Tag Archives: GRID

Utilising virtuals to bridge the gap between traditional sports betting & esports

SBC News Utilising virtuals to bridge the gap between traditional sports betting & esports

Capturing the attention of a different player demographic outside the more traditional sports betting community was stipulated as a prime ambition by Inspired Entertainment and GRID after blending a rapidly evolving recreational activity with virtual sports. The challenge, highlighted by the aforementioned co-developers, centres around how to make the art of competitive video gaming accessible and exciting for less involved …

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BETER and GRID add esports data visualisation to expanded partnership

SBC News BETER and GRID add esports data visualisation to expanded partnership

Betting content and data provider BETER has enhanced its partnership with esports data platform GRID to include optimised data visualisation. To advance its esports betting offering further, BETER will leverage GRID’s visualisation widgets such as The Map Winner Prediction Tracker, Series Scoreboard, LiveLog, and Comparison Widgets, as well as the newly-released GRID Stats Widget that has customisable stats like win …

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Experts View: Esports betting on better grounds following 2023 corrections

SBC News Experts View: Esports betting on better grounds following 2023 corrections

2023 has been a year of ups and downs for esports and betting. Esports is currently going through a market correction dubbed the ‘esports winter’, regulation has taken several important steps forward in big markets like the US and Brazil, there’s been an expansion of existing esports betting products and the rollout of new and deeper features, particularly microbetting and …

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Riot Games takes equity stake in GRID as partnership ‘majorly’ expanded

SBC News Riot Games takes equity stake in GRID as partnership ‘majorly’ expanded

Riot Games and game data platform GRID have expanded their multi-year esports data partnership. The enhanced deal will see GRID become the official worldwide esports data partner for both the VALORANT Champions Tour and League of Legends esports.  Meanwhile, the game publisher has also taken an equity stake in GRID as a result of the partnership.  The announcement states that …

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GRID and Ubisoft eye up fan engagement opportunities in new deal

GRID and Ubisoft eye up fan engagement opportunities in new deal

GRID has broadened its esports portfolio and links to the gaming sector via a partnership with Ubisoft, becoming the exclusive esports live data platform of the BLAST R6 Major Atlanta. The collaboration has highlighted a joint objective of unlocking ‘data-driven opportunities’ in the Rainbow Six Esports ecosystem. The duo also aim to enhance fan engagement, innovate broadcasts, advance player coaching …

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On the GRID: Why you cannot succeed in esports without official data

Mikael Westerling, Chief Sales Officer and Co-Founder of GRID

Esports has grown into an independent and successful betting vertical over the last few years. With innovative strategies emerging from the industry’s major players, successful tailor-made products from new entrants, and increased regulatory activity in the esports-betting space, esports has a bright present and strong future in the betting space. However, there’s one major challenge inhibiting esports betting from reaching …

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GRID to up the global game for Fanclash’s Spectatr platform

SBC News GRID to up the global game for Fanclash’s Spectatr platform

GRID has partnered with Spectatr, a plug-and-play platform created by leading Indian esports fantasy provider Fanclash, which is targeting global growth for its offering. Berlin-based GRID will provide Spectatr with official esports data to support its international expansion plans, using its specialisations in sourcing, managing and distributing live game data. The data in question will come from a range of …

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Abios and GRID aim to ‘unlock full potential’ of esports betting

SBC News Abios and GRID aim to ‘unlock full potential’ of esports betting

Kambi’s esports subsidiary Abios has secured backing for its esports data feeds from GRID Esports, utilising its new partner’s Data Platform to support odds generation. The partnership will enable Abios to integrate GRID’s portfolio of esports titles including Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), Dota 2 and Valorant alongside official game data assets, which will be provided to Abios’ B2C partners. …

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GRID supports Inspired Entertainment’s CS:GO launch

GRID/Inspired Entertainment

Inspired Entertainment has added a new product to its portfolio, Re-Play eSports, a virtual sports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) product, in partnership with GRID. GRID has provided the official in-game data and video feeds for Re-Play eSports, using footage taken from the CS:GO Champion of Champions Tour featuring international teams, which will be distributed via Inspired’s Virtual sportsbook and VPP …

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Oddin.gg partners with GRID to capture direct esports data

SBC News Oddin.gg partners with GRID to capture direct esports data

Oddin.gg has appointed GRID to deepen the data capacity of its B2B esports solutions, products and data feeds for sports betting clients. The partnership will see Oddin.gg products and API feeds powered directly by data sourced from GRID Platform. As such, Oddin.gg will benefit from better accuracy and reliance offered by GRID’s official data feeds tracking direct esports events, competition and …

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