Speaker Profile

Peter Schoenke is the Co-Founder and President of RotoWire, a leading content provider to sports fans, media companies and gaming operators including ESPN, Yahoo, FanDuel, DraftKings, CBS Sports, NFL.com, Sirius XM Radio and 18 professional sports teams. RotoWire is a pioneering and leading innovator in the fantasy sports industry since the hobby moved online. In 1997, the company developed the concept of player notes and the industry continues to follow its format of using a news and analysis section for each update. RotoWire was sold in 2022 to Gambling.com Group for $27.5 million. Mr. Schoenke continues to lead the RotoWire division after the acquisition.

Mr. Schoenke is currently a board member, has served as the chairman, and heads the government affairs committee of the Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association (formerly the Fantasy Sports Trade Association). When a large portion of the fantasy sports industry was in danger of being shut down from 2015 to 2017 over the growth of daily fantasy sports, Mr. Schoenke helped lead an industry effort to confirm the legality of fantasy sports, while also providing players with strong consumer protection measures. His efforts were detailed in the 2019 book, Billion Dollar Fantasy.

Mr. Schoenke holds a master’s degree in journalism and a B.A. in economics and political science from Northwestern University. In 2011, Mr. Schoenke was elected to the hall of fame for both the Fantasy Sports Trade Association and the Fantasy Sports Writers Association for his contribution to the growth of the industry.

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