Esports

BETBY debuts tennis content on Betby.Games

SBC News BETBY debuts tennis content on Betby.Games

BETBY has bolstered its Betby.Games offering with the addition of tennis competitions to its roster. The launch of tennis games on the supplier’s platform will deliver a range of markets and betting options, and can be integrated and active for an operator via an API integration. Leonid Pertsovskiy, Chief Executive Officer at BETBY, said: “The growth of our Betby.Games range …

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SBC Digital Summit CIS: Key to staying afloat is diversifying products

SBC News SBC Digital Summit CIS: Key to staying afloat is diversifying products

In what has been an ‘unbelievable year’ for betting operators and media and marketing companies alike, the vast majority of firms believed that they had benefited from the after effects of COVID-19, as was the consensus from the guest speakers at the SBC Digital Summit CIS event. Mark McGuinness, Director of Marketing and Customer Success at Dam Mad Media and …

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Paytm First Games: Lockdown lift and post-IPL player engagement

Paytm - Virat Kohli of India (c) leads of his victorious team during Day Four of the Second Test of the 2019 International Series between India and South Africa at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, India on 12 October 2019. ©Gavin Barker/BackpagePix

Around 60% of the weekly fantasy sports winners on Paytm First Games (PFG) hail from smaller towns rather than metro cities, revealed the company’s COO Sudhanshu Gupta. “That’s the power of skill-based gaming which truly democratises the game,” he said. “One need not be from an affluent background or have any sort of training to win the game.” These comments …

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EA stands ground as Dutch KSA wins ‘game packs’ judgement

SBC News EA stands ground as Dutch KSA wins ‘game packs’ judgement

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands’ regulatory authority for gambling, has re-issued a €5 million penalty alongside its ‘cease and desist’ order to Electronic Arts (EA) European subsidiaries.  The charge relates to a 2019 enforcement sanctioned by KSA on ‘Electronic Arts Inc’ and ‘EA Swiss Sàrl’ stating that the video games publisher had violated Dutch gambling laws offering ‘games of chance’ through …

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Genius Sports leads development of DRL betting products

SBC News Genius Sports leads development of DRL betting products

The Drone Racing League (DRL), the highest global rank of professional drone racing, has sanctioned Genius Sports to commercialise its event data for sports betting services. Confirming a multi-year agreement, Genius will work with DRL to develop fan enticing and integrity safe betting products for regulated sports betting market incumbents. Marked as a key objective, Genius has tasked with ‘reimagining …

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BOSE Digital: Content is the key unlocking esports sponsorship potential

SBC News BOSE Digital: Content is the key unlocking esports sponsorship potential

The esports industry has garnered significant growth over the last couple of years, with both COVID-19 and the lockdown accelerating and boosting consumer and commercial interest globally.  Meanwhile, betting has significantly increased its interest around esports, which has helped sponsors ease their way into this ever-growing market. Moderating duties at the ‘Perfect Partners’ panel on day two of Betting on Sports …

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BOSE Digital: How fantasy sports differentiates itself from other sports products

Betting on Sports Europe - Digital

Speaking on the first day at the Betting on Sports Europe – Digital, Bjorn Fjellby, Co-founder of FanTeam, instructed delegates on how to effectively use fantasy sports as a complementary tool for sportsbooks to both acquire and retain customers. Taking part in a discussion entitled Reducing CPAs with Fantasy Sports, which was sponsored by Scout Gaming, Fjelby explained: “It’s a …

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Top five by 2024? RTSmunity tracks the growth of esports betting

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The overall esports betting market size is projected to double in 2020, from $7 to $14 billion, but how does this total number translate to both gross gaming revenues (GGR) and profits for esports operators?  Writing for the latest issue of SBC Magazine, Ondřej Šilhavý from RTSmunity said that the GGR generated by esports betting globally – tracking at $343 …

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PandaScore raises €5m backed by FDJ enterprise fund

SBC News PandaScore raises €5m backed by FDJ enterprise fund

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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