Tag Archives: daily fantasy sports
US – FanDuel partners with SportCaller for March Madness basketball
SportCaller, the free-to-play (FTP) sports-game provider, has announced a new partnership with US operator FanDuel. The deal sees the FTP specialist roll out a series of marquee games on its light-to-deploy platform across the major American sports, starting with next month’s popular NCAA March Madness basketball (March 19 to April 8). This agreement continues to…
Malta – GamingMalta hosts key leaders from the Daily Fantasy Sports sector
DFS magnates affirmed the industry’s robustness during the European Fantasy Sports Summit (EFSS), presented and produced by the GamingMalta Foundation, held as part of the highly successful Summit of iGaming Malta (SiGMA) last week. Hampus Hagglof, CEO for FSport AB and veteran of the Daily Fantasy Sports sector, set the scene for an in-depth discussion…
India – PlayUp launches Draftstars in India
Draftstars, one of Australia’s most recognised fantasy sports platforms, has been launched in one of the fastest growing fantasy sports markets in the world; India. Draftstars India drew 2300 registrations in its first week of operation, with tens of thousands of Rupees being paid out in its initial few days. It marks the first time…
Malta – Fantasy Sports in Europe is tackled at SiGMA
Malta is renewing its position of host for the second edition of the European Fantasy Sports Summit (EFSS), presented and produced by the GamingMalta Foundation, and which is being held on the second day of the Summit of iGaming Malta (SiGMA). This year’s EFSS will showcase an international string of Daily Fantasy Sports evangelists and…
US – Paddy Power Betfair to merge US operations with FanDuel
Paddy Power Betfair is looking to merge its US business with Daily Fantasy Sports specialist FanDuel, in a deal that will give Paddy Power 61 per cent ownership of the combined entity. Paddy Power Betfair said the deal would bring ‘together the leader in international sports betting and gaming and the company that redefined fantasy…
Pennsylvania – Pennsylvania rolls out Daily Fantasy Sports
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has announced that oversight on the play of Fantasy Sports Contests in the Commonwealth began at the end of April, marking the first official roll-out of new forms of gaming made legal through gaming expansion legislation. PGCB Executive Director Kevin O’Toole says that the agency has received Fantasy Sports Operator…
Sweden – Scout Gaming strikes deal with ComeOn
Scout Gaming Group has entered into an agreement with ComeOn to deliver the company’s Daily Fantasy Sports platform. The agreement gives ComeOn full access to Scout Gaming’s DFS platform enabling them to offer a complete Daily Fantasy Sports solution to all its customers. A free-to-play version will be integrated initially, with the target to integrate…
UK – EvenBet Gaming launches daily fantasy sports product
EvenBet Gaming has announced the launch of a ground-breaking new daily fantasy sports (DFS) product designed to breathe new life into the vertical. EvenBet Daily Fantasy Sports is a feature-packed new turnkey solution that allows operators to seamlessly integrate a market-leading DFS product. It has been designed and developed to guarantee deep user engagement, offering…
US – Merger deal over for FanDuel and DraftKings
DFS operators FanDuel and DraftKings will not challenge the US Federal Trade Commission’s decision to block a deal tying the two biggest companies in the sector together. The Federal Trade Commission the deal would create a company that would control over 90 per cent of the domestic market. FanDuel CEO Nigel Eccles said: “FanDuel decided…
