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Apparently now we are going to have something called a Social Gambling Platform. It have already secured a lot of funds apparently 2.6 million Euros already. The platform will have interactions not just between sports betting, money but at the same time the players would be able to challenge each other.

It was based on the concept of mini leagues as formed by friends therefore this platform is just going to take those things on a bigger level.

It would have real time data feeds by pickguru as well.


They said it would be fantasy sports + gaming+ live action all together.

It's all set to launch the funding ground in 2020.
What do you think about this idea?
Would it fail? Or would it succeed?? Would you ever use it ?

 https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/14029/social-gaming-platform-pickguru-secures-26m-in-funding (https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/14029/social-gaming-platform-pickguru-secures-26m-in-funding)

It's actually a "social gaming platform", not gambling, but considering it has betting (sports betting) on it, I guess it will still fall in gambling category.

Now, if it really acquire such amount on its seed funding and get executive members from different platform as investors, which means there are people who are interested on such platform. I guess we can give it a try.

I have high hopes for this and I do believe that this will succeed.

Based from my observations, I think most gambling platforms lack the idea of having to socialize with another people who gamble on the website. I do think that it was implemented to avoid any toxic discussions but being able to discuss freely your experiences with others can lighten up the mood. I do think that most gambling websites should apply this kind of socialization- hiring moderators to regulate the discussion if ever it goes out of hand.

Personally, I would attempt to use it just for the sake of experiencing this kind of implementation.

The article didn't give enough description, to me, it sounds like just another fantasy sports platform, and knowing the UK has a lot of fantasy players I think they'll succeed.

I wouldn't use their site though, don't get me wrong I enjoy fantasy sports once in a while but participating regularly is too much for me.

The given informations are too basic to conclude something accurately about this project. I've also checked the official website of their app, but it's still raw.

I just have the impression PickGuru isn't going to offer any innovative feature another gambling platforms don't offer already. There are tons of betting, fantasy sports and social betting around (the called betting exchanges). So I don't really their point yet, although I can be mistaken once they add more details to their website.

A good news regards this platform is: they are hiring. ;)

There is potential for this sort of site to grow in the future, what we're seeing across different states is a more lenient view towards gambling by the legislators - where they would rather tax and earn for the budget, than let places like Las Vegas, Nevada take all of the money. I'd say this supposed hype around "PickGuru" being a viral sensation is absolute rubbish that some marketing person is trying to spin in order to garner more attention, it's definitely not well known. This whole setup seems like some sort of fantasy league site and there are many of them around already, so adding a "social element" is just a way of trying to add a unique selling point onto something that already exists many times over.

Each would really be having their market but we know on how big already fantasy+ betting etc. and i dont see something which is revolutionary or something new even they would just say that they would be making all in all things that we do saw on the market today.If it had been possible that
they had able to launched then it do proves out that there's really some interest and demand but talking about success then it wouldnt be still
known because the community will always be the one to judge it up.

If it's something new, unique and if it caught the fancy of investors and it's well funded then it's going to be huge, dropping on their page they have good reviews from top people in the industry, they just need to market this and they are good to go, gamblers love to try out a new concept for profit and entertainment and I'm sure many players will try this out and going to love it.

Since the UK has no doubt has lots of gamblers from casual to professional ones, I think the platform will be successful. Many users there will surely interact because it's not just about gambling but it will be a place for discussions just like what we are doing here in the Gambling forum.

I will use the platform if there's a chance. I won't skip the opportunity to get in.

Those that are looking for something new might try this out. But those that have been already satisfied with the casino that they're playing, there's no need for them to be curious with this and they'll just stay there for good.
The idea is good and if there's a funding on it, expect on it that it will run for so long not until most of its investors will start to pull out their investments once they saw no progress.

It sounds like one of the many stock market and gambling PvP spin off games, which have been around for many years now.

What might be cool is if they released a P2E (play to earn) blockchain game, which guaranteed some type of micro payout.

Regulation is much tougher on straight up gambling than it is gambling derived "games of skill". Any effort they made to insulate themselves from the hard nature of gambling, would make it much easier for them to market themselves and deploy their platform to reach a larger audience.

That said I hope they succeed and I hope people learn and have lots of fun playing their game.

