The days of cockfighting are long over in Puerto Rico as the island’s appeal to overturn a 2018 federal law banning the blood sport has been rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.
E-sabong, also known as online cockfighting, became widespread in the Philippines at the height of the pandemic. Now, President Duterte has ordered to shut down all operations of e-sabong in the country.
Irreverent Labs’ first game, MechaFightClub, has received $40 million in funding. The robot cockfighting game utilizes NFTs and blockchain for collectible characters.