Industry
September 29, 2022
PrizePicks Appoints Hackney as COO, Adds Singh and Perrault
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator PrizePicks announced three strategic hires, Chris Hackney as Chief Operating Officer (COO), Chip Singh as Executive Creative Director, and Amy Perrault as Senior Vice President of Human Operations ahead of a busy fall. Support Growth Expectations As PrizePicks registered real money entry from over 200,000 unique members during the first […]
Industry
September 12, 2022
Flex Fantasy Turns to Xpoint for Geolocation Services
Geolocation tech supplier for the North American betting and gaming industry Xpoint announced another partnership with a daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator, Flex Fantasy. Second DFS Partner The partnership between Xpoint and Flex Fantasy saw the DFS operator go live with Xpoint Lite, the geolocation product provided by Xpoint that matches the geolocation and compliance […]
Sports
September 8, 2022
Playmaker Named No House Advantage Exclusive Fantasy Partner
Social media sports and entertainment content platform Playmaker announced it has selected emerging sports platform No House Advantage (NHA) as its exclusive fantasy partner for the upcoming NFL season. Fantasy Sports Content Integration The new partnership between Playmaker and NHA for the 2022 NFL season will see content from the daily fantasy sport (DFS) operator […]
Sports
March 23, 2022
New York Top Court Sides with Fantasy Operators, DFS Not Gambling
Betting companies and gaming operators in New York secured another victory on Tuesday after the State Court of Appeals sided with FanDuel and DraftKings, agreeing that the fantasy contests that these two – and other – operators run, are perfectly legal and allowed under the Empire State constitution. DFS Not a Game of Chance Last […]
Industry
July 27, 2021
DraftKings Pulls DFS Out of Oregon as It Eyes the Larger Sports Betting Market
DraftKings has decided that the activity that propelled it to the top of the charts in the sports gambling world is no longer as important. Both DraftKings and FanDuel got their starts by offering daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests and more, but DraftKings seems to be pulling away. It has suddenly and unexpectedly cut off […]
Sports
June 30, 2021
DFS Operator PrizePicks Has a New Deal in the Works with the Atlanta Falcons
July is at our doorsteps, which means that fall is right around the corner. To some, that might not mean much, but to the other 98% of us, it can only mean one thing – football is almost here. NFL, college and high school football teams and fans, as they do every year, are anxiously […]
Industry
October 20, 2020
IRS: DFS Entry Fees Should be Subject to Federal Excise Tax
The industry of daily fantasy sports (DFS) is facing a significant threat to its very existence, a comprehensive analysis of recent developments outlines. And that threat comes from the internal revenue service (IRS) which came up twice for the last 4 months with statements that DFS represents wagering and should be subjected to federal excise […]
Sports
October 14, 2020
DFS Weekend Chaos as Data Outage Leaves Players on the Dark
Fans of daily fantasy sports (DFS) had a weekend to forget, as an outage in the data turned all participants blind as to what was happening and who stood wherein the ranking. The issue with Stats Perform significantly disrupted contests across multiple platforms and caused players to vent their frustration. Delays in Scoring Delays for […]
Sports
August 15, 2020
DraftKings & FanDuel May Face Millions in Excise Tax Annually
A major shake-up for the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry is looming after the decision by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that the entry fees for the competitions must be subjected to federal excise tax, threatening to affect large DFS and sports book operators such as DraftKings and FanDuel. An internal memorandum from the Office […]
Esports
April 4, 2020
DraftKings Launches eNASCAR Daily Fantasy Contest
The latest addition to the fantasy lineup features a DraftKings-run contest covering the eNASCAR Bristol Motor Speedway this Sunday. DraftKings Adds eNASCAR Fantasy Contest After successfully introducing a Counter-Strike fantasy game, DraftKings is now adding an entirely new product for the eNASCAR series. With Nevada giving an official go-ahead to both competitions as official events […]