eSports Will Happen In Las Vegas, And It Might Stay Too
News of a major League of Legends event and the potential for a permanent eSports arena the latest points of convergence between Vegas and eSports. Read More
Posted on: February 15, 2016 |
eSports Betting Site UNIKRN Wagering That Competitive Video Gaming Can Go Mainstream
Before this year, the idea of putting money down on competitive video gaming mostly consisted of friendly wagers between friends or bets booked on chats or internet forums. But suddenly, eSports wagering is a huge business. Following closely on the heels of real-money daily fantasy sports for eSports, the website UNIKRN launched to allow people to book […] Read More
Posted on: May 11, 2015 |
Sequoia Capital Leads $12 Million Series A Round For Daily Fantasy eSports Site Vulcun
A daily fantasy sports site just got a huge round of funding, and its name isn’t FanDuel or DraftKings. The extraordinary rise of daily fantasy sports for video games, aka eSports, continued as the DFS site Vulcun – which is built around eSports contests – announced it has partnered with Sequoia Capital to raise an eight-figure investment. League of Legendary investments […] Read More
Posted on: April 9, 2015 |
This Week In Daily: March 20, 2015
DraftKings has an actual deal with the WWE, and a possible investment from Disney. And mobile app Draft raises $3.5 million after just three months. Read More
Posted on: March 20, 2015 |
League of Legends Daily Fantasy Contests at Vulcun Expand to $4 Million in Guarantees
Vulcun is guaranteeing $4 million in prizes for daily fantasy contests based on League of Legends this year -- an increase of 1,500 percent in two months. Read More
Posted on: March 16, 2015 |
This Week In Daily: February 13, 2015
“This Week In Daily” is ODFReport’s weekly wrap of key facts, happenings and miscellany from the daily fantasy sports industry. Stories of note UFC, DraftKings near deal Earlier this week, we reported on an anticipated deal that would make DraftKings the exclusive fantasy sports sponsor and provider for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the world’s biggest mixed […] Read More
Posted on: February 13, 2015 |
League of Legends Fantasy Website Guarantees $1 Million in Prizes
A new real-money fantasy website based on the video game League of Legends is guaranteeing $1 million in prizes. Vulcun, which formerly owned and ran Team Vulcun in League of Legends, is guaranteeing a million dollars in payouts for the current LoL season, which began in January and runs through 2015. That escalated quickly Just last month, […] Read More
Posted on: February 12, 2015 |