Monthly Archives: June 2016

Manchester United Locked in Battle With Fnatic to Acquire eSports Team

News reports from all the top eSports media outlets are suggesting that Premier League giants Manchester United are locked in a battle with eSports organisation Fnatic to acquire an unnamed European Overwatch team.

Manchester United is set to join the eSports industry according to press reports. The most successful Premier League side of all time is in a tug of war with eSports team Fnatic to purchase an unnamed European Overwatch side.

United’s interest in eSports is big news for the burgeoning sport. Bundesliga sides Wolfsburg and Schalke already have a few feet in the door, as do fellow Premier League side, West Ham. But this is United, the third largest club in the world behind Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona.

What is interesting is their choice of eSport. Overwatch, by Blizzard Entertainment, is a first-person shooter (FPS), whereas one would imagine their first foray into the new market would have been via EASports FIFA franchise. That’s the route West Ham took after signing Sean ‘Dragoon’ Allen to represent them in professional FIFA competitions.

Euro 2016 Round Up: Violence Erupts in Euros

Football has revisited the dark ages after football violence between English, Russian, and French football fans plunged the Euro 2016 Championships into chaos.

We found him lying at the end of an alley surrounded by yellowing newspapers speckled with blood.

[Image Credit: eurosport.com]

“I can’t see.” He murmured between a quivering lip.

Euro 2016 Round Up: Violence Erupts in Euros

Football has revisited the dark ages after football violence between English, Russian, and French football fans plunged the Euro 2016 Championships into chaos.

We found him lying at the end of an alley surrounded by yellowing newspapers speckled with blood.

[Image Credit: eurosport.com]

“I can’t see.” He murmured between a quivering lip.

WSOP Review: Gold Bracelets For a Prince, a Porter, and Laplante

Four World Series of Poker bracelets to catch up on including Mike Cordell in six-handed action, Rep Porter winning his second Razz title, and Jean Gaspard and Ryan Laplante climbing on the first rung of the ladder.

Four World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet victories to catch up on and we will bring them to you in event order.

Mike Cordell, 46, has defeated 1,477 entrants to capture the first prize of $346,088 in Event #10: $1,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em. It was an emotional moment for Cordell whose mother passed away a week ago.

222 players cashed in the six-handed action including a certain Belgian, who continues to prove life begins in your 70s. Fresh from his 2015 November Nine appearance, Pierre Neuville, 73, made it all the way to heads-up before Cordell finally edged him out of the competition.

Khelplay.Com Organized a Panel Discussion on ‘RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SKILL GAME INDUSTRY’

Mumbai, June, 2016: Online poker website Khelplay.com recently organized a panel discussion on “RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SKILL GAMES INDUSTRY”- a seminar on legal, regulatory and tax updates for poker players and operators. The event mainly generated awareness about the recent developments and potential of the skill games industry and how it is different from gambling.

Mr. Kuntal Sampat, Vice President of Sachar Gaming Pvt. Ltd. which operates khelplay.com introduced the audience to khelplay.com and its state of the art features.

Mr. Jay Sayta, founder of gaming laws website Glaws.in and moderator of the seminar opened the discussion by saying that games of skill like poker, rummy and fantasy sports enjoy an exalted status as per India’s gaming laws and do not amount to gambling, contrary to popular perception.  He added that staking of money on games of skill like poker and rummy is understood to be completely legal and therefore after the dot com boom a large number of companies have started offering skill games although the industry is still in a nascent stage.

He also noted that the purpose of the seminar was to create awareness about all the happenings around the skill games industry and significance of recent developments like the law passed by the Nagaland government and taxation, foreign exchange issues faced by players as well as potential and market size of the industry.

Khelplay.Com Organized a Panel Discussion on ‘RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SKILL GAME INDUSTRY’

Mumbai, June, 2016: Online poker website Khelplay.com recently organized a panel discussion on “RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SKILL GAMES INDUSTRY”- a seminar on legal, regulatory and tax updates for poker players and operators. The event mainly generated awareness about the recent developments and potential of the skill games industry and how it is different from gambling.

Mr. Kuntal Sampat, Vice President of Sachar Gaming Pvt. Ltd. which operates khelplay.com introduced the audience to khelplay.com and its state of the art features.

Mr. Jay Sayta, founder of gaming laws website Glaws.in and moderator of the seminar opened the discussion by saying that games of skill like poker, rummy and fantasy sports enjoy an exalted status as per India’s gaming laws and do not amount to gambling, contrary to popular perception.  He added that staking of money on games of skill like poker and rummy is understood to be completely legal and therefore after the dot com boom a large number of companies have started offering skill games although the industry is still in a nascent stage.

He also noted that the purpose of the seminar was to create awareness about all the happenings around the skill games industry and significance of recent developments like the law passed by the Nagaland government and taxation, foreign exchange issues faced by players as well as potential and market size of the industry.

Virtual Euro Cup data suggests Germany are likeliest Euro 2016 winners

England fans are facing at least another two years of hurt, while Portugal and Turkey looks like the outsider bets.

Portugal and Turkey looks like the outsider bets Sportradar, Betradar’s unique EURO CUP virtual football tournament product has run through the tournament 480 times since it launched in May and the data shows that Germany and France are worthy favourites.

The Virtual EURO CUP is based on real Sportradar data, including recent player and team performances. Since a whole tournament is run through every 70 minutes, punters have been able to experience the ups and downs of following their team hundreds of times

Germany are unsurprisingly good at getting to finals but at least as far as the statistics shows, they particularly excel at lifting the cup once there. Of the 480 tournaments run so far, Germany reached the final 155 times or a 33% success rate. But Germany won 99 of those, which translates into a 66% success rate once in the final and a 21.5% success rate overall. This tallies quiet neatly with the country’s best-priced 9/2 odds.

Virtual Euro Cup data suggests Germany are likeliest Euro 2016 winners

England fans are facing at least another two years of hurt, while Portugal and Turkey looks like the outsider bets.

Portugal and Turkey looks like the outsider bets Sportradar, Betradar’s unique EURO CUP virtual football tournament product has run through the tournament 480 times since it launched in May and the data shows that Germany and France are worthy favourites.

The Virtual EURO CUP is based on real Sportradar data, including recent player and team performances. Since a whole tournament is run through every 70 minutes, punters have been able to experience the ups and downs of following their team hundreds of times

Germany are unsurprisingly good at getting to finals but at least as far as the statistics shows, they particularly excel at lifting the cup once there. Of the 480 tournaments run so far, Germany reached the final 155 times or a 33% success rate. But Germany won 99 of those, which translates into a 66% success rate once in the final and a 21.5% success rate overall. This tallies quiet neatly with the country’s best-priced 9/2 odds.