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VSoftCO in multi-year Twelve40 partnership

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Virtuals development firm VSoftCO has announced a multi-year software agreement with lottery and instant win platform provider Twelve40. The deal will see VSoftCO integrate its complete portfolio of games and virtual football content onto the Twelve40 platform. Included as part of the integration will be the developer’s league and single game formats, in addition to its new Spot the Ball …

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VSoftCo strengthens Tain’s market position with multi-year deal

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Software developer VSoftCo will integrate its complete portfolio of virtual games for Tain, a multi-vendor platform provider for the industry. A multi-year partnership will include the integration of VSoftCo’s leading virtual football products such as Fantastic League and the new Spot the Ball casino game. Simon Westbury, Chief Commercial Officer of VSoftCo, said: “This partnership is very exciting for VSoftCo …

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Spot the Ball: VSoftCo brings virtual sports into the casino

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VSoftCo Sales Director Simon Westbury has outlined the company’s innovative new plans to appeal to both sports and casino players. Speaking at the iGaming Super Show, Westbury revealed plans for VSoftCo’s Spot the Ball, a virtual betting product which encompasses the well known concept of Spot the Ball with a combination of roulette and virtual football. The product has been …

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Simon Westbury – VSoftCo – Using professional footballers to increase the realism of virtual products

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VSoftCo has been in the news recently after agreeing a multi-year deal to integrate its branded football game VStriker and a branded variant of Spot The Ball on Leander Games. To mark the start of a busy summer for the virtual sports specialist, we caught up with the company’s sales director Simon Westbury to discuss motion capture filming at Bramall …

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VSoftCo signs multi-year deal with Infinity Gaming Solutions

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VSoftCo has signed a multi-year agreement to integrate its complete portfolio of virtual football content and casino-based table games on Infinity Gaming Solutions. The agreement with Infinity, the provider of a bespoke multi-vendor gaming platform, includes use of VSoftCo’s roulette version of Spot the Ball and the first integration of VStriker, an exciting joint venture between VSoftCo and the Striker …

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Sportech reports operational progress ahead of Court decision

SBC News Sportech reports operational progress ahead of Court decision

Sportech PLC has revealed that its football pools business is performing to expectations, despite the uncertainty caused by the recent failed takeover bid by Burlywood Capital. In a trading update, Sportech said that The Football Pools continues to trade in line with management expectations, and is demonstrating the move to stability that we have been striving for in 2016. It …

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Sportech informs that HMRC will appeal £97 million VAT reclaim to Supreme Court

SBC News Sportech informs that HMRC will appeal £97 million VAT reclaim to Supreme Court

Updating the market betting technology provider Sportech Plc has announced that Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) have applied to the Supreme Court for further permission to appeal its rescinded £97 million VAT repayment claim. The move by HMRC, follows last month’s decision by the UK Court of Appeal to rule in favour of Sportech Plc regarding its ongoing ‘Spot …

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HMRC denied Supreme Court appeal against Sportech £95 million tax claim

SBC News HMRC denied Supreme Court appeal against Sportech £95 million tax claim

Issuing a market update, Sportech Plc has announced that the UK Court of Appeal has denied HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) permission to appeal the decision which ruled in Sportech’s favour regarding a £97 million tax repayment claim to the Supreme Court. The decision by the Court of Appeal will likely end Sportech’s 7-year battle with HMRC regarding the tax …

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HMRC to appeal Sportech’s £97m VAT Spot the Ball refund

SBC News HMRC to appeal Sportech's £97m VAT Spot the Ball refund

The legal to-ing and fro-ing between Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs and Sportech over the gambling operator’s overpaid tax claim, worth £97m, is set to continue after HMRC announced it is to appeal the latest decision. The appeal is just the latest installment in the long running attempt by Sportech to reclaim tax the company says it erroneously paid on its Spot the Ball product between 1979 …

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Sportech wins £97 million ‘Spot the Ball’ VAT appeal

SBC News Sportech wins £97 million 'Spot the Ball' VAT appeal

Betting technology provider Sportech has been cleared of its long running ‘Spot the Ball’ £97 million VAT repayment dispute with Her Majesty’s Revenues & Customs (HMRC). Today the UK Court of Appeal ruled unanimously in favour of Sportech’s case against HMRC which argues that the company was owed £40 million in VAT, plus added interest, on ‘Sport the Ball’ competition …

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