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Fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings accept combine

18 November 2016
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A Scottish tech firm which ended up being a major gamer in the US fantasy sports market is to combine with its biggest competitor.

FanDuel, which was founded in Edinburgh in 2009, has entered a merger arrangement with DraftKings.

the yohaig code deal, which undergoes regulative approval, is expected to close in the 2nd half of next year.
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FanDuel has workplaces in Edinburgh and Glasgow but moved its headquarters to New York numerous years earlier.
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DraftKings has its head office in Boston.

The business bet9ja's welcome offer online fantasy contests throughout expert sports in the US, Canada and the UK.

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There are an approximated 57 million dream gamers in the US alone.
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Both business have been dealing with regulative and legal challenges to their market, with regulators in some US states ruling that fantasy sports companies' activities totaled up to illegal gambling.
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In a joint declaration on Friday, the companies said that by integrating and streamlining resources they could "accelerate deal with federal government officials to continue to establish a basic regulatory structure".

They likewise anticipate the "tactical merger of equals" to bring performances and expense savings and help the combined business "accelerate its course to profitability".

FanDuel president Nigel Eccles said: "Being able to integrate DraftKings and FanDuel provides a significant opportunity for us to even more innovate and disrupt the sports market.

"While both business have actually accomplished much currently, this deal will create a business that can use a greater variety of offerings, appealing to users, consisting of the 10s of millions of season-long fantasy players that haven't yet tried our products."

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