Yahoo Fantasy Golf

•  Yahoo added golf into its "daily fantasy sports (DFS)" platform.
• For the PGA Yahoo Cup contest, participants can join without paying a fee in a "multi-round, single-entry contest with 21 rounds."
• Entrants have a chance to win $50,000 in cumulative prizes, with weekly bounties of $1,000.
• This golf gaming option in the platform is almost the same as the 72-hole tournament series that Draft Kings and FanDuel are offering.
• In the Yahoo fantasy golf realm, game participants can select six players with a budget limit of $200. The winner will be the participant who selected the six-player team that has the highest points at the end of the match.
• The pricing plans are similar to the principles used in betting lines where players who have the most probability of winning, or those favored by the majority, are granted the highest price.
• Golfers can rake in some points for the way they score in each round. They can also pick up some bonus points for where they end up at the end of the game.
• As mentioned in the annual report from Altaba (formerly Yahoo Inc.), the company's mobile revenue was earned from various user activities on its apps such as the Yahoo Fantasy Sports app.
• The company's mobile revenue mainly comes from "search and display advertising."
• Its mobile search earnings came from "clicks on text-based links to advertisers' websites" These links mostly appear on search results rosters.
• Meanwhile, the company's mobile display earnings came from the showing of " graphical, non-graphical, and video advertisements on mobile devices." The firm recognizes the earnings from these advertisement copies that were shown on its Yahoo apps as completed "impressions or clicks on these advertisements.
• Impressions are recognized when a "sold advertisement" is shown on pages that were seen by users.

• Clicks are recognized when a visitor opens a native advertisement.

•  Mobile earnings are also derived from leads, listings and fees revenue, and online revenue that are attributed to visitor activity on mobile phones.
• The company also earns from contest entrance fees that participants pay.
• The company keeps around 10% of these fees.  
• There are various contest tiers with varying payment and prize rules. These competitions include the "Daily Fantasy, Best Ball, Pro Leagues, Cash Leagues, and Matchup Challenges."

Fantrax

•  Fantrax offers its fantasy racing game to car racing enthusiasts.
• The company provides the only "fantasy NASCAR commissioner leagues" on its web and mobile app platforms.
• Participants can draft their own league, ask their friends to join, and select their winning drivers' roster.
• The company provides a customizable and feature-loaded "Standard Commissioner (League Manager)" solution for free. `
• The product also has a premium version that costs $99.95. The premium version has more options on the menu.
• Participants pay a customizable entrance fee to join the game. There are also various fees that will be collected throughout the activities associated with the game such as league fees, transaction fees, contest joining fees, and miscellaneous fees.
• Fantrax earns revenue from paid advertisements, from premium commissioner leagues fees, and from "pay-to-play games & contests" fees.

WTA Fantasy Tennis

• The WTA Fantasy Tennis platform features various contests such as the "2020 WTA Fantasy Tennis | Porsche Race to Shenzhen Challenge." The fantasy competition was developed to generate consumers' interest in the organization and in women's tennis in general.
• There is no need for participants to pay or purchase anything to join the contest.
• The free fantasy game is sponsored by Porsche, a car manufacturing company in Germany.
• The fantasy game challenges can be accessed through web apps and mobile devices.  
• Participants can join in two types of competition within the game, the "Season Challenge and Tournament Challenge."
• In the Season Challenge, participants can make a forecast on the eight players that will be included in the WTA Finals.
• As for the Tournament Challenge, players can make a prediction on the "top four best performing players at select WTA Premier level and grand slam events."
• Those who joined the challenges can gain points depending on the actual outcome of the games of the WTA players that they have chosen.
• Fantasy tennis players can also assemble their own leagues and challenge other participants.
• The organization earns revenue from various sponsorships and brand advertisements that accompany fantasy tennis challenges.
• The company also earns money from featuring paid sponsorship advertisements on its social media accounts.  

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