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Levine: Every US sportsbook runs on legacy European software
“And every sports book that has launched in America is built on the back of software that was initially built for the UK and Europe.”
Levine: Underdog built the only US-tailored regulated sports betting tech stack
“So now, as we've built the technology that now is the only tech that has been purpose-built for the American market that is licensed and regulated and has been licensed by this test lab that license every single slice of it that regulators then rely on.”
Levine: Underdog Fantasy will soon launch federally regulated prediction markets nationwide
“Prediction markets are federally regulated now, and we're going to be offering that soon across the country.”
Levine: Underdog Fantasy is pacing for over $400M in 2025 revenue
“And we're just over five years old and we've,
Been the fastest growing sports gaming company ever, zero to five, do well over four hundred million in revenue this year, and we believe that more than ever.”
Levine: US sports fandom for players is surpassing team loyalty
“It's definitely more player focused than any other country, and I do think we're seeing fandom for players. Start to transcend fandom for teams.”
Levine: 14 state AGs declared daily fantasy sports illegal starting in 2015
“In 2015 the New York Attorney General said that daily fantasy sports were illegal. For the course of the next Six months, 13 other attorney generals said daily fantasy sports was illegal, and we as an industry came together and worked to go past legislation cl…”
Levine: Draft sale to Flutter was the largest exit in fantasy sports history
“We ultimately sold Draft to the business now known as Flutter in 2017. At the time it was the largest exit in the history of fantasy sports.”
Levine: M&A promises mean nothing if the acquiring executive leaves
“And I think with M and A is the same thing. It's our, do you believe in that person? And do you believe they're going to be there in the longterm? And if so, if they give you their word, then I think you can believe that. But if they're not going to be there f…”
Levine: Caitlin Clark effect is huge for Underdog Fantasy's business
“The Caitlin Clark effect is real and is one of the best things to happen to our business.”
Levine: Underdog's $15M Tournament Is the Biggest in Fantasy Sports History
“Now we are running a season-long tournament this year. That's a fifteen million dollar tournament. So the biggest tournament in the history of fantasy sports.”
Levine: Over 20 states have passed laws legalizing fantasy sports
“Now I think there's legislation in over 20 states clarifying the legality of fantasy sports, saying that if it's a game of scale based on accumulated player statistics with players from more than one team, it is clearly legal.”
Levine: 60M play fantasy sports and 90M fill out brackets yearly
“Over sixty million people play fantasy sports. Every year there's over ninety million March Madness brackets done.”
Levine: Underdog Fantasy saw 4x year-over-year growth in WNBA contests
“We, last year versus the year prior, we saw, I think it was about four X, the interest and entries in WNBAs the year prior.”
Levine: One Season raised VC from CRV before shutting down in 2008
“Another company called One Season, funny enough, because they lasted exactly one season launched a sports stock market. This is 2008, and I, they raised money from a great venture capital firm, Charles River Ventures, they were on the front page of the Wall St…”