On Wednesday, European sports betting provider Kambi Group revealed that it had entered into a technology agreement with DraftKings. Kambi will supply the daily fantasy sports company with the services...
Daily fantasy sports site FanDuel is being taken over by U.K.-based betting house Paddy Power Betfair, a deal that will give one of Europe’s largest bookmaking companies access to the U.S. market in a new era of legalized sports gambling. Paddy Power Betfair agreed to pay $158 million for 61% of FanDuel. It will up […]
With entrepreneurs starting to develop real-world applications for blockchain, the underlying technology behind cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum and Bitcoin, two blockchain-based startups are looking to improve daily fantasy sports and nab market share from DraftKings and FanDuel. In 2017, the number of fantasy sports players in the U.S. and Canada ballooned to a record 59.3 […]
DraftKings will now try its hand at live streaming sports. The daily fantasy sports giant announced Tuesday that users will be able to live stream select EuroLeague Basketball games through its app, marking the company’s inaugural foray into the streaming world. Starting in 2018, users in the U.S. and Canada will have access to one […]
The NBA is getting in on the action when it comes to real-time fantasy competition, launching the mobile fantasy NBA InPlay on Thursday so fans can compete during nationally-televised games in time for Christmas. Looking to get fans to watch live games for longer periods of time, NBA Digital partnered with FanDuel to develop this second-screen […]
