Amaya Inc subsidiary Rational Group has confirmed the appointment of Zeno Osskó as Managing Director of BetStars, its online sports betting division. Osskó takes on the leadership of BetStars, having resigned as CEO of Frankfurt Xetra-listed European sports betting operator mybet SE last month. Rational Group management confirmed that Osskó would join its division on 12 September taking on overall …
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English Premier League Champions Leicester City FC have announced Amaya Inc online betting subsidiary BetStars as its official European Betting Partner as the Foxes make their Champions League debut in season 2016/17. Announcing the partnership this morning, Leicester City management detailed that the BetStars brand would receive high coverage placement throughout The King Power Stadium (capacity: 32,000) during season 2016/17 …
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PokerStars has expanded its sports betting offering with the launch of BetStars.fr, an Amaya Inc. brand. The beta version is now available to French sports bettors online at BetStars.fr, on iOS and Android mobile devices, and in the PokerStars.fr desktop client. The current beta version of BetStars.fr offers seven popular sports for customers to bet on, with plans to grow …
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Today sees the launch of BetStars in Italy, as Amaya Inc moves ahead with expanding its subsidiary sports betting product services within Europe. Italy represents the second European market opening for the BetStars brand, which was launched in the UK in January of this year. Following the conclusion of its AGM, Amaya governance announced that the company would move to …
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Gearing up for this summer’s Euro 2016 championships, Amaya Inc interim CEO Rafi Ashkenazi has detailed that betting subsidiary BetStars will launch its services in Italy and France. Updating Amaya investors, Ashkenazi declared that BetStars further European expansion was ‘imminent’ with the brand ready to launch in Italy and France by the start of Euro 2016 (10 June). Following BetStars …
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Amaya Inc is still sounding out potential investors as it weighs up the bid for the group led by embattled CEO & Chairman David Baazov, who is currently on a leave of absence from the company as he battles insider trading charges. The firm is also on the hunt for a new leadership team as Baazov and CFO Daniel Sebag have revealed …
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This summer’s Euro 2016 Championships has seen a glut of new sportsbook announcements, but few are as intriguing as the plans between The Sun newspaper and Australian operator Tabcorp to launch Sun Bets. The UK market is no stranger to attempts by octogenarian media mogul Rupert Murdoch to leverage the pre-eminent position of his business interests in the UK media …
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Amaya Inc sports betting subsidiary BetStars has confirmed that it has joined UK racing’s Authorised Betting Partner (ABP) scheme. The BetStars brand which launched in the UK this January, will join 32Red, Betfair, BetVictor, bet365, SeanieMac and Sky Bet as an ABP partner. BetStars who recently added UK racing markets to its betting platform, will commit to contributing a percentage …
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Sportsbook platform provider and sports betting services specialist Metric Gaming today announced a commercial agreement with Amaya, the world’s largest publicly listed online gambling company. This deal is in relation to the provision of Metric’s pre-game, live and SuperLive® golf pricing feeds for Amaya’s Betstars sportsbook brand. Metric’s market leading pricing feed package will include classic pre-game markets, daily wagering opportunities on …
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BetStars, a new sports betting brand from PokerStars, has launched a unique new sports betting product, Spin & Bet. Taking its name and inspiration from the extremely popular Spin & Go poker format that launched just over a year ago on PokerStars, Spin & Bet gives sports bettors the chance to multiply the odds of their bets and potential winnings …
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