Sportradar Group Acquires Fresh Eight
Sportradar, a global provider of sports betting and sports entertainment products and services, has announced the acquisition of Fresh Eight Ltd (Fresh Eight), the operator of a personalized messaging platform …
FanDuel Group Inks Multi-Year Partnership with Washington Football Team
FanDuel Group and the Washington Football Team announced the first-ever market access partnership between a National Football League team and an online sports gaming platform in the U.S. Under the …
FansUnite Signs Engagement Letter with Gaming Law Firm to Pursue U.S. Licensing Strategy
FansUnite Entertainment Inc. (FansUnite) has announced that it has engaged the services of Ifrah Law PLLC (Ifrah Law), a prominent U.S. gaming law firm, to collaborate with OneComply Inc. (OneComply) …
Sports Betting Industry Takes the Initiative, Between the Super Bowl and March Madness, to Educate Consumers
By Holt Hackney The days when you approached the neighborhood bookie to place clandestine bets on sporting events are getting further and further in the rearview mirror. Thankfully. But that …
FanDuel’s Stacie Stern Embraces the Challenge of Navigating a Volatile Industry
By Ellen M. Zavian Stacie Stern is often referred to as the “First Lady of Fantasy Sports.” The moniker is well-deserved. After spending 16 years at Head2Head, she joined FanDuel …
Rooting for Your College Team Is a Given…But Betting on Them Is a Whole Other Ballgame
By Ellen M. Zavian, Esq (Contributing Research Brandon Martinez Gonzalez, GW Law 1L) A friend of mine, Brandon, is a University of Virginia (UV) law student, and he is talking …
How Wearables Could Save Professional Sports
By Nicole Kardell, of Ifrah Law The professional sports industry has had a money problem for years – game attendance, viewership, and advertising have all declined. The COVID-19 pandemic made …
Corruption of NCAA Sports Will Not Fly Under the Radar
By James Trusty With the increasing popularity of sports betting across the country comes the ever-present concern that big money brings big temptation, and that concern is most acutely fixated …
It’s March, But the NCAA, Unlike Professional Leagues, Is Yet to Budge on Legal Sports Betting
By Andrew Silver, of Ifrah Law It is hard to believe that as recently as three years ago—prior to the Supreme Court’s May 2018 decision declaring that the Professional and …