Daily Fantasy Sports Offered at 14
Brick-and-Mortar Locations Throughout State and Online
Viggle Inc. (“Viggle”) (NASDAQ:VGGL), the entertainment
marketing and rewards platform, via its fantasy sports subsidiary
DraftDay Gaming Group, Inc. (“DraftDay”), announced a partnership
with Sportech Venues, Inc. (“Sportech Venues”), a subsidiary of
Sportech PLC (LSE:SPO), to provide a white-label daily fantasy
sports platform, named MyWinners Fantasy
(www.mywinnersfantasy.com), for customers at 14 wagering venues in
Connecticut and online at MyWinners.com.
Sportech Venues’ locations, branded as “Winners,” represent the
next generation of premier sports entertainment and wagering
locations, and ranging from local betting parlors to a 50,000
square-foot flagship venue, Bobby V’s Restaurant and Sports Bar,
located adjacent to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks,
Connecticut. Sportech has plans for a second Bobby V’s Restaurant
and Sports Bar in Stamford, Connecticut. MyWinners.com is
Connecticut’s only legal online racing betting site, offering
wagers on top thoroughbred, harness and greyhound tracks from
across the country and the world.
DraftDay’s sports fantasy game platform provides the Winners
brand with an exciting new way to cater to a wider, younger
demographic, in addition to its existing customer base within
Winners’ successful wagering venues.
“The expansion of DraftDay’s daily fantasy sports offerings into
more than a dozen brick-and-mortar locations in Connecticut, as
well as online at MyWinners.com, reflects the thriving demand for
daily fantasy sports,” said John C. Small, Chief Financial Officer
of Viggle. “We are looking forward to working with Sportech Venues
as we continue to strengthen our hold within the daily fantasy
sports market.”
“DraftDay’s fantasy sports games provide customers another great
opportunity to play and win when visiting our locations in
Connecticut in person, or online via MyWinners.com,” said Ted
Taylor, president of Sportech Venues.
“With the popularity of daily fantasy sports at an all-time
high, bringing the power of DraftDay to MyWinners.com’s customers
was a logical next step,” said Josh Tepper, General Manager of
MyWinners.com. “We hope to provide our players with the same
excitement and thrill that they currently enjoy with our
horseracing content.”
Jointly created by Viggle and Sportech, Inc., a subsidiary of
Sportech PLC, DraftDay is a market-leading, business-to-business
daily fantasy sports platform well-positioned to become a dominant
player in the explosive fantasy sports industry, by building
partnerships within the regulated gaming, horseracing and media
industries. By establishing the preeminent B2B daily fantasy sports
partnership network, with six partners currently signed and in
various stages of production, DraftDay is creating innovative
digital content for organizations to increase their product range
for customers, and to protect their valuable databases.
“DraftDay is excited to have Sportech Venues as its first
regulated gaming partner to join our B2B network,” said Nic Sulsky,
president of DraftDay. “Bringing this trusted gaming company into
our network establishes credibility and lays the ideal foundation
for our imminent growth.”
About Viggle
Viggle is an entertainment marketing and rewards platform and
fantasy sports provider whose app rewards its members for watching
TV shows, discovering new music and playing interactive games. The
Viggle Platform had an average monthly total reach of 23.6 million
for the three months ended June 30, 2015, including nearly 10
million Viggle registered users. Since its launch, Viggle members
have redeemed over $26 million in rewards for watching their
favorite TV programs and listening to music. Members can use
Viggle’s store, accessible through the Viggle app or on Viggle.com,
to redeem their Viggle Points for TV show, movie and music
downloads. In addition, Viggle operates Wetpaint, which offers
entertainment and celebrity news online; NextGuide, maker of
technology that helps consumers search for, find, and set reminders
for TV shows and movies; and Choose Digital, a digital marketplace
platform that allows companies to incorporate digital content into
existing rewards and loyalty programs in support of marketing and
sales initiatives. Viggle is also the largest shareholder of
DraftDay, the market leading daily fantasy sports-focused sports
platform provider, which offers Viggle members an exciting and
ever-growing selection of real-time fantasy sports games with
monetary rewards. For more information, visit www.viggle.com or
follow us on Twitter @Viggle.
About Sportech Venues, Inc. and MyWinners.com
Sportech Venues, Inc. holds the exclusive license to conduct
pari-mutuel wagering on horseracing, greyhound racing and jai alai
in the State of Connecticut, in perpetuity. The company operates 14
wagering venues and sports bars under the brand, Winners. In
addition, the company operates an account wagering service at
www.MyWinners.com, which offers online wagering on horseracing and
greyhound racing, and telephone wagering on horseracing, greyhound
racing and jai alai. A portion of every dollar wagered with Winners
goes to the Connecticut General Fund, to local municipal tax funds
and to funds for responsible gaming. For more information about
Winners, please visit www.MyWinners.com.
About DraftDay Gaming Group, Inc.
DraftDay Gaming Group, Inc. is the first business-to-business
daily fantasy sports-focused sports platform provider. Born out of
a partnership between Viggle Inc. (NASDAQ: VGGL) and Sportech,
Inc., a subsidiary of Sportech PLC (LON:SPO), DraftDay provides
turnkey white-label daily fantasy solutions to organizations
looking for ways to monetize their existing users while protecting
their valuable databases. DraftDay has paid out over $30
million in prizes with player retention and brand loyalty
second to none in the industry. For more information, please visit
www.draftdaygaming.com.
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the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve
inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
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