Social casino sports betting?
Another “sports betting-lite product” is actual sports betting, minus the money. Social casino company FlowPlay recently announced the launch of the industry’s first social sports white-label solution. It’s not some hastily thrown together sports betting platform. The statistics and data behind the virtual sportsbook is powered by Sportradar.
Read MoreAt the upcoming GiGse (26th – 28th April, Marriott Marquis Marina, San Diego), FlowPlay and other social casino providers will be presenting on a session around how land-based casinos with established brands can leverage white-label social casino technologies. In the lead-up to GiGse, FlowPlay, CEO, Derrick Morton expands on the session, what it means to be a ‘good corporate citizen’ and how GiGse is a springboard for innovative thinking.
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Derrick Morton knows how to keep it all in balance. He’s spent the past decade as CEO of multi-platform game developer FlowPlay while still making time for his interests — like backpacking, live music, and travel. “My friend, co-founder, and CTO Doug Pearson and I started our journey with FlowPlay in 2007 and recently celebrated 10-years of building virtual worlds for audiences from every walk of life,” Morton said.
Read MoreFlowPlay has launched Dynasty Football, an online fantasy football strategy card game. Designed to appeal to both fans of collectible card games and fantasy football enthusiasts, this unique game blends the real-world player stats of fantasy football with the excitement of head-to-head card battles.
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Read MoreSeattle’s FlowPlay has launched Dynasty Football, an online fantasy football strategy card game.
The title aims to capitalize on the 51.6 million people in the U.S. who play fantasy sports games (according to Fantasy Sports Association). Market researcher Ipsos estimates that each player spends an average of $465 on fantasy sports competitions, up from $95 in 2012.
Read MoreRanked by % Revenue growth, 2013-2015
Locally Researched by: Melissa Crowe, Puget Sound Business Journal Oct 28, 2016, 3:00am PDT. Information was obtained from firm representatives and was supplied by individual companies through questionnaires.
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Read MoreFlowPlay has launched an innovative new game called Ready Set Go that allows users to make in-play bets during football and baseball games in a Daily Fantasy Sports style.
When I was a lad, there was something about the blackened out windows of brick and mortar bookmakers that would have made me climb over 50 naked ladies to get a look inside.
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Read MoreCasual Connect USA 2016 was hosted in San Francisco from 18-20 July, giving attendees the opportunities to gain social casino insights from a speaker list of more than 300 specialists. And, thanks to a Gamesauce report, Online Casino Reports is able to provide a summary of the three-day conference.
Read MoreCasual Connect USA 2016 broke open social casino with a three-day track July 18-20 that focused on the $3.5 billion industry. With many of the industry’s top 15 companies present, as well as innovative independent studios, no topic was left unanalyzed – whether it was on user acquisition and retention, game development, business strategies or more.
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