Competitive gaming, esports betting and the wider scene.
Esports attracts a younger, digitally native audience than most traditional sports, which creates specific compliance pressure points around age checks, streaming platforms and how products are marketed.
Esports markets sit inside the same UK gambling licensing regime as football or tennis, but the absence of a traditional governing body creates distinct integrity, age-verification and product-classification challenges for operators.
The Business Research Company forecasts the global esports betting market will grow from 12.59 billion dollars in 2025 to 21.61 billion dollars by 2030.
Riot Games has confirmed it will open its esports competitions to betting sponsorships, pledging to do so responsibly and with safeguards for competitive integrity.
Sports Information Services has struck a deal to supply its H2H Global Gaming League esports product to Hard Rock Bet Sportsbook, extending the league's US presence to a 15th state.
Sports Information Services has launched its esports betting product with operator Dafabet across Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin America.
Sports Information Services has agreed a partnership with global sportsbook operator Novibet to widen distribution of its H2H Global Gaming League esports content.
Sports Information Services has widened the availability of its H2H Global Gaming League esports betting product across the United States, with FanDuel and bet365 among the sportsbooks offering the content.
Sports Information Services has partnered with Rivalry to roll out its H2H Global Gaming League eBasketball and eSoccer content to the operator's global sportsbook customers.
Sportsbook provider Altenar has expanded its partnership with DATA.BET, adding official data feeds and a redesigned esports lobby for operator partners.
Sports Information Services has launched its H2H Global Gaming League eSoccer and eBasketball content with Romanian-founded operator Superbet, delivered via the Genius Sports platform.
Sports Information Services has extended its events-based esports betting content to Codere across Spanish-speaking markets in Latin America and Europe.
