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DraftKings Delivers Knockout Gaming Experience in Collaboration with SHOWTIME Sports®


First-Ever Boxing Game for the Expanding Sports Entertainment Platform, Exclusive to SHOWTIME Sports, Debuts for SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Event

BOSTON
(February 28, 2019) – DraftKings Inc. and SHOWTIME Sports today announced a collaboration that will combine forces to immerse boxing fans in the sport they love through a custom Pick ‘Em style game exclusive to SHOWTIME Sports that debuts with this Saturday’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event on March 2nd.


This new Pick ‘Em style game asks players to choose the winner of each televised fight, determine the method of victory and predict when the bout will end for all SHOWTIME boxing events including SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®, ShoBox: The New Generation®, SHOWTIME Boxing: Special Edition and SHOWTIME PPV®. Players will be awarded points based on the number of correct predictions in each boxing match. Prizing for individual fight cards includes $5,000 in winnings with each of the top-five finalists receiving a SHOWTIME Boxing prize pack. Ukwengeza, the overall 2019 Pick ‘Em winner will be awarded
a free trip to every 2020 SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® event.


To view and play the DraftKings and SHOWTIME Sports Pick ‘Em game please visit www.draftkings.com/showtime


“Our alignment with SHOWTIME Sports is another prime example of our endless efforts to innovate and satisfy our customers with the most comprehensive sports offerings possible,” said Ezra Kucharz, Chief Business Officer at DraftKings. “Boxing draws edge-of-the-seat fans with incredible passion and engagement with the sport, and this collaboration will further our ability to best connect with our burgeoning player community.”


“This unique collaboration with DraftKings delivers an entertaining companion experience for viewers and provides a year-long connection to all SHOWTIME boxing events,"Kusho Stephen Espinoza, President Sports & Izinkundla Programming, Showtime Networks Inc. “We’re excited to align with a leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the U.S. as SHOWTIME Sports continues to deliver fresh and innovative ways for fans to enjoy the best that boxing has to offer.”


Boxing is among the most storied and popular sports in the world with a passionate fan base, both domestically and internationally. Viewership trends for televised combat sports spectacles have been consistently impressive in recent years, with boxing accounting for the top selling pay-per-view television events in history. To serve this large and growing fanbase, DraftKings and SHOWTIME Sports are reshaping the fan sports entertainment experience through a creative collaboration, which will include custom fantasy games and other gaming innovations.

This Saturday’s SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING event will be the first opportunity for fans to play this Pick ‘Em style game. Saturday’s three-fight telecast is headlined by former world champion Erislandy Lara challenging undefeated WBA Super Welterweight Champion Brian Castaño plus the return of heavyweight contender Luis Ortiz.

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About DraftKings
DraftKings is a global sports technology and entertainment company that believes life is more fun with skin in the game. Its mission is to bring fans closer to the games they love via a unique combination of daily fantasy sports, sports betting and media platforms that, combined, deliverThe Game Inside The Game.” Wasekelwa in 2012 by Matt Kalish, Paul Liberman and Jason Robins, DraftKings is headquartered in Boston, MA, and offers daily fantasy sports contests across 11 professional sports in 8 countries including the U.S., Canada, U.K and Australia. Operating pursuant to state regulations in New Jersey and Mississippi, DraftKings Sportsbook mobile and retail, allows players in the state to engage in betting for major U.S. and international sports.

