Daily fantasy sports provider DraftKings has moved to enhance its presence in Major League Baseball (MLB) by entering into partnership with 27 teams from the North American competition.
US fantasy sports operator FanDuel has moved to enhance its presence in North America’s NBA basketball league by entering into a new multi-year partnership with the Charlotte Hornets.
The Fox Sports division of US network Fox and a number of major sports leagues in North America have become the latest investors to commit funding to daily fantasy sport provider DraftKings.
Daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel has moved to enhance its current service offering by striking a deal to acquire Scottish mobile development firm Kotikan.
Fantasy football mobile application Fantasy iTeam has partnered with UK newspaper the Daily Mirror to launch a new app for the 2015-16 football season.
Amaya-owned PokerStars has increased its marketing activities ahead of the potential launch of a new daily fantasy sports services in the US later this year.
Daily fantasy sports operator FanDuel has revealed it has been able to secure an additional $275 million (€249.7 million) in Series E financing, increasing the total capital raised by the company to $363 million.
Multinational technology company Yahoo has confirmed the launch of a new daily fantasy sports service that will allow players to compete for cash prizes.
The acquisition of Major League Fantasy by Latitude360 shows that US DFS companies believe the product can gain traction through offline leisure-themed venues. As ever, the key to its success will be in the execution, writes Steve Ruddock.
The backers strewing money at the feet of DraftKings and FanDuel patently believe there’s a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but we’ve been here many times before, writes Mickey Charles of The Sports Network.
iGaming Business filmed all the panels and sessions from the IMGL Masterclass as part of the iGaming Super Show that took place in Amsterdam from 24-26 June and has made them available for you to view.
Wouter Sleijffers, CEO at Fnatic, tells the iGaming Super Show why eSports has become a buzzword among marketers in 2016, and explains how eSports is disrupting the gaming industry.
Panelists in a discussion at the iGaming Super Show say the prospects for DFS in Europe are good, but that the continent poses very different challenges to those encountered Stateside.
