The European Fantasy Sports Summit (EFSS) – which is produced by the Gaming Malta Foundation – will be held on the second day of the Summit of iGaming Malta (SiGMA) on Thursday.
EFSS will showcase Daily Fantasy Sports operators and delve into the emerging issues surrounding the activity.
Jeffrey Haas, chief international officer at DraftKings, will discuss the challenges and opportunities in the DFS sector. He will later be joined by Hampus Hagglof, CEO for FSport AB, in a panel session on emerging themes in DFS.
“The EFSS provides a terrific chance for sports providers and operators to get together to discuss the topics at hand, and also for the audience to become fully informed on all goings-on in the fantasy sports sector during one session,’’ Hagglof said. “We’ll be tackling how the fantasy concept can be applied to several sports, starting with American football and expanding into baseball, ice hockey, formula one, cricket, and cycling, among others. Furthermore, we’ll explore how fantasy sports fits alongside the standard offering of gambling operators.”
Other topics on the summit’s agenda include: DFS players as customers for online gaming Engaging the millennial generation through innovation, Fantasy sports of the next generation, and Fantasy sports as the ultimate customer acquisition tool.
Gaming Malta Head of Operations and Business Development Ivan Filletti said the event highlights the emerging themes and the future for the DFS sector in Europe and positions Malta as “a jurisdictional thought leader.”