About SHOWTIME Sports
Showtime Networks Inc. (Sni), a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, owns and operates the premium television networks SHOWTIME®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ and FLIX®, and also offers SHOWTIME ON DEMAND®, THE MOVIE CHANNEL™ ON DEMAND and FLIX ON DEMAND®, and the network’s authentication service SHOWTIME ANYTIME®. Showtime Digital Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SNI, operates the stand-alone streaming service SHOWTIME®. SHOWTIME is currently available to subscribers via cable, DBS, and telco providers, and as a stand-alone streaming service through Amazon, Apple®, -Google, LG Smart TVs, Oculus Go, Roku®, Samsung Smart TVs and Xbox One. Consumers can also subscribe to SHOWTIME via Amazon’s Prime Video Channels, DIRECTV Manje, FuboTV, Hulu, TV indwayimane, Sony PlayStation™ Vue, and YouTube TV. Viewers can also watch on computers at Showtime.com. Sni futhi ilawula Smithsonian Networks ™, ohlanganyelwayo phakathi sni kanye Smithsonian Institution, which offers Smithsonian Channel™ and Smithsonian Channel Plus™. Sni nezimakethe futhi isakaze ezemidlalo kanye nemicimbi ukuzijabulisa for embukisweni ababhalisile ngesisekelo pay-per-umbono nge Showtime PPV. Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe, iya ku www.SHO.com.


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$2000 Izici iqembu Throwdown Fantasy Boxing Game Landelayo 4 isihloko emhlabeni elwisana Broner vs. Allakhverdiev, Matthysse vs. Postol

For Eliseduze Release

I-NEW YORK (September 21, 2015) – Four emhlabeni isihloko ukulwa, plus iziqubu emhlabeni isihloko Eliminator, ziboniswe the next $2,000 Throwdown Fantasy Boxing Game,online at www.ThrowdownFantasy.com, inikezwe amandla yi Compubox.
Boxing abalandeli babe elinye ithuba isipele mpi yabo izibikezelo, kanye uthole abaqhoshayo ukulwa kanye cash ambikele, ngokumane kokubhalisa bese ukudlala (Isikhombisa. 29-Oct. 10) game iqembu.
Javier Fortuna ibeka WBA yakhe “njalo” junior lightweight isihloko ibhande on the line vs. Carlos Velazquez on the September 29th PBC on Fox Sports 1 / Fox Deportes show in Las Vegas.
Umthombo Lucas Matthysse liba Viktor Postol, Oct. 3 on HBO, kusukela Carson, California for the WBC singenamuntu super engasindi in the ifaniswe kakhulu ngokulinganayo impi lo mdlalo qembu.
Oct. 3rd on Showtime, Adrien Broner is heavily favored at home in Cincinnati against Khabib Allakhverdiev ekulweleni kwabo the singenamuntu WBA ubuqhawe super engasindi, kanti IBF super featherweight iqhawe Jose Pedraza uvikela ngokumelene Edner Cherry.
Knockout umculi UJulius Jackson futhi Joe Uzcategun impi an IBF super middleweight Eliminator Oct. 6 e San Antonio on a PBC on Fox Sports 1 show.
Welterweight Danny O'Connor iyona intandokazi ezimba kakhulu lo mdlalo ngo a rematch ngokumelene Gabriel Bracero, ophumelele mpi yabo yokuqala, Oct. 10 e Lowell, Massachusetts on PBC on NBCSN.
Ngezansi ukuthola ephelele Isikhombisa. 29-Oct. 10 line-up with fighter amaholo:
Umdlali ngamunye ekhetha 5 okwakwenza abashayi-sibhakela for ngaphansi $25,000 Salary Limit
Kunezindlela ezintathu kulula ukudlala Throwdown Fantasy: 1. Khetha fighters emihlanu kusukela iqembu umdlalo, usebenzisa $25,000 Umholo cap (bheka ngenhla); 2. Khona umkhondo amagoli ngesikhathi sangempela, abahola amaphuzu onqobayo, knockouts futhi Compubox Izibalo (bheka isibonelo ishadi ngezansi); 3. Beshaya amaphuzu kakhulu iwina. Imidlalo Iningi ihlale ngesonto egcwele futhi ngalinye linomsebenzi abawinile amaningi.
Fighters ukuthola amaphuzu esekelwe sendlela ukwenza, nokuzuzisayo isitayela of boxing ngamunye, futhiCompubox fight izibalo ayatholakala ucwaningo www.ThrowdownFantasy.com.

