Multimedia content provider PA Media has agreed a strategic partnership with esports statistics and odds specialist PandaScore, in a move the two parties say will allow operators to offer customers a wider range of betting options on esports competitions.

Operators, regulators and technology companies have been urged to act after a study found that nearly half of worldwide social media users who engage with esports betting posts on Twitter are under the age of 16, while the majority of tweets flout UK advertising rules.

Sports data company Sportradar has announced an integrity services partnership with League of Legends developer and esports competition organiser Riot Games.

Online gambling operator Esports Entertainment Group has applied to list its common shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Subject to relevant approvals, the operator will trade $11.5m worth of shares.

Betfan has rolled out its gambling services in the Polish market, claiming to be the only with the online operator offering consumers in the country the chance to wager on a range of non-sporting events.

The Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden) has successfully petitioned the country’s telecommunications providers to block access to 25 unlicensed gaming websites, including 15 skin betting domains.