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The shortlists are in — meet the contenders for SBC Awards taking place at the majestic Palau National

SBC News The shortlists are in — meet the contenders for SBC Awards taking place at the majestic Palau National

SBC is excited to announce that the shortlists for this year’s SBC Awards 2022 ceremony, taking place as part of the SBC Summit Barcelona in September, have now been decided.  The shortlists cap a successful year for Betsson Group, which leads the way with nine nominations, hoping to maintain the Casino Operator of the Year title and dethrone Bet365 in …

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SBC Summit North America to provide a closer look into the evolution of the North American gambling industry

SBC News SBC Summit North America to provide a closer look into the evolution of the North American gambling industry

The upcoming SBC Summit North America at the Meadowlands Exposition Centre, New Jersey, will witness a star-studded speaker line-up that will deliver a comprehensive overview of the fundamental opportunities and challenges in the region.  SBC Summit North America is the leading conference and tradeshow dedicated to the online betting and iGaming industry in the United States and Canada. The agenda …

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Pragmatic Play’s Gates of Olympus crowned Slot of the Year at CasinoBeats Games Developer Awards

SBC News Pragmatic Play’s Gates of Olympus crowned Slot of the Year at CasinoBeats Games Developer Awards

Pragmatic Play was the big winner at last night’s CasinoBeats Games Developer Awards, where it secured three prizes including the coveted Slot of the Year 2022 title for Gates of Olympus. The second edition of the Awards took place at the Hilton, Malta in front of an audience of industry executives, who saw 20 honours handed out to winners ranging …

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ITP expands ‘presence and influence’ as Ruairi Boyle becomes CCO

SBC News ITP expands ‘presence and influence’ as Ruairi Boyle becomes CCO

Inside The Pocket (ITP) has hired Ruairi Boyle as its new Chief Commercial Officer, who joins from Playtech where he worked at a similar senior commercial capacity.  In an attempt to extend its ‘presence and influence’ throughout the industry, the free-to-play (F2P) aggregation platform explained that the new hire will be responsible for managing ITP’s existing partners. These include Low6,  …

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Playtech and Paysafe partnership undergoes transatlantic expansion

SBC News Playtech and Paysafe partnership undergoes transatlantic expansion

Paysafe and Playtech’s partnership has expanded from the US to the UK and Europe, offering payment solutions to operators in the continent.  The transatlantic business move will see Playtech offer Paysafe’s technology platform and payment products to the European betting and gaming markets.  Specifically, Playtech’s igaming Player Management System and Information Management System platforms will be made available, allowing access …

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GambleAware lauds ‘Big Four’ donations but decries ‘inconsistent approach’

Zoe Osmund, GambleAware

GambleAware has published its list of corporate donors for the 12 months ending 31 March 2022, revealing that the ‘Big Four’ group of UK operators generated 89% of all contributions. The responsible and safer gambling organisation updated that Entain, Flutter Entertainment and William Hill all made donations in the millions, with total industry contributions to GambleAware reaching £34.7 million. The continued …

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Playtech examines all options for transformative 2022

SBC News Playtech examines all options for transformative 2022

The board of Playtech Plc has stated confidence in achieving the group’s full-year 2022 commercial and corporate objectives following ‘an excellent start to year trading’.  Issuing a snapshot trading update, the FTSE250 gaming technology group revealed that positive Q1 trading had generated unaudited EBITDA results of more than €100 million, with the ‘run rate continuing through to April’.  Strong EBITDA …

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BGC delivers debut Gambling Anti-Money Laundering Group workshop

SBC News BGC delivers debut Gambling Anti-Money Laundering Group workshop

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has completed the first Training Day for the Gambling Anti-Money Laundering Group (GAMLG), in a bid to drive high standards and encourage best practice. Topics of discussion during the day-long session was consideration of key emerging risks, best practice and developments, which the standards body stated was a reflection of ‘the diversity of compliance …

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Games Global completes ‘bold entrance’ with Microgaming acquisition

SBC News Games Global completes ‘bold entrance’ with Microgaming acquisition

Newly established European gaming industry player Games Global has finalised its acquisition of several Microgaming assets, as the provider goes live to make its market debut.  Although financial terms of the agreement have not been fully disclosed by either party, it has been confirmed that Games Global has been granted regulatory approval for the purchase of Microgaming’s distribution business and …

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Playtech launches bespoke live studio gameshow ‘Well Well Well’ for Ladbrokes 

SBC News Playtech launches bespoke live studio gameshow ‘Well Well Well’ for Ladbrokes 

Playtech has launched an exclusive live gaming show ‘Well Well Well’ for Ladbrokes, the flagship UK property of FTSE100 gambling group Entain Plc. Live-streamed from Playtech’s state-of-the-art studio in Riga, Latvia, the offer has been cited by the firm as one of its ‘most complex bespoke games developed to date’ for Ladbrokes customers. Playtech outlined that all game components were …

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