Sharp Alpha closes $25M+ Fund II to back gaming, sports, media startups
Sharp Alpha Advisors announced it has closed an oversubscribed $25 million fund to invest in early-stage sports, gaming and entertainment startups. Dubbed Sharp Alpha...
Adin Ross accounts for 12% of Kick’s hours watched in April
StreamElements’ latest report highlights trends on the recently launched streaming platform, Kick. The data provided by Streams Charts highlights major differences between the platform...
Twitch rival Kick revives revenue split debate, gambling controversy
Tyler ‘Trainwreck’ Niknam, one of Twitch’s top streamers, announced he would be moving to a new service called Kick.com and joining as a “non-owner...
The line between online gaming and gambling is fading
Historically, gaming and gambling were considered completely separate activities. Gaming was a mostly free, skill-based activity while gambling was a chance-determined activity for which...
Rivalry raises $20 million for sports and esports online betting
Rivalry has raised $20 million for its business of sports and esports betting. The company has a mobile and PC platform that makes it...
Esports bet pays off for daily fantasy sports during the pandemic
Esports was probably not on the original list of things that will keep daily fantasy sports sites profitable in 2020, but the meteoric success...
Casino esports startup Gamblit Gaming lays off unknown number of workers
Gamblit Gaming, which helps casinos improve revenue by making cash-prize gambling video games, has laid off an unspecified number of people. A source notified...
The DeanBeat: 12 predictable predictions on gaming in 2019
I’m making my annual predictions for the game industry again, not because I’m good at it, but because it has become one of the...
Esports marries gambling in Complexity Gaming and WinStar partnership
Complexity Gaming, an esports club that falls under the umbrella of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, has teamed up with WinStar World Casino and...
How esports, gambling, and sports betting are converging
In May, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law that prohibited states from legalizing betting on professional and collegiate sporting events. That meant a...