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Yahoo Sports Redesigns its Fantasy App
Yahoo Sports has made a significant update to how Yahoo Fantasy fans experience the app this season. The update comes with a new modern design as well as features to simplify navigation. In addition, Yahoo Fantasy will add several new content offerings to position itself as a fantasy-only news source for fans.
“The redesign is not about altering or fundamentally changing but enhancing, adding some modern aesthetic and design to it. We haven’t really undergone a major change or release here aesthetically in UX in about seven years. We think that there is a lot that we can do that showcases the work, and the good work that we do that we haven’t done a good job at elevating,” Yahoo Sports President Ryan Spoon said.
The app’s new design is focused on making sure users have an easier time maneuvering the app while staying in it, thanks to a new global navigation feature with three tabs: Home (team scores, real-time data updates, fantasy matchups, player availability and league standings), News (analytics and advice from Yahoo Fantasy experts) and Scores.
A driving principle for Yahoo Sports is to create a smart fantasy player with a full understanding of how to both use the game and manage their team. To achieve this, Yahoo Sports is introducing multiple types of new content for the upcoming football season:
• The Yahoo Fantasy Forecast featuring Matt Harmon to deliver news and analysis five times a week.
• Fantasy U – an online guide for players to learn about the app and improve their team.
• The Get to the Points newsletter by Andy Behrens and Scott Pianowski.
Existing content such as Yahoo Fantasy Football Live will continue, airing twice a week. Tera Roberts joins Yahoo Sports as their newest fantasy analyst.
“Making a smarter fantasy player is actually relatively tangible. It’s about making you better at the gameplay, able to understand what you’re watching, and understand how to manage your team. A goal for us is that hopefully you play on Yahoo, but if you don’t, I still want you to use the app and get value out of our analysis and rankings,” Spoon said.
Along with the app update, Yahoo Sports partnered with NBC Sports to create a sweepstakes awarding the winning fan one million dollars, to promote fan engagement for both the app and games on NBC.
“We’ve had a longstanding relationship with NBC, and it’s something Yahoo is very proud of. NBC has a fabulous lineup in NFL this year, three games the first week across their properties. We looked at this together to figure out how to integrate what they do wonderfully and what we do wonderfully on the fantasy side, to put those together in a way that unites and drives a benefit to the game,” Spoon said.
AGLC
High 5 Games wins AGLC supplier approval ahead of Alberta iGaming launch
The supplier can now distribute its online casino titles beyond Play Alberta to all licensed operators in the province.
High 5 Games has secured supplier approval from the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission (AGLC), allowing the studio to supply its online casino content to all licensed operators in Alberta’s newly opened commercial iGaming market.
The company has been live in the province since 2024 via Play Alberta, the government-operated platform, where it said titles including DaVinci DeluxeWays, Billionaire’s Bank and Green Machine have become player favourites. With the commercial market now open, High 5 Games said the same portfolio can be offered across operators entering Alberta.
Alberta’s commercial iGaming market is set to open on July 13, 2026, becoming Canada’s second province after Ontario to allow private-sector operators. The market is overseen by AGLC and the Alberta iGaming Corporation (AiGC) and launched with nearly 50 registered operator brands, according to the company.
“Alberta players already know and love our games through Play Alberta, that is a head start no newcomer to this market can claim. With the open market live, every operator in the province can now offer their players the award winning High 5 titles they have been playing for years, from day one.” says Tony Singer, CEO at High 5 Games.
High 5 Games said the AGLC approval expands its regulated North American footprint, which it listed as including New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, West Virginia, Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia. The company said it has developed more than 300 games over three decades.
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Desiree Dickerson CEO and co-founder of THNDR
Jackpot.com adds THNDR PvP skill games across six US states
Jackpot.com has launched real-money player-vs-player (PvP) skill games and tournaments through a new partnership with B2B skill games platform THNDR. The games are now live in Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio via the Jackpot.com app on iOS and Android.
Under the rollout, Jackpot.com users can play head-to-head skill titles including Solitaire and Blocks, as well as tournament formats intended to drive repeat engagement alongside draw games and scratch tickets.
“Jackpot.com is the first big operators in real-money gaming to put skill games in front of its players, and launches at this scale are how skill gaming goes mainstream,” said Desiree Dickerson, CEO and co-founder of THNDR. Dickerson added that THNDR’s network has seen “more than 160 million games played and verified” and cited a “99.99% match-fill rate.”
THNDR said its cross-operator liquidity matches players against “a real opponent” and uses “patent-pending game verification and a 50/50 target win rate” for match integrity. The company also positioned the offering as compliance-ready for regulated operators, noting that its CEO chairs the Online Skill Games (OSG) Committee within the International Gaming Standards Association (IGSA).
“Jackpot.com has always believed the future of gaming is a single platform where every type of player finds their game. The launch of skill games and tournaments is the next step in that vision: expanding how players engage, giving them more reasons to return, and more ways to win,” said Dharin Nanavati, Chief Growth Officer at Jackpot.com.
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GGPoker
GGPoker adds Action Voice packs featuring Doyle Brunson and other pros
New software option replaces standard table announcements across cash games, tournaments and formats including All-In or Fold and Spin & Gold.
GGPoker on July 9, 2026 announced Action Voice, a new software feature that lets players replace standard table announcements with voice packs recorded by poker personalities, including Doyle Brunson.
The initial lineup named by the operator includes ten-time WSOP bracelet winner Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi and Kevin Martin, with additional voices “to be confirmed in the near future.”
Action Voice is available now across GGPoker’s product offering, including cash games, tournaments and formats such as All-In or Fold and Spin & Gold. Players can select voice packs in the desktop client via ‘My Page’ and then ‘My Action Voice’.
“Doyle Brunson may not be at the tables in the way that he used to, but his voice still can be,” said Sarne Lightman, Managing Director of GGPoker. “Action Voice is our way of keeping the legends who built this game part of the everyday experience – right alongside the players carrying it forward today, like Daniel and Michael. It’s a unique and fun new element to our software, and we can’t wait to reveal the rest of the lineup soon.”
GGPoker said more Action Voice packs will be announced in the coming weeks as it rolls out the full roster.
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