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Yahoo rolls out daily fantasy
sports service
IGT subsidiary
secures extension
with Maryland
Lottery
Multinational technology company Yahoo
In a statement, Yahoo said the launch
has confirmed the launch of a new daily
makes it the “first major sports site and the
fantasy sports service that will allow players
only technology company of its scale to
to compete for cash prizes.
offer its own daily fantasy experience”.
Available to access now, ‘Yahoo Sports Daily
Simon Khalaf, senior vice-president of
operation has signed a five-year extension
product and engineering at Yahoo, added:
to an existing deal with the Maryland
“For more than 16 years, we’ve built the best
Lottery and Gaming Control Commission.
fantasy experience for our fans.
Under the new agreement, GTECH will
Fantasy’ will run one-day and one-week
fantasy contests, while a salary cap will
guide players during gameplay.
The platform features daily fantasy and
full-season fantasy news as well as realtime sports news and scores as an all-inone experience.
Yahoo Sports Daily Fantasy is available
to download now from Apple’s App store
International Game Technology (IGT) has
announced that its GTECH subsidiary
“Our users spend nearly 30 billion minutes
a year playing fantasy sports on Yahoo,
continue to provide the Lottery with the
Intelligen central monitoring and control
system for an existing video lottery terminal
and today we’re thrilled to introduce a
(VLT) programme at the US state’s five
daily fantasy experience designed for the
licensed venues.
modern fan.
The programme covers VLT operations
at the Hollywood Casino Perryville, The
to play natively on iPhone and any device
“The growing popularity of daily fantasy
through a browser.
games is a fantastic opportunity for us to
Yahoo first unveiled plans to expand into the
bolster our leadership by providing our
daily fantasy sports market in the US in April
millions of existing fantasy users as well new
of this year, citing an increase in interest for
fans out there with a unique take on this
state’s sixth licensed venue, MGM National
such gaming activities.
game genre.”
Harbour, due to open in 2016.
Casino at Ocean Downs, Maryland Live!
Casino, Rocky Gap Resort and Casino,
and Horseshoe Casino Baltimore.
GTECH also supports the VLTs at the
PokerStars and Luiseno Indians launch
California online poker effort
Pro Gaming
acquires DK Squad
PokerStars has unveiled details of its
according to CardsChat.com.
‘Let California Play’ Pro Tour online poker
North American e-sports organisation Pro
Daniel Negreanu, one of the professional
initiative that has been launched in an effort
Gaming League (PGL) has agreed a deal
poker players who will appear at events on
to legalise such gambling activities in the
to acquire mobile application developer
the Pro Tour, added: “It’s really important for
US state.
DK Squad.
poker players to make their voices heard
The Pro Tour will feature a host of
among the decision makers in California
Under the agreement, PGL will take
tournaments,