Esports

The Stat Zone’s Sports Data Specialist Rob Esteva raced into an early lead in the ‘SBC League of Legends’ with a staggering 96 points on the opening weekend. He was closely followed in second place by Sky Bet’s Jamie Davison, who like Jose Mourinho, reaped the rewards for putting faith in Romelu Lukaku, by giving him the captains armband. After …

When Arsenal host Leicester City at the Emirates Stadium tomorrow night, it not only marks the start of the 26th Premier League season, it also kicks off the inaugural fantasy football ‘SBC League of Legends’ competition. For those of us that fancy ourselves as an armchair Antonio Conte, or an undiscovered Unai Emery, tomorrow sees weeks of diligent research and …

Ahead of the start of a new Premier League season, Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) is bolstering its fantasy sports provisions by partnering with mobile games developer Dribble. The partnership will see Dribble DFS games promoted under the Sky Bet brand. The partnership will see SB&G integrate Dribble’s unique DFS games portfolio which focuses on introducing casual sports fans to …

Today marks the last day where attendees can secure a 20% discount for this month’s forum with code “ESI20” at checkout. Tickets can be found here for £15 (excl VAT). After the rousing success of the inaugural ESI Forum, Esports Insider (part of SBC Global) are delighted to reveal further details of the second Forum, set to take place on …

Unfortunately, we will not be offering contests this season. We hope to be back in the future. Details: https://t.co/SrjbnizgPA. — FanDuel (@FanDuelUK) July 28, 2017 Daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel has shut down its UK-facing operations in order to focus its commercial growth in its home US market. Over the weekend FanDuel.co.uk sent emails communications to affected players informing them …

Rahul Sood is the CEO at esports only bookmaker Unikrn. During a busy year to date which has seen Unikrn acquire tournament organiser LEET.gg and release its own cryptocurrency, unikoingold, on Ethereum, Sood caught up with SBC News ahead of his speaker slot at the Betting on Esports Conference in September. Sood will be discussing esports betting on the panel …

The first of the ESI Forum Series (#ESIForum) events, in association with Digital Fuel, packed the Bunkr last night as the esports fraternity came out in force to Fnatic’s HQ. As a part of SBC Global, Esports Insider is running these monthly events at Fnatic’s Shoreditch venue in a bid to welcome the finest professionals from in and around the industry for …

In partnership with SportAD, Resorts Digital Gaming, the online arm of Resorts Hotel Casino has announced the launch of FastPick.com, the first licensed, real-money fantasy sports game for the US gambling industry. The FastPick fantasy sports product has been designed to be a ‘fair and sensible’ alternative to current DFS market offerings. Developed under the premise of creating ‘DFS games …

Daily fantasy sports provider Sportito has made it easier for its customers to deposit via mobile by announcing a new partnership with payments platform Boku. The carrier billing solution from Boku, where customers can use their personal phone number to make deposits, will be an alternative payment method for the users who do not want to use their bank card …

  Ahead of the start of a new football season this August, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has issued an industry note warning fantasy football operators to ensure that their leagues, prizes and promotions are in accordance with UK gambling laws. The risk for those organising fantasy football leagues is that it could require a pool licence from the Gambling Commission, as …