Julian Rogers

Gambling Insider

With Paddy Power toasting record results, Julian Rogers gets the lowdown from financial chief Cormac McCarthy. It turns out there's more to it than wacky publicity stunts and 'money back specials'

The battle for engagement

Gambling Insider (cover story)

The major social networks are now a battleground for gaming firms trying to reel in new customers and keep them loyal and attentive, as Julian Rogers discovers

Whiter than white? (The 'ethics' issue cover story)

Gambling Insider

Could gambling companies do more to improve the industry's image, asks Julian Rogers.

Have we hit an innovation wall?

Gambling Insider

Is the notion that the industry is facing an innovation decline an accurate or exaggerated assessment? Julian Rogers gauges the views of industry experts.

The Online Pioneer

PokerPlayer magazine

With online poker celebrating its 15th birthday, Julian Rogers meets the man who ignored the doubters and launched the game on the world wide web.

Zynga gets real

Gambling Insider

Beleaguered social games giant Zynga is finally on the cusp of launching real-money gambling in the UK. But will social gamers convert, and can this move reverse the company’s flagging fortunes. Julian Rogers investigates.

Rough road ahead in 2013

Inside Poker Business

After a difficult 2012 for the online poker industry, Julian Rogers assesses the fortunes of the leading players and the challenges lurking in 2013.

Upwardly mobile

Gambling Insider

Powerful and intuitive devices, dedicated apps and now 4G connections; is mobile gambling set for another explosive year of growth, asks Julian Rogers

How to be seen

Gambling Insider

With gambling companies shelling out millions on marketing campaigns to snag new players, Julian Rogers speaks to some of the big spenders to learn about their advertising strategies

Lessons from history

Inside Poker Business

As we approach the 15-year anniversary of the first real-money online poker hand, Julian Rogers catches up with Planet Poker pioneer Randy Blumer

US tentative to take the exchange route

Gambling Insider

With exchange betting put on the backburner in California until sometime next year, much to Betfair’s frustration, Julian Rogers examines both sides of this thorny issue

PokerStars Vs The World

Inside Poker Business

PokerStars holds a monster chip lead over its short-stacked rivals, but can the competition realistically shift the balance of power? Julian Rogers finds out

Singapore Sting

The Bet Newspaper www.thebet.co.uk

Vet to pay bills

Lewis To Pull Off Italian Job

The Bet Newspaper

Hamilton's top man in Monza

Push the tempo

Gambling Insider

Fast-fold poker is an action junkie’s ultimate fix. But is it just a passing fad, a sign that online poker is in decline or, in fact, the industry’s saviour?

Check or bet?

Gambling Insider (Las Vegas supplement)

Now that Nevada is on the verge of a legalised online poker market, Julian Rogers asks whether it's a prize worth winning for operators

Kimi Can Fire Into Title

The Bet Newspaper

5/1 Finn to shake up Spa

Operators prepare for Spanish scrap

Gambling Insider

As recession-hit Spain regulates online gaming, Julian Rogers asks whether the operators’ gamble to reign in Spain will pay off

William Hill goes mobile in Nevada

iGaming Business North America

The UK bookmaker’s presence in Nevada further expands with the release of its mobile sportsbetting app for Apple, Android and Blackberry devices.

Fed Express

The Bet Newspaper

5/2 Roger can hit them for six

Webber To Make His Mark

The Bet Newspaper

Aussie can spring 14/1 upset

Facebook Debuts Real Money Gambling

iGaming Business

The gambling sector witnessed a watershed moment in August when the very first real-money gaming app was launched on social networking site, Facebook...

London Poker Scene

World Poker HQ (soon-to-be-launched iOS and Android digital mag)

The capital is home to a thriving poker scene with more clubs than you can shake a stick at. We ante up and check out the best London has to offer

Smark your card

Gambling Insider

Smarkets CEO Jason Trost tells Julian Rogers how the latest betting exchange on the block are all about offering price-sensitive punters a social way to bet

GB v Uruguay

The Bet Newspaper www.thebet.co.uk

Julian Rogers' view on GB's Group A Clash with pre-tournament favourites Uruguay

Olympics: Great Britain v Senegal

The Bet Newspaper www.thebet.co.uk

An insight into the Group A encounter between Great Britain and Sengal

Michael Mizrachi to cash in the WSOP Main Event

PokerNews.com

Julian Rogers takes a look at some of the more safer bets you could make on the Main Event

The fall of an empire

iGaming Business

With the first anniversary of Full Tilt Poker’s shock collapse fast approaching, Julian Rogers charts the rise, and spectacular fold, of a former online giant.

Turbulent times

Gambling Insider

There’s been the infamous ‘ghost’ bet furore, a hacking scandal and a mini-exodus among senior management. Then the stock market launch was more sink than float. Julian Rogers weighs up how Betfair are recovering from their...

Poker's Second Coming

iGaming Business

With online poker traffic and revenues on the slide, is it premature to be sounding the game’s death knell? Julian Rogers assesses the hand strengths of the industry’s major players and asks whether we are, in fact, on the...

