Pinnacle has taken its first steps into sports sponsorship with a deal to support Algarve Pro Racing Team in the 2018 European Le Mans Endurance Series. As part of the partnership, Pinnacle’s logo will be placed on the flanks of the 600 Horsepower, 900kg Ligier JS P217, the new spec car first introduced in 2017. Commenting on the partnership …
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Sporting Solutions has today announced a partnership with esports supplier RTSmunity to provide an in-play service for sportsbooks. The terms of the agreement means Sporting Solutions’ partners will be able to access RTSmunity’s real-time prices on over 9000 events per year on all the big esports titles. William Hill, which so far has been relatively quiet when it comes to …
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Superdata Research published its end of year report in December and in its assessment of esports it valued the betting sector at $58.9m (£47.9m). This was a significant but minor portion of the overall esports pie, which Superdata valued at $892m (£727.9m) currently with growth expectations putting it at a $1.4bn (£1.1bn) industry by 2019. You can read a full …
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Stakeholders from across the wide world of igaming will be meeting in Cape Town this week as the 4th Annual BiG Africa Summit gets underway today. Issues such as compliance, responsibilities and the future of the market in South Africa will be discussed. Another major point of discussion on the table will be esports which continues to garner the attention of major investors, …
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It was announced last night that Betway has become the main sponsor of one of esports’ most established organisations Ninjas in Pyjamas, better known as NiP. This is the second partnership between a classic sportsbook operator and an esports team; Fnatic and Dafabet have had a partnership in place since October 2015. The ‘high six figure’ deal will see the Betway …
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UltraPlay is now providing prematch odds on both Crossfire and the hugely popular shooter HALO. The advanced betting solutions companym which is based in Sofia, has announced that it is releasing the two new extra games which can be found on UltraPlay’s partner sites ggBet, VitalBet, BetEast and eBettle. Being the first in releasing betting oppotunities on HALO and Crossfire worldwide, the …
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On the fence about attending the Betting on Sports this month? We’ve put together nine reasons why there’s only one place to be on the 15th and 16th. The largest sports betting event of the year with six components On the 15th and 16th September the largest sports betting focused conference of the year will be in session. With operators from …
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The afternoon sessions at the Esports Betting Summit focused more on understanding esports customers and how to build a brand which appeals to them. The Betgenius Esports Panel took place just before lunch and the topic of the World Esports Association (WESA) was briefly discussed. Ben Conroy, Esports Product Manager at Sky Betting & Gaming, made the valid point of whether …
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As the esports industry grows and grows, the betting industry is taking notice. Most major operators now offer esports betting to some extent, though by and large this is restricted to irregular established tournaments and leagues. Moreover, being able to find in-play betting markets is even tougher still with operators seemingly reluctant to offer them for the timebeing. Enter PVP.ME, a …
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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: …
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