Daily Fantasy Sports operator launches a social-listening exercise for the Premier League’s hottest young stars

London, February 17: Daily fantasy sports operator Sportito has launched a monthly Under-21 Fan’s Favourite award for the qualifying Premier League player who has garners the most mentions on social media within the past month.

The award highlights the young players that have excited the fans of each club the most within the period with the winner decided by the most total mentions on Twitter. Sportito employed SBC Media and social media marketing agency Pilot Fish to conduct the study.

The winner of the inaugural Under-21 Fan’s Favourite was Tottenham Hotspur’s Dele Alli, the current PFA Young Player of the Year and enjoying another stunning season at White Hart Lane. He topped the chart for a two-week period in January with just under 28,000 Twitter mentions, way ahead of fellow young England star Raheem Sterling who came second with nearly 15,000 mentions.

Friday, 17th of February 2017 – The organizers are proud to announce Paul Reilly (Media Skunk Works) who will give a rather interesting presentation at Vienna International Gaming Expo. 

 The topic titled SEO: Google’s anomaly detection methodologies revealed.

Paul Reilly is the founder of Media Skunk Works and a veteran pioneer of forensic SEO.  He has consistently redefined the bleeding edge of SEO and has industrialised link-building,  having consulted with all of the largest iGaming operators. Paul has cumulatively generated billions of dollars in iGaming revenues and his take on the latest evolution of SEO is one of advisory caution, he warns that: “Tackling a deep learning with human scale thinking is irresponsible”.  Paul’s spare time is spent reading AI research papers from around the world.

The presentation is scheduled for the 20th of March, 2017 and is set to start at 4:00 PM (Vienna Local Time)

Friday, 17th of February 2017 – The organizers are honored to announce that Richard Leather(GamblingCompliance) will moderate the “Conversation 2 – Updates from Germany, Czech Republic and Hungary” panel, which will be held within the Vienna International Gaming Expo 2017 in the first half of Day 1(20.03.2017) starting from 11:15 AM (Vienna local time).

The panel features speakers such as Jan Rehola(Czech Republic), Gábor Helembai(Hungary) and Martin Arendts(Germany).

Richard heads up the legal and regulatory team, and ensures that the content created by GamblingCompliance continues to provide the insights required for the evolving global challenges that their clients’ face. Previously, he worked for Betclic Everest Group where he was responsible for advising on gambling regulation and risk, managing local licensing initiatives and ensuring the business’ compliance with UK gambling regulation. Richard trained with international law firm Eversheds LLP and holds a BA in History from University College London.

Attending the seminars at VIGE2017 requires a POWER DELEGATE status and is subject to availability. All seminars are limited to 250 delegates and the passes can be ordered at an Early Bird Rate of 300 EUR until 19.02.2017. Register as a POWER DELEGATE HERE!

Footballtips.com has won the iGaming Business Award for “Best Use of Social Media” for the second successive year, confirming their position as industry leaders in the hugely competitive social media sector of the online gaming industry.

The iGaming Business (iGB) Awards recognise excellence across multiple fields, with awards given to the pioneers and leaders of what is proving to be one of the world’s strongest and fastest growing industries. Millions of pounds are spent each year on online gaming and the companies that work in the industry are at the forefront of technological and stylistic advancements.

Social media is perhaps the most rapidly growing and changing of all the sectors andt is now a crucial component of all businesses with every company in the world having some sort of presence on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat. The leading firms spend millions on marketing and, according to the iGB Awards, they should look to Footballtips.com for inspiration.

Footballtips.com has completed back-to-back wins in the Best Use of Social Media award due to its consistently excellent campaigns, run particularly on the @footballtips Twitter handle, throughout 2016.

Caesars Entertainment EMEA is delighted to be crowned European Casino Operator of the Year for the second consecutive year, at the 2017 International Gaming Awards (IGA) which were held in London on Monday 6th February.

The IGA European Casino Operator of the Year award, one of the most competitive and coveted in the gaming industry, was presented to Mike Rothwell, Managing Director, Caesars Entertainment EMEA, in recognition of the company’s ongoing, consistent, decisive and differentiated approach to casino operations during 2016.

The IGA judges awarded Caesars entertainment for its vision, diversity and the energy it has put into differentiating itself in a crowded casino marketplace. They said: “Caesars Entertainment EMEA has impressed over the recent year with the diverse nature of their offerings to customers, their brands and customer service. The energy that the whole company gives to ensuring a great customer experience makes Caesars an outstanding choice for European Casino Operator of the Year.”

 Mike Rothwell, Managing Director says: “What an honour and privilege to win European Casino Operator of the Year for the second year running! We are thrilled to once again be recognised for our bold vision to create the best all round casino entertainment venues. Our venues feature world leading gaming facilities, exciting restaurants and bars, as well as celebrity and branded partnerships. Our customers in each market are different and have different expectations – we put them very much at the heart of our decision-making process.  We’re very proud to be part of the world’s largest gaming and entertainment organisation with strong links to Las Vegas.  Not only does that give us a level of authority and expertise in the UK market, it also adds a level of excitement and buzz to our casinos that others simply can’t replicate.”