Mobile Premier League has acquired eSports gaming company GamingMonk. Founded in 2018 by Sai Srinivas Kiran G and Shubham Malhotra, MPL is a gaming platform that offers more than 70 real money games, including fantasy sports, rummy, poker, chess, 3D pool, ludo, and carrom. It competes with Dream11, WinZo and Mega, among others.
Sai Srinivas said, “GamingMonk will augment our efforts in reaching our target audience and engage with our users effectively. With the increased consumption of Esports in the last couple of years and it becoming as competitive as any other sport, it gives us immense pleasure to present our users with the best of games to play, and enjoy their passion for gaming.”
GamingMonk is an eSports gaming company based out of New Delhi, India. It currently has two verticals – Offline Tournaments & an Online eSports Portal. Offline Tournaments are held across India covering 8 cities so far with an expansion plan of covering 16 cities by next year.
Co-founder of GamingMonk – Ashwin Haryani, informed, “GamingMonk’s vision was to change the esports scenario in India, and I strongly believe that our collaboration with MPL will not only help us accomplish our goal, but also transform the way every individual in our country views esports.”
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