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November 6, 2024

Flashscore founder Livesport acquires Spain’s BeSoccer

Livesport, the Czech technology company behind Flashscore, has completed the acquisition of Spanish-facing football live scores, stats and news provider BeSoccer for an undisclosed amount.

BeSoccer will now join the wider Livesport, running alongside Flashscore, another live score provider. The strategic acquisition, Livesport said, will add approximately 25 million monthly users to its total user base.

The deal encompasses three business entities in BeSoccer, BeSoccer Pro and Resultados de Fútbol.

BeSoccer is the core brand, delivering football-only live scores brand in English, with over 100 million downloads worldwide. Resultados de Fútbol offers live scores in Spanish, while BeSoccer Pro is an additional service focusing on football data analysis.

Livesport said the triple addition will allow it to deliver more comprehensive coverage of football to fans around the world.

Historic acquisition for Livesport

Commenting on the deal, Livesport chairman Martin Hájek said the acquis..

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November 6, 2024

Brazil senate president still expects betting CPI creation despite delays, weeks before legal market launch

Senate president Rodrigo Pacheco still expects a parliamentary inquiry commission (CPI) on betting in Brazil to be established despite ongoing delays, with the legal market just weeks away.

On 8 October, Senator Soraya Thronicke requested the creation of a CPI into betting in Brazil, with the aim of investigating the “growing influence of online virtual gambling games on the budget of Brazilian families”.

The request surpassed the 27 signatures needed, with the commission having 130 days after its establishment to carry out its work. It will have 11 full members and seven substitutes.

The CPI was expected to be installed on 25 October. However, its creation was delayed due uncertainty over which senators would work on the inquiry.

Pacheco maintains the momentum for the establishment of the CPI on betting hasn’t been lost. Its creation is vital, he said, with the legal betting market set to launch in Brazil on 1 January 2025.

“It [the CPI] needs to be installed now and made to work..

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November 6, 2024

Missouri voters barely approve statewide digital wagering

Missouri voters on Tuesday (5 November) night did what the legislature has failed to do in more than five sessions – legalised statewide digital sports betting.

The margin was thin, about a half a percentage point and a 14,000-vote margin, according to the Missouri Independent. But in the end, Caesars’ short-lived opposition campaign did not kill the proposal. The company, one of two that operates three land-based casinos in the state, pulled $1 million (£775,l64/€919,250) worth of scheduled television advertising in mid-October.

And last weekend, iGB confirmed that the Missouri Gaming Commission (MGC) said it interprets Amendment 2 to mean that each casino location is entitled to a digital betting licence. Previously, stakeholders believed that the initiative language indicated that each casino company – not location – would get a licence.

Missouri is the only state this year to legalise a statewide gambling expansion. Six of Missouri’s seven border states already have some form..

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