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SBC Events and And +More Media Announce Capital Markets Forum at 2024 SBC Summit North America

SBC Events and And More Media Announce Capital Markets Forum at 2024 SBC Summit North America

SBC Events is proud to present The Earnings+More: Capital Markets Forum, an exciting addition to the 2024 edition of SBC Summit North America. Scheduled for Tuesday, May 7th, this forum, which will take place in the world’s financial capital New York City, is a collaborative effort between SBC and +More Media. It will bring together 500 senior executives from both …

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Scott Longley: 2021… Chasing up the Big Mo’

SBC News Scott Longley: 2021... Chasing up the Big Mo’

Providing further year-end perspectives, SBC has enlisted the help of Scott Longley of the Wagers.com Earnings+ More Substack to summarise the M&A, IPOs and boardroom shake-ups that have reformed gambling’s playing field make-up…  When the Earnings+More newsletter (as it was then) launched in April, it was partly as a response to the expansion of the US-listed betting and gaming sector …

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John O’Reilly: Reflections on 2005 Gambling Act needed for best industry outcomes 

SBC News John O’Reilly: Reflections on 2005 Gambling Act needed for best industry outcomes 

Rank Group Chief Executive John O’Reilly believes that a positive outcome to the government’s generational review of the 2005 Gambling Act should “rewrite the industry’s historical flaws”.  Delivering the keynote speech at the ‘Reputation Matters: UK Gambling’s Future at Stake’ conference, O’Reilly provided his leadership take on legislative developments amid concerns of how the UK gambling sector will be re-shaped …

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John O’Reilly to deliver keynote for Reputation Matters’ 2021 return

SBC News John O’Reilly to deliver keynote for Reputation Matters' 2021 return

John O’Reilly, Chief Executive of Rank Group Plc, will deliver the keynote speech of the ‘Reputation Matters’ 2021 conference – a dedicated event focused on UK gambling and its evolving relationships with regulatory and political stakeholders.    Hosted on Tuesday 2 November at the Iron Mongers Hall in the City of London – Reputation Matters will focus on ‘UK Gambling’s future …

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Why prohibiting betting markets ties the hands of the licensed market

SBC News Why prohibiting betting markets ties the hands of the licensed market

As countries around the world were plunged into lockdown, punters turned towards the more niche betting markets such as Belarussian football, table tennis and lower-league Swedish football. But one issue that arose, in the case of the Swedish market, was the growing concern that the lower tiers of football may be more susceptible to match-fixing and betting corruption – which …

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Scott Longley – Confusion reigns over FDC’s second betting rights deal

SBC News Scott Longley - Confusion reigns over FDC’s second betting rights deal

Scott Longley breaks down Football DataCo’s decision to split its data rights distribution package for English and Scottish football between two separate vendors for betting services. Recognised as betting’s most valuable data rights, appeasing distributor dynamics would always be a complex matter… __________________ It is some feat to conclude two exclusive global deals for what would appear to be the …

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Scott Longley – Dispelling the myths of sports data rights…

SBC News Scott Longley - Dispelling the myths of sports data rights...

Sports leagues and governing bodies have emphasised the distribution of their data rights through ‘official partnerships’, sanctioned by chosen tech partners. Adjusting to digital disruptions across all media and entertainment verticals, the debate on sports data rights should not be handled as a black-or-white matter… ________________ Arguments over sports data – who owns it, who distributes it, who uses it …

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Scott Longley: Health Scare… Politics & Problem Gambling

SBC News Scott Longley: Health Scare... Politics & Problem Gambling

Can betting and its wider stakeholders, find unity and clarity on the urgent matter of defining ‘problem gambling as a public health issue’, or does sector leadership simply face an all too familiar political fallout? _____________________ The debate around problem gambling is an evolving one and the arguments are becoming ever more political. In particularly, the move towards viewing gambling …

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Reputation Matters: The Gambling Sector in The Spotlight

SBC News Reputation Matters: The Gambling Sector in The Spotlight

A new conference will look at the negative perception of the gambling industry. ‘Reputation Matters: The Gambling Sector in The Spotlight’ will take place in London on the afternoon of Thursday 7 November at the Soho Hotel, W1.  The half-day event, organised by Clear Concise Media, will discuss the key issues linked to corporate and social responsibility, lobbying and public positioning for …

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