Home featured GAMURS Group co-founder and CEO Riad Chikhani Featured Startup Featured GAMURS pools resources with fellow startup Puntaa to take a bigger bite out of esports James Harkness October 30, 2017 Two Aussie startups have joined forces to satisfy growing demand within the increasingly lucrative competitive video gaming industry for a daily fantasy esports offering. As part of this undertaking, they are rolling out what they hope will become the universal cryptocurrency for esports enthusiasts. Launched across Australia in late August, Skrilla is a wagering platform that enables users to assemble a fantasy esports team consisting of professional gamers, across a range of video games, and compete for a share in a prize pool. It represents a collaboration between two Australian startups – GAMURS Group, a leading esports multi-media network with offices in Sydney and Texas, and peer-to-peer social betting platform Puntaa, which operates out of Brisbane. “Presently, there is a lot of uncertainty in the esports wagering space, particularly around the security of the users’ personal details and regulatory requirements,” Riad Chikhani, the CEO and co-founder of GAMURS Group told Dynamic Business . “Many platforms are not fully regulated and those that have gone under serve as a reminder of the need for regulatory compliance when seeking to capture major markets such as the US. “Platforms have been caught out by accepting bets globally in circumstances where they didn’t hold a license, failing to perform anti-laundering checks and not having Know Your Customer (KYC) Procedures. Puntaa, which is