Following the Summer Olympics in 2008, China will host the 24th Winter Olympics. The event led to the inspiration for the launch of Alibaba and Bithumb’s NFT collectibles. Alibaba, a Chinese multinational tech giant, announced the launch of four non-fungible tokens (NFTs) inspired by the sports featured in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. This is [...]
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is ramping up anti-match-fixing efforts ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, which gets underway Friday. The committee’s Olympic Movement Unit on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions (OM Unit PMC) has conducted in-depth assessments of the seven Winter Olympic sports and 15 disciplines to determine the […]
The shock merger of ESL and FACEIT, funded by the Savvy Gaming Group, a subsidiary of the Saudi government's Public Investment Fund, has caused a firestorm across the industry.
Like many other gaming companies, 2021 was a very good year for PrizePicks. In a statement Thursday, the single-player daily fantasy sports operator announced it added more than 300,000 new players in 2021. While the privately held company did not disclose revenue, the company said it grew its handle nearly 10-fold while operating “at near […]
Olympic Medal Count: How Countries Fared at Tokyo 2020
Every four years, the Summer Olympics brings together thousands of athletes from around the world...
The Olympic Games are the largest and most prestigious international sporting event and an opportunity for bonus sports betting. They are regulated by the...