“Malaysians ranked 3rd in the world in fantasy football participation”

May 06, 2012 – In recent years, it has been a trend for die hard football fans to enjoy football matches and playing fantasy football games at the same time throughout the season, and it is happening around the world. Malaysia is also not excluded from this trend, where we had seen it had struck us for the past few years and it has been one of the major hobbies among us.

The statistic shows that Malaysia stands third amongst the countries playing the official fantasy premier league game at premierleague.com with over 200,000 registered players. It is quite an unbelievable fact but yes it is true and there are several factors that can support it.

The first one is the easy access to international football’s live telecast. In our country, it is not hard to watch international football actions from various leagues such as Barclays Premier League and La Liga, thanks to the direct broadcast satellite service. The matches are on the sports channel most of the times, and these live matches are telecast live in cafes and mamaks.

The second factor is the rapid growth of internet access all around the country. Nowadays, it seems that most of homes, offices, and hangout places have internet connections. So, it is easy for us to keep updated with the international football actions. With the easily accessible internet access as well, it is not hard for us, Malaysians to play these fantasy football games given our knowledge learnt from watching the football games.

Amazingly, the size of the countries did not matter when Malaysia beat bigger countries such as United States of America, Spain, Portugal, South Africa and more in the fantasy football participation. This shows that how popular is international football especially Barclays Premier League in the country. The Barclays Premier League teams’ fan base in Malaysia is among the biggest and that answers why they always held pre-season matches in the country.

Euro 2012 is nearly upon us and with that, a Malaysian-bred global fantasy sports games provider, FanXT, has been taking major steps in offering the best all-round experience for Malaysian football fans to enjoy the European Football Championship. FanXT has launched Euro 2012 related apps on four digital media platforms – web, Facebook, iPhone and Android

· Fantasy Euro 2012 – Also available in Bahasa Malaysia
European football fans could build their own fantasy Euro team with players like Ronaldo, Villa, Rooney with virtual money of $100 mil. Available on web, Facebook, iPhone and Android. User requires only one account that can be used to access any of its versions

o Web – http://fantasyeuro.fanxt.com

o Facebook – http://apps.facebook.com/fantasy-euro

o iPhone - http://itunes.apple.com/my/app/fantasy-euro-2012/id521083108?mt=8

o Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=just.mobile.euro


· Euro 2012 Live
A must-have app for Euro 2012 fans that contains live scores, latest news, results, and even players’ statistics

o Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Tabeuro.euro

o iPhone - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/euro-2012-by-fanxt/id513182661?ls=1&mt=8


FanXT fantasy football game is interestingly unique because it actually offers players to play the game on web, Facebook and mobile version, using the same account. This exciting fantasy game also gives players a twist of fantasy football with their prediction game. This fantasy football is also among the first to be launch for the Euro 2012 tournament.

By registering to this game with Premium Account for only USD9.99, players will also be eligible to compete for cash prizes in several categories totalling up to USD 17, 600.