Fantasy Sports
Former Turner president David Levy joins SimWin
The former, longtime Turner president David Levy has joined digital sports league SimWin Sports as a team owner and board advisor
Slipper secures £2.6m seed funding for new social gaming platform
Oli Slipper, the co-founder of sports digital media company Perform, has secured £2.6m (€3m/$3.4m) in seed funding for his new social gaming platform, PickGuru.
Dream Sports valued at $8bn after new funding round
Indian fantasy sports operator Dream Sports has raised $840m (€742.2m) in a new funding round that has valued the company at $8bn.
Dream11 suspends fantasy gaming in Karnataka amid confusion over regulation
Indian fantasy sports operator Dream11 has suspended its services in the Indian state of Karnataka following a legal action that alleges the company breaches a new regulation against online gambling
Dream Sports CEO says firm will ‘no longer seek Chinese funding’
Harsh Jain, chief executive and co-founder of Dream Sports, which owns India’s largest fantasy sports platform Dream11, has stated that in future they will not turn to Chinese investors to raise funds.
India’s Tamil Nadu bans online games and gambling, more states considering action
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu is the third state to ban online games and gambling, with the state of Karnataka also said to be considering similar action
Indian fantasy sports industry can surmount recent legal hurdles, say experts
IPL driving growth in Indian fantasy sports sector
Users predicted to hit 100m this year
Sector continues to face legal challenges
Dream11’s latest $235m funding round ‘takes company close to $2.5bn valuation’
India-based fantasy sports platform Dream11 is in talks with at least four private equity firms as part of its latest round of funding that could see its overall valuation break the $2.5bn (€2.1
Indianapolis Colts announce fantasy sports partnership with FanDuel
The National Football League's Indianapolis Colts are partnering with daily fantasy sports company FanDuel for the remainder of the 2019-20 season.
Legislation tabled to legalise sports betting in Virginia
In the wake of the US Supreme Court decision earlier this year to allow sports gaming, six states have already moved quickly to allow betting on sporting events in their states
Innovative fantasy sports league launches
A new professional fantasy league for American football that runs entirely on blockchain technology has announced details of its first token offering ahead of its launch in the US next year