Following the publication of the Sportradar Q2 results last week, CEO Carsten Koerl spoke with SBC Americas to discuss the company’s recent performance and the growing opportunities within the US market. Discussing how much of a priority the US market is when compared to Europe, Koerl began: “So at the moment, the US accounts for approximately 15% of total revenue …
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FSB has extended its reach across the North American market after receiving the necessary regulatory approvals from the South Dakota Commission on Gaming (SDCG). The green light from the SDCG will mean that FSB can offer its portfolio of sports betting services within the Deadwood city area, with plans to go live in the coming weeks. Dave McDowell, Chief Executive …
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Public interest in women’s sport is on the rise, with increased media coverage reflecting this. But is this upward trend mirrored in the betting world? SBC spoke to Valentina Francione (below, left), Online Business Manager at Kiron Interactive, and Nora Galstyan (below, right), Head of Compliance at Technamin, to see whether betting volumes in women’s sport are increasing in line …
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Real time sports betting data provider LSports has developed “advanced computer vision technology” which, it claims, will support the launch of its new machine-driven sports data feed. The CV-based feed, according to LSports, does not require scouts, and will instead use an automated solution to analyse live sports streams in real time and convert that information into data. In a …
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Betting and gaming companies should be taking risks when it comes to innovation, Digitain’s Chief Business Officer Simon Westbury told SBC, as this can lead to new channels of growth. Speaking at the recent SBC Betting on Sports Europe conference, Westbury reflected on the first six months of the year – highlighting some of the ways in which Digitain has …
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In a two-part series for SBC News, Delasport takes a deep dive into the history of sports betting, shedding some light on what lies ahead for this burgeoning industry. Sports betting has been recorded as far as 2000 years ago. Since there have been sports, people have been compelled to bet on the results. Regulation on sports betting was first …
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Albert Climent, Head of Africa at Yolo Group, discusses how innovative approaches and a crypto-first strategy is helping the operator lead the crypto entertainment revolution. Over the last few months, Sportsbet.io and Bitcasino have welcomed to the team a series of high profile global brand ambassadors from Africa, as we look to expand our footprint not only as the crypto …
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Since 2012, Denmark has consistently established itself as a leader in European iGaming which is not unexpected, given that Scandinavia has a high adoption rate of technology. Based on official data from the Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden), this report from Delasport provides an in-depth look at the market, including the exponential growth of online channels, player demographics, interests, and goals. …
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Sports betting games provider ParlayBay has formed an alliance with GRID Esports as it looks to power its next-generation gaming experience. The link-up between the two will see ParlayBay be able to build and utilise sports betting games for the esports vertical, aided by GRID Esports as its supplier of esports data. Patrick Nordwall, CEO at ParlayBay, commented: “We are …
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Christer Larsson, Chief Business Development Officer at Triggy, outlines the main ways in which sportsbooks can best tailor the betting experience for players before explaining how Triggy’s suite of products can help do this. Keep it simple! Well, that should probably be the mantra for most sportsbook operators out there. And some of them are trying. There is a constant …
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