GALACTIC TO LAUNCH SI PREDICT, A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND PREDICTION PLATFORM UNDER LICENSE FROM SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
The new platform turns fan predictions into interactive experiences.
Galactic, a leading media predictions module and Sports Illustrated, the preeminent brand that celebrates sport and culture, have partnered to launch SI Predict, a new prediction platform that deepens fan engagement by allowing them to interact directly with lifestyle moments adjacent to live sports events.
SI Predict will offer both die-hard fans and casual spectators a dynamic and interactive experience where users can engage with real-time predictions, trade on the outcomes of trends and themes around major global sporting events, and gain deeper insights into public sentiment in a seamless, user-optimized experience. This endeavor marks a significant evolution in sports, transforming fandom into active participation.
'Sports Illustrated has always been about engaging fans in the stories that shape the world of sports,' says Dan Dienst, Executive Vice Chairman, Authentic Brands Group, and Chairman, Sports Illustrated.
'With SI Predict, we're excited to watch Galactic roll out its platform to fans and enthusiasts and enable them to express their insights beyond the sofa or neighborhood tavern and engage passionately with a more global audience on the content adjacent to the sport moments they love.'
Targeted to officially launch in Q2 2025, SI Predict will create a frictionless, intuitive, and easy-to-navigate experience for its users. Galactic, through SI Predict, will focus on fostering conversation, debate, and engagement on a wide range of socially relevant and fun propositions, allowing users to showcase their expertise without the complexities of gambling nor a focus on outcomes or traditional game-specific propositions found at sportsbooks.
Stuart Stott, CEO of Galactic, comments, 'Sports viewership is no longer a one-way conversation. Fans want to be involved, and they want their opinions to have weight. SI Predict revolutionizes sports engagement, transforming it from passive viewership to an active, influential forum.'
Built within a secure, regulatory-compliant framework, Galactic provides a trusted space for fans to participate in real-time predictions. While underlying blockchain technology ensures fairness and accuracy, the experience remains simple and intuitive, requiring no crypto or blockchain knowledge – ensuring that every sports fan can take part.
Galactic's prediction markets, including SI Predict, derive their security from the Truth Network, an appchain on Polkadot parachain Aventus Network, leveraging the security, scalability, and interoperability of the wider Polkadot ecosystem.
Fans interested in early access and news can sign up at sipredict.com.
For more information, visit galacticmarkets.io, or follow @galacticmarkets on X.
For media inquiries, please contact: Ellie Hyman, [email protected]
About Galactic
Galactic is the media engagement engine empowering brands to capitalize on their audience's opinions and reward their expertise through integrated prediction markets. Its seamless predictions portal empowers media enterprises to incentivize deeper engagement, monetize their readership by giving audiences their say, and rewarding their accuracy.
About Aventus
Aventus is an enterprise blockchain solution provider dedicated to delivering secure, scalable, and user-friendly blockchain technology. With a focus on operational excellence and a commitment to adding value, Aventus empowers businesses to leverage blockchain for long-term growth and value creation. Founded in 2020, Aventus offers production-ready, end-to-end Blockchain-as-a-Service software that is modular, scalable, and interoperable, enabling clients to respond to rapidly evolving market opportunities.
About Polkadot
Polkadot is the powerful, secure core of Web3, providing a shared foundation that unites some of the world's most transformative apps and blockchains. Polkadot offers advanced modular architecture that allows devs to easily design and build their own specialized blockchain projects, pooled security that ensures the same high standard for secure block production across all connected chains and apps connected to it, and robust governance that ensures a transparent system where everyone has say in shaping the blockchain ecosystem for growth and sustainability. With Polkadot, users are not just participants, they're co-creators with the power to shape its future.
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