{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"140759","rtpr_id":"nPnbHTHxWa-20260910","ticker":"FLUT","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["FLUT"],"title":"Real App Names FanDuel Its First Official and Exclusive Sportsbook and Prediction Market Partner","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-09-10T15:00:02.004Z","article_body":"Real App Names FanDuel Its First Official and Exclusive Sportsbook and Prediction Market Partner\n\nPR Newswire\n\nNEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2026\n\nPartnership integrates FanDuel odds and contextual markets into Real's live\nexperience and creates a new way for FanDuel to connect with the next\ngeneration of sports fans\n\nNEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Real App, the social sports app built\naround live play by play, real time stats and fan conversation, today named\nFanDuel, North America's Premier Online Gaming company, its first Official and\nExclusive Sportsbook and Prediction Market Partner. The partnership will bring\nFanDuel odds and contextual markets directly into Real's live sports\nexperience, giving members another way to understand, discuss and engage with\nthe games they follow together on the platform. It will also position Real as\na key destination for FanDuel to connect with the next generation of sports\nfans.\n\nWith over 1.5 million monthly active users, Real App has grown by making the\nlive sports experience more immediate, interactive and social. Members use the\napp to track games and player performances in real time, react to key moments\nand debate what happens next with other fans.\n\n\"Our members are already using Real to track and discuss their bets in real\ntime, and they've been requesting live odds,\" said Louis Antonelli, co-founder\nof Real. \"Partnering with a trusted brand like FanDuel gives us a new layer of\nreal-time sports data that we can surface in ways that are additive to the\nReal experience for members interested in betting.\"\n\nFanDuel odds, markets and related visualizations will appear across Real game\nfeeds, play level views, player performance screens, team box scores and other\nreal time surfaces. Contextual markets will be surfaced around key game\nmoments, with links that take eligible users directly to the applicable\nFanDuel experience. The design will pair familiar FanDuel odds presentation\nwith Real's native interface, providing additional context without disrupting\nthe experience that has made Real a natural gathering place for digitally\nfirst sports fans. The initial integration will begin for the start of the\n2026 NFL season with a commitment to further integrations in the future.\n\n\"Some of the best parts of being a sports fan happen around the game - talking\nabout what just happened, debating what comes next and sharing those moments\nwith other fans,\" said Christian Genetski, President of FanDuel. \"Real has\nbuilt a great community around that experience. We're excited to work with\nthem and find new ways to make FanDuel a natural part of how fans follow and\nengage with sports.\"\n\nFanDuel and Real encourage fans to enjoy sports responsibly and are both\ncommitted to ensuring entertainment remains the primary focus of the\nexperience. FanDuel odds and related features will be optional, and members\nwill be able to disable them through their Real app settings. FanDuel is\ndeeply committed to promoting responsible gaming and has developed\ncomprehensive tools to help its customers set appropriate limits and engage\nsafely with its platform.\n\nResponsible gaming is a core principle of the odds and contextual markets\nexperience for FanDuel and Real App. Features will be optional and can be\ndisabled in the Real app settings. FanDuel is deeply committed to promoting\nresponsible gaming and has developed comprehensive tools to help its customers\nset appropriate limits and engage safely with its platform. FanDuel and Real\nencourage fans to enjoy sports responsibly and are both committed to ensuring\nentertainment remains the primary focus of the experience.\n\nAbout Real App\nReal App (realapp.com) is the fastest-growing live social sports app, serving\n1.1 million daily and 1.5 million monthly active users across 18 leagues. Fans\nuse Real to follow every play, track player performances and discuss live\nmoments. For many fans, Real is now the first place they learn what is\nhappening in sports.\n\nEngagement spikes around exciting live moments, with more than 70% of monthly\nactive users returning on major game days and concurrent users surpassing\n250,000 during close games. In the last 12 months, users have spent 4.8\nbillion minutes on the app. Real delivers 50 million notifications per day,\nand nearly 30% of monthly users actively comment.\n\nReal covers 18 leagues across the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, WNBA, college sports,\nglobal soccer, tennis and more, with F1, horse racing and additional sports\ncoming soon.\n\nAbout FanDuel\nFanDuel is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States. FanDuel\nconsists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including\nAmerica's #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform,\nFanDuel Casino; its new prediction markets platform, FanDuel Predicts; its\nindustry-leading horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing;\nand its daily fantasy sports product. FanDuel has a presence nationwide with\noffices in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Jersey City, as well as in\nCanada, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, Romania and Australia.\n\nFanDuel is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports\nbetting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands.\nFlutter Entertainment is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).\n\npress@fanduel.com (mailto:press@fanduel.com)\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/real-app-names-fanduel-its-first-official-and-exclusive-sportsbook-and-prediction-market-partner-302875124.