Sports betting platform provider DraftKings has confirmed the appointment of Johnny Avello as a director on its rapidly growing sportsbook operations team. Avello boasts over three decades of experience in gaming and is widely respected throughout the sportsbook industry as an innovative, forward-thinking leader and an early proponent of mobile sports betting. He becomes the latest key acquisition for DraftKings, having joined from Wynn …
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Marking its expansion into the US market, sports data platform provider iSport Genius has unveiled a new partnership with DraftKings. The deal will will help support DraftKings when it comes to deploying data insights across its sportsbook platform, with the data helping to educate customers on the teams and players in order to place a more informed bet. iSport Genius’ …
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iSport Genius has announced has a two-year extension to its current agreement providing a powerful consumer-facing data product to Ladbrokes Australia. The Australian arm of Ladbrokes has been working with iSport Genius on the operator’s Infohub offering since the start of 2016. The two are in the middle of a three-year deal and this contract extension means that the partnership …
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With the semi-finals about to kick in at Euro 2016 tournament, SBC brings some more bite-size facts about teams in the final four, as provided by iSportGenius. Portugal vs Wales: Kick-off Wednesday July 6, 8:00pm BST Seven of the last 11 semi-finals at the UEFA Euros have gone to extra time, five of which went to penalties. Each of Portugal’s last …
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With some cracking games lined up this weekend in the Euro 2016 tournament, SBC brings some more bite-size facts about some of this week’s games, as provided by iSportGenius. Italy vs Sweden: Kick-off Friday June 17, 2:00pm BST Including friendlies, Italy is undefeated in its last four internationals against Sweden, winning three and drawing one. Including friendlies, each of Italy’s last …
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With Game Day 2 of the Euro 2016 tournament set to kick off this afternoon, SBC brings some more bite-size facts about some of this week’s games, as provided by iSportGenius. Russia vs Slovakia: Kick-off Wednesday June 15, 2:00pm BST • Including friendlies, none of the last six international fixtures between Slovakia and Russia have seen more than two goals …
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With the Euro 2016 tournament in full swing, SBC brings some interesting bite-size facts about some of this week’s games, as provided by iSportGenius. Spain vs Czech Republic • At UEFA Euro 2012, after conceding in the 61st minute of its first match, Spain went the rest of the tournament (509 minutes) without allowing another goal • Spain is unbeaten …
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