Fantasy Sports Archive

According to reports, the Australia gambling ad ban that’s been moving through legislation for the last few years could go into effect next week. Those opposed to the ban are warning officials that it will devastate grassroots sports and local free-to-air networks, and will inevitably drive punters to offshore online sportsbooks. The Australia gambling...

Nick Xenophon has built a strong political career on the premise of being “tough on gambling”. His anti-pokies and anti-sports betting campaigns are known far and wide. But his efforts to ban online betting ads during live sports broadcasts has been has come to a crashing halt. The Nick Xenophon Team (NXT) introduced the...

Twenty years ago, regional punters bet on regional events. They did so retail sports wagering facilities, and checked their local newspaper the following day for results. The world just doesn’t work that way anymore, as the wealth of information now available is driving the online bookmaker’s market ever skyward. While it’s the technology that...

Want to know how to win DFS contests? Just ask the Crowley brothers, Tom and Martin. They sure seem to have a good system down for winning DFS competitions, having each won the DraftKings “Fantasy Football Millionaire” in consecutive years. And according to Martin, following an investigation by DraftKings, he did it without any...

Online gambling has been big business for over two decades now. In the last few years, a new contender appeared, named by Forbes as the fastest growing iGaming market in the industry. I’m talking about Daily Fantasy Sports, and while its generally been confined to North American and, more recently, European markets, DFS sites...