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Spreadex Ltd 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.〔(Spreadex Website - Company History )〕 The business was founded by former City dealer Jonathan Hufford.〔 He decided to set up his own company with the intention of making spread betting more accessible.〔(City AM Schoolboy bookie who turned spread betting evangelist )〕 In May 2006 Spreadex launched an online sports betting service and followed that by launching a financial online trading platform soon after.〔 Spreadex was listed in the Sunday Times PriceWaterhouseCoopers Profit Track 100 for three years in succession. In 2006 Spreadex finished 34th,〔(Spreadex 34th in Profit Track 100 )〕 2007 they finished 23rd 〔(Spreadex 23rd in Profit Track 100 )〕 and in 2008 finished in 49th place.〔(Spreadex 49th in Profit Track 100 )〕 In February 2008 Spreadex moved to offices in St Albans, Hertfordshire and followed this by opening an office in Liverpool in 2010.〔(St Albans Review - Growing betting firm choses St Albans )〕 In February 2010 Spreadex piloted a JetMiles scheme which allowed their clients to earn flight time in a private jet from their trading.〔(Evening Standard - Bets which let you reach for the sky )〕 In May 2010 Spreadex launched a full fixed odds sports betting service allowing bets to be placed in both fractional and decimal format.〔(Spreadex Launch fixed odds )〕 In June 2011 Spreadex acquired the client database of extrabet, the sports betting arm of IG Group.〔(Yahoo finance! Spreadex Acquires extrabet Customers )〕 In September 2011 Spreadex introduced an online Casino featuring table, card, slot, video poker, instant win games and a live dealer service.〔(Spreadex Debuts Online Casino )〕 In January 2012 Spreadex purchased the client database of bankrupt company MF Global Spreads from administrator KPMG.〔()〕 In November 2012, Spreadex won the Investment Trends award for Best Customer Service for the second year running.〔(Investors Intelligence - Spreadex wins national accolate for second year running )〕 In March 2013 Spreadex purchased the non-equities business of rival spread betting firm Cantor Index.〔(Spreadex acquires Cantor Index clients )〕 In April 2013 Spreadex was the first firm to launch leveraged trading on Bitcoin.〔(Spreadex first firm to offer leveraged trading on Bitcoin )〕 In July 2014 Spreadex reported record annual accounts, £18.5m profit before tax from a turnover of £35.4m. This was a 30% increase from the previous year.〔(Pre-tax profits increase by 30% at Spreadex. )〕 In October 2014, to accommodate the firm's growing workforce, Spreadex moved to a larger, newly-refurbished office in St Albans. The location of the office remains a short train journey from Central London.〔(Spreadex Contact Us )〕 The same month, Spreadex released its new financial fixed odds markets, also referred to as "Speed Markets",〔(Spreadex Speed Market information page )〕 allowing clients to place fixed risk bets on financial markets. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spreadex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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