Begbies Traynor, the insolvency practitioners for BetIndex, initiated the process of allocating funds to former Football Index customers at a hearing in the Royal Court of Jersey today. The company was initially appointed as BetIndex’s insolvency practitioner in late March following the initial collapse of Football Index and began processing customer claims against the company in April. In a statement …
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ESA Gaming has entered the Portuguese market after agreeing to provide its EasySwipe titles to Casino Portugal. Through the new partnership, Casino Portugal customers will be able to play ESA’s EasySwipe games including Fruit Staxx – with further releases in the pipeline for later this year. Zorica Smallwood, Director at ESA Gaming, said: “Entering new markets is a key focus …
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Paddy Power, the son of David Power, founder of the eponymous Irish bookmaker, has announced plans to launch a ‘sports trading’ platform, American SportZ Exchange (ASX), according to the Irish Independent. ASX will operate from Ireland but target the burgeoning US sports betting market, and will be initially financially supported as a startup via a €500,000 crowdfunding campaign using the …
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Sports betting data provider Sportradar has extended its collaboration with leading Japanese media outlet Kyodo News via a multi-year partnership with its subsidiary Kyodo News Digital, strengthening its position in the Asian market. Sportradar and Kyodo News initiated a working relationship in 2018, revolving around the supply and support of data from various international competitions, covering a range of sports …
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Data and technology provider Genius Sports has entered into a ‘definitive agreement’ to acquire Second Spectrum, an official analytics partner of several high-profile professional sports leagues and teams, for a purchase price of $200 million. As a data tracking and analytics partner of the English Premier League, National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major League Soccer (MLS), Second Spectrum will significantly …
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Football Index has released a statement addressing the distribution of lost finances to its customers, two months after the operator entered administration. Begbies Traynor, the insolvency practitioner of Football Index’s parent company BetIndex, initially began to process customer claims against the company in April. The claims process was available to all users of the football player trading platform, including those …
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Plans for the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) to conduct advanced affordability checks as a result of the review of the UK’s betting and gaming regulations may be shelved due to the findings of the consultation, according to a report by The Telegraph. The enforcement of applied affordability checks on all UK gamblers wagering over £100 a month has been submitted …
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“Everyone is obsessed with Nigeria, but there are other countries in Africa,” said Altenar Director and COO Dinos Stranomitis, as the software provider prepares to launch an omnichannel sportsbook offering for its new partner in Congo, Wild-Bets. Stranomitis explained that, for African countries, it is crucial to provide a sportsbook platform that enables the client to collect bets via physical …
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STS has strengthened its presence in international gaming markets after launching a revamped version of its stsbet.com website. The new website, which enables STS to ‘enter new foreign markets’, will allow the company to “offer innovative solutions that are nowadays necessary to acquire an advantage over competitors and effectively acquire customers”. As a result, players will now benefit from an …
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SoftSwiss has enhanced its sportsbook platform after adding a range of new player functionalities, which the supplier believes will help ‘amplify’ the overall player experience. Among the functionalities will be Quickbet, BetCashout, Maxstake and BetBuilder tools which are hoped to ‘help to further accelerate the overall betting process, making it more convenient for the players’. Coming just ahead of UEFA …
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