ISSUE
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[C O N T E N T S ]
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7 MONTH IN MINUTES
Bally’s senior executive team is reshuffled
following its acquisition of SHFL, and Velo
Partners’ Andrew Reader suggests social
conversion will finally mature in 2014
prepare for a new regulatory regime,
Gerard Starkey takes a look at the
Gambling Bill’s recent progress
11 COLUMNIST
FEATURES
Former 888poker marketing director
Gareth Edwards argues that early trends
from New Jersey’s egaming launch
shouldn’t be taken too seriously
26 COVER FEATURE
BET365 PROFILE
NEWS
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12 PRODUCT NEWS
“Socialising” sportsbook will drive growth
according to bwin.party CEO Norbert
Teufelberger, while William Hill overhauls
its mobile app payments system
14 FINANCE NEWS
Find out why the UK PoC tax rate has
been put back, and how Betfair’s move
away from grey markets affected its H1
results
16 PEOPLE NEWS
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Further cuts at Ladbrokes put 56 jobs
under threat, while former Paddy
Power head of egaming joins Australian
operator Tom Waterhouse
19 NEWS ANALYSIS
DIGGING DEEP
Tom Washington assesses the need
for operators to make substantial
investments at home and abroad in
order to survive in 2014
23 NEWS ANALYSIS
WHAT’S THE POINT OF
CONSUMPTION?
As UK-facing operators and suppliers
www.egrmagazine.com
Co-CEO Denise Coates explains how the
increasingly powerful operator plans
to stay ahead of the competition by
sticking to what it does best
37 TRADING PLACES
Technological advances have
transformed the odds compilation
process over the last decade. Gerard
Starkey finds out how the evolution of
sports trading has affected the vertical
42 FEATURE
2013: WHAT WE LEARNED
eGaming Review looks back at the
biggest news stories, trends and talking
points from an eventful 12 months in the
industry, which saw the US take off and
some major players show their
strategic cards
60 EGR OPERATOR AWARDS
ROUND-UP
All the action and winners from the
eGaming Review Operator Awards 2013
78 SPONSORED EDITORIAL
Featuring Betsoft, Experian, Kalixa,
Nektan, Scientific Games and Unibet
106 THE SMOKING GUN
GalaBingo.com is streets ahead with
its new advertising campaign, while
PKR’s mobile poker award mysteriously
disappears
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