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TechCrunch: numberFire secures $750,000 in funding
Last night, numberFire officially closed its first round of funding, nabbing a $750,000 seed investment, led by RRE Ventures, with contributions from private investment firm, Penny Black, and...
Powerhouse launches a fantasy football simulation game
Straight from PowerHouse:
PowerHouse is taking the wildly popular concept of fantasy football – a multi-billion dollar industry – and evolving it into a highly-realistic simulation of being the...
ESPN and Outside the Lines to air segment around WCOFF issues
On Sunday December 18, 2011 at 10am EST, ESPN2 and Outside the Lines tentatively will be airing a special 30 minute episode on the saga surrounding the WCOFF. Outside the Lines traveled to the homes...
State of Missouri goes after Gridiron Fantasy Sports
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster sued Dustin Ashby and his company, Gridiron Fantasy Sports in Alpharetta, Ga., for allegedly defrauding Missouri consumers by failing to pay out the cash and...
Infographic: Are Fantasy Sports Players Paying Their Taxes?
Fantasy sports players are constantly monitoring their team rosters and checking their winners, but are they monitoring the impact of gambling winnings on their taxes? Our guide below talks about...
Gridiron Fantasy Sports hit with lawsuit; target of Missouri Attorney General
Gridiron Fantasy Sports, appears to have collapsed — owing hundreds of thousands of dollars to past winners, according to one lawsuit, threats of others and months of complaints posted online.
In a...
Is SOPA legislation a threat to fantasy sports content providers?
Congress is currently considering legislation that could seriously harm sports fans and their favorite sports websites. If sports fans don't speak up, some sports blogs could be shut down in the...
AccuScore launches an iOS product
AccuScore, a leading sports forecasting company, has launched a free AccuScore App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. AccuScore is used by many top sports media companies including ESPN, CBS Sports,...
Sports Business Exchange publishes article about fantasy sports and television trends
The Sports Business Exchange has published an article written by the Journal of Sport Administration and Supervision about a study done concerning the connection between fantasy sports and sports...
Rick Wolf relaunches Full Moon Sports Solutions
Rick Wolf, a big piece of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, and a key player at RotoWorld and NBC Sports Digital, has jumped back into consulting with his firm, Full Moon.
From a post on Facebook...