Declared bankrupt by a court in Curaçao, Leicester City FC sponsor BC.GAME is about to lose its licence. Josimar has discovered that the operator is running one of the largest illegal betting networks in continental Europe.
By Philippe Auclair and Steve Menary
According to a document seen by Josimar, the Curaçao Gaming Control Board (GCB) is minded to revoke the licence of Small Dance B.V., the company which operates the online sports betting, casino and crypto trading platform BC.GAME, current sponsor of Leicester City FC and partner of the Argentinian football federation AFA.
Small House B.V. was declared bankrupt by the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the BES Islands on 12 November, having failed to pay back over 2 million dollars owed to a group of five gamblers. Small House B.V. had taken over BC.GAME from another company, BlockDance B.B., on 30 April 2024. Blockdance B.V. was also declared bankrupt.
The Curaçao authority's intention to revoke BC.GAME's licence is a logical step in one sense: the bankruptcy order served on Small House naturally raised concerns about their ability to operate the platform within the constraints of their licence. How would they pay their customers' w...
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