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 […]
October 18, 2016
Global Poker Index founder Alex Dreyfus has scored another important Chinese market ally, enhancing his partnership deal with digital sports media firm Sina Sports earlier this year (see previous report) with a new deal with Ten Cent Poker, a major online poker subsidiary of internet commerce giant Ten Cent with correspondingly major marketing clout. The […]
November 13, 2015
Alexandre Dreyfus’ Global Poker Index (GPI) has clinched a multi-year content deal with USA TODAY Sports Media Group for a competitive poker-themed destination page expected to launch in the first quarter of 2016. Owned by Mediarex Sports and Entertainment, Global Poker Index’s goal is to “sportify poker,” through its rankings of the world’s top players […]
September 29, 2015
The Global Poker Index has organised a summit meeting in London of senior executives from major poker companies next (October) month, according to the publication Poker News. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss how best to take the industry forward, insiders said this week. Sources informed that publication that top execs from Unibet. […]
July 14, 2015
Poker entrepreneur and Global Poker Index founder Alex Dreyfus, who is also CEO of parent company Mediarex Sports & Entertainment, has announced that MSE has just raised $4.9 million in Series A funding from private investors. The London-based Global Poker Index is a ranking authority for 450,000 professional poker players, and wants to aggregate the […]
May 6, 2015
Serial land and online poker entrepreneur Alex Dreyfus has unveiled his latest project, a daily Global Poker Index TV show hosted by former PokerStars.tv presenter Laura Cornelius and due for screening later this year. Dreyfus revealed this week that his company premises in Malta is being expanded by the addition of a video studio designed […]
January 20, 2015
In what is likely to be an unprecedented case, Global Poker Index, the owners of The Hendon Mob database, is reportedly about to litigate against the Polish government for its actions in using a bot to scour the database for information in contravention of site T&Cs. The action will be launched against Poland’s Ministry of […]