2023 has been a year of ups and downs for esports and betting. Esports is currently going through a market correction dubbed the ‘esports winter’, regulation has taken several important steps forward in big markets like the US and Brazil, there’s been an expansion of existing esports betting products and the rollout of new and deeper features, particularly microbetting and …
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Riot Games and game data platform GRID have expanded their multi-year esports data partnership. The enhanced deal will see GRID become the official worldwide esports data partner for both the VALORANT Champions Tour and League of Legends esports. Meanwhile, the game publisher has also taken an equity stake in GRID as a result of the partnership. The announcement states that …
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GRID has broadened its esports portfolio and links to the gaming sector via a partnership with Ubisoft, becoming the exclusive esports live data platform of the BLAST R6 Major Atlanta. The collaboration has highlighted a joint objective of unlocking ‘data-driven opportunities’ in the Rainbow Six Esports ecosystem. The duo also aim to enhance fan engagement, innovate broadcasts, advance player coaching …
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Esports has grown into an independent and successful betting vertical over the last few years. With innovative strategies emerging from the industry’s major players, successful tailor-made products from new entrants, and increased regulatory activity in the esports-betting space, esports has a bright present and strong future in the betting space. However, there’s one major challenge inhibiting esports betting from reaching …
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GRID has partnered with Spectatr, a plug-and-play platform created by leading Indian esports fantasy provider Fanclash, which is targeting global growth for its offering. Berlin-based GRID will provide Spectatr with official esports data to support its international expansion plans, using its specialisations in sourcing, managing and distributing live game data. The data in question will come from a range of …
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Kambi’s esports subsidiary Abios has secured backing for its esports data feeds from GRID Esports, utilising its new partner’s Data Platform to support odds generation. The partnership will enable Abios to integrate GRID’s portfolio of esports titles including Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), Dota 2 and Valorant alongside official game data assets, which will be provided to Abios’ B2C partners. …
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Inspired Entertainment has added a new product to its portfolio, Re-Play eSports, a virtual sports Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) product, in partnership with GRID. GRID has provided the official in-game data and video feeds for Re-Play eSports, using footage taken from the CS:GO Champion of Champions Tour featuring international teams, which will be distributed via Inspired’s Virtual sportsbook and VPP …
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Oddin.gg has appointed GRID to deepen the data capacity of its B2B esports solutions, products and data feeds for sports betting clients. The partnership will see Oddin.gg products and API feeds powered directly by data sourced from GRID Platform. As such, Oddin.gg will benefit from better accuracy and reliance offered by GRID’s official data feeds tracking direct esports events, competition and …
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BETER is looking to enhance its esports portfolio with more official data-powered solutions via a partnership with game data platform, GRID. The betting content and gaming solutions provider already gains official data feeds from the GRID Platform to power its product offering. Now, BETER will benefit from new modelling capabilities introduced by GRID and the expansion of the content offering. …
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Esports game data supplier GRID has partnered with DATA.BET to enhance the data capacity of its B2C esports solutions for key clients The partnership has been formed to extensively expand the in-game data services available on the DATA.BET platform to B2C clients such as leading dedicated esports bookmaker GG.BET. GRID will provide DATA.BET partners with access to high-speed, accurate, and …
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