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Gaming and esports company Unikrn has today announced that over 30 million Unikoins, the virtual tokens on its platform, have been used to wager on esports matches and tournaments worldwide. Never one to miss out on a reason to celebrate, Unikrn is introducing Connekt, a fun, new way for users to earn more of these Unikoins by playing three of today’s most popular titles; League …

Matchbook has partnered with the charity Raising for Effective Giving (REG) and as a part of the new partnership a market has been opened on the Dan Bilzerian cycling challenge. The question is will the poker professional be able to cycle from LA to Las Vegas (around 278 miles) in under 48 hours? Whether he does or doesn’t Matchbook will donate …

Gaming giant Amaya has said it expects its Chairman & CEO David Baazov to be ‘fully exonerated’ after the Quebec securities regulatory authority (AMF) charged him with a number of trading violations as part of a long-running investigation. The AMF has charged Baazov for aiding with trades while in possession of privileged information, influencing or attempting to influence the market price …

Both DraftKings and FanDuel agreed to stop real money contests in New York on Monday after a settlement was agreed with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.  The settlement ensures that should the games be legalised in the state this year then the gambling claims against them will be dropped, though there may still be charges for false advertising and a lack …

Following the landmark deal between ESL and Microsoft, console based esports received some more good news after it was announced that Fox Sports will broadcast the FIFA Interactive World Cup. The esports tournament has a purse of $20,000 (£13,895) and will see 32 grand finalists battle it out over three days to be crowned champion and the title of best FIFA …

OpenBet has partnered with The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) to launch Sports Pools on PlayNow.com, British Columbia’s gambling website. OpenBet has worked closely with BCLC since they launched their initial online gaming offering in June 2010, when it delivered Canada’s first online casino on OpenBet’s leading platform and centralised account (Player Account Management). Since then, OpenBet and BCLC have continued …

As the primaries march on, more and more are placing a rather terrifying bet on Donald Trump becoming the next US President as his Republican candidacy looks ever more likely. There’s another market which has opened in regard to the wall building fanatic however, and it’s somehow more terrifying than the idea of his presidency. Paddy Power is now taking bets …

Announcing Amaya Inc 2015 full-year results, which saw the operator post net losses of CAD $25 million (£14 million), CEO David Baazov updated the market on his proposed management takeover of the firm. Baazov alerted the media that his executive team intends to make a formal bid to take Amaya assets private, though no timeline for the announcement of the …

Sports data and media right supplier Perform Group (Perform) has announced the launch of OptaUS, its specialised content division for the US market. Opening commercial offices in New York with the support of data facilities in Charlotte, OptaUS will aim to collect, package, analyse and distribute live data and content for all major US sports. Perform governance detailed that OptaUS …

Updating the market on its 2015 Q4 and full-year results, Toronto-listed operator Amaya Inc would declare 2015 group net losses of CAD $25.9 million (£14 million). The operator which is currently subject to a management takeover bid by Chief Executive David Baazov, reported that its corporate earnings performance had been impacted by the decline of the Canadian $ against core …