Cineplex is continuing its new found dedication to the world of competitive gaming by introducing national gaming tournaments to its venues. The cinema chain has partnered with Sony Computer Entertainment to be able to offer the tournaments. As presenting sponsors of the tournaments throughout 2016, Sony will maintain the right to select the title sponsor for the Canadian Championships. The …

Callcredit Information Group has announced the appointment of Chris Green as Chief Commercial Officer. He’ll be responsible for driving revenue for the UK and international businesses, and managing the group’s go to market functions including sales and market strategy.  He will ultimately be responsible for customer retention, growth and client satisfaction. Green was previously Chief Operating Officer of commercial solutions at BAE …

Icelandic based fantasy sports firm Fanaments has announced that it has been granted a UK betting licence. The company is the only multi sports fantasy provider in Europe, in addition to offering users numerous footballing competitions it also provides MMA, PGA golf and NBA basketball. Fanaments launched in August 2015, and has since paid out over €300,000 (£224,348) and enjoyed month …

A Sky Bet customer was in a jubilant mood on January 9th following a win on the bookmaker’s Super 6 competition.   Owen Burrows, a 25 year old from Cambridge, correctly predicted the scores of six FA cup third round ties to win the £250,000 jackpot. Burrows said of his win: “I genuinely can’t believe I’ve won, it feels like a dream.” The …

Another year, another example of the famed ‘magic of the cup’ during this weekend’s third round action. League 2 side Oxford overcame Swansea, whilst minnows Eastleigh drew with Championship Bolton Wanderers. Elsewhere Wycombe drew 1-1 with Remi Garde’s struggling Aston Villa. With numerous chances of a thrilling upset, generous odds in hand, the third round weekend is a popular one …

Ahead of the upcoming primaries and this year’s US Presidential election, British bettors are focussing their political bets on Donald Trump to fail on his White House ambitions for US 2016. Betting exchange Matchbook today has informed that over £1 million  worth of bets for Trump to fail in his bid to succeed Barack Obama. At present Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton is the favourite …

Australian eSports company 24/7 Esports has announced that it has terminated relations with a Vietnamese CS:GO team amidst allegations of match fixing. The team were formerly signed to Skyred, an eSports organisation which is one of the biggest in Vietnam.   It’s key to note that these remain only allegations, and no evidence has been provided as yet. The decision …

The current state of affairs regarding whether or not daily fantasy sports constitute gambling has been causing the companies offering such services major issues in recent times, with numerous investigations ongoing. The likes of DraftKings, FanDuel and others have been given a lift though, with the state of California having taken a step to permitting, taxing and regulating the industry.  Other states …

Betfair is offering odds of 4/11 that the re-scheduled Coral Welsh Grand National will go ahead this Saturday.   Should it take place the race will be held at Chepstow, though with the ongoing heavy rains throughout the UK inspections were called on Thursday at Wetherby and Wincanton for Friday’s races. Betfair spokesman Barry Orr said: “Despite the unsettled forecast we make it …

DreamHack has announced two $250,000 (£171,634) CounterStrike: Global Offensive tournaments for 2016. These will be known as DreamHack Masters tournaments. This brings the current total prize pool of DreamHack CS:GO tournaments to $1m (£686,539) for 2016. Tomas Lyckedal, Business Development Director at DreamHack stated: “We are extremely proud to introduce DreamHack Masters in Malmö, to offer both Swedish and Danish …