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Sportnco provides PMU with new daily fantasy sports platform

May 25, 2018

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French business-to-business online sportsbook solutions innovator Sportnco has announced the signing of an agreement that has seen it provide state-owned Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) with a desktop and mobile daily...

Paddy Power Betfair to buy controlling stake in FanDuel Incorporated

Adam Morgan

May 24, 2018

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European online and retail sportsbetting and gaming operator Paddy Power Betfair has announced the signing of a definitive agreement that is to see it purchase a controlling stake in American daily fantasy spor...

Paddy Power Betfair eyeing potential FanDuel Inc. purchase

Adam Morgan

May 16, 2018

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European online and retail sportsbetting and gaming operator Paddy Power Betfair has reportedly announced that it is in negotiations regarding the possible purchase of American daily fantasy sports operator Fan...

Global Daily Fantasy Sports Incorporated awarded Malta license

Adam Morgan

April 21, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Licensing, Malta

Canadian daily fantasy sports software supplier Global Daily Fantasy Sports Incorporated has announced that it has received a business-to-business controlled skill games supply license from the Malta Gaming Aut...

DFS bill moves ahead in Louisiana while sports betting falls behind

Sadonna Price

April 20, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, Louisiana

In the Louisiana legislature on Tuesday, both fantasy sports and sports betting were up for discussion and while the House advanced the daily fantasy sports (DFS) proposal, a Senate committee rejected a sports ...

DraftKings announces coming expansion into Australia

Adam Morgan

April 19, 2018

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American daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has announced that it intends to start offering its online contests to players in Australia later this year after receiving a license from the Northern Territor...

Arena Racing Company Limited acquires majority stake in virtual games firm

Adam Morgan

March 23, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Game manufacturers, Horse Racing, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, United Kingdom

British horseracing track operator Arena Racing Company Limited has announced the signing of a deal that has seen it spend an undisclosed amount of money to acquire a controlling stake in Greek virtual games de...

DraftKings hires Sean Hurley to lead sportsbetting effort

Adam Morgan

February 28, 2018

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Anticipating a positive outcome to the Christie v NCAA federal lawsuit currently being considered by the United States Supreme Court, daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has announced the hiring of Sean Hu...

ESPN and DRAFT score big at 2017 Fantasy Sports Trade Association Awards

Kim M

January 24, 2018

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ESPN was the big winner at the 2017 Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) Industry Awards held during the FSTA Winter Conference Tuesday. The U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel wa...

DraftKings to increase workforce by 75 percent; relocating to new Boston headquarters

Kim M

January 15, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, Massachusetts

Boston-based daily fantasy sports contest provider, DraftKings, Inc., recently announced that it has embarked upon an aggressive hiring campaign that the company expects will increase its size by 75 percent wit...

Significant investment for Realtime Games Limited

Adam Morgan

December 12, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fantasy Sports, United Kingdom

British online games studio Realtime Games Limited has reportedly announced that it has closed an initial funding round and now has approximately £600,000 ($800,400) to help further develop its unique Ultimate ...

Fantasy sports bill makes it to the Governor’s desk in Ohio

Kim M

December 8, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Fantasy eSports, Ohio

After an amended version was given the green light by the Senate on Nov. 29 and being approved for the second time by the House on Tuesday, a bill that legalizes and regulates paid-entry fantasy sports in Ohio ...

Nigel Eccles leaves FanDuel after eight years at the helm

Adam Morgan

November 22, 2017

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After co-founding FanDuel in 2009 before helping to grow the enterprise into the world’s second largest daily fantasy sports operator in terms of user base and entry fees, Nigel Eccles (pictured) has now report...

DraftKings partners with WPT for European Championship

Sadonna Price

November 20, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Poker Tournaments, Poker, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fantasy Sports, Germany

Daily fantasy sports company DraftKings is returning to the live tournament poker scene as the Boston-based DFS outfit and the World Poker Tour reached an agreement that will see DraftKings serve as the sponsor...

DraftKings signs deal to live-stream EuroLeague basketball games

Adam Morgan

November 9, 2017

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Daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has signed an agreement that will soon see it begin offering customers the ability to view live EuroLeague basketball games utilizing its iOS and Android-enabled mobile ...

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Sportnco provides PMU with new daily fantasy sports platform

Paddy Power Betfair to buy controlling stake in FanDuel Incorporated

Paddy Power Betfair eyeing potential FanDuel Inc. purchase

Global Daily Fantasy Sports Incorporated awarded Malta license

DFS bill moves ahead in Louisiana while sports betting falls behind

DraftKings announces coming expansion into Australia

Arena Racing Company Limited acquires majority stake in virtual games firm

DraftKings hires Sean Hurley to lead sportsbetting effort

ESPN and DRAFT score big at 2017 Fantasy Sports Trade Association Awards

DraftKings to increase workforce by 75 percent; relocating to new Boston headquarters

Significant investment for Realtime Games Limited

Fantasy sports bill makes it to the Governor’s desk in Ohio

Nigel Eccles leaves FanDuel after eight years at the helm

DraftKings partners with WPT for European Championship

DraftKings signs deal to live-stream EuroLeague basketball games

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