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Bayes Esports and ESL Gaming: Professionalising esports beyond global data distribution

SBC News Bayes Esports and ESL Gaming: Professionalising esports beyond global data distribution

Extending their existing partnership until 2023, data provider Bayes Esports and production firm ESL Gaming have embarked on a joint mission to professionalise the esports data ecosystem beyond global data distribution. The two companies initially started working together back in 2019 to create what they describe as a far-reaching network within the esports data industry. Since then, more than 150 …

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Darina Goldin, Bayes Esports: Why is it so hard to create good betting odds?

SBC News Darina Goldin, Bayes Esports: Why is it so hard to create good betting odds?

Esports is data-driven like no other sport. Given a good data source, it is possible to have full information about a match at any given second, yet creating good reliable betting odds for esports remains a challenge in the industry, writes Darina Goldin, Director of Data Science at Bayes Esports. Some of that can be attributed to the relative novelty …

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Noxville and Niklas Weber, Bayes Esports: Is esports too young for betting?

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Ben ‘Noxville’ Steenhuisen (pictured above, right), Senior Software Architect at Bayes Esports, and Niklas Weber, copywriter, takes a look at the three reasons why esports can transcend the stereotype of appealing to ‘younger’ bettors. The League of Legends World Championship 2021 (Worlds) has just ended. 16 teams from all across the world travelled to Iceland to compete for ultimate glory …

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Ashley Washington, Bayes Esports: Is 2022 the year for esports betting?

SBC News Ashley Washington, Bayes Esports: Is 2022 the year for esports betting?

When the coronavirus pandemic hit, esports was one of the only verticals which was able to continue “as normal”. But as restrictions are starting to lift, and we edge closer to a new year, Ashley Washington (pictured below) – Senior Product Owner at Bayes Esports – asks whether 2022 is going to be a big year for esports betting. The COVID-19 …

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Bayes Esports adds three-year extension to Riot Games deal

Bayes Esports adds three-year extension to Riot Games deal

Bayes Esports has extended its exclusive data distribution partnership with Riot Games until 2024. Under the terms of the agreement, the Berlin-based tech-company will keep exclusive worldwide distribution rights for virtually all League of Legends (LoL) competitions including live in-game data, fixture data and audio visual rights for the betting industry. “The forefront of our partnership was initially focused on …

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Future opportunities and challenges to be highlighted at Betting on Sports Europe

SBC News Future opportunities and challenges to be highlighted at Betting on Sports Europe

A plethora of betting industry leaders and representatives are due to appear at next week’s Betting on Sports Europe conference and exhibition on the Future of Sports Betting track. Taking place between 9-11 November at Chelsea FC’s Stamford Bridge stadium in London, the track will see a number of executives share their views and predictions on the future of Europe’s …

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Richard Kidd, Bayes Esports: Developing the next generation of audience engagement

SBC News Richard Kidd, Bayes Esports: Developing the next generation of audience engagement

Esports is the next generation of audience engagement and entertainment modelling according to Richard Kidd, Head of Sales at Bayes Esports, as he explained why the industry must be prepared to embrace new opportunities.  Speaking to SBC News, Kidd walked us through his background in digital marketing and advertising technology, noting that his experiences from outside of the esports industry …

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Esports in a post-COVID world – can it maintain its momentum?

SBC News Esports in a post-COVID world - can it maintain its momentum?

Esports will continue to grow beyond COVID, writes Mark Balch, VP Esports Betting Services at Bayes Esports, however we must keep an eye out for danger lurking on the horizon. To kick off the article, we should more clearly define the broad term of esports now. For betting companies, there are basically two types of esports; hardcore video game competition …

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