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Underdog Unveils Pick’em Champions, a New Way to Play Daily Fantasy

Pick’em Champions brings fresh innovation to daily fantasy space with first-ever peer-to-peer Pick ‘em daily fantasy game

BROOKLYN, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Underdog Fantasy, the fast-growing sports gaming platform, today launched Pick’em Champions, an innovative offering that will bring sports fans a whole new way to play daily fantasy.

Pick’em Champions is a peer-to-peer daily fantasy format that will allow players to build teams of athletes and predict how they’ll perform against statistical benchmarks. Players will then have their teams entered into a tournament where they’ll face off against other teams. Winners will share in a prize.

Champions is rolling out first in four states — Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Wyoming, where players can dive in and start building their teams as of today.

“We’ve built Underdog to innovate and help sports fans increase their enjoyment with sports and that is exactly what we are doing with Pick‘em Champions,” said Jeremy Levine, founder and co-CEO of Underdog. “I’m very excited for what comes next. As we continue to evolve Champions, I think it very well could become the best game we offer.”

About Underdog Fantasy

Underdog, the fastest growing paid fantasy sports company ever, was founded in 2020 to build games for American sports fans to increase their enjoyment with sports. Led by a team of industry veterans, Underdog delivers an industry-leading platform that gives sports lovers the best way to safely and responsibly enjoy fun, approachable contests and games. With a unique blend of innovative fantasy sports games, Underdog is able to appeal to the most experienced as well as casual sports fans. Underdog provides a wide array of content from former professional athletes and thought leaders, to provide expertise and a fun user experience for all fans. For more information, please visit https://underdogfantasy.com/

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