2.6 million euros budget to build from scratch to working site ready and secure for mass public isnt that much for the total expenditure.  Its probably more important who are their partners in the project and who will sponsor and be ready to advertise on such a site.    IF they are twinned with Steam with that many users arriving how can it not succeed but that is unlikely, but they could have any number of other established user bases involved like a game developer perhaps.   Hard to judge till I see this project myself, its been tried alot and many do not really succeed like the platform for the EPIC games site is really not good I cannot communicate with anyone so it seems to be half finished even while it has alot of people due to constantly giving out free games.

It's impossible that they already have a plan on a social gambling platform, already have an allocated budget but no partners or sponsors.

The article didn't show all information but surely there is a partnership. The people behind that building a platform know how the business works.

It's probably where their development will go since it's aimed at a sports prediction market, most likely for gambling. Anyone who will find thier way to download their app will probably be gambling on the live sports they are going to be watching. But they wouldn't be able to do this without partners, I'm there are but probably in the shadows for now.

This is not a unique idea anymore we can watch live sports on stake or sportsbet if the live video is available.

Idk I don't think I can judge it without actually seeing it first. The prospect sounds nice, but then again most projects start off with sounding nice. Still, it seems like it oozes that vibe similar to poker tables? It's like a custom match between fellow betters on that specific sport they want. Letting them set the odd (or using the bookmaker's odds) and adding more conditions and what not, all the while having that social interaction of reacting during the match. Kind of looking forward just to see what it actually does.

This is my first time hearing about Pickguru so i'm not sure that Pickguru will be a big success.  twitch and discord so far as i know where gamers, streamers and gamblers interact with each other and have been popular first.  If indeed the purpose of Pickguru is only as a social media for gamblers, then the market will be small and the idea is not unique.

I agree with this. The platfrom seems to be interesting and promising and how it promotes interaction between betters yet experiencing it first before giving any comments about it. I think it will depend on how it will be categorized and facilitated properly.

What?I guess you mean 2022,not 2020.
I'm pretty sure that this "social gambling platform" won't offer anything new or groundbreaking.
Just a bunch of the old games,but combined in a different way,so that it will look compelling to the newbies.
It has been stated multiple times that skill based games cannot be used for gambling.
I have nothing against player vs. player games.They can be quite interesting.Adding a gambling/betting element can be nice.I'm not a fan of fantasy sports games,so I won't join such platform,if it offers fantasy sports only.Having a variety of games would be nice.
There's no detailed info about this platform,so we can't properly analyze and review all the features that are about to be offered.

The article doesn't give enough information on how the platform will function, rather just a generic idea is given. But I believe that is for the good reason as nk business would want their idea to get published in the market beforehand.

I like the idea of challenging friends and other members over a game. This is something news and a true p2p games unlike what we have in the market today.

Let's see how it is received by the gamers and gamblers. It's a new idea so it's too early to say whether it will fail or not!

I am not that impressed honestly,it is just a revamped version of p2p betting we have right now.It says you have to make prediction against other players,isn't that betting against a friend for example in real life in sport betting or playing poker against other opponents,where is the Social in here as I find it hard to understand?

Maybe because they are hiding gambling here by calling it Social Gambling Platform but in the end it is still normal gambling like we already have dozens of website and casinos that allows for p2p games and poker mostly which is a skill game rather than one based only on luck.

It's true that the information still holds a lot of things that we want to know more about how this will be conceptualized and the intended fantasy game simulation. Regardless of what is being designed to launch in the near future, we can't yet fully say it will fail or succeed. Given the absence of game factors that we can at least try. So far I'm going to put it 50:50 so that there will be more news that can be traced in detail.

It seems just another player vs player platform and nothing different, just to attract more traffic they might be using the different new term. Gambling is evolving all the time so every new idea with actual usage will find the required traffic to drive the platform.

I think that is the same concept with PVP but a different interface and I guess that can succeed if they are different from the previous generation. That can look like a new generation from the gambling and gaming which gather in one big platform that can give a different experience to the player and they will feel another sensation to playing the games.

I do not know whether I want to use or not but as I am not a gamer, maybe I will benefit from the other things, such as if they release their token, that can raise more investors to invest in their project. But we need to wait and see what's next from them so we can decide later.

I agree, yes. Personally, I don't think much of PvP gambling platforms in general, somehow - for me - the sense is missing here. PvP is especially fun in skill-based games. If a game is completely dependent on luck, the benefit of PvP just doesn't make sense to me, it just shows who is luckier than someone else in a certain period of time.