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Who doesn't like awards? There's nothing better than being recognised by your peers as being the best at what you do, all while having a swanky night out with good food, great company and generous helpings of alcohol.But how do you get to that point? Well SBC's Head of Events (Europe) Stuart Duff tells stand-in host (and SBC MD) Andrew McCarron exactly what the process is to get on that ticket and how to make sure you get seen amongst and estimated 1,000 entries for this year's SBC Awards extravaganza on 21 September. Entries are open for one more week here: https://sbcevents.com/sbc-awards/And if you want some tips, you could do worse than to watch this webinar from a few years back on entry writing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzQqNeR_StMLater this year, SBC Summit Barcelona will return between 19-21 September at the Fira Barcelona Montjuïc. Click the following link for more information - https://sbcevents.com/sbc-summit-barcelona/

The industry has been fanatical about Fanatics since the second-wave sportsbook has started to roll out in the States. What was already an intriguing proposition is turning into some salacious gossip as DraftKings has entered a second bid to compete with Fanatics’s offer to purchase the US arm of PointsBet.The $195m offer is 30% higher than the one put forth by Fanatics but it is currently non-binding. However, DraftKings has persuaded PointsBet to at least entertain their bid in advance of a 30 June vote by the PointsBet board.On today’s episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summit Barcelona, Jessica Welman, Editor at SBC Americas, and Senior Journalist Charlie Horner break down the drama and try to read the tea leaves on the future of PointsBet US.Later this year, SBC Summit Barcelona will return between 19-21 September at the Fira Barcelona Montjuïc. Click the following link for more information - https://sbcevents.com/sbc-summit-barcelona/

At the recent CasinoBeats Summit in Malta, Ed Dickerson the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Greco, took to the Leadership and Affiliation stage in a panel titled Bonus Abuse Just Went Viral In Latam.  This is what he had to say on today’s episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summit Barcelona. Later this year, SBC Summit Barcelona will return between 19-21 September at the Fira Barcelona Montjuïc. Click the following link for more information - https://sbcevents.com/sbc-summit-barcelona/

Call it déjà vu, but Entain once again dominates industry headlines, as the firm orders a £600m bookbuild to acquire STS Group – Poland’s market leading bookmaker - for £750m.  Q2 trading alone has seen it commit almost £1bn in merger and acquisition deals, as STS Group joins 365Scores and Tidal Esports as new properties adding to the ever-expanding portfolio of Entain.  The STS deal saw Entain leadership once more pull the trigger on its ‘local hero’ buyout strategy…Yet this time leadership’s M&A moves have been called out by US investor Eminence Capital as “value-destroying by diluting the company’s shareholding”.  Joining Martyn Elliott on the latest episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summit Barcelona, is Ted Menmuir, Content Director at SBC Media and Ted Orme-Claye, Senior Journalist at SBC News and Lottery Daily.To read more on the topic discussed today, click on the following link - https://sbcnews.co.uk/featurednews/2023/06/13/entain-launches-600m-bookbuild-to-acquire-sts-poland/ Later this year, SBC Summit Barcelona will return between 19-21 September at the Fira Barcelona Montjuïc. Click the following link for more information - https://sbcevents.com/sbc-summit-barcelona/

As part of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario's mission to further protect young people, online gambling advertising standards in the province could witness a revamp this year.However, the AGCO has proposed raising the threshold so the term becomes ‘reasonably expected’ to appeal to youth and children.This will include athletes – whether active or retired – as well as cartoon figures, social media influencers and other celebrities and entertainers.And this will be the topic of today's iGaming Daily podcast, sponsored by SBC Summit Barcelona, where James Ross is joined by Paul Burns, President and CEO of the Canadian Gaming Association. Later this year, SBC Summit Barcelona will return between 19-21 September at the Fira Barcelona Montjuïc. Click the following link for more information - https://sbcevents.com/sbc-summit-barcelona/

In the latest episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summit Barcelona, Jessica Welman is joined by Steve McAllister to reminisce on his career whilst also looking into all things Ontario and Canadian casino and sportsbook. Later this year, SBC Summit Barcelona will return between 19-21 September at the Fira Barcelona Montjuïc. Click the following link for more information - https://sbcevents.com/sbc-summit-barcelona/

The Canadian Gaming Summit is in full swing and on today's episode of iGaming Daily guests will talk panels sessions and their plans for for the two day conference. Joining James Ross once again this week are Jessica Welman, Editor of SBC Americas and Canadian Gaming Business, Craig Davies, Editor of CasinoBeats and Nick Ware, Business Journalist at Canadian Gaming Business. To find out more on panel sessions discussed on this panel, click the following links:https://casinobeats.com/2023/06/14/duncan-hannay-olg-ontario/https://sbcamericas.com/https://www.canadiangamingbusiness.com/Later this year, SBC Summit Barcelona will return between 19-21 September at the Fira Barcelona Montjuïc. Click the following link for more information - https://sbcevents.com/sbc-summit-barcelona/

iGaming Daily ventures over to Canada's largest city, Toronto, with the Canadian Gaming Summit set to get underway this week at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on June 13-15, 2023.However, before the conference opens its doors, Tuesday played host to the Player Protection Symposium, which will be the topic of discussion in today's episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summit Barcelona, live in Toronto. Joining James Ross is Jessica Welman, Editor of SBC Americas and Canadian Gaming Business, Craig Davies, Editor of CasinoBeats and Nick Ware, Business Journalist at Canadian Gaming Business. To read the write-ups from our guests on panel sessions attended at the Player Protection Symposium, click the following links: https://casinobeats.com/2023/06/13/responsible-gambling-sbc-leaders-at-cgs/https://sbcamericas.com/https://www.canadiangamingbusiness.com/Later this year, SBC Summit Barcelona will return between 19-21 September at the Fira Barcelona Montjuïc. Click the following link for more information - https://sbcevents.com/sbc-summit-barcelona/

Following its Spring publishing, the recommendations and reforms of the Gambling Review’s White Paper have been put to a summer consultation. Yet amongst all disciplines referred, be it affordability, KYC, customer care, consumer redress stands the reform of the industry’s existing framework on Research, Education and Treatment (RET) – as the most politically charged element of UK gambling proceedings outcomes. A mandatory 1% RET levy will be imposed on all operators, yet can the government harmonise a framework to satisfy the interest of diverse stakeholders on how RET funds are gathered and distributedJoe Streeter, Editor of Payment Expert, is joined by SBC's Ted Orme-Claye and Ted Menmuir to discuss more on the RET on the latest episode of iGaming Daily, sponsored by SBC Summit Barcelona. Later this year, SBC Summit Barcelona will return between 19-21 September at the Fira Barcelona Montjuïc. Click the following link for more information - https://sbcevents.com/sbc-summit-barcelona/

At the recent SBC Summit North America conference, Matt King, CEO at Fanatics Betting and Gaming, formerly of FanDuel, sat down with experienced sports business journalist, Sportico's Eben Novy-Williams in a panel discussion entitled Keeping it Fresh: Revolutionising sports betting and igaming with a fresh mindset. During this conversation, King revealed why Fanatics has an industry edge and how talent with fresh perspectives plan to build a better game for the customer. SBC Summit North America 2024 is back in New Jersey in May 2024, check it out now https://sbcevents.com/sbc-summit-north-america/