SportsHub Games Network

What SportsHub Games Network does

SportsHub Games Network (SHGN) is a Minneapolis-headquartered operator of real-money fantasy sports contests serving individual high-stakes players across football, baseball, and basketball. The company traces its flagship franchises back to 2004 with the launch of the National Fantasy Football Championship (NFFC) and National Fantasy Baseball Championship (NFBC), and operates a wholly-owned multi-brand portfolio that includes NFFC, NFBC, the National Fantasy Basketball Championship (NFBKC), the broader National Fantasy Championships (NFC) umbrella, the daily fantasy platform Fanball, the league fee management service LeagueSafe, and the best-ball platform MFL10s.

The underlying technology is a custom fantasy sports gaming platform supporting event-driven engagement, user-centered design, and a reusable technology stack that underpins hundreds of contest deployments. The platform offers multiple game formats including Standard snake drafts, Best Ball, Salary Cap, Auction, Guillotine, Eliminator, and Post-Season contests, with entry fees ranging from $50 to $20,000 per team and marquee national championship grand prizes reaching $300,000 (NFFC Primetime) and $200,000 (NFBC top prize). Since 2004 the company has paid out $116M+ in prizes across 120K+ drafted teams, and it schedules 3,400+ leagues for the 2026 season alone.

Revenue is generated primarily through transaction-based take rates on contest entry fees, with the company retaining a portion of each entry as rake and remitting the balance as prize money. The company also derives incremental revenue from LeagueSafe payment-protection transactions and Fanball DFS volume. Distribution is fully self-serve via owned websites with no channel partners or resellers. The company operates as a privately held for-profit with 11-50 employees and has taken a single disclosed funding round of $2.76M from WISE Ventures in 2018.

Name

SportsHub Games Network

Legal name

SportsHub Games Network

Website

https://shgn.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SportsHub Games Network is a Minneapolis-based operator of real-money fantasy sports contests across football, baseball, and basketball, running sub-brands including NFFC, NFBC, NFBKC, Fanball, LeagueSafe, and MFL10s for high-stakes individual players.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fantasy Sports Gaming

NAICS

Gambling Industries (7132)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Season-Long Fantasy Platforms & Commissioners (MPAEAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) Operators (MPAEAHAA)

Keywords

• Fantasy sports contests
• Daily fantasy sports
• High-stakes gaming
• Fantasy league management
• Season-long fantasy

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Fantasy Sports Contest Entry Fees: Players pay entry fees to enter various fantasy sports contests. Prize pools are funded from entry fees, with the company retaining a portion as revenue. Entry fees range from $50 to $20,000+ depending on contest type and stakes level.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SportsHub Games Network operates a portfolio of owned fantasy sports gaming platforms that host real-money contests across football, baseball, and basketball. Its flagship National Fantasy Championships (NFC) brand offers high-stakes season-long contests with entry fees from $50 to $20,000, supported by daily fantasy sports (Fanball), league fee protection (LeagueSafe), and best ball leagues (MFL10s). The company has paid out more than $116 million in prizes since 2004 and runs annual live draft events in Las Vegas.

Product overview

SportsHub Games Network is a fantasy gaming platform operating multiple owned and operated products including Fanball (daily fantasy sports), LeagueSafe (fee collection protection), MFL10s (best ball leagues), and the National Fantasy Championships (NFC) umbrella brand hosting high-stakes season-long contests across football (NFFC), baseball (NFBC), and basketball (NFBKC). The platform offers various game formats including Standard drafts, Best Ball, Salary Cap, Auction, Eliminator, Guillotine, and Post-Season contests with prize pools exceeding $116 million paid out since 2004.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NFBC: National Fantasy Baseball Championship - High stakes fantasy baseball contests with over $200,000 grand prizes
• NFFC
• NFBKC
• Fanball
• LeagueSafe

Products and services

• National Fantasy Championships (NFC) The umbrella brand for high-stakes fantasy sports contests spanning football, baseball, and basketball, hosting season-long leagues with prize pools. Targeted at individual fantasy sports players seeking competitive high-stakes play.
• NFFC (National Fantasy Football Championship) High-stakes fantasy football contests featuring multiple formats including Standard, Best Ball, Salary Cap, Auction, Eliminator, and Post-Season leagues with entry fees ranging from $50 to $20,000. Includes the NFFC Primetime with $300,000 grand prize and the Online Championship with $250,000 grand prize.
• NFBC (National Fantasy Baseball Championship) High-stakes fantasy baseball contests including Standard, Best Ball, Diamond Challenge, Auction, Guillotine, and Post Season formats with entry fees from $50 to $15,000 and top overall prizes reaching $200,000.
• NFBKC (National Fantasy Basketball Championship) High-stakes fantasy basketball contests featuring Standard, Best Ball, Basketball Challenge, and Post Season play with entry fees from $50 to $1,000 and top league prizes up to $10,000.
• Fanball Daily Fantasy Sports platform offering fantasy gameplay for football, baseball, and basketball. Targeted at consumers seeking short-format daily contests.
• LeagueSafe Platform for collecting and protecting fantasy league entry fees, ensuring secure transactions for league commissioners and members across fantasy sports leagues.
• MFL10s Home of MFL10 Best Ball Leagues offering best ball fantasy football gameplay where players draft and their highest-scoring lineup counts each week.

Quantifiable outcome

• $116M+ in prizes paid out since 2004
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• DraftKings: Dominant US daily fantasy sports and sportsbook operator. Directly comparable as a real-money fantasy contests operator with overlapping customer base in NFL/NBA/MLB, but vastly larger scale and broader product portfolio.
• FanDuel: Leading US DFS and online sportsbook. Competes for the same high-engagement fantasy players across football, baseball, and basketball, with deeper marketing spend and integrated casino/sportsbook products.
• Yahoo Fantasy Sports: Mass-market season-long fantasy platform with very large free user base. Overlaps with SHGN on NFL/MLB/NBA season-long contests but operates free-to-play plus paid tiers at much larger scale.
• ESPN Fantasy: Free mass-market season-long fantasy platform. Comparable in hosting season-long contests across major US sports, competing for the same fantasy players at the entry-level tier.

Direct peers

• Underdog Fantasy: US-based pick'em and best-ball fantasy operator. Direct competitor in season-long best ball and pick'em formats with cash prizes, targeting a similar high-engagement, mobile-first fantasy audience.
• PrizePicks: Real-money fantasy player prop operator across MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL. Comparable as a prize-based fantasy contests business serving sports fans in overlapping categories.
• Monkey Knife Fight: Real-money fantasy props and contests operator across US sports. Comparable peer in prize-based fantasy contests serving similar customer profiles.

Emerging players

• Sleeper: Mobile-first season-long and best-ball fantasy platform with strong community features. Comparable as a best-ball and season-long league operator chasing the same next-generation fantasy players.
• Best Ball (various operators): Best-ball-specific operators are emerging competitors to SHGN's MFL10s/NFFC Best Ball lines, focusing on the higher-velocity, lower-commitment contest format.
• OwnersBox: Real-money DFS and peer-to-peer contests operator with season-long and weekly formats. Comparable niche DFS business targeting serious US fantasy players.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SportsHubTech
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCXYCJJ1cIsZZbSb-VngrVBw
• Facebookfacebook.com/playnfbc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sportshub-technologies

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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