PRIZEPICKS EXPANDS GOLF OFFERING, DEBUTS CRICKET & DISC GOLF

US-based Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) operator, PrizePicks, has announced new additions to its golf offerings and expansions into cricket and disc golf. 

In terms of golf, PrizePicks is now the only DFS or betting operator offering “longest drive” predictions for the PGA Masters in Augusta, alongside its other golf games like predicting how many birdies a golfer will have or in which place they will finish. 

“Our golf members have an insatiable appetite for every aspect of the game and want to spread their plays on PrizePicks as broadly as possible, especially heading into the first major of the year,” said PrizePicks CEO Adam Wexler. “Similarly, sports like Cricket and Disc Golf have passionate, educated fan bases, making them perfect additions to the PrizePicks portfolio.”

Turning to cricket, PrizePicks will be initially offering the Indian Premier League (IPL), with an eye to adding additional leagues in the near future. The operator says it has been considering adding cricket since 2020, and that it was further encouraged in early 2021 when the owners of the Caribbean Premier League’s Barbados Tridents participated in PrizePick’s strategic fundraise.

“We are excited to bring our expertise in cricket to life with PrizePicks. With over 30 million cricket fans in the USA for the second-most watched sport internationally, it was a natural fit,” said Tridents Co-Owner Arvind Gopwani. “My hope is that cricket will help further the record-breaking success PrizePicks has had over the past eight months, and we’re proud this will be the first DFS/Cricket partnership in the U.S.”

Finally, PrizePicks has added predictions (strokes, birdies, and finishing place) for disc golf – the rapidly growing sport led by players like Paul McBeth and Brodie Smith.

AYO.NEWS says:

While the golf expansion isn’t a surprise for a US-based DFS operator, the move into cricket is a bit more unusual, and it will be interesting to see how popular it proves with the predominantly American player base. 

In February, AYO.NEWS’ very own Simona Pinterova caught up with Adam Wexler, CEO of Performance Predictions, the operator of PrizePicks, to get the inside take on where the company is heading and how esports fits into the picture.