TotelFootball the real money gaming fantasy football operators have signed a partner agreement with gaming services and software provider OpenBet for the upcoming 2013/14 football season.
This European football season – TotelFootball’s flagship fantasy sports pools betting product will be available to all gaming operators using the Openbet sports betting platform. As Openbet seeks to broaden its client gaming ans sports betting portfolio, by offering the first networked fantasy sports betting pool, using to its current sports betting network to generate product liquidity for TotelFootball.
TotelFootball allows players to combine fantasy football management with sports betting by wagering on the performance of their line-ups from top European competitions, including the Premier League, Champions League, La Liga, Serie A and Bundesliga.Unlike traditional fantasy games, TotelFootball competitions only span the course of one round of fixtures to ensure renewed interest for each game week. Stakes are variable and the total collected creates the prize pool, with payouts determined by bet levels and points accumulated through the performance of team selections.
Keith McDonnell, TotelFootball’s Business Development Director commented on the partnership.“OpenBet has been successfully providing sportsbook software to major operators for more than 15 years so this is a hugely significant deal for TotelFootball. We have created a product that has the winning combination of being simple to understand, play and very easy to integrate. With fantasy games viewed as being integral to social strategies, TotelFootball is a versatile product that penetrates beyond the sportsbook environment.”
Max Francis, OpenBet’s Commercial Partner Manager commented on TotelFootball product “Fantasy games are wildly popular all around the world and TotelFootball has captured their most appealing aspects and added the all important sports betting element. There really isn’t another product like it on the market. It is proven to attract new players and I am sure it will only become a more important acquisition tool given the size of the fantasy sports market.”