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  • Online Sports Betting In The United Kingdom

    Sports betting has been legal in the United Kingdom since the early 1960s, but online sports betting has only transcended in more recent times. Both land-based book makers and online book makers coalesced to form a multi-billion dollar industry in the UK. As per the UK Gambling Commission, the total gross gambling yield for Great…

  • StreamAMG OTT Streaming Vitality Netball World Cup 2019 For INF Fans Worldwide

    International Netball Federation (INF) entered the direct to consumer OTT technology service thanks to an agreement with StreamAMG to provide the official World Netball live streaming and event app beginning in June. The Vitality Netball World Cup 2019 (VNWC2019) played in Liverpool during July is a showcase for this sports tech deal featuring iOS and…

  • England VAR World Cup Destiny Should Influence Premier League

    What Changed To Make England More Successful In This World Cup? The pride surrounding the England team is unmissable. It’s been since 1966 when the Three Lions last roared as one for the football loving country when the men’s national soccer team won the World Cup final which so happens to be the year I…

  • A Brief History of Women in Motorsports

    The first motorized tricycle race for women that we know of took place as early as 1897. Comparing these pioneering ladies to modern day racers shows one major similarity, courage. The Sports Techie community blog readers and followers represents thousands of women across the planet as equals to men. Yet, to this day motorsports are associated…

  • Video Streaming Platforms Offer OTT Savings Versus Cable TV Costs

    Cut The Cord Because OTT Technology Saves Streaming Sports Costs Cutting the cord is like swimming or riding a bike solo for the first time, you simply have to plunge in when the time calls for saying good-bye to traditional cable television or satellite pay-TV commitments and go for it. In my case, paying for…

  • Immersive iGaming: Introducing Virtual Reality Table Games

    Immersive iGaming: Introducing Virtual Reality Table Games Photo by UTKnightCenter, CC BY 2.0 Unless you’ve been living on a desert island, you’re likely aware of the wave of excitement surrounding virtual reality (VR) technology. The accelerating proliferation of VR devices and headsets around the world has seen virtual environments and immersive experiences reach households in…

  • Esports Is More Mainstream Than Traditional Sports

    Esports v Sports – Is the Future of Sport Online? Are you an eSports gambler, player, coach, trainer, executive, owner, or simply one of the millions of international fans worldwide because if you are, you are not alone by a long-shot, amigos. Watching video gamers play is as common an activity as going outside and…

  • Why is Golf the Sportsman’s Sport?

    Why is Golf the Sportsman’s Sport? How many times have you seen pictures and/or videos of top sportsmen and women of other sports on the golf course? Be it Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton, England and Tottenham Hotspur soccer star Harry Kane or five-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady, it seems that golf truly…

  • McIlroy Still Hopeful Following a Strong British Masters Showing

    After a winless season that has seen the Northern Irishman missing cuts left, right and center, Rory McIlroy put on one of his most impressive performances of the season last week at the British Masters, finishing second only behind fellow Irishman Paul Dunne. McIlroy will be hoping that his convincing performance at Northumberland’s Close Club is enough to…