Tag Archives: DFS

Benjamin Carlotti is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at DFS operator Oulala but he’s also the President of the recently formed International Fantasy Sports Association (INFSA). Team SBC spoke with him about why such a body is needed and the primary aim of providing a help hand to operators, the growth of the DFS scene in Europe and the potential of …

Following the successful launch of its monetised version in the UK last October, Oulala now allows users to choose football players from 24 national teams that will participate in the fast approaching European Championship.   The game has the same format, but has been redesigned and equipped with a number of additional features. The users will be able to form their fantasy …

New York legislators have been in advanced talks on the potential legislation of daily fantasy sports (DFS) which could see a conditional bill drafted for the legal/licensed framework of DFS state services. Leading DFS operators FanDuel and DraftKings have been under investigation from New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman since October 2015, following damaging allegations of misuse of game and …

DraftKings, the world’s leading Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) platform, is expanding its payment options in the United Kingdom through a partnership with Paysafe, a leading global payment provider. DraftKings’ UK customers can now fund their accounts with debit and credit cards. Through this agreement, Paysafe, a FTSE 250 company, will be the exclusive debit and credit card processor for DraftKings UK. Paysafe’s expertise in payment …

Premier Punt is a real money DFS operator based in Scotland that’s making big moves ahead of next season. Founded by John Gordon, Jonathan Warman, Stewart Gove and Andy Daykin it recently went live with its second investment round in order to grow its product ahead of the forthcoming campaign.  Following on from similar topics discussed by the DFS panel at …

 A Bet A will launch MegaFan Manager for Euro 2016, a product which takes Fantasy Football into UK and Irish retail bookmaking for the first time. The service will allow customers from 1,000 shops to use their skill and knowledge of this summer’s Euro 2016 tournament to pick a team of 11 players with a fictional budget of £100m. Each …

The question of the value of club partnerships for both parties was the opener of the daily fantasy sports panel at Betting on Football (#bofcon) on Thursday afternoon.  Oulala Founder Valery Bollier, Sportego Founder Trev Keane, Mondogoal International Director Richard Graham and Fantasybet CEO Viktor Enoksen discussed DFS in Europe in a session chaired by Editec’s Simon Burrell. Mondogoal’s Richard …

Daily fantasy sports operator Premier Punt was first established in late 2013 and went live in March 2015. Having secured the investment of several local and overseas shareholders, and having acquired a UK licence from the Gambling Commission it’s now looking to press on with a second investment round.  The previous investment round took place in April 2015 and the …

Filing a Nevada District Court appeal, Las Vegas-based betting/gambling technology provider CG Technology (former Cantor Gaming Group) has sued daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators DraftKings and FanDuel on multiple infringements of its patents. CG Technology a specialist in US land based sports betting, claims that the DraftKings and FanDuel products have breached eight of its secured patents. The patent infringements …

The award-winning daily fantasy sports platform,DraftDay Gaming Group, Inc., has announced the launch of Draftstars, a daily fantasy sports site aimed at the Australian market. Draftstars is a joint venture between CrownBet and Fox Sports Australia. Based in Melbourne, it now offers Australia’s biggest fantasy sports prize pools. Draftstars has also become an official partner of the Australian Football League (AFL), with exclusive access …