Esports grew exponentially during the pandemic with fewer other betting options available, but will it retain its player base as more traditional sports return? Alex Iaroshenko, CEO at Betbazar, helps us deep dive into last year’s esports performance, before suggesting that those operators not yet onboard can still enjoy ‘the rest of the party’. He also covers Counter Strike’s continued …
Read More »Tag Archives: Valorant
Bayes Esports: Predicting the unpredictable with esports events
Darina Goldin, Director of Data Science at Bayes Esports, takes a look at seasonal trends within the esports industry and why she learnt to embrace the chaos that comes with trying to forecast esports events in 2021. If something is seasonal, it means that it fluctuates within a calendar year in a predictable fashion. This is true for shopping, the …
Read More »Sportsflare extends long-term partnership with GameScorekeeper
Tidal Gaming Group’s B2B esports odds provider Sportsflare has formed a production and distribution partnership with data provider GameScorekeeper. The long term agreement will see GamesScorekeeper distribute Sportsflare’s Ai-driven odds solutions to a range of sports betting clients – including DraftKings and Pinnacle – whilst working to enhance the latter’s operations via the provision of integrity focused esports data. Sportsflare …
Read More »ESI Digital – No Drama Please… Esports growth should be treated as business as usual
Esports has been one of betting’s rising markets following the global health pandemic. Whilst live sports were abruptly postponed, competitive gaming became a major player by simply shifting from an offline environment to online tournaments. However for some of esports’ biggest betting operators, the attitude towards this rise has been fairly relaxed, partly due to the expectation that competitive gaming …
Read More »