In fierce competition, Scout Gaming repeated last year’s victory at EGR by winning “Fantasy Sports Supplier of the year” 2019 edition.

“We are pleased that we once again won the prize and believe we are leading the innovation in this part of the sector. During the year we have launched both Fantasy Match-up and a beta version of the worldunique sportsbook based on expected player points, with our in-house player pricing. We are continuing the development and expecting to launch an Inplay Fantasy product in the second half of the year, in which you are a manager in real time, “comments Andreas Ternstrom, CEO Scout Gaming.

Scout Gaming is currently live with their product in North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

About Scout Gaming Group:

Scout Gaming Group is a licensed and regulated provider of B2B Daily Fantasy Sports and pool betting. The
company offers a flexible and customizable network based Fantasy Sports solution with support for most
sports and leagues through an in-house StatCenter which also provides real-time information to players.
Local sports can be provided on request. The Group is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden with
development and operations in Bergen, Norway and Lviv, Ukraine. Sales, support and product management
is handled from the office in Malta.

Kapil Dev, the former Indian cricket team captain, has launched a new daily fantasy sports platform named Apne11. He is the brand ambassador of the platform.

On Apne11, players can choose their own team from the players on the actual field and be awarded points in accordance with the performance of the selected team combination.

Apne11 also announced a launch offer wherein user will get 100% cash bonus deposits and an opportunity to play against Kapil Dev by participating in the Kapil League. The highest scorer on Kapil Dev’s leader board will win Rs. 25 lakh.

“The gaming industry is undergoing a revolution and with one of the world’s largest youth populations, India is poised to become one of the world’s markets in the gaming sector. We want to make daily fantasy sports game experience simpler and reach tier 2 and tier 3 cities,” Ratul Sethi, the founder of Apne11 said.

“The Indian market is the fastest growing fantasy sports market in the world, the market is projected to touch 5 billion in the next two years,” Roland Landers, the CEO of All India Gaming Federation said.

The US state of Alabama has regulated and legalised daily fantasy sports (DFS) again. The state has imposed a tax on DFS as well. This is a significant move, as the state banned DFS activity about three years ago, forcing companies like FanDuel and DraftKings to shut down their business in the state.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed the DFS bill, which allows the attorney general’s office to oversee and regulate the industry, as well as to ensure compliance with fiscal obligations.

According to the provisions of the bill, bigger operators – those who make over $10 million nationwide – will have to pay a fee of $85,000 each year for their DFS license. Smaller operators need to pay $1,000. There will be a flat 10.5% tax on the gross revenue for all operators.

The legislation considers that DFS is a game of skill, not a game of chance. It means the DFS does not come under the purview of the state’s gambling laws.

The bill’s primary sponsor, Representative Kyle South, felt confident that this was the year for DFS and he was right. He said of DFS, “One thing you can point to are all these major league baseball teams, these professional sports teams are going to an analytics-based system for choosing their players, and that’s all we’re doing here.”