Having created this season’s fantasy football game for The Mirror, as well as the recently announced partnership with Goal.com, it’s a busy time over at Fantasy iTeam (FiT) HQ. Commercial Director, Phil Shaw, took some time out of their hectic schedule to discuss all things fantasy football with SBC. ________________________ SBC: The Mirror’s iTeam Premier League Fantasy Football game is …
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With the eSports event of the year The International now under way, SBC got in touch with the Head of Sportsbook at Pinnacle, Marco Blume, to discuss the tournament, the $100,000 (£64,000) betting limits, and how the company are making waves in the world of eSports betting. SBC: Given the phenomenal growth in eSports in the past two years, are you …
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The creators of the Mirror’s Premiership fantasy football offering and mobile app; the Fantasy iTeam (FiT) have teamed up with Goal.com to create a new and individual fantasy offering for users; the European Super League. This is unique in that it’ll be the first fantasy product in which players can make selections from the top five major European leagues; the …
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Pinnacle Sports dedicated eSports market is set to offer customers the highest ever limits on TI5 matches at next week’s The International Dota 2 Championships. The limits will rise to an eye watering $100,000 (£ 64,000) for the Grand Final on August 8th. This is particularly significant in that this is a higher amount than the standard limits Pinnacle offer …
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Fantasy sports operator Mondogoal have agreed a partnership with Tottenham to become the Premier League club’s Official Fantasy Sports Partner. Few details have been revealed about the terms of the deal, but it’s been confirmed that Mondogoal will be developing a club branded fantasy football game for Spurs fans worldwide. This is intended to be launched before the beginning of …
Read More »A further step in eSports being recognised by a wider audience as a ‘proper’ sport is set to be introduced; with drug testing to become a compulsory part of official competitions. The world of eSports was partially shook recently after an ex professional gamer admitted that he and his team “were all on Adderall”, during a Counter Strike: Global Offensive …
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As the two industries’ of gaming and betting merge ever closer, one company based in the Czech Republic are taking advantage of this situation by focussing their efforts on a particularly niche area of these aligning markets. Gamblified recently released Dead Trigger 2: eSports Tournament in alliance with Cashplay. This is a gamblified version of the popular Zombie shooter game, …
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Following last week’s announcement that it would spend $250 million on Disney ESPN inventory over the next two years, US daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings continues to ramp up its marketing coverage by announcing an exclusive partnership with Major League Soccer (MLS). The MLS will become the fifth professional sports league/body to become an official partner of DraftKings joining the …
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Introducing eSports to the gambling sector will be a key theme at EIG 2015 (Berlin Arena Halle 20-22 October). The rise of competitive platforms in eSports has seen a number of questions being asked of this contemporary industry SBC caught up with Rahul Sood Co-Founder and CEO of Unikrn, an eSports competitive platform that plans to lead this exciting and …
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Cashplay and Gamblified are two fast-growing platforms which, together, offer enhanced versions of games with the added perk of real money gaming. Founded in 2012, Cashplay is an eSports tournament provider with its HQ in Prague, whilst Gamblified is another young company, also based in the Czech Republic. As a development firm it focuses its efforts on modifying games to …
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