La Liga giants Real Madrid have made history by becoming the first sports club with an ‘Official Story’ on popular social media platform, Snapchat. This is a continuation of Real’s efforts to expand their social media coverage. This will launch to coincide with El Clasico, the ever anticipated showdown between Barcelona and Real Madrid,  which takes place this weekend in …

With the growth of the esports the betting market is expanding accordingly, with evermore operators realising the opportunities of getting in on the act early. TonyBet has offered esports betting for some time, and has announced that it will now include further live markets for certain tournaments. A TonyBet statement said: “We believe that this market has a lot of potential.” …

Following on from the completion of EIG Berlin 2015,  SBC chatted with Casino VR Founder and CEO Marco Kobelt, following his enterprise’s win at the 2015 EiG Start-up Launchpad in Berlin. Kobelt details to SBC readers why virtual reality (VR) will have a big role to play in the industry’s future and how VR technology will potentially capture a new sector audience. SBC: Can …

A frantic last day ended with eight candidates submitting applications to become the outgoing Sepp Blatter’s replacement at Fifa, including the Uefa General Secretary, Gianni Infantino. Confusingly, Michel Platini, the current President of Uefa, has submitted his own application despite an ongoing a 90 day ban concerning an investigation into a disputed payment of £1.3m in 2011. Despite the ban …

Major eSports organisation Fnatic, the home of six professional competitive gaming ds to traditional media giants are realizing that eSports is more than a stand-alone and temporary phenomenon.” He continued: “The business, consumer and technology trends that are driving the explosive growth of eSports are reshaping digital media as a whole and accelerating the inevitable disruption of the tra teams, …

Having spearheaded eSports first ‘Competitive Integrity Certification Program’, aimed at establishing best practices, player and game guidelines/standards, and improving stakeholder dialogue. SBC caught up with Bryce Blum Director of eSports at Unikrn to gain further insight on why the certification program was established and its potential industry benefits. A lawyer and avid gamer, Blum who leads gaming operations for Unikrn was at …

Fantasy eSports firm, Vulcun, have announced that they are withdrawing their services from the state of Nevada, and have moved to bar all state residents from playing in its paid fantasy leagues and tournaments. This news follows the decision of Nevada Gambling  Commission to classify the act of playing daily fantasy sports as gambling, meaning that it is now regarded in …

Bookmakers across the board have increased their odds for Michel Platini to replace the outgoing Sepp Blatter as FIFA President. This comes after news that Swiss prosecutors are investigating Blatter for a payment made to Platini. Blatter, who’s been in charge of the world governing body of football since 1998, is due to step down in February 2016. The investigation …

Leading daily fantasy sports operator, FanDuel, has announced that it has acquired the premier eSports platform, AlphaDraft. This is FanDuel’s first foray into the world of eSports, and another example of how the two industries of eSports and fantasy sports are merging ever closer. Earlier this week it was revealed that DraftKings, who plan to launch in the UK in …

Gary Harris has been announced as the new Chief Executive Officer of Australian based social sports betting operator, Favourit. Harris worked at Sportingbet Australia as both IT Director and Board member from 2004 until 2013, during which time he oversaw technological developments and online turnover going from AU$10m (£4.5m) to AU$2.4bn (£1.1bn). February 2013 also saw William Hill Group acquire …