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August 27, 2025
DraftKings Offers Super Bowl Tickets As Part Of Responsible Gambling Campaign
DraftKings has launched a sweepstakes giveaway as part of Responsible Gaming Education Month. The campaign will give users the chance to win Super Bowl tickets if they use the betting…
August 27, 2025
VCT Americas and VCT Pacific Stage 2 Final Matches to Decide Last Champions Spots
The race to qualify for VALORANT Champions 2025 in Paris is heating up, with the final spots in VCT Americas and VCT Pacific coming down to decisive matches that will…
August 27, 2025
Esports Nations Cup Announced, Bringing “National Pride to the Global Stage”
The Esports World Cup Foundation (EWCF), at the New Global Sport Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, announced the Esports Nations Cup (ENC). The inaugural tournament is scheduled to take place…
August 26, 2025
Caesars Sportsbook Will Charge Illinois Users For Placing Bets
Caesars Sportsbook is the latest platform to introduce a betting surcharge in Illinois, responding to the state’s new tax. Caesars contacted users to say it will charge $0.25 for placing…
August 26, 2025
Team Heretics’ VALORANT Champs Spot in the Balance at VCT EMEA Stage 2
Team Heretic’s hopes of reaching the VALORANT Champs are hanging precariously by a thread, despite being one of the favorites in a highly contested VCT EMEA. The final four matches…
August 26, 2025
Gentle Mates enters CS2 with the signing of Iberian Soul roster
Popular French organisation Gentle Mates has entered Counter-Strike 2 with the signing of the Iberian Soul roster. The organisation got its start in VALORANT, and has since expanded to Call…
August 25, 2025
Xiao Hai gets emotional back-to-back Street Fighter 6 championships at Esports World Cup
The 2025 Esports World Cup has ended after many intense battles, competitions across esports titles, and strategic plays, including the Street Fighter 6 competition. Forty-eight players faced off against each…
August 25, 2025
VCT China Stage 2 ends with redemption as Champs seeding is confirmed
As the qualification process for the Champions Paris is finishing up across the globe, it’s the VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) China Stage 2 event that is first over the line.…
August 24, 2025
TI14 dream shattered: Malady misses first International after GG fallout
The International has always been about storylines, intense matches, and (at times) drama. Just weeks before TI14 is set to begin, we’ve been served exactly that. Gaimin Gladiators, one of…
August 24, 2025
The MongolZ win Esports World Cup with 3-0 victory over Aurora
The MongolZ has won the Esports World Cup with a 3-0 victory over the Turkish team Aurora, the team’s biggest tournament win in Counter-Strike 2 to date. Champions of the…
August 23, 2025
BC.Game’s first final with s1mple ends in a double overtime loss
It’s been a wild ride watching the GOAT of CS:GO, Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, getting back to the grind in Counter-Strike 2 after his surprising move from the NAVI bench to…
August 27, 2025
FaZe Clan Benches EliGE for jcobbb Ahead of BLAST Open Season 2
2025 has been a tough year for FaZe Clan. Now, the struggling team is hoping to tackle their woes by benching Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski and replacing him with Jakub “jcobbb”…
August 22, 2025
Team Falcons Wins EWC 2025 Club Championship, Surprising Absolutely No One
Saudi Arabian organization, Team Falcons, has won the Esports World Cup (EWC) 2025 Club Championship, claiming the lion’s share ($7 million) of the $27 million prize pool. It comes as…
August 22, 2025
All Four VCT China Champs Slots Claimed Ahead of Stage 2 Finals Weekend
VALORANT Champions Tour (VCT) China Stage 2 is scheduled to conclude first (August 24), with EMEA, Pacific, and Americas finishing up on August 31. The Chinese teams are speedrunning through…
September 3, 2025
Betby Launches Help Arena to Streamline Partner Support
Betby has launched a new dedicated partner support hub, Help Arena, which aims to streamline the assistance for companies using its sports betting services. The company announced the new service…
August 21, 2025
India Passes Bill To Promote Esports While Banning Online Gambling
India’s parliament passed the Promotion & Regulation of Online Gaming Bill on Thursday, which will promote esports in the country while outlawing online gambling. The Rajya Sabha, India’s upper house,…
August 21, 2025
No Battle Pass Again: Valve Brings Back Fantasy and Predictions for The International 2025
In the latest Dota 2 update, Valve brought back Fantasy, Predictions, and Supporter Bundles for The International 2025. While the professional scene knuckles down to prepare for TI14 in Hamburg, fans…
August 21, 2025
New CS2 Dust2 Bomb Explosion Radius and Damage From Popular Spots
Valve has pushed an update to the Dust2 bomb explosion radii, which could have a seismic impact on the competitive and casual scene alike. Ashes to ashes, Dust2 dust. That’s…
August 21, 2025
NAVI Exit Early, Spirit Stunned by HEROIC in Esports World Cup CS2 2025
The reigning champions of Counter-Strike 2 at the Esports World Cup, NAVI, have been eliminated in the opening round of 2025’s edition of the tournament. The current number one team,…
September 3, 2025
Brazilian Bill Proposes Tighter Rules On Online Gambling
A bill introduced in the Brazilian Senate proposes a sweeping range of restrictions on online gambling, including esports in the country. Senator Humberto Costa’s PL 3,754/2025 proposes: Raising the minimum…
August 20, 2025
How to Get PUBG 2025 Team Edition Skins – Full Price & Schedule
Attention, battle royale fans, and your wallets: Developer Krafton has unleashed the first batch of Team Edition skin sets featuring 2025 PUBG Esports Global Partner organizations. There are five skin…
August 20, 2025
Sentinels and G2 Claim Champions Spots Before Brutal VCT Americas Playoffs Begin
G2 and Sentinels have already secured their passage from VCT Americas to Champions Paris, but there are still two spots up for grabs between seven teams who head to VCT…
August 20, 2025
Are Vitality’s CS2 Glory Days Over? The Esports World Cup Will Tell
Despite dominating the Counter-Strike 2 scene in the first half of the year, Vitality have now suffered disappointing losses at both IEM Cologne 2025 and BLAST Bounty season 2. With…
August 20, 2025
Jason Lake Explains Complexity’s CS2 Exit After Two Decades in Counter-Strike
Iconic North American organization Complexity has announced its immediate exit from Counter-Strike 2, with four players from the active roster moving to Oleksandr Zinchenko-backed Ukrainian organization Passion UA. It is…
September 3, 2025
Google Allows Betting Ads In Missouri As State Gets Set For Sports and Esports Betting
Google began allowing gambling to feature on Google Ads in Missouri from August 15 in preparation for the state’s sports and esports betting market opening later this year. Google updated…