Industry Updates

We’ve been following the developing DraftKings / FanDuel insider trading controversy over recent days, but so much has already been said that we didn’t have much of value to add to the discussion.

Editors Note: AlphaDraft is CLOSED. The post below remains published for a historical archive. FanDuel sent out an e-mail today announcing its entry to daily fantasy eSports powered by AlphaDraft’s existing platform. Technically, FanDuel didn’t “launch” AlphaDraft since it has already been live and hosting contests for some time now. However, today’s e-mail represents the…

As I stated in my last column: “DFS is a game of skill and uses a sweepstakes format, so it’s not gambling. Daily Fantasy Sports is a game of skill and is therefore not gambling.” These are the arguments DFS advocates continually cite as they try to stay within the bounds of the Fantasy Sports…

Judging by the current debates and talking points being bandied about by both advocates and opponents, it appears the Daily Fantasy Sports industry is rocketing towards a day of reckoning with regulators and state legislatures like NASA’s New Horizons zooming towards Pluto. At some point in the not so distant future the industry is going…

Steve Ruddock outlines his take on fundamental problems the booming daily fantasy sports market is experiencing as growing pains while the legal market takes shape and continues to grow as a legal alternative to sports betting. 1. Two Daily Fantasy Apps Control 95% of Marketshare When it comes to Daily Fantasy Sports websites there’s DraftKings…

Unlike during the Poker Boom, when online gaming options were limited to traditional casino and sports betting, in 2015 there are a number of “gaming” style entertainment options to choose from on the Internet. There is the remains of the once prosperous online poker and casino industry, and in some locales the emergence of licensed…

Note: As of 2023 Disney is now fullly involved in sports betting, as the parent company of ESPN, which is launching the ESPN Bet app. The post below is relevant, but dated information on Disney’s path to embracing sports betting. Don’t be surprised if you start seeing DraftKings ads flood ESPN. As a part of…

If you’ve been trying to avoid the Daily Fantasy Sports bug you may want to reconsider. The DFS industry saw massive growth over the course of 2014, and with the industry poised to break into the mainstream in 2015, there has never been a better time to dive in and signup at a DFS site.

Big investments and bold claims are the name of the game as DraftKings and FanDuel jockey for the top spot in online daily fantasy. Recently, the Better Business Bureau’s National Advertising Division recommended that DraftKings stop making the claim that it is the largest US-based daily fantasy site in the country.

Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) is widely regarded as little more than a small segment of the larger Fantasy Sports market, and because of this one would expect that most DFS players either come from a background in Fantasy Sports or have an interest in participating in both DFS and season-long Fantasy Sports.