AlphaStreak Develops First Ever March Madness DFS Bracketology Tournament Contest
A DFS twist on everyone's favorite way to participate in March Madness which, unlike the traditional team bracket approach, is legal to participate in paid contests and tournaments.

MONTREAL, April 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - This year for March Madness, sports fans could win far more in the tournament. With AlphaStreak's new game type, players were finally able to put money on their picks and put their sports knowledge to the test.

In years past, sports fans could fill out free brackets into large contests with prizes going to the top couple of lineups or the nearly impossible perfect bracket - which odds are something like 1 in 9.2 quintillion. AlphaStreak decided that players deserve an option where they can be more competitive, and more importantly, not knocked out of the running before the sweet sixteen.

This contest type, only available on AlphaStreak's licensee sites, features components of classic DFS basketball and of traditional bracketology. You select a roster of 9 players in the first round of the tournament, and they accumulate fantasy points game by game as their team advances. The skill comes in at both the team and player level, as even the highest scoring player is not much value if his team gets knocked out in the first round. By contrast, a player whose team advances to the final will get 6 games worth of fantasy points contributing to their total.

"We think this will be well-received by the sports community. There have been a long-time demand for sport's fans to be able to put money on their picks. We've seen how Daily Fantasy Sports have exploded out of season long fantasy and we expect a similar adoption curve with DFS bracketology," says Customer Experience Manager Mark Johnson.

The value to players doesn't stop at just the March Madness Tournament. Johnson said this game type is applicable to much more.

"One of our priorities in this project was making a game type that was generalizable - rather than hard coding for the March Madness tournament, we developed it so it could be applied to any other sport or playoff setting," explains Johnson. "This allows players to get comfortable with bracket-style DFS throughout the year rather than waiting around until next March to get another crack at it."

"Sports fans have asked and we have listened. Every year when March rolls around, the bracket is the main attraction. However, outside of office pools and friendly gatherings, it's been illegal to put money on your picks. That all changes this March for our licensees," states Johnson.

So there you have it. Call it crazy, call it madness, AlphaStreak just calls it NCAA basketball playoffs - the new standard for bracketology.

Headquartered in Montreal, Canada. AlphaStreak creates DFS White Label Solutions to businesses looking to enter the Daily Fantasy Industry. With the largest breadth of supported sports, product offerings, and networked contests, Alpha Streak provides its licensees with a sustainable competitive edge. AlphaStreak is equipped to serve markets in North America as well as all over the world.

AlphaStreak is the only innovative Fantasy Sports Solution Provider to offer both B2B and B2G service solutions. AlphaStreak is uniquely positioned to provide both the government-sponsored and commercial gaming industries with proven solutions for interactive and social based iLottery and DFS gaming, through every channel across the spectrum, including retail, web, and mobile.

For more information contact AlphaStreak at sales@alphastreak.com

AlphaStreak's licensees were the main attraction on February 4th, as the premier Daily Fantasy providers to offer contest for Super Bowl LII.

February 14th, 2018 (Montreal, Canada) - AlphaStreak creates a groundbreaking new form of Daily Fantasy sports. which allows Daily Fantasy operators to offer legal contests on single events, such as the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, and more.

Daily Fantasy contests require two events or more to be considered legal under UIGEA codes. Prior to now, this limitation has left operators unable to offer contests on the biggest events in sports. However, Alpha Streak has taken an out of-the-box approach - two events does not mean two events in the same sport.

Thus spawned AlphaStreak's Patented Cross Sport fantasy. By combining single events of two different sports, Daily Fantasy providers can meet the needs of their players when they are needed the most.

"We feel with this product we have solved an intrinsic flaw in the industry" says Mark Johnson, Customer Experience Manager at AlphaStreak. "Up until now, the biggest days in sports have left daily fantasy providers nowhere to be found."

Cross Sport contests play as so - You pick 6 players from the event or events in the primary sport and 3 players from the secondary sport's events. These players all score normally with the total combined score determining the standings among contest participants. In the Super Bowl edition, players selected a Quarterback, 2 Wide Receivers, 2 Running Backs, and a Tight End from NFL as well as a Guard, a Forward, and a Center in NBA.

"The largest hurdle in the project was equating scoring across sports so there was a level playing field across sports - an NFL Quarterback and an NBA Guard had the potential to score the same number of points" explained CTO Stephane Perez. "It's great to see such a successful rollout after months of development."

"This provides huge value to our Licensees. On February 4th, they cornered the market as the only sites to play Daily Fantasy Football. Whenever a sport reaches their Championship game, our Licensee's are the only place to play." added Johnson.

The Cross Sport action doesn't stop here at the SuperBowl. AlphaStreak's Licensees will use this contests type regularly to offer contests that the competition just can't match. These opportunities include the NBA All-Star Game, the NCAA Basketball Championships, and the NBA Finals. While other sites may serve these games, they do so in a multiple day setting or even a week setting. AlphaStreak's licensees however offer it in the standard Daily Fantasy One-Day setting that players know and love.

"Our goals are to provide the end users with products to meet their wants and needs out of the industry. This product brings us one step closer to achieving that" says Mark Johnson.

Headquartered in Montreal, Canada. AlphaStreak creates DFS White Label Solutions to businesses looking to enter the Daily Fantasy Industry. With the largest breadth of supported sports, product offerings, and networked contests, Alpha Streak provides its licensees with a sustainable competitive edge. AlphaStreak is equipped to serve markets in North America as well as all over the world.

AlphaStreak is the only innovative Fantasy Sports Solution Provider to offer both B2B and B2G service solutions. AlphaStreak is uniquely positioned to provide both the government-sponsored and commercial gaming industries with proven solutions for interactive and social based iLottery and DFS gaming, through every channel across the spectrum, including retail, web, and mobile.

For more information contact AlphaStreak at sales@alphastreak.com