DraftKings is set to sell out a UFC daily fantasy contest with a guaranteed prize pool of $100,000, showing the growth in its mixed martial arts product.
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As Yahoo officially entered the daily fantasy sports realm this week, the sports and types of contests it might offer later remains an open-ended question. Read More
FanDuel added about 40 employees from Zynga after the social gaming company laid off its entire sports division, according to a recent report. That’s a lot of employees According to Re/code, FanDuel hired 38 employees from the shuttered Zynga Sports 365, a division of the company that developed and ran a free-play fantasy-style NFL game. The division’s […] Read More
Vulcun is guaranteeing $4 million in prizes for daily fantasy contests based on League of Legends this year -- an increase of 1,500 percent in two months. Read More
After DraftKings and the UFC entered into a partnership last month, fantasy mixed martial arts prepares to leave its infancy in daily fantasy sports. Read More
DraftKings and MMA's Ultimate Fighting Championship finalize a partnership. And a New Jersey horse track turns to daily fantasy sports for financial relief. Read More
DraftKings finally announced a much anticipated sponsorship deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship that signals a commitment by the daily fantasy sports site to entering the mixed martial arts market. The details of the deal The fact that the deal has been in the works has been known for weeks; the partnership was actually termed as “imminent” by one […] Read More