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KPMG called to carry out a digital Review

KPMG called to carry out a digital Review

William Hill has come before the KPMG consultancy in an effort to look into the strategic effort on the company’s digital and technology operations. This is according to news from the UK business made available earlier last weekend. William Hill financial update which led to the posting of an 11% net revenue decrease in digital division earlier in May is what led to the strategic consultancy review. There has also been a decrease in online games which have gone down to -4% and sports gambling which have gone down to –17%. In an effort to establish internal technology creations back in 2015 modern proprietary website known as ‘Project Trafalgar’ was put in place to increase user engagement with its desktop and mobile offering.

People in charge of William Hill have come out to state that Project Trafalgar original expectations have not been met. Gambling acceptance and expansion will be accepted in the UK market and this will cause mobile integration difficulty in the initial stages. The company is however invested in long term viability. Andrew Lee has been replaced by a new Managing Director of Online known as Crispin Nieboer. This came shortly after the opening half of 2016 which saw William Hill leaders foresee the new digital leadership. The opening half has also seen to the revision of the FTSE-listed operator in terms of all its annual earnings which range from £260-280 million. This has led to a decrease in William Hill shares from 410p in early February to 281p earlier this month.

The William Hill authorities have decided to commence with expansion of technological competences. There is also hope of purchasing the market leading gambling platform provider OpenBet by the Canadian firm NYX Gaming. This is to take place by using the £275 million joint-venture. This announcement comes shortly after the William Hill Director of Innovation and Customer Experience resigned. The director seemed to have played an important part in the development of the WHLabs. He is also responsible for overseeing the Project Trafalgar which led to the development of internal betting website. Hart, who is the retired Director will not be replaced but his role in the company will be divided between the senior management functions.

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Nevada sports betting can be a $5 billion industry soon

Nevada sports betting can be a $5 billion industry soon

Back in the 1970s Super Bowl week used to experience very little attention, Jimmy Vaccaro who has witnessed four decades as a Las Vegas bookmaker explains. He was very astonished to witness massive crowds of people buying tickets for the Super Bowl game in February and March. The sports betting figures in Nevada was at $2.4 billion in 2006, $3 billion in 2012 and then went to $4.2 billion in 2015. The figures are expected to rise to $5 billion in 2016. The senior research analyst for the Gaming Control Board, Michael Lawton said that the $5 billion estimate would be very much possible with the way things were being witnessed. He said that the sports betting in Nevada was growing stronger each day, mobile phone applications and mainstream media being the major contributors to the growth.

Sports’ betting in Nevada is being aided by various factors including mobile apps, convectional and social media interest, the increase of in-game and proposition gambling fantasy sports’ popularity, the Las Vegas book advancement and the increase in some of the economical and societal factors. In the recent years, the great gaming events have been attracting so much attention. From the Super Bowl games, the NCCA Tournament and the great fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. This was backed up by Matthew Holt who is the president of CG Technology sports books. Even though some of the sports betting activities such as Pinnacle are being held in America, the average person cannot wager using a credit card.

The amount of revenue generated by these underground bookmakers in the U.S is up to $400 billion. Nevada is becoming quite popular with revenue of up to $5 billion. This has been attributed to advances in technology with CG Technology and William Hill sports leading the way. The mobile phone app also increased the number of people who engage in sports betting. Vaccaro added that over 100 customers signed up for the mobile application during the NCCA Tournament. This was also backed up by Jay Kornegay who is the Westgate sports book director. In the recent times, finding a sports book with no mobile app is very difficult. According to Roxborough in the late 1990s sports books were facing challenges from casinos but this has changed.

Sports bookmakers are becoming quite noticeable in the sports betting areas in games such as baseball, golf, hockey, and military games. The state gaming rules are also slacking to elevate sports betting. The Senate Bill 443 was also signed thus allowing business premises in Nevada to allow investors to place bets in behalf of investors from all over the world.

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LeoVegas has launched its Sports section in time for Euro 2016

LeoVegas has launched its Sports section in time for Euro 2016

After having selected Kambi Group as the proprietary betting platform, the LeoVegasigaming business has finally announced that it will be launching its sports betting offering on Friday, 13th May. The main objective of signing the agreement was to ensure that LeoVegas would enter the European sports betting market by making use of the Kambi betting supplies and software. The governing committee of LeoVegas has plans of expanding its global market presence through offering sports betting as a major product range. Kambi is a well-known betting platform to European bookmakers 32Red Sports, Unibet, PAF, 888Sport and Luckia.

