The fantasy sports industry has seen exponential growth in the number of participants, revenue and value in just the past couple of years.
Sportradar today announced the launch of new deep data coverage for eSports via its industry leading API. Sportradar’s data feed provides key data points such as stats and results for all the leading game titles and tournaments.
After five consecutive quarters with some kind of investment, there was no activity at all in fantasy sports companies, according to data provided to VatorNews by the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).
According to the latest market research study released by Technavio, the fantasy sports market in Brazil is expected to exceed USD 1.5 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of over 20% during the forecast period. According to Abhay Sinha, lead analyst for outdoor gear research at Technavio, “A fantasy sport is a game, which allows participants […]
An amended bill that would legalize and regulate fantasy sports in Illinois is one step closer to becoming law, despite strong opposition from other gambling stakeholders and the Illinois Gaming Board.
Whether or not lawmakers consider fantasy sports to be gambling will determine how products are designed in the future and the technological burden placed on operators to ensure compliance with newly-enacted laws.
What if a daily fantasy sports operator figured out a way to generate a strong user base, without requiring participants to pay an entry fee, and still earn a profit? Virtual currency could hold the answer.
We asked our Board of Directors, our Committees, and a few of our Hall of Famers the following question–and while a few of them had a hard time sticking to one sentence (talk about passion!) here’s what a few of them came up with: How would you describe what fantasy sports means to you (in […]
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Spring training is underway, and for millions of baseball fans that means it’s time to start over-analyzing players and stats to fill their not-real, totally-made-up team rosters. Welcome to a new season of fantasy baseball. Today, fantasy sports is a multibillion-dollar industry. According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, 56.8 million people played in some […]