European ‘real-money’ fantasy sports operator Mondogoal has been acquired by Vancouver-based DFS systems provider Global Daily Fantasy Sports Inc (GDFSI) for an undisclosed fee. Last week, GDFSI management released a statement confirming the acquisition of Mondogoal and its related assets and intellectual properties. Founded in 2014 by Shergul Arshad, Mondogoal was one of the first companies to focus on expanding …
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Jamie Reeves – Fplbet – The DFS recipe for success
Jamie Reeves is the director of affiliate website Fplbet and an experienced consultant for daily fantasy football businesses. Jamie has worked behind the scenes with a large number of DFS sites operating in the UK space, including FanTeam, Mondogoal, Fanager, FantasyBet, and more recently Bet4theBest. Fplbet incidentally is a great resource to check in on for fantasy football tips and guidance if …
Read More »Eilers & Krejcik Research – A DFS 2017 Forecast
Eilers and Krejcik Research has unveiled its latest analysis of the daily fantasy sports industry with an update for 2017 which opens with the line ‘by all accounts 2016 was a challenging year for the DFS industry with some silver linings’. These are silver linings worth looking into. First though, a look back at some of the issues the industry …
Read More »Integrated betting markets & extended engagement with DFS
Shergul Arshad, the Founder of Mondogoal, spoke at BOS alongside Lottomatica’s Ubaldo Baldi, Oulala CEO Valery Bollier and Sportito CEO Riccardo Mittiga. Off the back of signing partnerships with Lottomatica, SISAL and more recently the Microgame Group in Italy, Arshad discussed the vast potential benefits for bookmakers to include a daily fantasy product. He said: “It poses a particularly interesting integration for live …
Read More »London Conference will address both DFS and esports
Ticonderoga Ventures, Inc. has announced that the second international eSports 2016 Conference will take place on September 23rd at the Strand Palace Hotel in London. It will be run alongside and in conjunction with the Daily Fantasy Sports Expo. Marc Lesnik, Conference Organiser, said of the two events: “I have seen for the last 2 years a die hard group of …
Read More »9 Reasons to be at BOS (#bettingonsports)
On the fence about attending the Betting on Sports this month? We’ve put together nine reasons why there’s only one place to be on the 15th and 16th. The largest sports betting event of the year with six components On the 15th and 16th September the largest sports betting focused conference of the year will be in session. With operators from …
Read More »International betting community gathers in London for Betting on Sports 2016
London will be subjected to a sports betting industry invasion on Thursday 15th and Friday 16th September, as sports betting operators from around the globe arrive to network and discuss the latest trends and developments. Betting on Sports 2016 has attracted sportsbook operators from the UK, Central and Eastern Europe, US, Canada, Africa, Asia, and even Australia. Organised by SBC …
Read More »MondoGoal signs up its third partner in Italy
DFS operator MondoGoal has agreed a partnership with Italian firm Microgame. The Microgame Group is one of the the leading service providers in Italy. The intention now is to add DFS, courtesy of MondoGoal, to its list of successful igaming products it has offered clients since 1999. Microgame is responsible for over 120 million transactions per year with over 130 brands …
Read More »Is it time for bookmakers to embrace fantasy?
Bookmakers are constantly on the lookout for new additions and features to both retain punters and attract new ones. This is ever trickier in an increasingly flooded marketplace. It’s one which shows no signs of clearing out too with numerous sportsbooks popping up this year from casino operators opening their own sportsbooks to the recent launch of Sun Bets. Real money …
Read More »Karol Corcoran – FanDuel – London Calling
Karol Corcoran is the International Marketing Director at FanDuel. It’s an important period for the company with the EPL kicking off this Saturday and the debut of its new product built for the UK’s football fans. We spoke to Karol about why they set about creating a product from the ground-up, marketing strategy and club partnerships. SBC: Tell us more …
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