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Ollie Ring

@olliering

Journalist & editor covering gaming, esports, gambling and digital culture | Head of Content | Lootboxes & Leftovers
Watford esprouts.substack.com Joined May 2008
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Ollie Ring @olliering
Nirvana. Beastie Boys. Sonic Youth. Metallica. Sega.

Bryan Burton-Lewis has had a ridiculous career. Nearly 30 years on, it’s Axel from Crazy Taxi that still follows him around.

I spoke to him about the voice, the music and “craaaazy money”.
Ollie Ring @olliering
Don’t stick your old man in a care home, take him to Ladbrokes instead!

Who commissioned this? 😂
Entain Verified account @EntainGroup Sep 28
Higher taxes on betting shops will threaten UK jobs, communities and high streets.

For marketplace manager Jake, shop closures would be a disaster for customers who see them as a safe space to chat, socialise, and feel part of the local community.

Find out what’s at stake ➡️ entaingroup.com/whatsatstake/
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Ollie Ring @olliering
Think the whole STASHD product is.... a bit bonkers really. Seems like not very much thought went into the potential backlash/ramifications/design and language.

Hey-ho!
Esports Insider @esportsinsider May 1
Fnatic wants its case-opening site STASHD to be “a place for the insane pulls, the rare finds and the stories you actually want to share.”

But the community disagrees with voices like @FDS_Dragons calling it out. What’s actually wrong with the product?

esportsinsider.com/2026/05/the-pr…
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Ollie Ring @olliering
Ink in the old quill yet, it seems.
The Escapist Verified account @EscapistMag Nov 12, 2025
"It’s lazy rhetoric and labelling, when the honest discussion should be about harm prevention and better regulatory oversight of the video game industry as a whole."

#Fortnite fans are up in arms about gambling, following a leak that suggests Epic Games will introduce loot boxes in the future.

But are fans, regulators, and everyone in between missing the point?

bit.ly/43WGyuO
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A report by the CPI on Match Fixing and Sports Betting in Brazil has confirmed the authorities have leaked messages from Lucas Paqueta to his brother promising him a "birthday gift" of a yellow card which he subsequently delivered.

Paquetas Uncle also implicated for fixing.