Esports Enjoyment Team Finalizes Binding Agreement to Obtain Helix eSports and ggCircuit

NEWARK, N.J., Jan. 25, 2021 (World NEWSWIRE) — Esports Enjoyment Group, Inc. (NasdaqCM: GMBL, GMBLW) (or the “Company”), an esports leisure and on-line gambling operator, today declared it has finalized the binding agreement for its beforehand introduced Helix eSports and ggCircuit acquisition. Under the terms of the arrangement, the $43 mil transaction will be split 50% cash and 50% GMBL shares, priced on the closing of the transaction. The transaction is envisioned to shut in 2Q21.

“With the acquisition of Helix and ggCircuit, we have produced the most diversified, US-outlined esports enjoyment asset in the whole ecosystem,” stated Grant Johnson, CEO of Esports Entertainment Group. “These acquisitions considerably strengthen our Perform, Watch, Wager Technique, incorporating state-of-the-artwork esports amusement facilities, an esports-concentrated vertical organization software program business enterprise, a best-in-class esports analytics platform, and a player-vs-player ability-primarily based wagering platform to our diversified asset base. With each other with what we have currently crafted, Esports Leisure Group has unparalleled scale and we are on our way to starting to be a world wide marketplace leader.”

ggCircuit is a B2B software company that presents cloud-centered administration for LAN centers, a tournament system, and integrated wallet/stage-of-sale methods for enterprise clients. ggCircuit has in excess of 1,000 related spots and has labored with enterprises these kinds of as GameStop, Dell, Best Get and Lenovo as effectively as universities these kinds of as Ohio State, Syracuse and North Carolina. Their ggLeap item has more than 60 million hours of use by more than two million exclusive players on tens of thousands of community gaming screens inside centers worldwide.

Helix eSports owns 5 esports centers, which includes two of the five most significant facilities in the US, exactly where they produce earth-course purchaser support, esports programming and gaming infrastructure. Helix features a range of ordeals including relaxed perform, aggressive tournaments, STEM programming, large faculty leagues, big teams and esports bootcamps all with the intention of leveling the taking part in subject in esports and giving equitable entry to technological know-how. Their facilities have become the location for social and competitive players alike with monthly tournaments and exceptional experiences.

Helix also owns Genji Analytics (“Genji”), an esports-demonstrated, publisher-trusted analytics supplier. Applying innovative personal computer eyesight, pure language processing, and equipment studying applications, Genji delivers cutting-edge broadcast optimization and expertise scouting analytics. Genji is effective with top esports publishers and sports activities leagues, these as FIFA and the NBA 2K League, to ability activities like combines, drafts and information-driven enterprise conclusions. Genji has also launched products into Helix eSports Facilities that generate tailored event encounters, leveraging both idle computing ability and unique proprietary details sources. Earnings streams involve system profits to publishers and leagues with plans to extend to all aggressive gamers on the lookout to improve their gameplay via evaluation, good level of competition, and roster optimization.

The acquisition also includes LANduel, Helix’s proprietary participant-vs-player wagering platform, developed in Unity, that enables for skill-based mostly wagering on third-get together video clip games. LANduel’s customer experiencing software enforces demanding 4-element authentication to assure reasonable perform and ID verification. LANduel also holds shut interactions with various big activity publishers to guarantee activities and wagering abide by neighborhood tips. LANduel is currently operating alongside the New Jersey Office of Gaming Enforcement on a pilot program. At the time the design is proven at the Helix eSports destinations, LANduel can very easily be scaled to other centers during the US throughout the ggCircuit network, and at some point into the households of gamers by means of ggCircuit’s proprietary at residence merchandise suite.

About Esports Entertainment Group
Esports Leisure Group, Inc. is an esports and on the web gambling organization. The Company operates a range of entities across 3 essential pillars: 1) esports enjoyment and infrastructure, 2) esports wagering, 3) iGaming. The Firm maintains workplaces in New Jersey, the Uk and Malta. For much more information and facts visit www.esportsentertainmentgroup.com.

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