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/real-app-names-fanduel-its-first-official-and-exclusive-sportsbook-and-prediction-market-partner-302875124.html)\n\nSOURCE FanDuel Group\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1985629/Real-App-x-FanDuel.jpg?id=OA2941041\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPnbHTHxWa-20260910","title":"Real App Names FanDuel Its First Official and Exclusive Sportsbook and Prediction Market Partner","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"FLUT","created":"2026-09-10T15:00:02.004Z","tickers":["FLUT"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Real App Names FanDuel Its First Official and Exclusive Sportsbook and Prediction Market Partner\n\nPR Newswire\n\nNEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2026\n\nPartnership integrates FanDuel odds and contextual markets into Real's live\nexperience and creates a new way for FanDuel to connect with the next\ngeneration of sports fans\n\nNEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Real App, the social sports app built\naround live play by play, real time stats and fan conversation, today named\nFanDuel, North America's Premier Online Gaming company, its first Official and\nExclusive Sportsbook and Prediction Market Partner. The partnership will bring\nFanDuel odds and contextual markets directly into Real's live sports\nexperience, giving members another way to understand, discuss and engage with\nthe games they follow together on the platform. It will also position Real as\na key destination for FanDuel to connect with the next generation of sports\nfans.\n\nWith over 1.5 million monthly active users, Real App has grown by making the\nlive sports experience more immediate, interactive and social. Members use the\napp to track games and player performances in real time, react to key moments\nand debate what happens next with other fans.\n\n\"Our members are already using Real to track and discuss their bets in real\ntime, and they've been requesting live odds,\" said Louis Antonelli, co-founder\nof Real. \"Partnering with a trusted brand like FanDuel gives us a new layer of\nreal-time sports data that we can surface in ways that are additive to the\nReal experience for members interested in betting.\"\n\nFanDuel odds, markets and related visualizations will appear across Real game\nfeeds, play level views, player performance screens, team box scores and other\nreal time surfaces. Contextual markets will be surfaced around key game\nmoments, with links that take eligible users directly to the applicable\nFanDuel experience. The design will pair familiar FanDuel odds presentation\nwith Real's native interface, providing additional context without disrupting\nthe experience that has made Real a natural gathering place for digitally\nfirst sports fans. The initial integration will begin for the start of the\n2026 NFL season with a commitment to further integrations in the future.\n\n\"Some of the best parts of being a sports fan happen around the game - talking\nabout what just happened, debating what comes next and sharing those moments\nwith other fans,\" said Christian Genetski, President of FanDuel. \"Real has\nbuilt a great community around that experience. We're excited to work with\nthem and find new ways to make FanDuel a natural part of how fans follow and\nengage with sports.\"\n\nFanDuel and Real encourage fans to enjoy sports responsibly and are both\ncommitted to ensuring entertainment remains the primary focus of the\nexperience. FanDuel odds and related features will be optional, and members\nwill be able to disable them through their Real app settings. FanDuel is\ndeeply committed to promoting responsible gaming and has developed\ncomprehensive tools to help its customers set appropriate limits and engage\nsafely with its platform.\n\nResponsible gaming is a core principle of the odds and contextual markets\nexperience for FanDuel and Real App. Features will be optional and can be\ndisabled in the Real app settings. FanDuel is deeply committed to promoting\nresponsible gaming and has developed comprehensive tools to help its customers\nset appropriate limits and engage safely with its platform. FanDuel and Real\nencourage fans to enjoy sports responsibly and are both committed to ensuring\nentertainment remains the primary focus of the experience.\n\nAbout Real App\nReal App (realapp.com) is the fastest-growing live social sports app, serving\n1.1 million daily and 1.5 million monthly active users across 18 leagues. Fans\nuse Real to follow every play, track player performances and discuss live\nmoments. For many fans, Real is now the first place they learn what is\nhappening in sports.\n\nEngagement spikes around exciting live moments, with more than 70% of monthly\nactive users returning on major game days and concurrent users surpassing\n250,000 during close games. In the last 12 months, users have spent 4.8\nbillion minutes on the app. Real delivers 50 million notifications per day,\nand nearly 30% of monthly users actively comment.\n\nReal covers 18 leagues across the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, WNBA, college sports,\nglobal soccer, tennis and more, with F1, horse racing and additional sports\ncoming soon.\n\nAbout FanDuel\nFanDuel is the premier mobile gaming company in the United States. FanDuel\nconsists of a portfolio of leading brands across mobile wagering including\nAmerica's #1 Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook; its leading iGaming platform,\nFanDuel Casino; its new prediction markets platform, FanDuel Predicts; its\nindustry-leading horse racing and advance-deposit wagering, FanDuel Racing;\nand its daily fantasy sports product. FanDuel has a presence nationwide with\noffices in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Jersey City, as well as in\nCanada, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, Romania and Australia.\n\nFanDuel is a subsidiary of Flutter Entertainment, the world's largest sports\nbetting and gaming operator with a portfolio of globally recognized brands.\nFlutter Entertainment is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: FLUT).\n\npress@fanduel.com (mailto:press@fanduel.com)\n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/real-app-names-fanduel-its-first-official-and-exclusive-sportsbook-and-prediction-market-partner-302875124.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/real-app-names-fanduel-its-first-official-and-exclusive-sportsbook-and-prediction-market-partner-302875124.html)\n\nSOURCE FanDuel Group\n\n\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS1985629/Real-App-x-FanDuel.jpg?id=OA2941041\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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