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Drake bets $1.3M in Bitcoin on Bengals vs Rams Super Bowl match
Drake spends his time betting more than a million in Bitcoin (BTC) on Super Bowl matches when he's not running through the six with his woes. The award-winning rapper recently shared that he placed BTC bets worth a total of $1.26 million on the upcoming Superbowl match between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams. Through the crypto sports betting platform Stake, the rapper bet over $471,000 for the Rams to be the winner, including overtime. Drake also expressed his confidence in the Rams' wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. The musician placed around $392,000 on Beckham having more than …
Adoption / Feb. 11, 2022
DraftKings Marketplace plans to launch gamified NFT collection next NFL season
The Nation Football League Players Association, or NFLPA, in collaboration with sports betting operator DraftKings Inc., announced the launch of a gamified nonfungible token, or NFT, collection to drop on DraftKings Marketplace during the 2022-2023 NFL season. Starting next year, fans will be able to play NFT-based games featuring their favorite NFL Players, according to the company. OneTeam, the official media business partner of the NFLPA, helped facilitate the deal with DraftKings, giving them the necessary licensing rights to use the name, image and likeness for active NFL players. In a statement shared on the Draftkings website, Beth Beiriger, SVP …
Blockchain / Dec. 7, 2021
UK Gambling Commission opens inquiry into fantasy NFT soccer game Sorare
The Gambling Commission in the United Kingdom has opened an inquiry into Sorare, a popular nonfungible token (NFT) fantasy soccer game that raised $680M in a funding round last month “The Gambling Commission is currently carrying out enquiries into the company to establish whether Sorare.com requires an operating license or whether the services it provides do not constitute gambling.” However, Sorare — which closed a $680 million funding round for its NFT trading card platform in September — denied it was involved in anything approaching “regulated gambling”. “We are very confident Sorare does not offer any forms of regulated gambling. …
Nft / Oct. 14, 2021
UFC announces regional partnerships with top crypto-only sportsbook
Ultimate Fighting Championship, the world’s leading mixed martial arts, or MMA, organization, has announced an exclusive partnership with Stake.com — a leading crypto-powered online casinos and sportsbook. The partnership announced on March 7, will see Stake become UFC’s “First Official Betting Partner” in Asia and Latin America. However, the deal will exclude UFC’s key market in Brazil. The two firms began working together on March 3 — with Stake's customers receiving access to unique digital content surrounding the promotional “fight week” for UFC’s March 6 pay-per-view. An announcement states the company's will also developer exclusive promotions, VIP experiences, and social …
Business / March 8, 2021