Tag Archives: Lionel Messi

Winning Post: World Cup 2022 a Messi affair for bookmakers

SBC News Winning Post: World Cup 2022 a Messi affair for bookmakers

Regulus Partners reviews World Cup 2022 trends, which provides a clear narrative of sports betting’s new and old world markets colliding. Whilst going into extra time, Brazil fails to deliver on its federal sports betting law…   France vs Argentina was hardly an unexpected final to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. However, nearly everything else was different. The time of year …

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Messi & Del Piero lead Socios.com global advertising charge 

SBC News Messi & Del Piero lead Socios.com global advertising charge 

This weekend, football fan token platform Socios.com premiered its first global advertising campaign featuring ‘football gods’ Alessandro Del Piero and Lionel Messi. Titled “Together We Can Be More”, the campaign is focused on promoting the unrestricted benefits of Socios fan tokens to football fans worldwide, regardless of traditional boundaries. Founded by former igaming entrepreneur Alexandre Dreyfus, the Socios.com platform works …

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Inside Edge: Record-seeking Salah and La Liga market misconception

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Over the next few months, Form Labs – a division of Bettorlogic – will be looking at the best of the weekend’s sporting activity. This time, we check on Mo Salah’s pursuit of Teddy Sheringham’s opening day scoring record and the chances of a fast Premier League start for the promoted teams, before addressing the media hype around Barcelona’s (Messi …

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Football aficionado Balague takes up role with Football Index

SBC News Football aficionado Balague takes up role with Football Index

High-profile football pundit, author and journalist Guillem Balague has joined Football Index as a brand ambassador for the football trading platform. Balague will host trader events and produce regular, exclusive blogs and videos for the platform, which gives users the ability to buy, sell and build a portfolio of players. It is hoped that Football Index’s collaboration with Balague will …

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Perform Group’s John Harlow: “The game is the same, but the fan has changed”

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Opta Sports, a leading international sports data and analytics provider, has been operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Perform Group since 2013. We caught up with John Harlow, Perform’s SVP for Betting, who outlined how sportsbooks are leveraging fan awareness of Opta’s data to power innovative, entertaining betting experiences. Harlow also talked about compiling insight into changing fan preferences, …

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Russia 2018: Digesting the draw

SBC News Russia 2018: Digesting the draw

As Friday’s draw concluded and the World Cup began to take shape, fans were left pondering a mouthwatering clash between Spain and Portugal, renewed optimism in the Three Lions and a slightly surreal tournament opener.   Gareth Southgate’s England were handed a favourable start to the tournament, taking on Tunisia and World Cup debutants Panama in the opening two games. …

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Argentina’s qualification hopes hang in the balance

SBC News Argentina's qualification hopes hang in the balance

As the enduring South American World Cup qualifying process draws to a close, football fans are left contemplating the possibility of a World Cup without Lionel Messi and Argentina. A disparaging draw with Peru last week has left La Albiceleste desperately needing a victory over Ecuador tonight if they want to save their dwindling World Cup hopes. Although Argentina have …

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Digital Sports Tech describes breaking into Nordic market as a ‘landmark moment’

SBC News Digital Sports Tech describes breaking into Nordic market as a 'landmark moment'

Provider of next generation sports betting solutions Digital Sports Tech (DST) has entered the Nordic sports betting market with its player props and quick pick accumulator products after agreeing a partnership with Coolbet. The new product, branded as “Build Your Bet”, allows Nordic players to create and customise their own performance or proposition bets on any player and statistic for matches …

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