Canadian esports and igaming company Itema has received an online gaming licence from the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission. The acquisition of an Isle of Man gambling licence is the last condition for Itema’s acquisition of Livestream Gaming, the parent company of esports betting firm Loot.Bet. Agreed last month, the transaction saw TSXV and ITMSF-listed Itema acquire all of …
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Micro betting can be a great way to fill the downtime, both in the absence of events to bet on and if the gameplay itself is just ‘boring’. That was a view expressed by PandaScore CEO Flavien Guillocheau in the final part of an exclusive series on the power of data in esports. Click in to read the first two …
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PandaScore has signed a new deal to provide online gambling operator FortuneJack with an extended portfolio of esports odds. PandaScore provides real-time data and odds across 10 game titles, including League of Legends, Valorant, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Call of Duty. Through this new deal, FortuneJack will obtain a wide range of odds, featuring in-depth pre-match and in-play …
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Dasha Kirilishina, Senior Sales Manager of esports data and customised API provider PandaScore, warns betting incumbents of their immediate challenge in launching engaging esports offerings to revitalise their sportsbook portfolios for new a new generation of customers. The iGaming industry is going through an exciting period of transition. As the world adjusts to a new digital landscape, our sector must …
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There are two ways of approaching the stream and live data disconnect in esports, said PandaScore CEO Flavien Guillocheau, but neither are ‘magic’ solutions. As a follow up to this analysis of the relationship between latency and stream delay in esports, he went even further into the concept’s ‘crazy’ betting climate, where players are seeing action on their screens that …
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PandaScore has secured a ‘breakthrough partnership’ after becoming the lead esports data and odds feed supplier to esports bookmaker LOOT.BET. The partnership will see PandaScore supply its comprehensive esports feed, providing in-play data for competitive gaming’s most popular markets including League of Legends, DOTA 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Call of Duty, Rocket League, Overwatch, PUBG, FIFA, Valorant and King of …
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The relationship between latency and stream delay is pivotal to how the esports betting industry operates, writes PandaScore CEO Flavien Guillocheau. The functionality between these two elements has become increasingly pertinent as the sector continues to grow, expand live betting opportunities and become a sportsbook staple. To understand how it all fits together, it’s important to first establish the difference …
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PandaScore has been named as the official data partner of the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC), joining an ‘exclusive class’ of data-based business partners of the organisation. The real-time esports data and AI-powered statistics provider will collaborate with ESIC in identifying and investigating suspicious betting activity in esports. Additionally, as an official data partner of the commission, PandaScore will contribute to …
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Real-time esports data and AI-powered statistics provider PandaScore has successfully completed a €5 million funding round, driving its next stage of enterprise growth. The funding round was led by Française des Jeux (FDJ) venture capital fund ‘V13 Invest’, which backed the young Paris start-up’s objectives to bolster its product portfolio delivering new data-led innovations for all wagering stakeholders including bookmakers, …
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Esports data, odds and statistics supplier PandaScore has announced that it has secured back-to-back bookmaker partnerships with Betcris and Pixel.bet. Seeking to revamp its wagering markets, leading LATAM sportsbook BetCris has installed PandaScore’s real-time esports odds and data API. Branded as a major product directive, BetCris has moved to deepen its sportsbook offering with further esports markets mitigating a disrupted …
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