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Game data company GRID<\/strong> Esports <\/strong>has renewed and expanded its partnership with sports and esports betting platform Pinnacle<\/strong> for 2023.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
Both parties are looking to expand the scope of their partnership by introducing betting solutions for Riot Game\u2019s FPS title VALORANT.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
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- GRID Esports receives IBIA Data Standards accreditation<\/a><\/li>\n
- GRID promotes Brittany Patton to Chief People Officer<\/a><\/li>\n
- GRID promotes Mikael Westerling to Chief Sales Officer<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n \n
This expansion is possible thanks to GRID entering a two-year partnership with Riot Games<\/a> in 2022, thus gaining exclusive access to data from all of VALORANT\u2019s main global and regional tournaments.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nMoreover, the focus of the GRID and Pinnacle\u2019s collaboration will remain on further advancing Pinnacle\u2019s esports betting solutions with the help of GRID\u2019s data. Ensuring the continuation of the CS:GO Pinnacle Cup Series<\/a> is also at the forefront of both entities\u2019 plans, according to the release.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nFrist commencing the partnership in 2019, Pinnacle and GRID have since delivered three iterations of the CS:GO Pinnacle Cup. In 2022, both parties also launched the Pinnacle Cup Championship, an offline event that took place in Lund, Sweden and featured a $250,000 (\u2053\u00a3202,000) prize pool.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \nBesides Pinnacle, GRID has also struck deals with other prominent betting platforms and bookmakers, including Parimatch, GG.BET and bet365, among others. In addition, the company\u2019s roster of partners boasts the likes of game developer KRAFTON<\/a>, as well as tournament organisers WePlay Esports<\/a> <\/strong>and StarLadder<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Esports Insider has teamed up with the University of Warwick for ESI Next Gen. To find out more, click here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n \n \nParis Smith, CEO of Pinnacle, <\/strong>commented on the news: \u201cFor the last four years the shared vision of the advanced betting on esports between Pinnacle and GRID has been solidifying the foundation on which we have managed to build together a unique value proposition for the esports fans.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n \n\u201cFrom the data partnership enabling the development of the Pinnacle innovative products to the establishment of the Pinnacle Cup series as the native part of the esports industry. We are excited to enter the fifth year of our collaboration and continue pioneering the esports betting solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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