Esports

Rivalry invests CA$10m in product development after clearing 2022 goals

Rivalry

Rivalry has updated its investors on 2023 ambitions and strategy, having recorded continued financial momentum in its Q4 and full-year 2022 trading results. Gen Z driving full-year growth The company, based in Toronto and active in the Canadian and Australian betting and gaming markets, outlined full-year revenue of CA$26.6m (2021: CA$11m), up 140% on the year prior. This was accompanied …

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Oddin.gg sets up Peru Trading Hub for extended LatAm reach

Oddin.gg sets up Peru Trading Hub for extended LatAm reach

Oddin.gg has expanded the reach of its esports tournaments in Latin America and the Western Hemisphere generally, setting up a new trading hub in Peru. Based in the Peruvian capital of Lima, the team will function as an extension of Oddin.gg’s European operation, which currently consists of 50 traders covering 15 titles, including CS:GO, Dota 2, League of Legends, Call …

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Alex Igelman maps out EEG’s B2B focus after stripping back B2C portfolio

Alex Igelman maps out EEG’s two-pronged B2B and B2C strategy

Esports Entertainment Group (EEG) intends to take big steps forward on B2B operations, the group’s CEO informed investors, whilst also working to further cut down operating expenses. Addressing EEG shareholders after a troubled 2022, which saw the esports group offload some key assets to streamline operations and reduce costs, Alex Igelman asserted that the firm’s efforts have enabled it to …

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Bayes Esports offers probability service to keep pace with fast moving titles

SBC News Bayes Esports offers probability service to keep pace with fast moving titles

Bayes Esports has revealed that it is now offering live probabilities as a service to its clients and customers via Predex.  Through the predictions data exchange, sportsbooks will be able to use ‘highly accurate probabilities’ for a wide variety of events and markets in popular esports titles. The esports live data company reinforced the need for sportsbooks to utilise probability …

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Entain strikes Unikrn branding deal for enhanced visibility ahead of Brazil regulation

Entain strikes Unikrn branding deal for enhanced visibility ahead of Brazil regulation

Unikrn, Entain’s esports betting platform recently relaunched for the Brazilian and Canadian markets, has partnered with the BLAST Premier in a new sponsorship tie-up. Promoting Unikrn via the Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) tournament organiser’s channels, the agreement will see the firm’s logo and branding incorporated across event coverage and promotions. This will include fan-led activations, social giveaways and broadcast …

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Luckbox sponsors Viperio to aid ‘exciting’ BLAST Paris Major qualification

SBC News Luckbox sponsors Viperio to aid ‘exciting’ BLAST Paris Major qualification

Viperio, an esports club based in the North East of England, and Luckbox have announced a partnership for the team’s run in the BLAST Paris Major EU RMR A in Copenhagen. The competition, taking place next month, sees the esports betting, sports betting, and casino provider become an official sponsor of Viperio as it competes against teams in Europe for …

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SIS’ Competitive Gaming builds on ‘considerable footprint’ with two hires

SIS’ Competitive Gaming builds on ‘considerable footprint’ with two hires

SIS (Sports Information Services) has made two new hires for its growing esports division, appointing Jacob Howard and Aaron St Pierre as Esports Product Manager and Trading Manager, respectively. A long-standing division of SIS’ business, the firm’s Competitive Gaming esports segment has been enhanced and rolled out internationally over the past two years, having made market entry in South American …

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Scout maintains Jönsson as CEO to oversee business transformation

Dafabet

The board of Scout Gaming Group has notified investors that acting CEO Niklas Jönsson has agreed to take on the full leadership responsibilities of the Nasdaq Nordic daily fantasy sports group.  Jönsson has served as Scout Gaming’s acting CEO since June 2022 following the resignation of Andreas Ternström. Scout Gaming is currently undertaking a strategic reorganisation of its business strategy …

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Bayes Esports amplifies voices of start-ups with Bayes ONE communications platform

SBC News Bayes Esports amplifies voices of start-ups with Bayes ONE communications platform

Bayes Esports has set out on a mission to ensure the voices of esports companies are heard with the launch of a new content creation platform, Bayes ONE.  The Bayes ONE platform will act as a centralised communication platform that aims to deliver “transparent and affordable content creation services” for businesses operating in the esports space “regardless of tier size …

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