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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Bayes Esports has expanded its footprint internationally after agreeing a three-year strategic partnership with South Korean esports technology and solutions provider, Team Snowball. This new collaboration marks a new milestone for Bayes Esports, as it signifies the first time that the Berlin-based esports data and services supplier has signed an agreement with an international solutions and distribution partner. As a …
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2021 saw esports audiences engage with Riot Games surprise hit of Valorant – a 5-vs-5 team shooter game. PandaScore’s Head of Sales, Oliver Niner, anticipates that new game and format changes will entice wagering on Valorant to help deepen esports betting markets. Big in 2023: Newly structured Valorant Riot Games’ FPS game, Valorant, burst onto the esports and betting scene …
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Bayes Esports has set the stage for a more sustainable future for the esports industry with the launch of a new partnership program that will focus largely on integrity. The Bayes Esports Partnership Program will aim to provide the esports data supplier’s partners with more visibility whilst also seeking to develop “new and innovative platforms with the integrity of esports …
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Amir Mirzaee, Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer at Bayes Esports, and John Knauss, Lead of Competitive Data Programs for Esports at Riot Games, discuss the ways in which the duo plan to level up the esports space and how data can help boost engagement with different esports verticals. Firstly, thank you for speaking to us! How do Bayes and …
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Bayes Esports and Riot Games will deliver competitive esports data to professional League of Legends (LoL) Esports teams, Riot Games’ partners and the wider esports community via a new centralised data hub. The LoL Esports Data Portal (LDP) will provide access to a wide variety of data to power teams, partners and fan experiences. Bayes Esports and Riot Games strongly …
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Bayes Esports has extended its exclusive data distribution partnership with Riot Games until 2024. Under the terms of the agreement, the Berlin-based tech-company will keep exclusive worldwide distribution rights for virtually all League of Legends (LoL) competitions including live in-game data, fixture data and audio visual rights for the betting industry. “The forefront of our partnership was initially focused on …
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Neosurf has recorded growth rates in excess of market expectations during the pandemic period, underpinned by its focused ‘solid account management’ strategy. Putting people as important as profit in the quest for brand loyalty has been crucial for the popular payments platform, which enables gamers and gamblers to pay online without credit card usage and without disclosing personal information. It …
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The support shown by Neosurf for the League of Legends (LoL) scene in Oceania proves that its commitment to gaming events extends way beyond positioning itself as a way to pay. Chief Commercial Officer Andrea McGeachin told SBC News that the corporate philosophy for Neosurf, a global payments solution enabling gamers to pay online without credit card usage and without …
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Esports has been one of betting’s rising markets following the global health pandemic. Whilst live sports were abruptly postponed, competitive gaming became a major player by simply shifting from an offline environment to online tournaments. However for some of esports’ biggest betting operators, the attitude towards this rise has been fairly relaxed, partly due to the expectation that competitive gaming …
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