
Just a couple weeks away from their third Main Event Championship the Epic Poker League made a major announcement stating they will be partnering with USA Today Sports Media Group and Big Lead Sports in a press release.
The new partnership will see USA Today list the Global Poker Index (now known as the USA Today Global Poker Index in both their print and online editions and will see the Epic Poker League, and their contributors, be the exclusive poker content provider for Big Lead Sports.
Our work with the USA TODAY Sports Media Group and Big Lead Sports will help drive poker deeper into the mainstream news cycle and further position the game right alongside other professional sports content, said Jeffrey Pollack, executive chairman of the Epic Poker and its parent company, Federated Sports + Gaming.
Partnering with Epic Poker will enable us to offer our fans top-notch coverage and insights into everything happening in the world of poker, said Chris Russo, chief executive officer of Big Lead Sports.
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