The Dallas Cowboys owners' investment fund has fallen to 4.46% of FaZe owner GameSquare after FanEngine's sellers took 30% of the company. It bought about $1.65M of stock this spring. Those shares now sit about 43% below cost.

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Update: BETER says a separate operator runs ESportsBattle, with BETER only advising on integrity, and that two people in the Ukrainian case are former ESportsBattle players. It says the case began with a player's report, which TEA has not confirmed.

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A Ukrainian player was convicted of fixing ESportsBattle matches. BETER runs the series, prices the betting on it and polices it. ESIC, its accreditor, tells TEA that structure "creates integrity risks and potential conflicts requiring external scrutiny."

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Grup Mediapro plans to dissolve Fandroid, the company behind Spain's LVP, and keep its profitable contracts, per its 2025 accounts. Eighteen months after a €2.33M rescue, LVP lost €1.13M on €8.96M revenue as headcount fell from 182 to 52.

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British Esports and Varkey Group launched EGAMES DUBAI27, a global schools esports competition with Dubai finals in April 2027.

No budget or prize pool disclosed, and British Esports runs on interest-free loans from a company its president controls.

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SOOP's Q3 operating profit fell 60% as viewer donations hit a three-year low, even as visitors rose. Nearly 30% of the star balloon drop among its top streamers traces to one channel: Cheolgu, who went dark after a July gambling confession.

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A Finnish court judgment reviewed by TEA shows Valve paid NAVI's Aleksib EUR 53,227.90 in 2019 sticker money with no tax withheld. The court rejected his defence that he assumed it was already taxed. He has until Nov. 3 to signal an appeal.

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Brazilian labor courts have held Corinthians liable in 10 of 13 decided suits over wages its esports licensee never paid. The club had licensed the whole operation to CDS. When CDS stopped paying, the bill came back to the badge.

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ENCE will file for bankruptcy after 13 years. Its accounts show revenue fell 79% in two years, from EUR 6.31M in 2023 to EUR 1.32M in 2025, as it lost top-tier results and then its Louvre partner slot. End-2025 equity covered under four months of losses.

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VCT China cuts its partners from 10 to eight for 2027-28. Weibo Gaming joins, Xi Lai Gaming moves up, and FPX, Wolves, Nova and Titan are out. People close to TJ Sports told TEA the selection favored financial commitment and parent-platform support.

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Riot is cutting every VCT region from 10 partners to eight for 2027-28, leaving out Cloud9, KIWOOM DRX, ENVY and FlyQuest. Partners keep team skins in a league where digital goods made up $86 million of the $105 million-plus Riot paid teams in 2025.

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I've started a monthly esports government policy recap on @TEAdvocated!

This first edition looks at how @EWC_EN
will shape future France regulations.

Also...why are there suddenly more nations cups that ever before?

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FIFA and the Saudi Esports Federation have postponed the FIFAe Finals 2026 in Jeddah a day before the first match, with no new date. FIFA cited "logistical arrangements." Japan and Brazil had already withdrawn over security.

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France had some of the EU's only dedicated esports rules on the books when the EWC moved from Riyadh to Paris at short notice.

@TheUrbanShep on what's next for French policy and why four organizers now want to own the national-team tournament.

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Forkast, the esports prediction market built by Community Gaming, is shutting down on Nov. 9. Lifetime volume: $100M+. Kalshi users traded $344M on esports in a single 30-day period. Worlds winner markets will be refunded before the Nov. 14 final.

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Evo France is leaving Nice for Paris in 2027 under NEO, a promoter that began operating in March. The stated reason is capacity: NEO says it has maxed out Nice's Palais des Expositions.

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Team Vitality is pausing its LFL academy team, two days after Ici Japon Corp said it will shut down. Both point to the same gap: Webedia is reportedly leaving France's League of Legends league, and no 2027 operator has been named.

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Ghost Gaming will sell sponsorships around a new Kennesaw State Call of Duty program as its commercial partner from 2026-27. Terms undisclosed. Ghost's $1M+ a year Georgia pledge covers far more than this one deal.

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Brazil's betting ban outlaws betting sponsorship. Keyd Stars and LOUD have already left CS2, and BetBoom holds or sponsors most of Brazil's top-tier Counter-Strike broadcasts. Congress and the Oct. 25 runoff decide whether the ban lasts.

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Thibaut Courtois has invested in Astralis owner Fusion Esports Group. Danish filings show Fusion raised about $484,000 at nearly 4x its earlier price days before the deal, weeks after Astralis's auditor flagged going-concern doubts. Terms undisclosed.

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