Amit Burman and Adda52 owned Poker Sports League (PSL) has signed an agreement with Discovery Networks India, which gives the later exclusive rights to air the second edition of the league on their flagship sports channel DSport.
The tournament will be covered in English in the first year. It is understood PSL’s choice of broadcast partner was made after careful evaluation involving multiple bids.
While the qualifiers and tryouts for selecting the players for the twelve competing teams of PSL is ongoing, the finale is scheduled to be held in May this year and will have a total prize pool of Rs. 3.60 crores.
Last year, Raj Kundra and International Federation promoted Match IPL hosted a poker league last year that was broadcast on MTV and had total prize money of Rs. 2.50 crores.
Jay has researched extensively on gaming laws and has been cited by various media houses and journals as an expert. He has helped leading newspapers in their stories on gaming laws. Jay completed his B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) degree from NUJS, Kolkata in 2015 and is currently based out of Mumbai.
