Draft Fantasy, the market leader for Premier League draft style fantasy, has been in the process of raising capital investment in order to begin development of its daily fantasy platform. The operator currently has ‘the largest draft style user base in the industry’ and plans to continue its growth by allowing users to participate in weekly and daily drafts for …
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The daily fantasy sports industry has had quite a year in 2016 with legal battles raging throughout the USA, many of which are far from over, and a number of operators stepping things up a gear in Europe. The big two of DraftKings and FanDuel entered Europe, despite the costly court battles Stateside, and smaller operatos such as Mondogoal and …
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Last week’s merger between DFS giants DraftKings and FanDuel was the first major piece of consolidation in the fantasy sports arena. But what are the implications in Europe? Riccardo Mittiga, CEO of ASAP ITALIA and founder of DFS operation Sportito believes that there are huge opportunities now for a nimble operator. SBC: DraftKings and FanDuel have finally merged – was …
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Sam Guigui is the COO at Draft Fantasy, a Premier League daily fantasy operator which was set up with partner Elie Steinbock, Founder and CEO, who spied a gap in the fantasy market. We caught up with the pair of them to discuss regulation, why they think there’s space to compete and that the scene will keep evolving, Honolulu and marketing …
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Fantasy sport is making its mark in India, and Fandromeda have become the latest product to tap into this market with a World T20 Cricket Fantasy game. Since its launch two weeks ago, Fandromeda has racked up over 30,000 free-to-play users, with a cash prize of over Rs.5 lakh when the World T20 tournament ends on 3 April. In the qualifying stages …
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Australian fantasy sports betting provider TopBetta has signed an advertising deal with Fairfax Media. TopBetta currently has 2800 active users but aims to increase this to over 10,000 by utilising the channels that Fairfax Media has access to. The terms of the deal will allow the operator to promote its fantasy sports and racing tournaments across Fairfax’s network of of 3.4 million readers across …
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It has been announced that Marc Saba, Co-Founder of Football Fanager, will be speaking at the Daily Fantasy Sports Expo which is taking place at the Deauville Beach Resort in Miami on the 3rd and 4th of March. The fantasy sports industry has grown substantially in the past five to ten years. The ongoing legal turmoil around the industry at …
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It has been announced today that major DFS operator DraftKings has launched in the UK. This long awaited launch, which was originally scheduled for October 2015, follows the announcement of three Premier League clubs as partners earlier this week. Deals were agreed with Arsenal, Watford and Liverpool which will ensure the operator has exposure at these clubs and will be …
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It has been announced that daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has bagged itself deals with three Premier League clubs including Liverpool, Arsenal and Watford. DraftKings had been set to launch in the UK in late 2015 but this was delayed until early 2016, with a further detailed announcement expected in the very near future. The company has been fighting legal battles …
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Mondogoal is a Boston-based company which has crossed the Atlantic to become the largest DFS platform in Europe. It has partnerships already in place with an impressive list of clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham, West Ham, Valencia, Roma and Barcelona and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. Over £1 million has already been won on the platform in which players are able …
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