Paula Cara Farcas will assume the position as Colossus Bets’ CEO, filling the role upon the upcoming departure of David O’Reilly. Taking over from the outgoing O’Reilly, Farcas will vacate her position as CTO, with Alberto Zuin subsequently filling this vacancy from his current position of CIO and CISO. Meanwhile, Laurence Jones, the company’s Head of Product, will be promoted …
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According to The Scotsman, free-to-play (FTP) games developer Incentive Games is planning on hiring an additional 30 employees. The company – which develops its products for sports betting, fantasy sports and casino operators – has reportedly set a goal of tripling turnover to £15m by December 2023. To support this ambition,the Edinburgh and Newcastle-upon-Tyne based Incentive plans to expand its …
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Local media reports have suggested that a red card shown during a Copa Argentina match between Boca Juniors and Agropecuario may have been a match-fixing incident. The fixture on 10 August saw Agropecuario player Milton Leyendeker handed a red for an aggressive kick injuring Boca’s Exequiel Zeballos, who was taken off the pitch on a stretcher and subsequently given hospital …
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Niklas Jönsson, acting CEO of Scout Gaming, has disclosed that the real-money fantasy sports platform supplier has entered an intensive restructuring period. Publishing its Interim trading report, Scout Gaming reported year-to-date corporate losses of SEK 48m (€4.5m), results which track above 2021 losses of SEK 45m. Jönsson, who replaced former CEO Andreas Ternström in June confirmed that he had initiated …
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Affiliate, media and marketing professionals will gather in the dedicated zone at SBC Summit Barcelona 2022 to discuss the latest strategies, trends and regulatory challenges in affiliate marketing. The exhibition floor at the Summit, which takes place at Fira Barcelona Montjuïc on 20-22 September, will feature major companies such as Bet365, CasinoGuru News, Ebet, Kaizen Gaming, Melbet, Videoslots and XL …
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Much of the global betting industry’s focus over the past year has been on US developments, but Europe still has ample ‘greenfield space’ ripe for revenue cultivation. Having established itself in North America’s big tech space from its Silicon Valley headquarters, Branch.io has now looked to new avenues for success. Looking ahead, as the company’s Director of Business Strategy, Reed …
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The effectiveness of gambling advertising was put to the test by YouGov this week, as the data analytics firm published the results of an investigation into Champions League betting experiences. Results from the study, conducted before and after the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final, found that offers and reminders ‘influenced the majority of bettors’, with 54% stating that these promotions ‘helped …
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Sports radio station talkSPORT plans to significantly expand its sports betting presence with the launch of a new brand, talkSPORT BET, in partnership with BetVictor. The partners have stated that the talkSPORT BET brand will combine BetVictor’s experience in betting with the radio station’s ‘trusted editorial brand’ as a popular source of sports-oriented news and entertainment among the UK public. …
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Ahead of the start of a new Premier League season, bet365 has once again bolstered its free-to-play (FTP) content with Incentive Games. bet365 has launched the new FTP games of Golden Goals and the 6 Score Challenge, developed exclusively by Incentive Games for bet365 to engage wider football audiences. Golden Goals is a daily retention game, where participating players collect …
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Twenty football teams within the betting and gaming industry will hit the pitch graced by the likes of Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar to compete at the fifth SBC Football Championship, as SBC, once again, brings the industry together to battle it out in a ‘friendly’ football match. The competition will take place on Tuesday, September 20, just before the pre-registration …
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