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The World’s First Officially Licensed Cricket NFT platform, Rario, launches on Polygon
Cricket-based digital collectibles platform Rario today announced its integration with Polygon and its brand new wing Polygon Studios, leveraging the team’s extensive NFT expertise to help cultivate fan engagement and capture the interest of some 2.5 billion cricket fans around the world. Rario’s integration of Polygon coincides with Polygon’s launch of Polygon Studios, a new NFT-centric gaming and metaverse hub designed to facilitate web 3.0 gaming, backed by a $100m fund to accelerate mainstream adoption of NFT projects.
Polygon Studios already works with the majority of today’s top blockchain-based Web 3.0 games and NFT projects, including Decentraland, Opensea, Sandbox, Somnium Space, Decentral Games and has 5x more gaming and NFT Dapps than any other chains outside of Ethereum main chain at around 300+ gaming and NFT Dapps.
Rario enables cricket fans to collect and trade some of the most iconic and officially licensed cricket moments — forever ingrained in the blockchain and represented as non-fungible tokens (NFT).
Boasting partnerships with multiple international cricket leagues, including the Caribbean Premier League, and the Lanka Premier League, Rario is the world’s first officially licensed Cricket NFT platform to work alongside internationally acclaimed cricket stars such as Zaheer Khan, Faf Du Plesis, Shakib Al Hasan, Smriti Mandhana, and Shafali Verma, to allow fan ownership of the most evocative and defining points in cricket history.
With an audience of 2.5 billion globally, cricket is a sport well-primed to capture fan engagement via NFT collectibles. And by leveraging Polygon, Rario has ensured that fans can access the platform without prohibitive transaction speeds or costs.
Rario will use Polygon Studios to build its platform, allowing Rario users to make faster and hassle-free transactions.
Announcing the integration, Mr. Ankit Wadhwa, Founder and CEO of Rario said, “We are delighted to have Polygon Studios on board with us in our collective journey to revolutionise the digital collectibles space. The domain expertise, credibility and substantial added bandwidth that Polygon Studios brings will enable our team at Rario to create a highly furnished product for the market. We are excited to work together with the team at Polygon Studios. Our vision of taking fan interaction via Rario Club syncs well with the digital culture ecosystem Polygon Studios is building.”
Polygon Co-Founder Sandeep Nailwal said, “Our aim behind setting up Polygon Studios was always to facilitate a hotbed of digital culture, which is a vision that we are pleased to share with Rario. With its commitment to making the best use of modern technology to shape fandom for generations to come and change the way the fans interact with the game of Cricket, we believe Rario is laying down the foundations for making digital collectibles the most prized asset for sports fans in India and across the world. Polygon Studios is thrilled to be on this pioneering journey with the Rario team.”
Rario will continue to collaborate with cricket’s renowned administrative bodies , including Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia (CA), among others to help preserve cricket history and bring it into the digital era.
The Rario and Polygon Studios teams will be conducting a joint Ask Me Anything (AMA) online session to begin an open dialogue with users.
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horse racing
BOYLE Sports opens 400th shop at Galway Racecourse under new deal
The bookmaker signs an initial three-year partnership with Galway Races, adding an on-course betting shop and expanded sponsorship.
BOYLE Sports has signed an initial three-year partnership with Galway Races that includes opening its 400th retail betting shop on-site at Galway Racecourse in Ballybrit.
Under the agreement, BOYLE Sports will operate a dedicated on-course betting shop and expand branding and visibility across the Galway racing calendar. The partnership also includes additional race sponsorship opportunities, according to the company.
BOYLE Sports said the deal builds on its existing involvement at the venue, including title sponsorship of the Saturday at the Galway Races festival. Sponsored races include the €110,000 BOYLE Sports Handicap Hurdle and the €80,000 Galway Tribes Hurdle.
