[toc]The CEO of the company that helped create the daily fantasy sports industry is moving on to pursue opportunities in esports.
Eccles out at FanDuel
FanDuel announced that its CEO Nigel Eccles was leaving the company on Monday. Esports Betting Report has learned that Eccles next endeavor is in esports. That venture’s focus in the esports space was not immediately known.
Eccles confirmed it via Twitter:
FanDuel’s history with esports
FanDuel, which was one the largest DFS companies in the nascent industry, had purchased the fantasy esports site called AlphaDraft in 2015.
FanDuel eventually closed the site a year later.
That obviously means that Eccles has experience with the fantasy/gambling side of esports. But it’s not a certainty that’s what his new endeavor will involve. The esports industry still has plenty of verticals to exploit, and Eccles experience in building FanDuel goes beyond just “fantasy.”
Fantasy esports reemergent?
Even if this isn’t Eccles’ planned entry point, fantasy esports seems to be making a resurgence, with numerous companies eyeing the wide-open space.
Skrilla, for instance, is one of several companies involved in the esports ICO craze. Rising esport Overwatch also has designs on the fantasy market.
