Tag Archives: sportingbet

EML Payments enters multi-year GVC agreement

SBC News EML Payments enters multi-year GVC agreement

Payment services provider EML Payments has entered into a multi-year agreement with GVC Holdings. The deal is for the provision of branded reloadable cards for GVC’s online gaming brands. The FTSE250 gambling group’s customers can use the cards to immediately access their winnings and remit funds back into their gaming account. GVC operates in more than 20 regulated jurisdictions and …

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Oddschecker: Interesting trends amidst Royal Ascot breakdown

SBC News Oddschecker: Interesting trends amidst Royal Ascot breakdown

Royal Ascot arrived last week amidst its usual fanfare, as people flocked in their droves to the Berkshire racecourse for what Oddschecker describes as “a fairly standard affair” on the face of it, with the trend of the previous two year continuing with seven winning favourites. From a margin perspective it is detailed bookies enjoyed a successful week, with Friday’s …

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Biggest ever Betting on Football takes on truly international agenda

BOF - international

It’s Betting on Football by name, but so many of the topics to be discussed at next week’s international conference are far from exclusive to the beautiful game. Held at Stamford Bridge from 20-23 March, the #bofcon2018 agenda will combine expert analysis of this year’s football frenzy with a tour of the sports betting world and a breakdown of the …

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GVC Holdings and Ladbrokes Coral – The story so far

SBC News GVC Holdings and Ladbrokes Coral - The story so far

After securing a near majority approval of its shareholders to proceed with the proposed acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral Plc, GVC Holdings has further receivgo-aheado ahead of its investor counterparts at the FTSE100 betting  group. The transaction is now set to be forwarded on to the United Kingdom’s High Court for final judgement (target date 23 March) It has, however, been …

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SBC Sports Betting Hall of Fame prepares to welcome three new members

Hall of Fame

Sportradar Founder and CEO Carsten Koerl, Sportingbet Founder Mark Blandford and Howard Chisholm, Managing Director of Chisholm Bookmakers, will be joined by three new Hall of Fame inductees at this year’s SBC Awards on Tuesday 5 December. The fourth edition of this event, designed to recognise excellence across the sports betting industry, is being held at the stunning Artillery Garden …

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GVC optimises Tennis markets ahead of Wimbledon

SBC News GVC optimises Tennis markets ahead of Wimbledon

Gearing up for Wimbledon (3-16 July), FTSE-listed online gambling group GVC Holdings has moved to optimise its tennis betting markets. Updating the market, GVC has undertaken a complete overhaul of its tennis offering, adding new data feeds combined with new in-play score visualisation graphics. GVC development teams detailed that the new features would improve user engagement and information speed times …

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Enlarged GVC Holdings posts full-year 2016 profits of €93.8 million

SBC News Enlarged GVC Holdings posts full-year 2016 profits of €93.8 million

The governance of GVC Holdings (GVC), finishes its first year as a FTSE-listed enterprise declaring 2016 as a ‘transformative year’ for its business, in which the enlarged operator has successfully integrated the acquired assets of bwin.party Entertainment. Presenting its full-year 2016 results, GVC would declare combined ‘pro-forma’ group wagering of €4.5 billion. Its high wagering levels were driven by an enlarged …

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GVC benefits from rising margins

SBC News GVC benefits from rising margins

Rising sports margins and a slight uplift in wagering turnover helped GVC notch up a 14% constant currency rise on sports net gaming revenue (NGR) per day in the third quarter. The company said the growth trend had continued into October, which saw a 10% constant currency rise in overall NGR per day against what the company described as a …

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BOS Sponsor Profile – Richard Thorp – FSB Technology

SBC News BOS Sponsor Profile – Richard Thorp – FSB Technology

FSB Technology, the sportsbook solution backed by senior industry individuals including the founders of both Sportingbet and Betfair, has been confirmed as a sponsor for Betting on Sports! Winners of the inaugural Launch Pad competition in 2008, the company has attracted investment from a number of the industry’s most respected entrepreneurs, and earned contracts with some of the world’s largest …

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GVC Holdings secures Romania ONJN licences

SBC News GVC Holdings secures Romania ONJN licences

Updating the market, FTSE-listed GVC Holdings (GVC) has confirmed that it has secured a Romanian National Gaming Office (ONJN) allowing it to operate sports betting and casino services for the regulated Romanian online gambling market. Its secured licence will be set for an initial period of 10-years, with GVC promoting Romanian online gambling services through its subsidiary brand Sportingbet. GVC governance …

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