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There was a time not too long ago when the hot property was Daily Fantasy. The two leaders in the space, Fan Duel and Draft Kings, were spending money as fast as they could raise their millions in what looked like an arms race to see who could be the more disruptive. For one glorious …
The past few weeks have been another whirlwind of activity around the fantasy sports and gaming space. While states line up with their newly formed regulations on daily fantasy sports as the NFL preseason approaches, the continued debate over when and how legalized sports betting will take place continues to roll along, and every time …
Several years ago, Mike Vaccaro for the New York Post wandered into a legal betting parlor in London prior to a Giants appearance in and NFL London game and asked to place a bet. The clerk looked stunned, wandered away from the window and came back a few minutes later, telling him that it was …
This also appeared in The Daily Payoff At last week’s Fantasy Sports Trade Association Summer Conference in New York, a crowd of several hundred, most on laptops, listened intently to sports and fantasy business leaders talk about the upward growth and engagement of consumers in and around all things fantasy, especially the fascination with …
So with American Pharoah’s run into the history books now complete, what’s next for horse racing in the United States? How does an industry slow on the uptake capture and expand what could be next? Are there brands like Monster Energy, Draft Kings and Wheels Up…or even Burger King…that entered the racing picture Saturday at …
Pete Rose on the comeback, kinda? It has been very slow, but the logjam appears to be softening under new MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, as baseball’s banned hit king has started to make his way into the “official” good graces with baseball. The question from a business standpoint for Rose is, is it too late …
While the casual fan may think that all this “fantasy” stuff is new from a business perspective, in reality the roots of fantasy are a few decades old, and there are few who understand the history, the success, and the failures of the business better than Rick Wolf. A Fantasy Sports Trade Association Hall of …
As a league on the comeback, Arena Football has to find ways to cut through the clutter to get some exposure away from their games and into the general conversation, so why not dive right into one of the hottest topics in American sport off the field these days; legalized gambling. While pay fantasy platforms …
The following also appeared in The Daily Payoff A few weeks ago E-Sports veteran turned commentator Rod “Slasher” Bresleau was asked at a New York Sports Venture event what the next wave of fantasy sports will be. The answer might have surprised a few audience members. “Why not e-sports fantasy,” he said “These guys …
The following post also appeared Saturday on The Daily Payoff Experts will say a key factor in driving business is healthy competition. “You want to be the Avis to their Hertz,” the late Jay Larkin, former head of Showtime Sports, once said, when referring to his network’s ability to create opportunities for boxing when going …