Tag Archives: Richard McGuire

Sportech sheds Bump weight to Canadian Banknote

SBC News Sportech sheds Bump weight to Canadian Banknote

Sportech Plc has entered a ‘conditional agreement’ with Canadian Banknote Company (CBN) to sell its Bump Worldwide Inc subsidiary for a ‘gross consideration’ of CAD $10 million (circa £5.7m). Bump is the digital and in-stadia draw-based raffles solutions subsidiary of Sportech Plc which primarily services North American pro-sports franchises and collegiate sports organisations. Updating investors, Sportech confirmed that it had …

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Sportech and UK Tote Group renew sports betting partnership

SBC News Sportech and UK Tote Group renew sports betting partnership

Sportech has confirmed that it has signed a new multi-year licensing and services contract with UK Tote Group. The extended partnership will assure Sportech’s continued delivery of pools betting technologies and services via its Quantum System, which underpins the Tote’s domestic pools betting. The Quantum system will also allow the UK Tote to significantly deepen its pool volumes, featuring global …

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Sportech highlights new client wins under lockdown

SBC News Sportech highlights new client wins under lockdown

Ahead of today’s AGM, Sportech Plc has issued a trading update,  informing investors of further COVID-19 pandemic impacts and countermeasures undertaken by the LSE-listed wagering technology group.  Updating investors, Sportech explained that it has implemented its pandemic cost-saving measures announced during March trading, based on its forecast scenario that global sporting events would be curtailed through to the end of …

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UK Tote gains international ‘commingling pool ecosystem’ with Sportech

SBC News UK Tote gains international ‘commingling pool ecosystem’ with Sportech

Entering a multi-year agreement, the new UK Tote Group is set to expand its international wagering capacity by utilising Sportech Plc systems and technologies.  The UK Tote will use Sportech’s flagship ‘Quantum System’ to enhance its commingling capabilities by securing data to Sportech’s global partnerships with leading race organisers such as The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC)  The Quantum system …

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SBC Magazine Issue 8: International expansion and picking up the sporting slack

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A focus on international expansion and how we, as the betting and gaming industry, will get through COVID-19 are the key themes throughout Issue 8 of SBC Magazine. Now available to view HERE, it starts by tracking the journey of Giovanni Garrisi from a mathematician beating the pools to starting a 50/50 JV with Stanley Leisure, seizing an opportunity to …

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Sportech boosts commercial muscle by appointing Ben Warn as Non-Executive Director 

SBC News Sportech boosts commercial muscle by appointing Ben Warn as Non-Executive Director 

International racing and wagering systems provider Sportech Plc has expanded its leadership after confirming the appointment of Ben Warn as a Non-Executive Director.    With 20 years experience as an industry executive, Warn has led product and consumer strategies for a number of tier-1 betting companies such as Sky Bet, Rank Group and UKbetting Plc. Prior to joining Sportech, Warn also served …

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Refocused Sportech loses shine on Stamford impairment 

SBC News Refocused Sportech loses shine on Stamford impairment 

Sportech Plc is confident that its expanded product portfolio will help it through the uncertainty of COVID-19, following a year of vital transformations across the company. Publishing its full-year 2019 results, the firm recorded a 2% group revenue increase to £65 million (FY2018: £63.5m) by optimising its cash-generating assets and operations.  Product upgrades saw Sportech confirm ‘service growth’ for its …

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Sportech recovery driven by operational efficiencies

SBC News Sportech recovery driven by operational efficiencies

The governance of London-listed Sportech Plc has detailed confidence in the firm’s performance and future prospects as 2019 trading is forecasted to surpass ‘adjusted EBITDA expectations’. Updating investors, Sportech governance details that the company has benefited from ‘operational efficiencies’ implemented across the firm’s business channels, forming part of Sportech’s wider group transformation programme. During the course of 2019, the racing …

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Sportech H1 2019 revenues hampered by “venues’ challenges”

SBC News Sportech H1 2019 revenues hampered by “venues’ challenges”

International betting tech firm Sportech has published its interim results for the six months ended 30 June. The figures, which came in lower year-on-year, reflect an ongoing period of transition for the company as it moves towards a more digitized business, while removing cost to increase efficiencies. Revenue growth in Racing, Bump 50:50 and Lottery were all, it said, offset …

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Transforming Sportech appoints Richard McGuire as Group CEO

SBC News Transforming Sportech appoints Richard McGuire as Group CEO

Sportech Plc continues its governance and leadership restructure, confirming that Interim Group Executive Chairman Richard McGuire has accepted the position of Group Chief Executive on a permanent basis. McGuire has led the London-listed wagering and racing systems supplier since November 2018, following the departure of former incumbent Andrew Gaughan as Group CEO. This May, McGuire presented Sportech’s AGM update, detailing …

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