eSports to feature at 49th WSOP

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 […]

Pokerstars managers branch out into eSports

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 […]

Pokerstars to sponsor eSports

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) […]

World Poker Tour owner has big plans for poker and eSports

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, […]

World Poker Tour in eSports partnership

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 […]

Dreyfus plans to extend Global Poker Index to embrace eSports

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 […]

888poker forges closer links with eSports

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 […]

WPT owner plans eSports expansion

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 […]