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SharpLink Gaming Announces Footballguys' High Stakes Fantasy Football Championship with Over $2 million Prize Pool
MINNEAPOLIS, MN / ACCESSWIRE / June 7, 2023 / SharpLink Gaming Ltd. (NASDAQ:SBET) ("SharpLink" or the "Company"), a pioneer of targeted conversion solutions
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[{"type":"text","content":"MINNEAPOLIS, MN / ACCESSWIRE / June 7, 2023 / SharpLink Gaming Ltd. (NASDAQ:SBET) (\"SharpLink\" or the \"Company\"), a pioneer of targeted conversion solutions for the U.S. sports betting and iGaming industries, today announced that it has partnered with Footballguys, one of the nation's leading fantasy football advisory service providers, to offer sports fans a shot at winning over $2 million in total prize money in the new Footballguys Championship created by SharpLink's SportsHub Fantasy Sports division and hosted on SportsHub's National Fantasy Football Championship (\"NFFC\") website, found at https://nfc.shgn.com/footballguys.Co-founded in January 2000 by legendary Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Famer Joe Bryant, Footballguys has built a dedicated community of over 200,000 fantasy football players who rely on Footballguys' online sports content and cutting edge tools like Draft Dominator, Lineup Dominator, Projections Dominator and Rate My Team, plus thousands of customized cheat sheets, to gain a competitive edge in their fantasy sports gaming strategies. Footballguys also hosts a popular series of podcasts, including its award-winning fantasy football podcast \"The Audible.\"With an entry fee of $350, the 17-week Footballguys Championship features 12 teams per league with a 20 round online draft and an anticipated 7,500 teams participating. Competing for a grand prize of $350,000, the top 500 teams will take home winnings. In addition, prizes will go to the top three teams in each league and each league champion will win $1,500.Led by fantasy sports industry icon Greg Ambrosius, in 2023 NFFC will celebrate its 20th season of high stakes fantasy football events, having awarded over $87 million in prize money since 2004, with another approximate $6 million in fantasy football prize winnings expected to be awarded this season. SportsHub and Footballguys will cross-promote the Footballguys Championship to their respective audiences of fantasy football players. Further, Footballguys' writers and on-air personalities will be present and actively involved in NFFC's live draft events to be held at Park MGM in Las Vegas on September 6-8, 2023.\"It is an honor to work with Joe Bryant and the entire team at Footballguys as they have the most active and die-hard customer base in the fantasy football industry,\" stated R...