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FDJ backs Tour des Femmes 2022 expansion 

SBC News FDJ backs Tour des Femmes 2022 expansion 

Upholding its commitment to diversifying its sponsorship portfolio of French sports, Française des Jeux (FDJ) has become an official partner of the Tour de France Women’s edition.  Beginning in 2022, France’s National Lottery operator will work with race organiser Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) to promote the ‘Tour de France Femmes’, to be on par with its male cycling counterpart. For …

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Sportnco expands international vision following fruitful 2020 trading

SBC News Sportnco expands international vision following fruitful 2020 trading

Sportnco is preparing for its next stage of enterprise growth, as the French sports betting technology group doubled its corporate earnings to €6.1 million during 2020.  Providing a breakdown of its 2020 trading, Sportnco revealed a ‘balanced split ‘between its B2B and B2C activities’. B2B revenues were up 89% to €10m, whilst Sportnco’s ‘consumer-facing revenues’ rose 3% to €9m. Closing …

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Sacre Bleu! Stats Perform predicts France over the Three Lions for Euro 2020 glory

SBC News Sacre Bleu! Stats Perform predicts France over the Three Lions for Euro 2020 glory

Teaming up with Stats Perform’s AI team, football analysis blog TheAnalyst.com has provided its ‘empirical answer’ as to who will win this summer’s UEFA 2020 European Championships (11 June to 11 July). Crunching the numbers on teams past and present performance, against a plethora of factors determining the likely outcome of the tournament’s groups and matches – Stats Perform has …

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French government triggers public reward in FDJ

SBC News French government triggers public reward in FDJ

France’s Ministry of the Economy and Finance has activated its ‘public reward’ for investors that participated in the Paris Euronext IPO of Française des Jeux (FDJ) back in November 2019. Groupe FDJ’s public investors will be rewarded with one additional share for each tranche of 10 IPO shares brought, with the supplement paid for by the French government. The offer, which …

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Jonathan Smith: Betbuilder the growth tool for wide open Euros

SBC News Jonathan Smith: Betbuilder the growth tool for wide open Euros

Sportsbook growth strategist and risk management expert, Jonathan Smith, founder of Sportsbook Models, tells SBC that this summer’s UEFA Euro 2021 Championship will be no easy ride for bookmakers and why trading teams should power up their betbuilder inventories.  ________________________ SBC: Hi Jonathan, thanks for this interview. From your pre-market observations, how have bookmakers been preparing for this tournament? Jonathan …

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FDJ provides extra support for French Heritage Foundation

SBC News FDJ provides extra support for French Heritage Foundation

Française des Jeux (FDJ), and its Corporate Foundation, have renewed their support for the Heritage Foundation by signing two new sponsorship agreements. The FDJ Group is extending its commitment as a patron with €2m to the Heritage Foundation until 2024 and will support each year a specific project proposed by the foundation. Meanwhile, the FDJ Corporate Foundation will contribute an endowment of €400,000 …

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Martin Lycka: The importance of being liquid

SBC News Martin Lycka: The importance of being liquid

Market-by-market, regulators face critical choices in how to govern the intricacies of managing product liquidity vital for all online gambling disciplines. Martin Lycka, Entain Plc’s Senior VP of North American Regulatory Affairs and Responsible Gambling examines how regulators should approach online gambling’s complex liquidity conundrum, maintaining a balance between effective market management and commercial appeal for consumers. ____________________ Liquidity is …

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ANJ appoints Xavier Asperge as French gambling’s IT supervisor

SBC News ANJ appoints Xavier Asperge as French gambling’s IT supervisor

Strengthening its compliance remit, l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), France’s unified gambling regulator, has confirmed the appointment of Xavier Asperge as its Director of Technical Expertise and Systems Supervision.  Asperge will be tasked with developing the ANJ’s new tech supervisory unit, the division charged with monitoring and registering all tech-related components of licensed French gambling businesses. A qualified telecommunications engineer, …

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ANJ secures extended French Consumer Code powers

SBC News ANJ secures extended French Consumer Code powers

France’s Conseil d’État has granted l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) the right to prosecute licensed operators for failing to meet national laws and standards on consumer protections.  Recognised as France’s Council of State, the Conseil d’Etat serves as the government’s legal advisory for matters related to the French justice system and its Supreme Courts. The council had arbitrated a two-year …

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