Sinéadh Crowe, Head of Irish Retail Operations for BOYLE Sports, said: “Opening our 400th shop here marks a major milestone in the BOYLE Sports journey and reflects just how far we’ve come since John Boyle set up his first shop in County Armagh in 1982. It’s a proud moment for everyone involved and underlines our continued commitment to retail, Irish horse racing and delivering a top-class experience for customers on race day.”
Michael Moloney, CEO of Galway Racecourse, added: “It’s a real privilege to have BOYLE Sports open their 400th shop here on-site as part of this exciting new multi-year partnership with Galway Races.
“We’re absolutely delighted to strengthen our ties with such a powerhouse brand with deep roots in Irish racing and we’re excited to build on that shared heritage as we work together to enhance the experience for racegoers over the coming years.”
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amd
S8UL partners with AMD ahead of Esports World Cup 2026 campaign
AMD Ryzen and Radeon hardware will be used across S8UL’s esports, streaming and creator workflows as the Indian org ramps up its EWC push.
S8UL has signed a strategic partnership with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) ahead of its Esports World Cup (EWC) 2026 campaign, as the Indian esports and gaming content organization targets further international expansion.
Under the agreement, AMD will equip S8UL’s players and creators with AMD Ryzen
AI 400 Series processor-based PCs, AMD Ryzen
9000 Series processors, and AMD Radeon
RX 9000 Series graphics cards for gaming, streaming, content creation and general productivity.
The deal lands as S8UL prepares for EWC 2026 after being selected for the Esports World Cup Foundation’s Club Partner Program for a second consecutive year. The organization said it has already secured qualification spots in Apex Legends, Chess, Fortnite, Honor of Kings, and Trackmania, while continuing to pursue additional slots in other titles. The partnership also follows S8UL onboarding Campa Energy as the Title Sponsor for its EWC 2026 campaign.
“S8UL has always focused on both competitive success and content creation. As we prepare for the Esports World Cup, AMD’s technology will support our players and creators across competition, streaming and content production. We’re excited to work together as we continue to grow our presence globally,” said Animesh ‘Thug’ Agarwal, Co-Founder and CEO, S8UL.
“India’s gaming ecosystem is expanding beyond competition, with creators playing an increasingly important role in how communities connect and grow,” said Vinay Sinha, Managing Director, Sales, AMD India. “Organizations like S8UL are helping shape that evolution, and we’re excited to support their players and creators with AMD technology as they continue to engage gaming and creators’ communities in India and around the world.”
EWC 2026 is scheduled for July 6 to August 23, with the Esports World Cup organisers stating it will feature more than 2,000 players and 200 clubs from over 100 countries competing for a $75 million prize pool.
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Artificial intelligence
Kaizen Gaming rolls out GenAI-powered Betano Trivia across 20 markets
Kaizen Gaming has launched Betano Trivia, a live trivia product it describes as the world’s first fully GenAI-powered live trivia experience. The free-to-play game is now available across the 20 markets where Kaizen Gaming operates.
The product was developed by Kaizen Labs, the company’s innovation incubator. Kaizen Gaming said Betano Trivia uses generative AI to power the avatar presenter, create dynamic trivia content, and generate supporting audiovisual assets, positioning it as a new engagement format inside the Betano brand.
Players are invited to answer questions spanning sports, entertainment and pop culture and compete for prizes, according to the company. Kaizen Gaming also tied the timing of the launch to heightened global football attention, pitching the game as a second-screen-style entertainment layer for fans.
George Kourakos, Director of Innovation at Kaizen Gaming, stated: “Betano Trivia demonstrates how AI can be used to create entirely new forms of entertainment and customer engagement. At Kaizen Gaming we never use technology for its own sake. We have a clear goal to elevate the world-class gaming experience we offer to our customers. What makes this achievement particularly special is that it was developed entirely by our internal teams, combining creativity, engineering excellence and a shared passion for innovation across the board.”
Kaizen Gaming framed the release as part of its broader generative AI push, arguing that internal teams can use the technology to scale new product experiences across multiple regulated markets.
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