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1960Bet Woos Sports Fans with Latest Innovation­s

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One of Nigeria’s pioneer sports betting promoters, 1960 Bet has announced plans to introduce some incentives and innovation­s into the sector to make it easier and more rewarding for the country’s gamers. One of such incentives is the introducti­on of new technology that would ensure gamers could place their bets from anywhere in the country and twice daily payment to winners seven days a week.

Speaking with journalist­s in Lagos at the weekend, 1960 Bet’s Managing Director/CEO, Dotun Ajegbile said the company has restructur­ed its operations and returned to full business after resolving the issues it had in 2014, adding that it has acquired a new management, which has set the template that would pioneer fresh innovation­s in the industry.

“Before we decided to sit back and restructur­e our operations, we had 26,000 cashiers and 8,900 shops nationwide. Now, the brand is empowering 10,000 agents by providing equipment and putting their shops in the right condition to function every day of the week. We are doing an open-day with our agents on Monday (today), where we will listen to their concerns and also bring them up to speed with the latest developmen­ts in the industry.

“We are doing twice payments daily even on Sundays and as our operation grows, we will make payments more often.”

Also speaking at the event, 1960 Bet’s Head of Operations, Federico Caboni, an Italian, said the ‘company is ready to fly.’ He explained, “I arrived in Nigeria in February last year and it took us a long time to put the company right again.”

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