DraftKings And FanDuel Abandon Fantasy Sports Merger
DraftKings and FanDuel abandon dream sports merger
13 July 2017
Fantasy sports websites DraftKings and FanDuel have actually deserted a strategy to merge, less than a month after US competition regulators sought to obstruct the offer.
The offer would have created a business with control over 90% of the marketplace for paid, daily fantasy sports contests, government officials said.
The firms said the deal would result in greater financial investment, supplying advantages for customers.
They said they would now want to grow individually.
FanDuel began in Scotland in 2009 and is now based in New york city. It is second in the US for paid daily dream sports contests behind DraftKings, which started in Boston in 2012.
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The two companies specialise in a subset of dream sports, in which fans pick players to develop teams for single games, instead of the season, with the prospective to win cash prizes based on the result.
In November, they said they had concurred to merge. Terms were not divulged.
At the time, they said the offer would allow them to integrate forces on regulatory problems raised by US regulators, who had actually compared the market to illegal gambling and prohibited the websites in some states.
Nigel Eccles, head of FanDuel, stated it made good sense to move on independently.
"There is still huge, untapped market chance for FanDuel, and we will continue to perform our technique to grow our business and further broaden the dream sports market," he said in a statement.
Draft Kings chief executive Jason Robbins likewise stated ending the merger would permit the company to "singularly focus" on development, including globally.
Last year there were an approximated 57 million dream sports players in the US alone.
DraftKings and FanDuel abandon dream sports merger
13 July 2017
Fantasy sports websites DraftKings and FanDuel have actually deserted a strategy to merge, less than a month after US competition regulators sought to obstruct the offer.
The offer would have created a business with control over 90% of the marketplace for paid, daily fantasy sports contests, government officials said.
The firms said the deal would result in greater financial investment, supplying advantages for customers.
They said they would now want to grow individually.
FanDuel began in Scotland in 2009 and is now based in New york city. It is second in the US for paid daily dream sports contests behind DraftKings, which started in Boston in 2012.
Fantasy sport company FanDuel alerts of hazard from US regulations
The two companies specialise in a subset of dream sports, in which fans pick players to develop teams for single games, instead of the season, with the prospective to win cash prizes based on the result.
In November, they said they had concurred to merge. Terms were not divulged.
At the time, they said the offer would allow them to integrate forces on regulatory problems raised by US regulators, who had actually compared the market to illegal gambling and prohibited the websites in some states.
Nigel Eccles, head of FanDuel, stated it made good sense to move on independently.
"There is still huge, untapped market chance for FanDuel, and we will continue to perform our technique to grow our business and further broaden the dream sports market," he said in a statement.
Draft Kings chief executive Jason Robbins likewise stated ending the merger would permit the company to "singularly focus" on development, including globally.
Last year there were an approximated 57 million dream sports players in the US alone.