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GameScorekeeper: Why betting on esports should be “subtle and secondary” to entertainment

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Felix Klastrup, founder and CEO at GameScorekeeper, explains how it has developed into a specialist esports data provider, helping its customers grow and adapt to the ever evolving esports industry. He talks about building the data platform that remains the foundation for its products today, starting out with the ‘perfect customer’ in Pinnacle, creating an ‘entertainment-first’ environment and why the …

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GameScorekeeper launches age verification system

SBC News GameScorekeeper launches age verification system

With the aim of minimising the risk of gambling on events with a majority of under-age participants, GameScorekeeper has created a new age verification system. Launching the system, GameScorekeeper highlighted a number of esports athletes that are under-18. The esports betting supplier emphasised that more betting operators need to comply with regulations concerning the age of professional gamers. Felix Klastrup, …

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Scientific Games boosts esports portfolio with GameScoreKeeper deal

SBC News Scientific Games boosts esports portfolio with GameScoreKeeper deal

Industry technology group Scientific Games (SG) has secured a new partnership with GameScoreKeeper whereby SG will receive access to both historical and live automated esports data from the Danish data supplier. The partnership with GameScorekeeper will cover esports data for use across SG’s sportsbook software and sports pricing offerings, including an Esports Scoreboard Product developed and marketed by SG. Keith …

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Pinnacle pushes for next-level esports capacity integrating GameScorekeeper API

SBC News Pinnacle pushes for next-level esports capacity integrating GameScorekeeper API

Low margin sportsbook Pinnacle has detailed that it has ‘significantly accelerated its position as the leading esports bookmaker’, partnering with real-time data provider GameScorekeeper. Pinnacle has moved to integrate GameScorekeeper’s ‘live score API’, which will extensively amplify its esports betting proposition, as GameScorekeeper monitors 85% of all pro-sanctioned esports tournaments/matches. Updating stakeholders, Pinnacle Trading Director Marco Blume states that GameScorekeeper …

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