AFC Ajax the Netherlands biggest football club has announced that it has recruited top Dutch FIFA eSports pro Koen Weijland, to be its first ever ‘eSports Representative’. The signing of Weijland was unveiled by Ajax Football Director and former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin Van Der Sar, at a press conference hosted at the Amsterdam Arena. Weijland was presented with the …
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Integrated betting markets & extended engagement with DFS
Shergul Arshad, the Founder of Mondogoal, spoke at BOS alongside Lottomatica’s Ubaldo Baldi, Oulala CEO Valery Bollier and Sportito CEO Riccardo Mittiga. Off the back of signing partnerships with Lottomatica, SISAL and more recently the Microgame Group in Italy, Arshad discussed the vast potential benefits for bookmakers to include a daily fantasy product. He said: “It poses a particularly interesting integration for live …
Read More »Gamblit launches eSports platform at G2E Las Vegas
California-based real-money games specialist Gamblit Gaming (Gamblit) seeks to enter the burgeoning eSports market by unveiling its dedicated platform ‘G-Sports’ at G2E Las Vegas, global gambling’s biggest trade show. Announcing its initial launch, the G-Sports platform will look to convert eSports content into popular slot-based games for its land-based partners. The platform sees Gamblit continue its corporate focus of making …
Read More »Welcome to the family: Esports Insider launches
SBC News has long covered the esports industry with a particular focus on all things gambling. Now it has gone a step further with the launch of Esports Insider. Esports Insider provides readers with daily news stories focused on the business of esports, in addition to expert insight from its editorial team and interviews with the major stakeholders from across the esports …
Read More »Sky & ITV invest in 24hr eSports channel Ginx TV
UK broadcasters’ ITV and Sky have made their first moves into the burgeoning eSports market by investing in 24-hour video gaming channel Ginx TV. ITV and Sky have each invested £1.5 million in Ginx TV for a reported 16.5% stake in the company. Furthermore, as investors the broadcasters will be given first rights to increase their shareholdings in the TV …
Read More »Research, learn and understand before embarking in esports
Of the four esports sessions at Betting on Sports this year one was focused on the commercial opportunities and the pitfalls to avoid when entering esports in some form. It was hosted by Dominic Sacco, Founder of eSports News UK and Content Director at the British Esports Association. On the panel were James Dean of ESL UK and Ollie Ring …
Read More »FutGalaxy pair charged under UK Gambling Act
Two men from the Esports community have been charged under the UK Gambling Act for advertising unlawful gambling and promoting a lottery. This is widely believed to be the first such prosecution in the UK on betting related to gaming. The pair have been named as Dylan Rigby and Craig ‘NephentheZ’ Douglas. Douglas, who has been involved with making Youtube videos for FutGalaxy, …
Read More »London Conference will address both DFS and esports
Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. has announced that the second international eSports 2016 Conference will take place on September 23rd at the Strand Palace Hotel in London. It will be run alongside and in conjunction with the Daily Fantasy Sports Expo. Marc Lesnik, Conference Organiser, said of the two events: “I have seen for the last 2 years a die hard group of …
Read More »Gavin Weeks – Esportsify – Building a brand in esports
Gavin Weeks is an esports entrepreneur and runs the platforms Esportsify, Skinssanity.gg and Shard Esports. Esportsify allows companies to create their own esports focused site, Skinsanity is the largest and first skins auction only platform whilst Shard, his latest venture, is aimed at unearthing grassroots talent in esports. SBC caught up with Gavin to pick his brain on commercial opportunities …
Read More »Ultraplay adds odds on Crossfire and HALO
UltraPlay is now providing prematch odds on both Crossfire and the hugely popular shooter HALO. The advanced betting solutions companym which is based in Sofia, has announced that it is releasing the two new extra games which can be found on UltraPlay’s partner sites ggBet, VitalBet, BetEast and eBettle. Being the first in releasing betting oppotunities on HALO and Crossfire worldwide, the …
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