ringit! Pro is a new mobile app that offers players more than 15,000 prediction opportunities during a single NFL game Former IGT executive Robert Melendres has brought his new ringit! Pro sportsbetting app to market after months of development (see previous InfoPowa reports) The new mobile app from Seattle offers players more than 15,000 prediction opportunities during a single NFL...
Legal staff tasked with assessment The Florida mainstream media reported Wednesday that legal moves are afoot in both the state Senate and House to investigate the daily fantasy sports industry and assess what action could be taken to curtail or restrict its activities. Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner has reportedly asked his lawyers to look into fantasy sports, whilst House...
"Continued patronage in Nevada is impossible for our industry at this time," says president Facing a Florida Grand Jury subpoena, an FBI investigation and a ban on unlicensed daily fantasy sports activity in Nevada (see previous InfoPowa reports), the Fantasy Sports Trade Association has announced to its membership that it is pulling its winter conference, scheduled for January, out of...
Attacks political claims that its DFS activities are not legal Daily fantasy sports market leader FanDuel has commenced a push-back on political allegations that its activities constitute gambling and are therefore legally questionable. On Monday the company launched a player petition, asserting: "Lawmakers in Washington D.C., Nevada, and elsewhere have questioned our right to exist. Knowingly or not, they have...
Speculation that massive negative media coverage is having an impact The massive negative international media coverage on daily fantasy sports "insider" allegations over the past three weeks (see previous InfoPowa reports) along with political and legality questions may be starting to impact the commercial viability of the two market leaders, DraftKings and FanDuel. The UK-based independent monitor SuperLobby says that...
Kraft says company would welcome oversight The president of one of daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings important investors said over the weekend that the beleaguered DFS company is willing to accept regulation and would welcome the oversight. Kraft Group president Jonathan Kraft (he also owns the US football franchise New England Patriots) was speaking on the Sports Hub radio show...
GeoComply launches "Solus" for daily fantasy sports operator With political and enforcement eyes increasingly focussed on the daily fantasy sports vertical, operator DraftDay Gaming Group announced Thursday that it has taken on board GeoComply's "Solus" geo-location technology. GeoComply says Solus has been specially designed for the needs of the rapidly evolving daily fantasy sports sector, and provides geolocation and anti-fraud...
Ban supplemented by request for notification should NCAA referees or officials participate in contests The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has communicated with leading daily fantasy operators DraftKings and FanDuel advising the companies that they are barred from advertising during championship events. ESPN reports that the restriction applies to television broadcasts as well, and was accompanied by a request that...
New video shows that anti-online gambling group is alarmed at the progress of the legalisation debate in Pennsylvania The Sheldon Adelson-funded Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling appears to be alarmed at the positive debate developing on online gambling in Pennsylvania, and has launched a new video vilifying Pennsylvania State Representative John Payne, a driver of the legalisation debate in the...
Legal expert opines that self-interested parties have fought themselves to a standstill and wasted eight years of potential progress Well known and respected California legal expert, Martin Owens, authored a telling op-ed article in the Sacremento Bee this week, bemoaning the lack of progress on legalising online gambling over the past eight years which has denied substantial revenues for the...
