Esports

GG.BET has partnered with Team Vitality to become the international betting partner of the esports CS:GO superteam. The deal will see the operator create experiences and activations for the community at events, produce ‘next-gen content’ as well as strengthen the bond with international Team Vitality fans.  As part of the link, the betting firm’s brand will be championed by the …

Niklas Jönsson, acting CEO of Scout Gaming, has disclosed that the real-money fantasy sports platform supplier has entered an intensive restructuring period.   Publishing its Interim trading report, Scout Gaming reported year-to-date corporate losses of SEK 48m (€4.5m), results which track above 2021 losses of SEK 45m. Jönsson, who replaced former CEO Andreas Ternström in June confirmed that he had initiated …

Pursuing its goal of securing a leadership position in global esports B2B betting, Oddin.gg has announced completion of a Series A funding round, raising £4.5m. The esports odds feed, risk management and iframe provider gained financial backing from current investors, as well as newcomers Velo Partners and Genting Ventures.  Oddin.gg previously raised $1.2m during a previous financing round in early …

EBET Inc has initiated a corporate restructuring plan to improve the long and short-term profitability of its business.  In a statement announced ahead of its Q3 earnings call, the Global Nasdaq listed operator disclosed that it had undertaken “a series of measures to enhance the profitability of its newly acquired igaming assets as well as its existing esports products”. Headline …

London-based sports betting technology studio 20SHOTS has secured a further investment of £400,000, following the successful launch of the Fantasy5 free-to-play fantasy football jackpot game.  The investment, which values 20SHOTS at £5m, has been led by Animal Capital, an LA-based venture capital fund that specialises in Gen-Z enterprise investments, and counts social media stars Josh Richards, Griffin Johnson and Noah …

Adopting a focus on engagement, betting content and data provider BETER has launched an iframe solution with a goal to ‘reinvent’ esports wagering. The company has developed its iframe based on an ‘engagement-oriented’ user interface, featuring an experience designed to emulate popular esports streaming platform Twitch with a betting element.  Promising ‘unmatched quality’ of common esports titles, BETER detailed that …

GG.BET has expanded its range of betting services with the launch of its new personalised feed for sports and esports.  The new solution will use algorithms to create personalised lists of match selections and bet types which GG.BET believes will make it “much easier for them to find a match to bet on”. CEO Dmitry Voshkarin said: “We are constantly …

GambleAware has joined growing calls for the government to revise its recent policy update on protecting minors and young audiences with video game incentives/engagements.  Last week, DCMS revealed new industry measures to be adopted by video game platforms and publishers that will restrict the purchase of ‘loot boxes’ without parental consent. The ‘parental locks’ were deemed as the headline measure …

DCMS has come under fire for not being tough enough on its policy related to loot box engagements and the safety of children and minors playing video games. On Monday, DCMS announced that video game platforms must ensure that parental locks are applied to loot box purchases – requiring children/minors to get parental consent to purchase loot boxes and in-game …

Crypto sportsbook and casino operator TrustDice is set to integrate Oddin.gg’s esports wagering and risk management solutions.  The latest in a series of agreements inked by the esports betting services provider, the deal will see TrustDice integrate Oddin.gg’s products into its own in-house platform. Oddin.gg will provide its esports odds feed and risk management product to TrustDice, a Satoshi Gaming …