In a major boost to its stateside operations, UK-based SIS (Sports Information Services) has become the first non-tournament esports provider in the state. The company has partnered with fellow UK-founded betting firm bet365, which holds licences in both New Jersey and Colorado, and will leverage SIS’ Competitive Gaming esports services, operating from the company’s Milton Keynes and Salford offices. SIS …
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Entain’s esports betting platform unikrn has been relaunched one year after purchase, securing market entry in Brazil and Canada. Going live in South America’s largest country and all Canadian provinces except Ontario, the esportsbook plans to embark on expansion in additional regulated markets throughout 2023. The brand will offer its flagship esports betting markets, as well as traditional sports wagering …
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Rivalry Corp, a Canada-based multinational esports betting operator, has achieved its revenue projections for Q3 2022, recording a year-on-year growth rate of 93%. Quarterly revenue stood at CAN $7.1m, up from $3.7m in the corresponding time period the year prior, marking the company’s highest-ever revenue, whilst also increasing sequentially by 35% from $5.2m in Q2. This fell roughly in-line with …
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In an enhancement of the legislative spotlight on betting and gaming in Australia, an MP has introduced a Bill to clamp down on loot boxes in video games. Andrew Wilkie, an Independent MP for the Clark constituency in Tasmania, has introduced a Bill to amend the Classification (PubIicatioDS, Films and Computer Games) Act 1995. Addressing fellow legislators, the MP – …
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BETER has strengthened oversight of its sports operations, appointing Maria Mashchenko as General Manager to its Sports Business department. Mashchenko has been with BETER for two years in the capacity of Chief Operating Officer, taking on the new role as Sports Business GM as the firm aims to ‘strengthen each product vertical’. In her new role, Mashchenko will be responsible …
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Sorare, the collectable NFT football game, will expand free-to-play access on its platform in response to concerns by French gambling authority l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ). Since March, ANJ had scrutinised Sorare due to concerns about its NFT platform’s legibility to maintain customer protections, underage gaming and money laundering risks. Founded in 2018, Sorare is an Ethereum blockchain-built football game …
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SIS (Sports Information Services), the supplier of 24/7 live betting content has agreed to power the esports betting offering of Spreadex, the UK’s leading spread betting operator. The partnership will allow Spreadex’s customers to watch and bet on Competitive Gaming’s live head-to-head events, including SIS’ newly launched 24/7 Counter-Strike (CS:GO) channel offering its 2v2 format for esports wagering. Bolstering its …
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BETER has built upon its partnership with Bayes Esports even further after agreeing to supply esports odds to the company’s new BODEX platform. BODEX, otherwise known as Bayes Odds Exchange, is a dedicated odds integration platform that enables sports betting operators to access odds from both general and specialised traders via a single API integration. Gal Ehrlich, CEO at BETER, …
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Bayes Esports and bet365 have strengthened their partnership even further in an extended deal which they believe will “usher in a new era of sports betting” for the Canadian market. The entry into the Canadian market will mark “the next step in the development” of the country’s sports betting industry, the two companies explained, and will mean that bet365 will …
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Ondrej Silhavy, Senior Sales Manager at Bayes Esports, assesses the ways that sportsbooks can create added value for esports bettors – and how having a company filled with esports fans is enabling Bayes Esports to “shape the future” of the sector. With viewership numbers and prize pools in esports rapidly growing, bookmakers are revisiting their approach to esports betting. From …
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