Esports

Oddin.gg enters data rights field with PLAYzone deal  

SBC News Oddin.gg enters data rights field with PLAYzone deal  

Oddin.gg has announced that it will provide exclusive data services for the upcoming Czech Championship Tipsport MCR CS:GO, in collaboration with event organiser PLAYzone. The partnership will see the Czech CS:GO Championships indexed on Oddin.gg’s platform, allowing audiences to wager safely on the event and opening up a new service of official data rights for PLAYzone. A pioneer in esports …

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Racing and Sports nets Picklebet as first customer of risk-managed trading services

SBC News Racing and Sports nets Picklebet as first customer of risk-managed trading services

Racing and Sports (RAS) continues its strong commercial momentum as a newly listed ASX tech enterprise, announcing a new racing systems partnership with Picklebet.  Under the terms of the two-year agreement, RAS will serve as the lead provider of risk-managed trading services for Picklebet’s racing product – commissioned to expand the bookmaker’s sports betting markets and product offering. Founded in …

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Rivalry anticipates record Q3 turnover driven by esportsbook spike

SBC News Rivalry anticipates record Q3 turnover driven by esportsbook spike

International sportsbook and media company Rivalry expects to close 2022 in a strong position, anticipating a record Q3 betting handle. In a preliminary update, the group revealed it anticipates revenue to jump quarterly by 35% from $3.7 m to $7.1m, and year-on-year by 94% from $3.7m. Revenue expectations have been fueled by projected betting turnover of CAN $70.3m in Q3, …

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BETER strengthens esports leadership with Evgeniy Bekker promotion

SBC News BETER strengthens esports leadership with Evgeniy Bekker promotion

Evgeniy Bekker will take up the role of Esports General Manager at BETER, a role that has been created to direct the company’s “ambitious market expansion plans”. Bekker initially joined BETER’s management team as Chief Trading Officer in 2020. In this role, he took an active stance in scaling the company’s growth and expanding the reach of BETER’s betting products …

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SIS esports rollout continues as RETAbet deal grows Spain and LatAm presence

SBC News SIS esports rollout continues as RETAbet deal grows Spain and LatAm presence

SIS (Sports Information Services) expanded its partnership with RETAbet, securing a multinational launch for its Competitive Gaming (CG) products in Spanish-speaking markets.  The deal includes provision of SIS’ NBA2K and FIFA esports tournaments, which will be distributed across RETAbet’s retail – in shops and bars – and online channels, allowing for 24/7 live viewership and betting. This marks the latest …

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Esports recognition continues as GRID gains WePlay extension and IBIA certification

SBC News Esports recognition continues as GRID gains WePlay extension and IBIA certification

Game data platform GRID achieved two of its corporate goals this week, starting with an extension of its partnership with gaming production company WePlay. GRID will continue to operate as WePlay Esports’ official data partner, covering the latter’s full range of tournaments with its data management, distribution, monetisation and integrity operations.  The partners have an end-goal of leveraging WePlay’s data …

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Parimatch doubles down on esports with exclusive 00Nation rights deal

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Further strengthening its ties to esports and esports wagering, Parimatch has signed a global partnership with gaming organisation 00Nation. The collaboration between the two companies began at the start of this month, and terms of the agreement concern exclusive rights to the 00Nation brand. Parimatch plans to launch a series of marketing activities in cooperation with 00Nation, aiming to ‘empower …

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BETBY targets wider audience as esports offering made standalone product

SBC News BETBY targets wider audience as esports offering made standalone product

Moving to strengthen its esports offering, BETBY has fully isolated its solution, adding value for its growing  client base. The sportsbook solutions supplier will now offer its esports range as an individual arm, providing more than 20,000 events per month across 22 disciplines, with over 56,000 events wagered monthly. BETBY stated that it aims to provide access to ‘market-leading coverage’ …

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Strafe.com to offer esports insights to an ‘eagerly-awaiting’ Dutch crowd

SBC News Strafe.com to offer esports insights to an ‘eagerly-awaiting’ Dutch crowd

Esports affiliate, Strafe.com, has expanded its global provision in opening its doors to the Dutch market. The expansion allows esports enthusiasts from the Netherlands access to daily content, news and reviews from the platform. Towards the start of 2022, Strafe.com added German, Japanese and Swedish to its list of available languages in a bid for its content to reach a …

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Twitch to ban all promotion of unlicensed casinos

SBC News Twitch to ban all promotion of unlicensed casinos

Twitch has announced that it will update its community guidelines to no longer allow the live streaming of unlicensed gambling websites on its platform. This morning, the live streaming platform issued a statement acknowledging that gambling content on Twitch had become a “big topic of discussion in the community”. As a result, Twitch has undertaken a further review of its …

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