In its ongoing battle for market share of the burgeoning US daily fantasy sports market, market leader FanDuel has confirmed that it has agreed exclusive partnerships with 15 NFL franchises. On Wednesday the operator confirmed exclusive fantasy sports partnerships the following NFL team Baltimore Ravens Buffalo Bills Cincinnati Bengals Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Jacksonville Jaguars …
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Social games sports start-up WinView, a business looking to engage players with real time mobile sports mechanisms offered through synchronised two-screen viewing has announced that it has secured $1.2 million (€1.1 million) in second round venture investment. The funds raised will be used to grow WinView’s development and operations ahead of the planned launch of WinView mobile games in time …
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The National Football League (NFL )announced today a new multi-year agreement with Sportradar US to be its exclusive distributor of comprehensive statistics to digital outlets beginning with the 2015 NFL Season. Sportradar US will become the NFL’s exclusive distributor for official real-time scores, player statistics and play-by-play data (Game Statistics and Information System/ “GSIS”) as well as the NFL’s proprietary …
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Scott Longley, Editorial Director of Regulus Partners, examines the upheaval in the fantasy sports industry caused by last week’s arrival of Disney. No sooner had Amaya announced last week its intention to enter the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) market in the US, than DraftKings dramatically – and appropriately given the provenance of the competition – raised the stakes. News reports …
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A US professional sportsmen poll conducted by ESPN News has revealed that 63% of athletes believe that sports betting should be legalised. ESPN conducted a set of betting related questions to a pool of 73 NBA, MLB, NFL and NHL players. 63% of the athletes questioned believed that sports betting should be legalised in the US, taking on-board an opposite …
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Outspoken NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has been trying to persuade other US sports to take a look at legalising sports betting in order to bring all the illegal betting that currently takes place in to a transparent and regulated environment. Speaking with ESPN, Silver suggested that the other sports were willing to at least take a look at his idea. …
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Arizona Republican Senator John McCain believes that US sports betting legal agenda needs to be addressed promptly by Congress. Speaking ahead of Sundays 1 Feb Super Bowl XLIX’s match between the New England Patriots vs Seattle Seahawks, McCain told ESPN News that US sports betting needed to move away from Nevada and into a wider public forum. At present McCain …
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The NFL has seen a rise in popularity throughout European markets, as its Chief Commissioner Roger Goodell eyes the opening of a London based NFL franchise. Totally different to any European sport SBC asked team Matchbook.com to provide a preview of this year’s NFL Super Bowl XLIX final between the New England Patriots vs Seattle Seahawks (Sunday Feb 1) Rising …
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This week SBC and Bet Advisor catch up with legendary NFL Tipster Jesse Schule. Jesse has maintained a 15% yield staking on NFL and is a key member of the Bet Advisor community. With years of experience in American sports betting Jesse Schule is no doubt a man to follow Click Here to view Jesse Schule Bet Advisor Profile SBC …
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Stefano Saccani, Bet Advisor Affiliate & Business Development Manager, reviews BetAdvisor.com’s tipsters form and betting highlights: Week 7 James Tucker – Tipster of the Week Already mentioned before in these posts, James has proven himself to everyone who has ever followed him. This is why his followers are some of the most loyal in the business – they know he …
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