Millennial Esports Welcomes Supreme Court Decision to Strike Down PASPA
16 Mai 2018 - 6:17PM
Millennial Esports Corp. ("Millennial" or the
"Company") (TSX VENTURE:GAME) (OTCQB:MLLLF), a mobile
video game publisher focused on Esports and Racing, today announced
that, in response to Monday’s decision by the Supreme Court of the
United States to strike down Professional and Amateur Sports
Protection Act (PASPA), it is exploring opportunities to leverage
its current assets in relation to legalized Esports betting. With
some states expected to legalize sports betting within the next
three weeks, and several considering including Esports in their new
legislation, Millennial is well positioned to provide immediate
solutions to the fledgling industry through assets including Eden
Games and the Millennial Tournament Platform.
“The push towards legalized Esports betting has
been building for some time and the Supreme Court decision is
potentially the tipping point, with individual states now able to
make their own rules regarding sports betting, including the option
of legalizing Esports betting,” said Millennial Esports CEO, Alex
Igelman, a long-time gaming lawyer who has reviewed the decision in
detail. “This presents an incredible opportunity for Millennial as
we have a number of assets that can provide real value and
innovation to what will in effect be a new industry – having only
previously existed, for all intents and purposes, in Nevada. The
fact that we already own these assets and can quickly deploy them
in support of Esports betting initiatives is also significant
considering the speed with which this is predicted to happen.”
Eden Games
Since acquiring Eden Games in January of this
year, Millennial has been pursuing a global competition strategy to
drive downloads of the developer’s mobile racing game, Gear.Club.
In that time, Millennial has brought a number of innovations to
market, including a competition to drive an F1 car, and the
recently concluded contest for a test drive in a LeMans car.
Gear.Club was also among the first adopters of Amazon’s new GameOn
tournament platform, which provides gamers with the opportunity to
win prizes fulfilled by Amazon. Millennial’s most recent innovation
in Esports racing is cash prize tournaments held every
Thursday-Sunday at the Arena, the company’s purpose built Las Vegas
Esports Arena. With cash prizes on the line, competitors race
against each other in specially constructed Gear.Club
simulators.
“We’ve been experiencing strong early success
with our Gear.Club tournament model and you could say that Esports
betting is really the next step in a natural evolution,” said
Darren Cox, CMO, Millennial Esports. “We’ve already demonstrated
the similarities between real world racing and Esports racing with
World’s Fastest Gamer. An Esports racing championship that mirrors
Indycar or F1 and could include the option of wagering is
definitely within the realm of possibility.”
Millennial Esports Tournament
Platform
The innovative, secure, and proprietary
Millennial tournament platform has been built with the capability
to facilitate wagers, providing a turnkey solution to entities
looking to establish a Esports wagering platform.
“The possibility of legalized Esports betting in
states across America is really quite exciting because it will give
us a chance to really make the most of this platform,” said Adam
Morrison, Chief Technology Officer, Millennial Esports. “While the
system until know had been used only for in-game wagering, it was
built with a much more robust application in mind, which is why we
put such emphasis on making it secure.”
On top of working feverishly to prepare all
relevant assets for the presumed soon to be legalization of sports
betting at the State level, Millennial Esports also intends to
leverage its Blockchain Advisory Board and work with regulators to
explore potential opportunities to leverage blockchain technology
in the implementation and management of widespread legalized sports
and Esports betting.
About Millennial Esports
Corp.
Millennial Esports Corp. (MEC) is a vertically
integrated mobile gaming publisher leading a revolution to fuse
esports racing and professional motorsport through a global
competition model. MEC is utilizing its gaming franchises and IP to
engage millions of new players. Combined with its virtual and live
tournament platforms, gaming analytics capability, and motorsport
IP - including World’s Fastest Gamer - MEC is uniquely positioned
to become the market leader in Esport Racing.
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Media Contact:Gavin
DavidsonDirector, Communication
Strategy705.446.6630gavin.davidson@millennialesports.com
Investor Contacts:
Manish GrigoInvestor
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Director647.346.1888alex.igelman@millennialesports.com
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