May 14, 2018
The 49th edition of the prestigious World Series of Poker festival in Las Vegas later this month will include a new innovation designed to capitalise of the booming popularity of eSports. In a deal with UMG Media, WSOP will bring eSports into the action and excitement in a first for the internationally famed tournament, giving […]
January 11, 2018
Cyber-currency media are giving eSports betting site Luckbox.com plenty of air this week due to its use of Bitcoin as a transaction currency and an impending ICO. Our readers may recall that Luckbox is the brainchild of former PokerStars managers Lars Lien and Mike Stevens, who have been working hard to bring their dream to […]
October 20, 2017
PokerStars.fr has agreed to sponsor the second season of the Esports European League, a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS: GO) competition shown exclusively on the Canal+ television Channel C8. It is understood that mainly five French and Danish CS:GO teams will be involved in the second season, for which qualifiers are to be held next (November) […]
October 16, 2017
Ourgame International Holdings, the Hong Kong-based corporate that acquired World Poker Tour two years ago from Bwin for $35 million, has announced plans for a share subscription scheme to raise HK$416,000 (GBP 40.2 million). The proceeds will be used to expand WPT operations along with those of eSports subsidiary Allied Esports International in the region, […]
September 30, 2017
World Poker Tour and the European division of Allied Esports, ELC Gaming have announced a partnership that will integrate poker and eSports in a competition scheduled for Holland Casino in the Netherlands during the WPTDeepStacks series running between October 9-15 in Valkenburg this year. The schedule includes several integrated poker and eSports events supported by […]
May 12, 2017
Poker entrepreneur and CEO-founder of Mediarex Sports & Entertainment, Alex Dreyfus says he wants to expand his Global Poker Index project to embrace eSports. “For the last two or three years, we’ve tried to bridge the eSports vertical, because my team and I believe that one of the angles we can use to promote poker […]
December 7, 2016
888Poker is forging closer links with the booming eSports sector and the hundreds of millions of younger demographic fans that the activity attracts. In its latest move the company has inked a partnership deal with Flow Esports, a major Hearthstone online streamer that can boast 10,000 weekly viewers. A statement from 888 said it was […]
February 19, 2016
Beijing-based Ourgames International, which bought the World Poker Tour brand from Bwin.Party for $35 million in cash last year (see previous reports), has announced that it has plans for increased activity in the eSports field, opening the first of several compact international arenas custom designed for the vertical in Beijing this month. With plans that […]