Well the dust has settled on the 2019 APL Million and we couldn’t be happier! The APL Million saw qualifiers from all over Australian converge on The Star Sydney’s Poker room in early March.  The APL Million is the marquee event of the APL Million Series, which saw 3,727 players compete in ten events for a total of $2,797,620 in cash! The 2019 APL Million was the biggest league based tournament in poker history, with 1,294 players competing for a $1,617,500 prize pool. In the end it was Huss Hassan, who edged out fellow Sydneysider Peter Curtin for the win. Huss walked away with a whopping $300,000 in cash, while Peter was enjoyed a $175,000 consolation prize. This was Huss’s second major at an APL event, after the took out the APL Main Event in Melbourne in 2015. We were thrilled to see the strength of poker and the enjoyment on the faces of our players. We also want to thank all our venues who, along with our players, make events like this possible. We’re looking to continue the momentum from this event so keep your eyes peeled for more announcements this year. CHECK OUT THE 2019 APL MILLION HIGHLIGHTS HERE In other news our QuizzaMe themed events are proving wildly popular. Mawson Lakes Hotel in South Australia have sold out their Friends event and All Season Bendigo already have 337 tickets sold to their Harry Potter event. We take care of the ticketing for these events so venues with capacities of over 80 can run a cost neutral event which does wonders for bar and bistro takings. FIND OUT ABOUT QUIZZAME THEMED EVENTS HERE Sportspick 2019 has kicked off and our new and improved Sportspick GameZone is helping sports bars boost engagement and promote their live sports broadcasts. NRL and AFL comps are still open for new members, who will simply start with the defaulted away team winners. Keep an eye out for more in coming weeks!

With the start of footy season fast approaching pubs and clubs around Australia will no doubt be considering their footy tipping competition offerings. One of the decisions many venues will face is whether to invest in an automated tipping solution or deal with a time consuming manually run tipping comp. Senior Sports Bar Steward at the Nerang RSL and MemoriaL Club, Sharni Mott, has found Sportpsick’s Super Tipper comp to be a  “lifesaver.” The automated comp has taken away most of the manual work that would otherwise be required to run a traditional tipping competition. “If we weren’t using Sportspick I would have to have a whole day of work dedicated to keeping it all up to date,” said Sharni. “We’ve had Sportspick going on eight years, we used to do it all manually and Sportspick is far easier.” FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SPORTSPICK GAMEZONE HERE Sportpsick is fully automated so venues simply need to set an entry fee and decide on how the cash is allocated to winners. New players receive a Sportspick members card and enter their details on the automoted tipping terminal. All scores and leaderboards are fully automated, meaning there is very little required from venues and no more scoring disputes! By promoting their Sportspick offering to new and potential patrons Sharni has noticed a positive effect on visitation. “It’s definitely bringing people in more often,” she said, referring to the venues NRL tipping comps, which in 2018 had 95 participants. These members are onsite each week to participate in Sportspick’s NRL Super Tipper comp. Asked if most players stuck around for a few drinks after coming in to place tips Sharni replied, “they certainly do. It adds atmosphere to the venue having those people participating.” “We advertise a lot through social media, text message and email,” said Sharni. On top of the local venue prizes players are also competing for a share of $200,000 in cash and prizes offered by Sportspick in national comps. With the season approaching Sharni and other Sports Bar staff around Australia will be launching their tipping comps with a minimum of fuss thanks to Sportspick’s fully automated Super Tipper comps. “I would certainly recommend it to other venues,” said Sharni. “it’s been a lifesaver for us.”