Abadlali New ngubani ubhalisele manje zithola entry khulula zibe Throwdown Fantasy Boxing yenyanga Freeroll game. Throwdown Fantasy also provides a $250 roll khulula ukuthi abadlali ungangena usebenzisa Throwdown Amaphuzu (entry khulula phezu ukubhalisa) futhi $25.00 free game. Ukubhalisela up and ukudlala imahhala. Abantu nethuba ukubhalisa futhi ukudlala for free bese ukuhambisa emapulangweni ikhokhwe imidlalo.
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Mayweather/Berto group Throwdown Fantasy Game Winner announced

I-NEW YORK (September 14, 2015) – For the second consecutive week, the $2000 Throwdown Fantasy Boxing Game winner produced a first-time winner, Errol Acosta, who won the $400.00 first-place prize for last week’s Mayweather/Berto group, as well as bragging rights from the other 234 entrants.
There were 50 cash prize winners, minimum of $20.00, futhi Acosta futhi wawina Mayweather free-roll umdlalo neqembu efanayo.
Kusukela echibini 22 fighters, Acosta (CHESSPNOI) stayed under the $25k salary cap and selected three solid favorites in Oscar Valdez ($5,500), Errol Spence ($5,300) futhi Jermall Charlo ($5,300). This talented trio had a combined boxing record of 54-0 kanye 44 Kos noma 81% KO ratio abangena ukulwa abakuzo. Ukukha gamers ezintathu lwesayensi okunengqondo kodwa izintandokazi eliqinile bavunyelwe ukukhetha winner yesine kanye idan raichel enkulu, noma khetha underdogs ezimbili kancane ukuqeda iqembu lakhe.
“Uma ngafunda Adonis Stevenson, Errol Spence Jr, Peter Quillin, Oscar Valdez, futhi Jermall Charlo belwa on the set kweyeCosafa,” i Acosta ngijabule wachaza, “Ngavele ngazi kwadingeka ukuba bangene futhi ukubeka kubhejwa yami ngokuhambisana nalokho Ngangazi futhi wafunda ngazo.
“Bengilokhu ukudlala cishe izinyanga ezine. Ngakhulela boxing; I’ve always loved the sport. Throwdown Fantasy reignited my passion for boxing. They said after May 2 that boxing would be dead. There are casual/seasonal/selective fans who only know names like Mike Tyson, Roy Jones, Mayweather noma ‘Pacman.’ Throwdown is fun and keeps me engaged and entertained with boxing.
Throwdown Fantasy Boxing kuyinto online at www.ThrowdownFantasy.com futhi indlela boxing olusha olwakhiwayo lwemikhumbi isipele mpi izibikezelo ilula ukudlala. Empeleni, kungcono njengoba lula njengoba 1-2-3: 1. Using the $25,000 Umholo cap, pick fighters emihlanu kusukela iqembu umdlalo; 2. Amaphuzu kungenzeka zilandelwa ngesikhathi sangempela, abahola amaphuzu onqobayo, knockouts kanye nezinye Compubox Izibalo, 3. Beshaya amaphuzu kakhulu iwina. Imidlalo Iningi ihlale ngesonto futhi ngalinye linomsebenzi abawinile amaningi. Click on this link to watch a short video to learn how easy is to play:
Fighters ukuthola amaphuzu esekelwe sendlela ukwenza, nokuzuzisayo isitayela of boxing ngamunye (bheka ngezansi ishadi). Compubox fight izibalo ayatholakala ucwaningo ukuze usize ekwenzeni ikhethelo at www.ThrowdownFantasy.com.
Abadlali New ngubani ubhalisele manje angathola entry khulula zibe Throwdown Fantasy Boxing yenyanga Free-roll game, lapho Throwdown Fantasy inikeza $250 roll khulula ukuthi abadlali ungangena usebenzisa Throwdown Amaphuzu (entry khulula phezu ukubhalisa) futhi $25.00 free game. Ukubhalisela up and ukudlala imahhala. People may register to play for free and then move onto paid games.
The next $1000 Throwdown Fantasy Boxing game is scheduled for Isikhombisa. 15-26, featuring heavyweight favorite Deontay Wilder vs. underdog Johan Duhaupas in their world title fight, in one of nine fights to select fighters from in that group.