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The Big Sports Debate 2009
On Thursday (9th July) I am moderating a panel session at the Gaming Executive Summit in Madrid. The panel is looking at the relationship between the sports industry and betting, or specifically “exploring how a harmonised marriage between gaming companies and the sports industry can be created”. This seems to suggest a bit of disharmony but in reality the two sectors work very well together. You can see it in the recent shirt sponsorship deals by gaming companies (now accounting for 25% shirt sponsors in the premier league. There is at least one more on the way).
Read moreWhat’s going on with Gaming TV?
Tweet A few months ago there was a rise in activity in what could loosely be termed “Gaming TV”. We had increased activity in Roulette TV from the likes of Smartlive and Netplay. There were also a few new companies arriving on the scene such as Ionoco. I heard it suggested that maybe the activity […]
Read moreWeb 2.0 – show me the money!
Tweet I met Lorien Pilling a few years ago at a Gambit session in London and since then have always enjoyed meeting and chatting about gaming developments. Lorien is a gaming industry consultant. He is the only one I know to spend a few months travelling around China in order to fully understand their gaming […]
Read moreThe rise and rise of Bet365
Tweet There is one sportsbetting operator that keeps getting mentioned in glowing terms in the last six months – step forward Bet365. The Sunday Times Fastrack 100 – an index of the biggest and fastest growing private companies places them at number 16 and has an estimated turnover of £1.8million. It’s been an amazing rise […]
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