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Tag: DFS

  • Vivid Seats Purchases Betcha Sports Adding DFS Props To Ticketing Platform

    Vivid Seats Inc. (NASDAQ: SEAT), acquired Betcha Sports to augment their online ticketing marketplace technology portfolio with a real money sport app complete with social media and gamification feature sets furthering the parent company’s fan connection while attending live sporting events. Vivid Seats completed the final business step for a purchase price of $25 million…

  • Fantasy Football Strategy: 5 Best Tips to Playing Fantasy Football

    Football lovers tend to become game analysts, stat-machines that run the numbers when it comes to their favorite game. However, it’s not just about running the numbers, or about the players the fans are rooting for, or their favorite football team. The third-string running back of the second-best team from another division is also a…

  • PGA Tour Appoints DraftKings Official Daily Fantasy Game of Golf

    PGA Tour and DraftKings entered into a new business arrangement making the latter the “Official Daily Fantasy Game of the PGA Tour.” The content and marketing deal is a first DFS partnership for the PGA Tour. The Sports Techie community blog encourages the legal play of fantasy sports, both traditional and daily, check to see…

  • WinView Scores Blake Griffin To Promote Commodification And Gamification By Sports Fans

    Blake Griffin and In-Game Predictions Platform WinView Games Flip the Script by “Taking Shots” at Fans Predicting Live Sports WinView and NBA All-Star Blake Griffin partnered to promote their sports tech platform that allows fans to predict during live sports events and action. To play the contest, simply make in-game predictions and win cash money…

  • Sports Betting Across America

    This is the year American sports betting became legal outside of the stranglehold Las Vegas had for decades. In May, 2018 the Supreme Court ruled the Federal law in place banning this type of action unconstitutional allowing each state the right to make the decision whether to offer legalized sport bets. The unfair monopoly that…

  • Matthew Berry Game Changer Awarded To World Championship Of Fantasy Football

    WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF FANTASY FOOTBALL NAMED FIRST-EVER “MATTHEW BERRY GAME CHANGER” AWARD WINNER Winning the inaugural Matthew Berry Game Changer Award earned the World Championship of Fantasy Football (WCOFF) a check for $200,000, the Crystal Trophy and a piece of sports tech history. With the NFL 2018 season and training camp less than a month…

  • Bracket Advice By numberFire With Special March Madness Tournament Rate

    Bracket Advise By numberFire With Special March Madness Tournament Rate The sports analytics loving folks at numberFire once again shared their March Madness bracket generator and NCAAB tools to help our users prepare for their bracket pools. The Sports Techie community blog readers and followers include many fans that play in March Madness pools with…

  • Fantasy Sports And Daily Fantasy Sports: What You Need to Know

    Fantasy Sports And Daily Fantasy Sports: What You Need to Know Fantasy sports (FS) are games played by sports fans and enthusiasts against one and other. The games are generally played online and with apps by players building virtual teams with real players. Results are based on the performance of those players. Choosing a “fantasy”…

  • NFL Game Pass Europe Launches To Change Fan Viewership Habits

    Europe, Get Ready For NFL Game Pass Europe OTT Streaming NFL Game Pass Europe launched in time for the New England Patriots dismantling by the Kansas City Chiefs in game one of the 2017 season. American football fans in 61 European markets can now pay to subscribe to stream live games and compelling, data rich…

  • Sports Gambling May Soon Be Legal Outside Las Vegas

    Sports betting and gambling may soon be legal outside of Las Vegas perhaps by next year in states like New Jersey from all indications. NBA commissioner Adam Silver to former MLB commish Fay Vincent are making statements indicating they are betting on this sea of change happening  in the near future even though an ongoing…