Esports

Following the decision last week by Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin that daily fantasy sports constitute gambling, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Keith Kaneshiro has demanded that two fantasy sports sites stop taking bets from Honolulu residents.  Alongside Utah, Hawaii is the only other US state which does not allow some form of legalised gambling. In a letter on Monday of this week …

It has been announced that daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has bagged itself deals with three Premier League clubs including Liverpool, Arsenal and Watford. DraftKings had been set to launch in the UK in late 2015 but this was delayed until early 2016, with a further detailed announcement expected in the very near future. The company has been fighting legal battles …

The Betmarkets agenda boasted an impressive collection of speakers dissecting esports across three separate talks at ICE on Wednesday morning. Unikrn Founder Rahul Sood skyped from Seattle, whilst Newzoo’s Peter Warman, Fnatic CEO Wouter Sleijffers and other notable figures discussed the growing industry at length with a focus on how it is vastly dissimilar to traditional sports, and the importance of appreciating this …

Newzoo is a global market research and predictive analytics firm which focuses first and foremost on gaming. Headquartered in Amsterdam, it releases regular reports and predictions on esports amongst many other topics. SBC caught up with CEO and Co-Founder Peter Warman ahead of his talk on esports at ICE Totally Gaming. Warman will be a speaker at the ‘Fireside Chat: …

eSports is the hot topic that the betting industry is keen to know more about at ICE 2016. According to a survey of people registering for the Official ICE Sports Betting Tours, eSports is the number one area of interest this year, with over half of the attendees expressing an interest in finding out more about this burgeoning sector. SBC …

Mondogoal is a Boston-based company which has crossed the Atlantic to become the largest DFS platform in Europe. It has partnerships already in place with an impressive list of clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham, West Ham, Valencia, Roma and Barcelona and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. Over £1 million has already been won on the platform in which players are able …

Fanaments, the only multi-sport fantasy provider in Europe, has recently completed its development of B2B and white label solutions. At the upcoming ICE Totally Gaming convention, the Maltese firm, which also has a UK licence, is looking to engage with suitable operators and lotteries to endorse its premium product. Fanaments offers NBA basketball, MMA and PGA golf playing options, in addition to …

UK based esports startup FaceIt has raised $15m (£10.4m) in funding and has announced its expansion into the US by opening an office in Los Angeles. The company, which was funded in 2012, boasts over 3.5 million users on its multiplayer gaming platform. It allows players to take part in tournaments and leagues for prizes via automated tournament management and matchmaking. …

It has been revealed that fantasy football operator Mondogoal has signed its latest partnership with Sports Interactive. As the studio behind the world famous and adored Football Manager, this deal is a big bit of business for Mondogoal in that Sports Interactive will now offer its customer base the opportunity to play its daily fantasy football games. In addition Mondogoal …

Deloitte recently released its TMT 2016 predictions which included a fascinating and debatable section on esports, and its projected growth. Following an analysis of the report by SBC’s Sam Cooke, Deloitte Canada’s Director of Technology, Media and Telecommunications Research Duncan Stewart has responded to it with an explanation of their findings and the all important differences in the analytics of esports and …