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Cash-Rewarding eSports Platforms

SitNPlay Allows Regular Gamers a Chance to Play for Cash Prizes

— October 29, 2018 — Tech
Serving as an eSports platform for the masses, SitNPlay Games allows players to create and arrange competitions for real money. Offering an impressive list of titles, SitNPlay Games ensures all players have a chance to compete and be rewarded with actual cash. Through the platform, gamers can compete head-to-head, or in teams, with actual monetary rewards up for grabs.

Created through the MIT Play Labs accelerator program, the platform has also received funding from Play Labs, Seraph, NorthBay and investor, Rajeev Surati. According to Riz Virk, Executive Director of MIT Play Labs, "SitNPlay Games is enabling a massive segment of enthusiasts to compete and monetize with its esports competitive play platform." This is the key concept driving the platform, as SitNPlay allows amateur gamers an actual reward for competing in a pseudo-esports scene.
Trend Themes
1. Cash-rewarding Esports - The trend of eSports platforms offering cash rewards to players can be leveraged for creating new platforms or expanding existing ones in this space.
2. Amateur Gaming Monetization - Creating platforms that reward amateur gamers for their skills can be a disruptive innovation opportunity in the gaming and eSports industries.
3. Competition-based Gaming - The rise of competition-based gaming trends, like SitNPlay, can be used to inform the development of new gaming platforms and experiences.
Industry Implications
1. Gaming - The gaming industry can leverage the trend of eSports platforms offering cash rewards to players to create or expand their gaming offerings.
2. Esports - eSports professionals and enthusiasts can create or leverage platforms that reward gamers for their skills, like SitNPlay, as a way to monetize their passion and reach a wider audience.
3. Investment - Investors can explore opportunities to fund and support disruptive innovation in the gaming and eSports industries, such as platforms that reward amateur gamers.
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