Posted on December 21st, 2015
The National Football League last winter started to line up businesses to distribute one of sports’ hottest commodities – live data from games. Once containing just basic statistics, the data now has everything from the acceleration of each running back due to a computer chip in his equipment to the slice on the flight of […]
Posted on December 18th, 2015
This week, the proponents of Daily Fantasy Sports were busy giving their pitch to a panel of lawmakers in California for minimal regulation in this hugely popular fast growing industry. The Daily Fantasy Sports industry is arguing that the matchups it makes online for sporting events are an outlet for sporting fans that are based […]
Posted on August 5th, 2015
Daily Fantasy Sports have taken off of late. The two startups, which lead the industry – DraftKings and FanDuel, have both raised millions of dollars over the past couple of weeks in funding scoring valuations of close to $1 billion apiece. That has sparked frustration at many of the major gaming companies such as Boyd […]
Posted on July 22nd, 2015
Just uncovered court documents reveal that the opinions of both the NFL and the United States Justice Department are that sports betting is more about skill than it is chance, a very important legal distinction that could shape expanded legalization of betting on sports in the United States. Skilled based contests are more likely to […]
Posted on July 21st, 2015
It has been speculated widely that the online gambling firms across Europe would be the next big, serous players in what had become a market sector that is already saturated known as Daily Fantasy Sports. Unibet is one of the largest European Web gambling companies and it has been confirmed it will be attending the […]