FanDuel has declared ambitious plans to employ 200 software specialists in Glasgow as it announced it is to open its first office in the city. The move comes as the company looks to double its workforce in Scotland this year.
DailyAce.com, a new Daily Fantasy Sports offering with an immersive user experience, all-new game type and fully responsive design across platforms, announced the release of its Beta product onTuesday, June 30, 2015.
FanDuel today announced exclusive multiyear partnerships with13National Basketball Association franchises, including the Atlanta Hawks, Brooklyn Nets, Charlotte Hornets, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, Detroit Pistons, Indiana Pacers, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, Milwaukee Bucks, Orlando Magic and Utah Jazz.
STATS LLC, the world’s leading sports technology, data and content company, announced today it has extended its product offering for daily fantasy sports. STATS is introducing a robust package of NFL daily fantasy tools for media clients, including weekly projections for every player that will enable value plays, optimal lineups and player rankings.
It only took fantasy sports startup SportsLock two months from initial release of its mobile application to closing on a $5 million Series A round of financing. The Series A round officially closed in early May, but has not been announced until today.
Things are moving fast at Fantasy Alarm. Adapt or die is our motto. Brand new membership product focused on daily fantasy sports. Traffic increasing at a higher rate than we anticipated. Producing more content than any other fantasy sports site for the big three sports. Developing real-time tools that use new statistics to give fantasy players an edge.
Nearly all of the 40-plus employees who spent the past year working on sports games at Zynga have found a new team – fantasy sports company FanDuel.
Yahoo’s entry into the daily fantasy sports vertical is a natural extension of its fantasy sports business, which has traditionally hosted season-long fantasy games. Judging by the growth of FanDuels and DraftKings, each valued at $1b, it is expected that Yahoo’s fantasy sports to be as equally successful as the leading players, given YHOO’s longer operating history and user base.
Yahoo’s planned entry into the daily fantasy sports marketplace is good news for consumers in that it restores a third major player to the market. Daily fantasy sports participants have not seen true competition for market share since July 2014 when DraftKings, the market’s second largest player, acquired DraftStreet, the market’s then No. 3 player.
FantasyGol today announced the launch of its new pay-to-play fantasy soccer (fútbol) platform that allows individuals to enter real money fantasy soccer contests to compete against each other in a daily fantasy sports format.