Tag Archives: Sky Bet

Sky Betting & Gaming supports the community with Street League

SBC News Sky Betting & Gaming supports the community with Street League

Sky Betting & Gaming has partnered with the UK-based sport for employment charity Street League, to introduce the first of its kind for the company; a combination of educational and sports coaching sessions delivered by employee volunteers. As part of its ‘Giving Back’ policy, the company allows two paid days per year for employees to put their time towards good causes. And this week, …

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Sky Bet’s Shinners takes Tipster Challenge lead at Wetherby

SBC News Sky Bet’s Shinners takes Tipster Challenge lead at Wetherby

Michael Shinners, Racing PR Manager at Sky Bet, came in straight at the top of the Tipster Challenge leaderboard, after collecting two race wins and 4.00 points at Wetherby. All three of our experts picked out the even money favourite Ballybolley, whilst Shinners was able to achieve back to back success on the 3/1 Sharp Response in the following race. Timeform …

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Sky Bet’s Michael Shinners picks out his winners at Wetherby

SBC News Sky Bet’s Michael Shinners picks out his winners at Wetherby

Michael Shinners, Racing PR Manager at Sky Bet, takes on Stephen Harris from bettingexpert and Timeform in the second week of the jump season Tipster Challenge for 2016/17 at Wetherby. Shinners follows on from Ed Nicholson, Head of Unibet UK Marketing Operations, who managed just 0.73 points in the opening week. Timeform assumed the early lead after picking up two …

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Sky Betting & Gaming makes the grade at The Sunday Times Top Track 100

SBC News Sky Betting & Gaming makes the grade at The Sunday Times Top Track 100

Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has been named one the UK’s best and fastest growing independent companies by The Sunday Times. The Leeds-based online betting operator ranked 74th in last weekend’s ‘Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250’. The list is published every year by the News UK Corporation newspaper which ranks the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. SB&G was commended …

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Sky Betting & Gaming appoints Jochen Weiner as Deutschland lead

SBC News Sky Betting & Gaming appoints Jochen Weiner as Deutschland lead

Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) governance has today confirmed the appointment of Jochen Weiner as Managing Director of Sky Bet Deutschland. The leadership appointment of Weiner, comes as SB&G looks to expand its betting services in its new markets of Italy and Germany. Weiner takes the Sky Bet Deutschland executive role, having served as Managing Director of now defunct Deutsche …

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Sky Betting & Gaming presents to 80 advanced agile practitioners

SBC News Sky Betting & Gaming presents to 80 advanced agile practitioners

Sky Betting and Gaming welcomed 80 advanced agile practitioners from across Yorkshire, for a session focusing on how its team of delivery specialists are working in new and different ways. The talks, which reflected on twelve months of forward thinking, collaboration and partnership for the company, were led by Sky Betting and Gaming’s Lead Business Analyst Tom Holmes, who was …

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BOS – Finding a balance between UI and presentation of live data

SBC News BOS – Finding a balance between UI and presentation of live data

Paul Witten, Commercial Director for SIS, expressed the need for sports betting markets to find the right balance between the amount of live data provided and the simplicity of the user experience. He stated that the aim for live betting environments should be to process enough data in real time to help inform a decision, without over complicating the user …

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Sky Vegas confirms ‘biggest ever’ sponsorship with ITV2’s Celebrity Juice

SBC News Sky Vegas confirms 'biggest ever' sponsorship with ITV2’s Celebrity Juice

Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) online casino subsidiary Sky Vegas has confirmed that it will be the official ‘Broadcast & Off-air Sponsor’ of ITV2’s Celebrity Juice. Beginning its sponsorship of the flagship ITV2 celebrity panel show hosted by comedian Keith Lemon this week, Sky Vegas replaces previous show sponsor LeoVegas for this season’s Celebrity Juice (total 13 episodes).  Sky Vegas marketing …

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Sky Betting & Gaming denies IPO rumours

SBC News Sky Betting & Gaming denies IPO rumours

The governance of Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has stated that the betting operator has no current plans regarding a corporate flotation. SB&G has moved to dismiss industry rumours, as UK newspaper The Sunday Telegraph reported this weekend that private equity owners CVC Capital Partners were eyeing the floatation of its asset in early 2017. Acquired from UK broadcaster BSkyB …

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