Davies stated that although bet365 were technology driven, its operational knowledge and competence gave it the abilities to asses the latest corporate technology trends and their potential impacts on its business …
Read More »bet365 signs pre-paid card partnership with Emerchants
Australian payment prepaid solution provider Emerchants Limited has announced that it has signed an agreement with corporate bookmaker, bet365, to provide their customers with reloadable payment cards. It is planned that these cards will be rolled out in the first half of 2015, pending approval from Emerchants’ sponsoring Authorised Deposit-Taking Institution (ADI). Mr Tom Cregan, Managing Director of Emerchants Limited …
Read More »Hanging tough: how the ASA plans to regulate gambling ads
Scott Longley, editorial director at Regulus Insights, takes a look at the recent ASA report in to gambling advertising and finds plenty in there to concern the industry. If there is some good news for the UK’s gambling companies from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) review into gambling advertising published late last week, it is that the market research undertaken …
Read More »bet365 renews sponsorship of Sandown Park
Sandown Park Racecourse management have announced that UK bookmaker bet365 have extended its racecourse and festival sponsorship for a further three years. The bet365 brand will continue to be promoted throughout the racecourses track. The bookmaker will also keep its title sponsorships of bet365 Flat Friday and bet365 Jump Finale for Sandown Park’s Race Festival, which is hosted every April. …
Read More »Mobile almost a third of total revenues
The latest Online Gambling Quarterly report from MECN has had a number of unusual events to assess, given that the first half of 2014 was marked above all by the FIFA World Cup and some events, such as the PokerStars acquisition, that shook up the industry. This new report covers online gambling industry benchmarks, KPIs, and related topics and comes …
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