Esports

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Following its UK launch last month, fantasy sports operator FanDuel has introduced a late swap feature to its one-day fantasy football contests. This gives players the opportunity to make last minute edits to their fantasy teams. FanDuel’s late swap feature is live for this weekend’s Premier League matches and will apply to all of its one-day and weekend contests that cover matches …

New real money daily fantasy sports operator Sportito has its sights on dominating the UK by offering fantasy enthusiasts the most dynamic game on the market. Launching its UK services, Sportito will allow DFS players to cash-out instantly from competitions with no season-long commitment; its competitions will also have no salary caps making for easier play. Furthermore, the DFS start-up will …

It has been revealed that TriStar Pictures has acquired the film rights to produce the picture for the book The Big Game.  The book itself is being written by Albert Chen and has not yet been released itself though it’s expected to hit the shelves next year via Houghton-Mifflin. Chen is a staff writer at Sports Illustrated and covers baseball, college …