Daily fantasy esports sites, ESPN, and regulators respond to the ‘insider betting’ scandal
Full disclosure: I have spent $75 on FanDuel over the last year, and I have asked for my money back as part of the...
FanDuel acquires AlphaDraft to get into esports
Big companies are starting to see a lot of potential to make money in esports. A day after DraftKings announced it’s expanding into esports next...
DraftKings brings its daily-fantasy sports empire to esports
Daily fantasy sports are going electronic. DraftKings, one of the top companies in the daily-fantasy market, is expanding to include professional gaming. The site announced this morning that it will take wagers on the League of Legends World Championships starting October 1.
Fantasy esports site Vulcun increases its 2015 prize pool to $10M
With games like League of Legends drawing massive audiences, the fantasy esports scene is growing even faster than the companies in the space anticipated.
AlphaDraft — gaming’s DraftKings — is hosting its own $12.5k League of Legends tournament
AlphaDraft wants the biggest e-sports audience in the world to pay attention.
This startup wants to turn your League of Legends’ e-sports fandom into cash
A new website called AlphaDraft is set to launch Monday, and it plans to offer daily League of Legends fantasy leagues set up to look a lot like DraftKings and FanDuel. This free service will enable you to put real money into matches in which you draft players for a day’s or weekend’s worth of games.