According to GustafHagman who is the Group CEO and Co-founder of LeoVegas, his team was delighted to be partnering with Kambi and he also stated that the partnering would see LeoVegas go far. This would be possible through the modern technology that they would utilize from Kambi which would enable them create a good mobile sports betting.KristianNylen, who is the CEO of Kambi Group plc, also showed appreciation in the partnering of Kambi with LeoVegas and stated that this will bring about profound growth. He also said that they were working together in ensuring that the mobile sports betting experience would be made memorable for their customers.

The mobile sports betting application will be brought forward just in time for the premiering of the UEFA Euro 2016 Championships which will take place from 10th June to 10th July. This will be a very important period for all industry operators. The governing unit of LeoVegasindicated that all the requirements had been heeded and they were now ready for the launch of LeoVegas Sports. This will be a brand that will provide excellent mobile sports betting for all their customers. The Kambi powered Sports Book will provide several exceptional characteristics such as easy navigation, spontaneous gaming experience and quick loading.

GustafHagman made a statement concerning the launch. He said that LeoVegas mobile DNA and state-of-the-art strength is the pillar for their leading position in mobile gaming. He extended his appreciation to his employees who took part in launching a product that would bring mobile sports betting to a greater level.LeoVegas Is expected to launch its mobile Sports Book with a scheduled multi-million advertising operation for the UK and the main markets.

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What will happen to mobile gaming in near future?

What will happen to mobile gaming in near future?

Mobile betting has been on the rise to date. It was back in the 1990s that cell phones were accorded with internet access. However, they operated in 1G network which was a bit slow. The introduction of the 2G network later on gave casino industry some hopes of having betting on mobile. However, they had to have a little patient for sometime before launching any mobile gambling. In 2007, the iPhone came to being thanks to Apple industry. A year later, Google introduced their new Android devices to the globe. This marked the long awaited chance where casino industry entrepreneurs could come up with a new technique of launching mobile betting.

The launching of the new iPhone 6s has been seen as a great step by the casino industry for the device has incorporated a high speed technique that some PC can’t handle. The device will allow client to play in real money betting across the globe.

With Facebook attracting 1/7 of the world’s population, the mobile casino operators has decided to target the selected few in the platform with getting at their disposal non-real money games such as Candy crush and Farmville. There are also the skill games such as Solitaire and Bejeweled which have various multi-player options, continual levels and are very addictive.

Online gaming has since changed drastically despite many questioning its authenticity. Live Online casinos have been the reason for this as they are able to overcome various challenges faced in the industry. The experience accorded to clients at the Live dealer casinos is no different from that awarded at the brick and mortar casino. They are accessed at any given time at any place across the globe on the mobile phone platform.

The popularity of Live Casinos has surpassed the ground floor casinos such as Las Vegas casino which saw its revenue drop drastically from $12.9 to $11 billion. The live mobile casinos can be attributed to the efforts of Winner Casino, Rich Casino and Jackpot Casino who have been keen to initiate them.

The introduction of new mobile devices from time to time has contributed to the launching of fresh mobile casinos and this will never end as new titles are being incorporated in these platforms.

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Bettors make Greyhound Racing their preference

Bettors make Greyhound Racing their preference

Greyhound online betting has in the recent seen to improve drastically with this improvement attributed by the incorporation of new technologies. The rise has been evident across the globe with the UK leading the line in the number of punters involved in Greyhound betting.

This radical growth has called for actual global launch of the Greyhound betting by the BAGS in partnership with SIS. The new incorporation of a betting strategy will be played in desktops as well as mobile platforms.

BAGS has been for long led the line in the provision of about 30,000 greyhound races which emanate their base from at least 20 UK tracks in 2015. The fir joins hands with SIS in attempt to bring the most optimistic quality to their operators as they provide the most enticing and top class quality ever.

The main purpose of SIS will be the provision of picture forms and interactive data that will be readily available globally to all bookmakers via the SIS patented Stream streaming platform technology.

The chairman of SIS was happy to be behind the launching of a global British greyhound racing to all bettors on the planet that will have the opportunity to form a basis of interaction to all the products offered.

The greyhound racing is deemed to have a great impact not only to the racing itself but also to all participants. As an online business, it is claimed to bring in the validity, notoriety as well as appeal in the global market. This comes due to the fact that greyhound racing has already found a permanent base where it can incorporate all its entities with bookies such as 888 Sport, bet365 and William Hill Sports having the welcoming hand.

The growth is inevitable since both SIS and BAGS have incorporated a new form of technology that will be crucial in the functioning of the system. Live video streaming will be one service that would be accorded to the UK populace with the help of At The Races. This would in turn bring more patronage, betting activities as well as income. There will be several greyhound venues to be set up too.

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