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 […]
FanAI, an audience management platform that is helping brands target sports fans beginning with the esports industry, announced this week the closing of a seed funding round supported by several sports technology venture capitalists and the founder of DraftKings, Jason Robins. The company also announced a partnership with DreamHack, one of the world’s largest esports […]
Back in late 2015, New York ordered daily fantasy sports websites to cease their practices for violating gambling laws. Fast forward to a few days ago, and the ruling was reversed. Well-known sites within the multi-billion dollar industry, notably DraftKings and FanDuel, will soon be able to resume their respective operations within the state. Although […]
The popular daily fantasy sports platform, DraftKings, has partnered up with sports data provider Opta with aims to add more excitement to the daily fantasy game. DraftKings is one of the leading providers of daily fantasy sports and hopes this partnership will engage new fans and help expand their consumer market. Opta collects, packages, and […]
Since its formative years, fantasy football is predicated on statistics. These numbers have formed fan interest to develop rapidly, both from the hardcore faction and casual ones alike. These fictional games serve as a conduit for friendly competition and community–well before any of the mainstream social networks. In fact, daily fantasy football, in particular, reached […]
