Nigel Eccles and Rob Jones, the former co-founders of FanDuel DFS, have re-teamed to launch a new crypto sportsbook and casino, BetHog. The venture is backed by $6 million in funding led by Web3 VC fund 6th Man Ventures (6MV), featuring the participation of iGaming figureheads Chris Grove of Eilers & Krejcik and Josh Hannah, the founder of the Flutter.com …
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BetDEX has announced that its BetDEX Exchange has received a remote betting intermediary licence in Ireland. Effective as of 1 July, the licence fully approves the company to offer all forms of online sports betting in the country and establishes a presence in the EU as the Exchange continues to expand global operations. Varun Sudhakar, CEO and Co-Founder of BetDEX, …
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Looking to capitalise on heightened sporting interest during the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup, BetDEX is now taking real-money wagers. Operating on the Solona mainnet, the crypto-betting exchange will conduct business under a ‘beta’ tag until 2023, but interested customers can make real-money bets on the Qatar World Cup immediately. An Isle of Man-licensed company – the first blockchain-based operator …
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BetDEX Labs Inc has become the first blockchain betting exchange to be granted a licence by the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC). The New York and Edinburgh-based operator hailed the GSC licence approval as a new milestone towards launching online gambling’s first blockchain-built mass market betting exchange under the BetDEX domain. BetDEX is the new venture of former …
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A New York State appeal court has rejected the grounds for former FanDuel co-founders and shareholders to pursue a legal challenge to claim back proceeds from the firm’s sale to Flutter Entertainment in 2018. The appeal, led by former FanDuel CEO and Co-founder Nigel Eccles, sought compensation from parties involved in the sale of FanDuel to Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) …
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BetDEX the new venture of Nigel Eccles, former founder of FanDuel, has secured a $21 million seed funding round – “the largest ever seed executed by a UK start-up”. A raft of investors led by San Francisco crypto fund Paradigm and Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange FTX has backed Eccles to transform BetDEX into the “world’s first decentralized sports betting protocol”. Last …
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Nigel Eccles, the co-founder of FanDuel, has announced the launch of his new business venture BetDEX Labs – a decentralised sports betting exchange built on the blockchain rails of Solana (SOL). BetDEX is co-founded by Eccles and former FanDuel senior engineers Varun Sudhakar (CEO) and Stuart Tonner (CTO). Eccles posted on LinkedIn that the venture would be welcoming FanDuel Director …
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Nigel and Lesley Eccles, the enterprise founders of US fantasy sports operator FanDuel are reported to be renewing their legal challenge against Flutter Entertainment Plc (formerly Paddy Power Betfair), in relation to the FTSE firm’s $465 million takeover of FanDuel completed in July of last year. The husband and wife team are joined by FanDuel co-founders’ Tom Griffiths (former CPO) …
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US Tech news source Recode has reported that FanDuel enterprise co-founder Nigel Eccles (former CEO) is preparing to take Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) to court, regarding its $465 million takeover of FanDuel completed in July 2018. Eccles representatives have filed a Scottish court order against PPB, representing four of FanDuel’s enterprise co-founders; Nigel Eccles, wife Lesley Eccles (former CMO), Tom …
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The two leading players in the US daily fantasy sports (DFS) market, FanDuel and DraftKings are reported to be assessing their future enterprise options. Last week US news source Axios detailed that New York and Edinburgh based FanDuel was in advanced discussions to ‘go public’, reviewing a potential ‘reverse merger’ with special investment vehicle Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. Platinum Eagle …
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