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GamCrowd hosts gambling industry tech day for London Technology Week

SBC News GamCrowd hosts gambling industry tech day for London Technology Week

Industry crowdfunding and crowdsourcing market-place GamCrowd will be hosting a one-day conference on June 21 as part of London Technology Week at London’s, the Hippodrome Casino in Leicester Square. Event speakers and attendees will be debating and assessing the gambling industry’s current technology and innovation environment. The conference will feature presentations and panel discussions from some leading lights from the …

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Unibet awarded top Malta employer honours

SBC News Unibet awarded top Malta employer honours

Unibet has been recognized as one of Malta’s top employers by research undertaken by commercial enterprise organization ‘Business Leaders Malta’. The Stockholm-listed betting operator’s Malta division earn a ‘best in category’ title following a study researching seven key employee and management criteria. The study researched factors relating to; employee development, leadership, HR structures, policies, team building corporate communications and wellbeing. Officials at …

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Unibet appoints Karmarama as European creative lead

SBC News Unibet appoints Karmarama as European creative lead

Stockholm-listed European sports betting operator Unibet, has ended its six-month search for a new European creative lead, announcing London agency Karmarama as winners of its account. In December 2015, Unibet marketing had called for a creative pitch asking agencies to handle the brief for its new European-wide advertising campaign. At the time Unibet’s agency Albion had chosen not to re-pitch …

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Bookies Corner – Eurovision 2016 – More than a song contest!

SBC News Bookies Corner - Eurovision 2016 - More than a song contest!

Eurovision, a live pan-continental pop contest with a viewership of + 250 million which sees national audiences vote on their favourite performers, may well be betting’s most exciting novelty market! Ahead of this Saturday’s live final, SBC’s ‘Bookies Corner’ delves into the market intricacies of Eurovision 2016. Getting the full low-down from: Mirio Mella – Customer Engagement Manager- Pinnacle Sports Ed Nicholson  – Head …

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Unibet ‘Named & Shamed’ by Lithuanian gambling regulator

SBC News Unibet ‘Named & Shamed’ by Lithuanian gambling regulator

Lithuania’s Gaming Control Authority (GCA) has publically criticised Stockholm-listed European online betting operator Unibet, for allegedly breaching its online gambling policies. The GCA who under the authority of Lithuania’s Ministry of Finance issued a blacklist in January, detailing Unibet, William Hill and Betway amongst European operators deemed to have breached national gambling laws, stated that Unibet had breached laws by …

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Sporting Index bolsters ESSA membership numbers

SBC News Sporting Index bolsters ESSA membership numbers

Sporting Index has joined ESSA, the regulated betting industry’s integrity body. By joining with Sporting Index, ESSA has added sports spread betting to its existing coverage of traditional fixed odds and pool betting markets. ESSA now has 19 members, and represents many of the major regulated international sports betting operators: the ABB, Betclic, Bet-at-Home, Betsson, Bet365, BetVictor, Betway, bwinparty, Digibet, …

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Effective scalability and cost control sees Unibet hit ‘All-Time High’ quarter performance

SBC News Effective scalability and cost control sees Unibet hit 'All-Time High' quarter performance

European sports betting operator Unibet Plc has reported a strong opening to 2016, posting a ‘new all-time high’ in group revenues to £122 million representing a 61% uplift on 2015’s corresponding Q1 performance of £76 million. Unibet governance highlighted that the company was performing way above market rate, with EBITDA (Q1 2016: £28 million) and Profit (Q1 2016 £20 million) …

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Unibet announces title sponsorship for inaugural PDC event

SBC News Unibet announces title sponsorship for inaugural PDC event

Unibet have announced that they will be the title sponsors of September’s inaugural PDC Champions League Darts event, live on the BBC from Cardiff. The eight-player tournament will see the PDC make history with its first tournament broadcast live by BBC Sport, following a new deal which was announced in February 2016. The Unibet Champions League will take place on September …

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Unibet extends CPL T-20 cricket partnership

SBC News Unibet extends CPL T-20 cricket partnership

European sports betting operator Unibet has confirmed that it has extended its betting partnership of cricket’s ‘HERO Caribbean Premier League’ (CPL) for a further two years. Unibet had been announced official betting partner of the CPL T-20 championship in May 2015. The continued partnership will see the bookmaker maintain its shirt sponsorship of the St Lucia Zouks franchise, which includes …

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BOFCON 2016 – Is the betting industry doing enough in the fight against corruption?

SBC News BOFCON 2016 – Is the betting industry doing enough in the fight against corruption?

BOFCON afternoon schedule begins with a panel discussion on the betting industry’s ongoing fight against corruption and match-fixing. Presenting a diverse panel, Suzanne Davies (Director of Clifton Davies Consultancy) outlines the level of multi-stakeholder cooperation needed to undertake any effective fight on the matter. Davies introduces a panel representing the diverse actors/organisations needed in the battle against match-fixing and wider …

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