More than a bit of fun

Gambling Insider

Novelty bets are not just a marketing gimmick; they’re a burgeoning revenue stream in their own right, argues Julian Rogers

Bad form

Gambling Insider

With horse racing struggling in the battle for the punter’s pound, betting turnover on the sport has plunged. So what’s gone wrong for this stalwart of the gambling arena? Julian Rogers investigates

Lots of action

Gambling Insider

Intralot Interactive are at the forefront of today’s innovative e-gaming solutions. Julian Rogers spoke to general director George Zenzefilis to learn the key to the company’s success and how the developing world offers...

Tony G: the mouth of poker

Poker Shark Magazine

Motormouth Tony G is never shy when it comes to offering his opinion across the felt. What can we learn from this conroversial style?

Can Valencia put the brakes on Barcelona?

Bwin

Unai Emery’s men can be backed at an eye-catching 25/4 to beat the Catalan giants in what looks set be a high-scoring affair.

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Back Agbonlahor to open the scoring against Wigan

Bwin

The Aston Villa striker is 6/1 to capitalise on a leaky Latics backline that has conceded eight goals in three games.

Can Bristol City’s new manager stop the rot against Birmingham?

Bwin

Derek McInnes’ side are 7/4 to cause an upset and snatch all three points at Ashton Gate.

Deal Me In

100 Thousand Club

How an old cowboy card game became the game du jour

Beating the odds

Business Management

Multi-millionaire betting tycoon Victor Chandler rescued his eponymous business from the brink of bankruptcy, turning it into a global gambling empire with half a million customers in over 160 countries. By Julian Rogers

Betting on a sure thing

CXO magazine

With around 6.4 million transactions completed every day, online betting exchange Betfair is busier than all of Europe’s stock exchanges combined. Julian Rogers goes behind the scenes to meet CTO Tony McAlister

Cool For Cats

Business Management

How do you promote an über-cool brand for the fickle sports lifestyle consumer? Antonio Bertone, former record shop owner and club promoter, and now Puma’s global Chief Marketing Officer, offers a candid insight into his...

A history of betting

Best Bet HQ

Fifty years ago, punters flocked to the bookies to wager on the horses. Today, they can gamble on everything from American football to volleyball – online and even on their mobile phones – 24/7. It’s a boom time for sports...

Tracing online poker's roots

onlinepoker.com

The history of online poker is full of ups and downs.

Adding strings to your poker bow

onlinepoker.com

You need to be familiar with the different poker games if you don't want to be tagged a one-trick pony.

Why aggressive poker is winning poker

onlinepoker.com

If you play aggressively, you're more likely to win.

Faster, higher, stronger

Business Management

Its iconic triumvirate of perfectly parallel stripes have been synonymous with sport for decades. But with profits tumbling in the year Adidas celebrates its 60th birthday, Chairman and CEO Herbert Hainer talks candidly about...

Electric Avenue

Business Management

Japanese automaker Nissan is hoping to steal a march on its rivals with the Leaf, the first mass- produced, affordable electric car. But will its zero emissions and wallet-friendly running costs be enough to tempt motorists to...

Loan ranger

Business Management

Five years after the emergence of peer-to-peer lender Zopa, its CEO and co-founder Giles Andrews says the public’s distrust of the greedy banks has been a boon for his business.

On the right track

Business Management

It’s 46 years since Italian tractor maker Ferruccio Lamborghini hatched his harebrained scheme to build a luxury supercar. But with the wheels falling off the car industry amid the deepening recession, can this luxury brand...

Rebuilding Iraq

Business Management (Middle East)

It’s a fractured and fragile country scarred by bloody wars, the shackles of sanctions and a despotic regime. But with green shoots of peace and stability sprouting, the Iraqi government is beckoning foreign companies and...

OIl, toil and trouble

Next Generation OIl & Gas

Piracy is back, but not in the traditional sense. Swashbuckling Blackbeards brandishing cutlasses have been superseded by ruthless, money-hungry Somali gangs armed with automatic weapons, global positioning systems and...

Black gold rush

Next Generation OIl & Gas

Julian Rogers speaks exclusively with Libya's top oil official and Chairman of NOC, Dr Shokri Ghanem

Gearing up for the road to recovery

CXO Magazine

Plummeting sales, mass layoffs and government bailouts have all been a by-product of the recession for a spluttering global car industry. But for a previously bankrupt General Motors the crisis is all about unearthing...

Heads-up

Business Management

Repairing a badly damaged brand in the wake of a crisis doesn’t come cheap, both in hard cash and man-hours. So what lessons can we learn from those who tackled a crisis full-on and those who ducked for cover?

Behind Enemy Lines

Business Management

Why shell out millions sponsoring a high-profile event when you can just ambush it, usurping your rivals in the process.

Birdies, bogeys and bytes

Business Management

Julian Rogers tees off with Mark Lichtenhein, CIO and Director of Broadcasting and New Media at golf's European Tour

Future Vision

Next Generation O&G

An oil chief passionate about alternative forms of energy – cynics would argue that this proclamation is an oxymoron. John Hofmeister, President of Shell Oil Company would beg to differ, however. In an exclusive interview with...

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