American daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has announced that it intends to start offering its online contests to players in Australia later this year after receiving a license from the Northern Territory Racing Commission.

Boston-based DraftKings explained that Australia has become the eighth nation to license its services before stating that it plans to begin granting punters from Perth to Proserpine access to its range of daily and weekly fantasy contests covering ten professional sports during the second quarter of 2018.

“Australia is an important market for DraftKi…