ST. MARY'S, Antigua, April 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Esports Entertainment Group, Inc. (OTCQB:GMBL) (or the "Company"), a licensed online gambling company with a specific focus on esports wagering and 18+ gaming, is pleased to announce the winners of the Beta Test Competition on VIE (https://vie.gg) the world’s safest, most secure and transparent esports wagering platform.
VIE offers bet exchange style wagering on esports events in a licensed, regulated and secured platform to the global esports audience, excluding jurisdictions such as the USA that prohibit online gambling. VIE features wagering on the following esports games:
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO)
- Dota 2
- Call of Duty
- Hearthstone
- StarCraft II
BETA TEST WINNERS AND PRIZES
The Company is pleased to announce the top three winners of our beta test competition as follows:
| Grand prize winner: | Kevin Lee-A-Ping | 1,000 Euros | ||||||
| 2nd place winner: | Andrew Ragats | 500 Euros | ||||||
| 3rd place winner: | Karolis Grybauskas | 250 Euros |
Esports Entertainment Group congratulates our top three winners and wishes them great success going forward. The Company would also like to thank all beta contest participants for their time and invaluable feedback that helped make VIE even better for our launch on March 20th. All participants will have their accounts credited with 50 Euros.
Grant Johnson, CEO of Esports Entertainment Group stated, “I am very happy for Kevin, Andres and Karolis and very thankful to all of our amazing participants for the help they provided us in beta testing VIE prior to our launch. As a result of their feedback, we made changes to some of our wagering terminology, boosted our help page with videos, expanded our FAQs and fast tracked future features such as hosting live viewing of actual matches our players are betting on. They earned their account credits and I look forward to watching them grow with VIE, including becoming affiliates to attract their networks and earn even more money as our partners.”
This press release is available on our Online Investor Relations Community for shareholders and potential shareholders to ask questions, receive answers and collaborate with management in a fully moderated forum at https://agoracom.com/ir/EsportsEntertainmentGroup
About Esports Entertainment Group
Esports Entertainment Group Inc. is a licensed online gambling company with a specific focus on esports wagering and 18+ gaming. Initially, Esports Entertainment intends to offer bet exchange style wagering on esports events in a licensed, regulated and secured platform to the global esports audience, excluding the US and EU. In addition, Esports Entertainment intends to offer users from around the world the ability to participate in multi-player mobile and PC video game tournaments for cash prizes. Esports Entertainment is led by a team of industry professionals and technical experts from the online gambling and the video game industries, and esports. The Company holds licenses to conduct online gambling and 18+ gaming on a global basis, excluding the US and EU, in Curacao, Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Kahnawake Gaming Commission in Canada. The Company maintains offices in Antigua and Poland. Esports Entertainment common stock is listed on the OTCQB under the symbol GMBL. For more information visit www.esportsentertainmentgroup.com
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Contact:
Corporate Finance Inquiries
Stephen Cotugno
Vice President, Corporate Development
steve@esportsentertainmentgroup.com
201-220-5745
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