First to Market in Mobile and Online Sports Betting

BOSTON (August 6, 2018) – DraftKings Inc. announced today the launch of DraftKings Sportsbook, becoming the first company to offer legal online and mobile sports betting in New Jersey. As the world’s largest daily fantasy sports platform, DraftKings leveraged its best-in-class technology, advantageous positioning and extensive knowledge across sports to bring their Sportsbook product to market just a couple months after officially filing for a sports betting license with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.

“I am excited to begin this new chapter in our story by officially launching what I believe to be the most innovative, mobile sports betting product in the U.S.,” said Jason Robins, CEO and co-founder of DraftKings. “We have put immense thought and significant resources behind the development of DraftKings Sportsbook and I’m confident that sports fans in New Jersey will enjoy using it to make the experience of watching the games even more interesting and thrilling.”

The launch of DraftKings Sportsbook is the culmination of almost a year of intense preparation, with countless engineering, design, research and development resources all geared towards creating the best and most enjoyable mobile sports betting product for U.S. consumers. Through its unrivaled insight into the habits and preferences of American sports fans, DraftKings has tailored its Sportsbook app and online platform to offer sports fans in New Jersey the ability to place multiple types of bets, including live in- game bets, on major and niche U.S. and international sports. Moreover, DraftKings Sportsbook app and website allows consumers to seamlessly toggle between DraftKings’ Fantasy Sports and Sportsbook platforms, allowing consumers to place their bet and then draft their lineup with one click. Through its partnership with Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, N.J., announced earlier this year, DraftKings can now offer sports fans in the Garden State the opportunity to place bets.

Esports is already disrupting and revolutionising several industries around the globe. Experts believe that more is set to come.

According to Newzoo, a global leader in esports intelligence, esports revenue is expected to grow to USD 1.5 billion by 2020 as the brand investment doubles. Brand investment which includes media rights, advertisement and sponsorship, will take 80% of the total revenue.

Beacon Events, one of the leading conference organisers in the Asia-Pacific, has announced that the first ever Asia Esports Forum will be held on 6-7 November 2018 at W Taipei in Taiwan.

The Forum has gathered key players from the industry including, John Lee, Executive Chairman – Asia at ESL Gaming, Chris Tran, General Manager – Southeast Asia at Riot Gaming, and Minsoo Kim, CEO of Ambrasia Group Limited & AMPT eSports Enterprises.

Monday 6th August, 2018 – Spanish gaming company Orenes Grupo has become Racing Post B2B’S latest partner after a recent deal saw Racing Post B2B provide racecards for both horse racing and greyhounds to use in the group’s Vivalasuerte.es stores and mobile app.

Orenes are looking to take advantage of the recent growth in the horse racing market in Spain, by teaming up with the ‘market leaders’ and displaying Racing Post content on their mobile app and in-store across the company’s 350 stores nationwide.

Speaking about the deal Orenes Sportsbook Director, Juan Jose Lopez said the decision was swayed by Racing Post’s experience in the horse racing and greyhound market.

“Having over 30 years’ experience in the horse racing industry, it was an easy decision to go with Racing Post for all our racing content. As market leaders, they will provide us with key information to help our customers both in store and online.”

Budapest – 7 August 2018 – Responsible Gambling, AML, Match-fixing or KYC procedures are in the list of every operator in the gambling industry and lately we have seen many amendments that are debated by experts all around Europe.

The third edition of the Central and Eastern European Gaming Conference (CEEGC) is going to offer a chance for industry peers to dive into the latest insights about Responsible Gambling, Anti-Money Laundering / KYC procedures and you will also get the chance to hear more about Match-Fixing reports.

Responsible Gambling initiatives are being launch by most of the industry giants and it seems that the thread is catching on by smaller operations as well.

The inaugural Horus session* will showcase experts with unparalleled experience and Bahar Alaeddini is no doubt a well know professional of the industry.

In just over six weeks, Betting on Sports Week will present no fewer than 250 thought leaders, innovators and decision makers gathered from the sports betting, esports, casino, affiliates, media and sports sectors.

The speakers will all play an integral role in making this year’s Betting on Sports Conference the biggest and best on record, with the event taking place 18 to 21 September at London’s famous Olympia.

Currently, there is no other event that comes close to the quality and quantity of speakers that have been assembled for Betting on Sports. The line-up include key industry figures like Jason Robins, CEO, DraftKings; Anthony Werkman, CEO, Betway; Jesper Karrbrink, CEO, Mr Green; Paris Smith, CEO, Pinnacle; Richard Flint, CEO, Skybet; Per Widerstrom, CEO, Fortuna Group; Kresimir Spajic, SVP Online Gaming, Hard Rock International; George Daskalakis, Founder & CEO, Stoiximan & Betano; Constantinos Antonopoulos, Vice Chairman, Intralot; Mark Blandford, Founder, Sportingbet; Fabio Schiavolin, CEO, Snaitech;  Matthew Porter, CEO, Professional Darts Corporation; Bill Mummery, Executive Director, SBOBet; Len Brown, Chief Legal Officer, PGA Tour; Snooker Legend Ronnie O’Sullivan, and Matt Scarrott, Director of Sportsbook, BetVictor.

Attendees can look forward to a mouth watering selection of tracks dedicated to the broadest range of hot topics shaping the business spread across more than 90 content sessions over three days. They will include input from operators; suppliers; service providers; affiliates and media interests, payment specialists, compliance, law and regulatory experts; and sports clubs and organisations.