Tag Archives: Luckbox

ESI Digital Summit: Esports nuances need to be understood for the sake of integrity

SBC News ESI Digital Summit: Esports nuances need to be understood for the sake of integrity

ESI’s Digital Summit has highlighted the growth of esports in terms of its global viewership and in its betting take-up. Yet, as esports becomes more popular, it heightens its risk of match fixing and corruption.  One of the summit’s concurrent themes, esports and betting stakeholders observed and debated the complexities of maintaining esports integrity, amid distinct wagering intricacies and unique …

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ESI Digital: Esports betting enters its ‘clutch moment’

SBC News ESI Digital: Esports betting enters its ‘clutch moment’

Esports wagering has been thrown centre-stage in recent months due to the global health pandemic shutting down the majority of live sports markets. However, for this growing industry to continue to develop and prosper after COVID-19, it is imperative that operators and providers collaborate to enhance its products. The ESI Digital Summit, created by Esports Insider, has dedicated a large …

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Luckbox gears up for Toronto IPO

SBC News Luckbox gears up for Toronto IPO

Esports bookmaker Luckbox is ‘accelerating plans’ to list its business on the TSX Venture Exchange – Toronto’s marketplace for small-to-mid sized fast-growth enterprises. Luckbox management reveals that during May it recruited TSX fund and ‘capital pool’ advisor Elephant Hill Capital to act as lead agent planning the firm’s IPO route. Elephant Hill has published a prospectus on Luckbox, in which …

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Quentin Martin: Luckbox – Esports can bridge COVID-19 divides 

SBC News Quentin Martin: Luckbox - Esports can bridge COVID-19 divides 

As the world adapts to the new sporting landscape amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, Luckbox’s CEO Quentin Martin has claimed that esports will be able to replace traditional betting sectors for punters as a short term solution. A nightmare 2020 has seen the global sporting calendar disrupted, with two of betting’s most profitable events the Grand National and Euro 2020 Championships …

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Luckbox names Quentin Martin as new CEO

SBC News Luckbox names Quentin Martin as new CEO

Esports betting firm Luckbox has strengthened its leadership team after confirming that Quentin Martin will take up the role as the new Chief Executive Officer. Martin, who is due to take over from Lars Lien, originally joined Luckbox in March 2018 as the company’s Chief Operations Officer. Prior to joining the esports betting firm, Martin spent eight years at Stars …

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Luckbox adds crypto payment capacity

SBC News Luckbox adds crypto payment capacity

Esports betting platform Luckbox has moved to expand its crypto payment capacity, allowing for its players to deposit and withdraw Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and Litecoin currencies. Luckbox which officially launched its esports platform in 2019  confirms Cryptopay as lead provider of its new cryptocurrency payment system, offering safe and secure transactions. The esports bookmaker’s crypto expansion follows a period in …

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Midnite raises $2.4m to move esports ‘beyond the tab’

SBC News Midnite raises $2.4m to move esports 'beyond the tab'

London-based esports start-up Midnite (midnite.com) has raised $2.4 million in venture funding to help accelerate the development of its wagering capacities. The funding round was led by Makers Fund, a VC firm specialising in interactive gaming and entertainment investments. Founded by the enterprise team of Nick Wright (CEO) and Daniel Qu, Midnite’s seeks to advance esports wagering beyond becoming ‘just another …

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Luckbox launches Abios powered ‘comprehensive data widget’

SBC News Luckbox launches Abios powered 'comprehensive data widget'

Esports wagering platform Luckbox has announced the launch of further player engagement functionalities with lead esports data partner Abios. New platform developments see Luckbox launch a new ‘stats widget’ powered by Abios, allowing Luckbox players to view esports team performance and stats over the past twelve months. Abios stats will be displayed as a percentage to give players more information …

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Luckbox adds 8 new gaming markets to its ‘esportsbook’

SBC News Luckbox adds 8 new gaming markets to its 'esportsbook'

Esports betting start-up Luckbox, the enterprise seeking to disrupt and lead esports wagering outright, has significantly expanded its market inventory by adding betting provisions for eight new games. Updating stakeholders, Luckbox informs that it has added ‘11 different games’ (8 new) significantly expanding its ‘Luckbox esportsbook’ betting inventory. Luckbox’s betting inventory will now include markets for Overwatch, Hearthstone, StarCraft, StarCraft …

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BOS Webinar Series continues with Luckbox – ‘Breaking The Esports Betting Barrier’

SBC News BOS Webinar Series continues with Luckbox - 'Breaking The Esports Betting Barrier'

SBC’s fortnightly ‘Betting on Sports webinar series‘ continues on Wednesday 24 July 2019 with ‘Luckbox – Breaking the Esports Betting Barrier’, an exclusive in-depth look at the development and launch of the new esports betting platform. As a start-up aiming to conquer a discipline that has proved challenging for established bookmakers, Luckbox is perhaps the industry’s most intriguing ventures. The …

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