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2024 World Grand Prix
The 2024 World Grand Prix (officially the 2024 Spreadex World Grand Prix) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 15 to 21 January 2024 at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. The eleventh ranking event of the 2023–24 snooker season, following the Scottish Open and preceding the German Masters, it was the first of three events in the Players Series, preceding the Players Championship and the Tour Championship. Organised by the World Snooker Tour and sponsored by betting company Spreadex, the event was broadcast by ITV domestically, by Eurosport in Europe, and by other broadcasters worldwide. The winner received £100,000 from a total prize fund of £380,000. The event featured the top 32 players in the one-year ranking list as it stood after the 2023 Scottish Open. Mark Allen was the defending champion, having defeated Judd Trump 109 in the previous final, but he lost 24 to Zhang Anda in the last 16. Ronnie O'Sullivan defeated Trump 107 in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spreadex
Spreadex is a British-based company that offers financial spread betting, sports spread betting, and sports fixed-odds betting. History Spreadex commenced trading in 1999 in Dunstable, Bedfordshire. It was founded by former City dealer Jonathan Hufford with the intention of making spread betting more accessible. The business relocated to St Albans, Hertfordshire in February 2008. In May 2006, Spreadex launched an online sports betting service and soon after launched a financial online trading platform. In May 2010, the company launched a fixed odds sports betting service allowing bets to be placed in both fractional and decimal format. Spreadex was listed in the Sunday Times PriceWaterhouseCoopers Profit Track 100 for three years in succession. In 2006, Spreadex finished 34th; in 2007, they finished 23rd, and in 2008, they finished in 49th place. In June 2011, Spreadex acquired the client database of extrabet, the sports betting arm of IG Group. This was followed in January 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |