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<br>[sports betting](https://gayplatform.de/read-blog/3792_the-ins-and-outs-of-betting-on-the-nfl-draft.html) wagering innovator [launches](https://reckoningz.com/enhance-your-business-opportunities-with-efficient-sports-apps/) new start-up<br>
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<br>17 November 2021<br>
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<br>By [Douglas](https://southwales.com/read-blog/307_uk-betting-firms-gamble-on-united-states-after-sports-wager-ruling.html) Fraser<br>
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<br>Business and economy editor, Scotland<br>[bet9ja.com](https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig)
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<br>One of Scotland's most [successful innovation](https://oeclub.org/index.php/User:MatildaMcGhee) groups is beginning again with a [brand-new company](https://taar.me/read-blog/8442_best-u-s-sports-betting-sites-amp-sportsbooks-for-2024.html) - and has actually secured the greatest preliminary financial [investment](https://palkwall.com/read-blog/27765_for-sports-gambling-to-be-legalised.html) of any [British start-up](https://online-learning-initiative.org/wiki/index.php/User:EZSJudy148) business.<br>
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<br>BetDEX is being led by Nigel Eccles, who co-founded fantasy [sports betting](https://bvbborussiadortmundfansclub.com/read-blog/6486_online-betting-firms-gamble-on-soccer-mad-nigeria.html) website FanDuel in 2009 in Edinburgh.<br>
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<br>The [brand-new firm](http://chillibell.com/read-blog/484_for-sports-gambling-to-be-legalised.html) has seed [funding](https://pipewiki.org/wiki/index.php/User:LeonieBlackwood) of $21m.<br>
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<br>It to launch a new open source software application platform, on which others can [innovate](http://ringturbine.com80/index.php/User:LeathaField6) in [sports betting](https://profesional.id/read-blog/135_missouri-sports-betting-ballot-measure-approved-by-voters.html) wagering, in the very first half of next year.<br>
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<br>The business is recruiting staff from a base in Scotland.<br>
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<br>FanDuel was offered to [Flutter -](https://birdiey.com/read-blog/424_for-sports-gambling-to-be-legalised.html) formerly called [Paddy Power](https://catvcommunity.com.tr/read-blog/4789_the-ins-and-outs-of-betting-on-the-nfl-draft.html) Betfair - in 2018 and is now worth more than $30bn.<br>
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<br>However, Mr Eccles and other co-founders are in legal disagreement with FanDuel's later [stage investors](https://loveyou.az/read-blog/20091_sport-betting-industry-aims-to-protect-itself.html) over the method in which they [structured](http://yijichain.com/read-blog/15075_uk-betting-firms-gamble-on-us-after-sports-wager-ruling.html) a takeover, which left the Edinburgh group without a share of the increasing evaluation.<br>
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<br>Mr Eccles said that a person thing he found out from the FanDuel experience was to select investors [carefully](https://onetable.world/read-blog/103125_how-much-are-americans-investing-in-sports-betting.html).<br>
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<br>He told BBC Scotland: "We took a great deal of lessons from that, among which was the value of who we pick as financiers in this brand-new service, to guarantee their values are lined up with ours, that they take their fiduciary responsibilities responsibly, and that they're the ideal partners for us."<br>[bet9ja.com](https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig)
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<br>The $21m seed [financing](https://www.contraband.ch/read-blog/41833_sport-betting-industry-looks-to-protect-itself.html) for BetDEX includes stakes taken by 7 [backers](https://drapia.org/11-WIKI/index.php/User:JulioAmmons388) of US [technology](https://grade1d.smaportal.ae/read-blog/2420_how-fantasy-betting-app-development-companies-and-sports-developers.html) companies, consisting of two large funds - Paradigm and FTX - which [specialise](https://almightyblondeone.com/index.php/User:MavisSifuentes) in buying companies running with crypto-currencies.<br>
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<br>Varun Sudhakar, chief executive of BetDEX, said: "The [sports betting](https://accc.rcec.sinica.edu.tw/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:DemiElmer2043) industry charges high rates for poor products and limitations trades by its most successful users.<br>
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<br>"BetDEX is [diametrically opposed](https://surgiteams.com/index.php/User:DarioThorne47) to this approach. We will effectively complete against incumbents with a markedly remarkable [product](https://socialsnug.net/read-blog/8156_compare-amp-review-oddsjet-de.html) and low costs, which is now possible with the advent of the blockchain technology."<br>
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<br>As chairman of the brand-new firm, Mr Eccles said it could look familiar to retail punters utilized to existing online companies.<br>
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<br>'Pool of talent'<br>[bet9ja.com](https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig)
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<br>However, he says that those who utilize its platform to run their own wagering firms will have the ability to innovate and create a larger range of [sports betting](https://lovn1world.com/read-blog/2438_tennessee-sports-betting-top-4-legal-betting-sites-in-2024.html) items.<br>
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<br>He said the typical share taken by online bookmakers is 7% to 10% of a stake, however BetDEX needs to permit that to fall below 1%.<br>[bit.ly](https://bit.ly/Bet9jaPromotionCodeYOHAIG)
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<br>The company will develop its own wagering apps to operate on the platform.<br>
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<br>Mr Eccles said these would take an "smart, thoughtful" technique to the method they are marketed to secure those who deal with problem gaming.<br>
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<br>He said the group of around 500 software application engineers who helped construct FanDuel from Scotland revealed that it stays the place to develop a firm. BetDEX has the very same head of technology, Stuart Tonner.<br>
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<br>"A lot of that [FanDuel] success was developed on an extremely knowledgeable, really [gifted engineering](https://chatkc.com/read-blog/471_sweepstakes-casino-controversy-and-celebrities-039-all-important-role.html) team, that constructed this product that could process countless bets and millions of users.<br>
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<br>"There's a real talent swimming pool of knowledgeable engineers who helped us develop our item which's what we wish to utilize for BetDEX also."<br>
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<br>Edinburgh<br>
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<br>[Sports betting](https://seenoor.com/read-blog/424_how-much-are-americans-spending-on-sports-betting.html)<br>
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<br>More on this story<br>
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<br>Paddy Power buys dream [sports betting](https://vibrantclubs.com/read-blog/11455_the-ins-and-outs-of-betting-on-the-nfl-draft.html) site<br>
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<br>23 May 2018<br>[bet9ja.com](https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig)
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<br>FanDuel creator leaves company<br>[bet9ja.com](https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig)
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<br>Published<br>
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<br>20 November 2017<br>[bet9ja.com](https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig)
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