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Racy China esports cafes where servers in French maid outfits kneel to feed guests, ‘derogatory to women’s dignity’

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Racy China esports cafes where servers in French maid outfits kneel to feed guests, ‘derogatory to women’s dignity’

Kneeling while serving tea, providing food, offering massages, and playing games with customers are some of their services. The service was denounced by the Chinese authorities on April 15, who demanded that the implicated cafes modify their business operations. In certain cafes severs kneel to serve male customers their meals and beverages. Photo: Weibo/CCTV Authorities … Read more

It’s March Madness and more people than ever can legally bet on basketball games

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Residents of North Carolina have a new opportunity to participate in legal sports betting during this year’s NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. For the first time, they can place bets on the games using their smartphones and computers. Since the last March Madness tournament, the number of states permitting legal sports betting has increased. … Read more

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WILMINGTON, N.C. — Legal online sports bettering is set to kick off March 11. This comes more than seven months after the law legalizing online sports betting for the state was signed. In that time, the N.C. State Lottery Commission has worked to establish rules and regulations. It’s also received applications from sports betting operators. It’s an … Read more

Asian Games: South Korea’s Esports stars target medal success — and a military exemption

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rewrite this content and keep HTML tags CNN  —  Gaming has achieved an unprecedented milestone by being selected as an official medal sport for the Hangzhou Asian Games in the form of esports, but participating in the competition holds significant importance – and possibly life-changing implications – for some players. For South Korean male participants, … Read more

Longtime publisher Ogden Nutting dies at 87 | News, Sports, Jobs

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Photo supplied G. Ogden Nutting and his wife, Betty Woods “Snookie” Nutting, stand together following her induction into the Wheeling Hall of Fame in 2017. WHEELING, W.Va. — G. Ogden Nutting, a prominent community and business leader who for more than a half-century served as publisher and general manager of The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register, … Read more

Sports wagering plummets amid summer slump | News

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BOSTON — Massachusetts’ sports wagering industry took more than $323 million in bets last month, continuing a decline in revenue amid a summer slump of major sporting events. A report issued by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission last week shows that retail and online sports betting operations drummed up about $33 million in revenue for their … Read more

Guild eSports Agrees to Digital Advertising, Video Distribution Deal With Pixels AI

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Posted on: July 17, 2023, 3:28 a.m. ET Authored by Anthony O. Goriainoff On Monday, Guild eSports announced a partnership with Pixels AI, focusing on digital advertising and video distribution. According to the U.K. based e-sports firm, the initial contract, spanning one-year, will have the ad revenue, a byproduct of their collaboration, shared between Guild … Read more

GameSquare Esports Special Meeting Reminder

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / February 28, 2023 / GameSquare Esports Inc. (CSE:GSQ)(OTCQB:GMSQF)(FRA:29Q1) (“GameSquare”, or the “Company”), reminds its shareholders (“Shareholders”) of its special meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) to be held virtually on March 8, 2023. The Meeting has been called for Shareholders to consider and, if deemed advisable, to pass, with or without … Read more

Looking for Love in China? Get Into Esports.

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For many couples, a relationship starts with a swipe of a finger or a glance across a crowded room. For Gao Yuchen and Li Zhaoxuan, it all began with a bloody battle on the online shooter game “Apex Legends.” The college students admired each other’s ability to slaughter their rivals inside the game’s digital battlefield. … Read more

Gamer.LK’s Esports Premier League crowned ‘Sri Lanka’s best digital marketing campaign’

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Gaming and Esports agency, Gamer.LK received six digital marketing awards, including the Grand Prix gold award for “Best Digital Marketing Campaign”, at the SLIM DIGIS Awards recently. This was the first time a games and Esports related campaign received the Grand Prix award at SLIM DIGIS – the top title awarded by the Sri Lanka … Read more