NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- DraftDay Gaming
Group, Inc. (DraftDay), the market leading business-to-business
daily fantasy sports operator, is proud to announce the
implementation of an industry-defining consumer protection
initiative that will differentiate DraftDay from other operators
within the daily fantasy sports industry.
DraftDay has partnered with market-leading companies, such as
GeoComply USA, Inc., IDology,
Inc., and Paysafe (formerly Optimal Payments) to employ the same
comprehensive Know Your Customer ("KYC") solutions used in the
regulated horse-racing and online gaming markets in the U.S.
DraftDay, along with the National Council on Problem Gambling
(NCPG), has established new safety guidelines for skill-based daily
fantasy sports that will serve as a model for the industry.
"Since Viggle Inc. and Sportech acquired DraftDay, our immediate
priority has been to bring the same safety and consumer protection
to DraftDay that Sportech provides its customers in the regulated
U.S. and worldwide gaming markets", said Rich Roberts, CEO of DraftDay. "With calls
for stricter consumer protection by many state governments,
DraftDay, in conjunction with the NCPG, has created a set of
skill-based daily fantasy sports consumer-oriented policies to
address each state's increased demands for safety and
accountability."
Keith Whyte, Executive Director
of the NCPG, added, "The NCPG works with all stakeholders to
promote responsible consumer protection and encourage all fantasy
sports companies to adopt these guidelines. We worked with
DraftDay and others to develop these policies based on our existing
best-practice Internet Responsible Gambling Standards, that meet or
exceed online responsible gaming requirements in every U.S.
jurisdiction. Our relationship with Sportech in regulated
gaming industries gives us confidence that DraftDay will bring the
same consumer protection focus to the daily fantasy sports
industry."
About DraftDay Gaming Group, Inc.
DraftDay Gaming Group, Inc. is the market leading
business-to-business daily fantasy sports platform provider. Born
out of a partnership between Viggle Inc. (NASDAQ: VGGL) and
Sportech Digital, DraftDay Gaming Group, Inc. provides turnkey,
white-label daily fantasy sports solutions to organizations looking
for ways to monetize their existing users while protecting their
valuable databases. The DraftDay network 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.
About National Council on Problem Gambling
NCPG serves as the national advocate for programs and services
to assist problem gamblers and their families with the vision to
improve health and wellness by reducing the personal, social and
economic costs of problem gambling. NCPG is neither for nor against
legalized gambling.
About GeoComply USA,
Inc.
GeoComply are the market-leader for "compliance grade"
geolocation, counting the market leaders for online broadcasting,
payments and gaming across North
America, Europe and
Asia as their customers. Deployed
across well over 200 million devices GeoComply gaming division has
a near 100% market share in the US and is licensed as a geolocation
service provider by Nevada Gaming Control Board, New Jersey's
Division of Gaming Enforcement and the Commonwealth of Delaware. GeoComply was recognized as Geolocation
service provider of the year 2015 by iGaming Business and eGaming
Review. For more information please
visit www.geocomply.com
About Paysafe Group Plc
Paysafe Group Plc (formerly Optimal Payments Plc) is a global
provider of online payment solutions, trusted by businesses and
consumers in over 200 countries and territories to move and manage
billions of dollars each year. Merchants use Paysafe's
services and gateway platforms and innovative prepaid products and
solutions to simplify how they accept credit and debit card,
direct-from-bank, and alternative and local payments; whilst
Paysafe's NETELLER®, Skrill® and paysafecard® services are
used by merchants to increase revenues and capture new customers.
Consumers use the multilingual and multicurrency NETELLER, Net+®
Card, Skrill and Skrill Card stored-value offerings and the
paysafecard prepaid solutions to make secure and convenient
payments and payolution® for their invoices and instalment
payments. Paysafe also supports a wide variety of prepaid
programmes – from white-label prepaid cards to bespoke
solutions. Paysafe Group Plc is quoted on the London Stock
Exchange's AIM market, with a ticker symbol of PAYS.
For more information on Paysafe, please visit www.paysafe.com or
subscribe to our feeds at www.paysafe.com/investors
About IDology, Inc.
IDology, Inc. provides real-time technology solutions that
verify an individual's identity and age for anyone conducting
business in a consumer-not-present environment to help drive
revenue, decrease costs, prevent fraud and meet compliance
regulations. Founded in 2003, IDology offers a solution-driven
approach to identity verification and fraud prevention that
ultimately helps increase customer acquisition and improve customer
experience. IDology has developed an innovative and on-demand
technology platform that allows customers to control the entire
proofing process and provides the flexibility to make configuration
changes that are deployed automatically – without having to rely on
internal IT resources or IDology's customer service – so customers
can stay ahead of the fraud landscape while maintaining compliance.
For more information, visit www.IDology.com or call
866-520-1234.
Draft Day Gaming Group Contact:
Nic
Sulsky
nic@draftday.com
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