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The New York Business Journal reports that US daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has opened discussions with Walt Disney Co, with regards to a potential venture investment that could see the Seattle based start-up valued at $1 billion. At present the US sports market is seeing a tug of war being fought between heavily backed fantasy sports operators DraftKings and …

Roy Clements, Managing Director, UK for STATS, explains how the firm is continuing development on its award-winning fantasy sports product. SBC: Hi there, can you give further details of STATS’ fantasy sports product and where you feel it fits in with the sports data and insights solutions you provide? RC: Our Fantasy unit has been in operation for more than …

Sports data and insight/analysis operator STATS, has announced a new product aimed at the fast growing daily fantasy sports industry. Starting with baseball and expanding into other sports later this year, STATS is introducing a robust package of daily fantasy tools to its media clients, including projections for every player that will enable value plays, optimal lineups and player rankings. STATS’ …

In his first interview as SBC Social Gaming Editor Rasmus Sojmark CEO of Oddslife interviews Stuart Tilly Co-Founder and Non-Executive Board Advisor at International Social Games Association (ISGA) and the CEO of fantasy sports in-play operator Flip Sports.   Tilly outlines why he feels many businesses have failed to create a social betting industry, whilst other traditional gaming channels have flourished in …

San Francisco based social games developer has officially closed its ZyngaPlus casino and poker real money gaming (RMG) products. The closures of its products sees the termination of its joint partnership with igaming operator bwin.party, which aimed to create and promote RMG Zynga products on social media verticals. Zynga management sent the following communication to existing RMG players “We are …

Reporting on its full year 2014 results, US racetrack operator Churchill Downs (CDI) recorded higher company revenues but lower net income. CDI posted full year revenues of $812 million up 4% on 2013 $779 million, however CDI 2014 net earnings were down 16% to $46.4 million (FY 2013:$55 million). The racetrack operator had been impacted by a poor final quarter …

Boston based daily fantasy sports operator Draftkings has continued its expansion into professional sports by announcing a partnership with leading mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). UFC fighting events will now be promoted on the Draftkings platform, for players to contest exclusive weekly fantasy MMA leagues and contests. UFC is set to plan exclusive prizes for …

New Jersey state race track Monmouth Park has announced a strategic marketing partnership with fantasy sport operator Fantasy Sports Network (FSN), which will cater for the white-label product Monmouth Park Daily Fantasy Sports. The Monmouth Park fantasy product has been plugged into the FSN network to allow customers to access thousands of fantasy sports leagues, attaining the race track operator …

The popularity of the ICC Cricket World Cup, has seen a rise in virtual betting sites targeting cricket mad Indian consumers, reports the Indian Economic Times. Whilst all forms of online sports betting remain illegal in India, Virtual sports betting sites which offer prizes and pooled jackpots offer Indian sports enthusiasts an alternative. The rising popularity of these sites has …

Favourit, the socially designed sportsbook which recently launched with technology partner EveryMatrix is experiencing rapid growth since its launch in November 2014. Outperforming internal expectations and targets, the team is now actively working on assessing new product and market opportunities. Working as an API technology partner with EveryMatrix, Favourit’s “social” user experience gives punters greater insight and interaction with unique …