10-06-2015, 09:28 AM
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#21
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All I know is this is my final year playing traditional fantasy hockey. Wayyy too involved and too much comittment.
Fan Duels is where it's at nowadays.
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10-06-2015, 09:37 AM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maryland State House, Annapolis
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Nice chart showing how very few players win the vast majority of money.
Article sums it up pretty well.
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/J...sy-Sports.aspx
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10-06-2015, 01:28 PM
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#23
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
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I think it depends on how you play. If you're someone who just goes in for the massive prize pools, then yeah your odds are pretty small. I play H2Hs, 50/50s, and multipliers each week for about $2/entry, and I usually do alright.
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10-06-2015, 01:42 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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ESPN is pulling all DraftKing and FanDuel sponsored segments from their shows thanks to this scandal
They will continue to show advertisements and commercials for both companies though.
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10-06-2015, 02:01 PM
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Scoring Winger
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Wow, that's a pretty big deal. Given the scrutiny they are already getting (re: gambling) and how new the industry is, if this blows up enough it could potentially wipe out the whole industry.
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10-06-2015, 02:21 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Section 203
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Originally Posted by rubecube
I think it depends on how you play. If you're someone who just goes in for the massive prize pools, then yeah your odds are pretty small. I play H2Hs, 50/50s, and multipliers each week for about $2/entry, and I usually do alright.
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So you are part of the 1.3%. Nice humbelbrag rube!
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10-06-2015, 02:45 PM
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#27
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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Originally Posted by squiggs96
So you are part of the 1.3%. Nice humbelbrag rube!
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Haha, well if you consider making maybe $8-$10/week a brag then I guess it is. Last week I should've taken a bath because I basically lost all my $2 entries except for two of them, but I accidentally entered a $10 game and won that one so I ended up $4 up for the week.
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10-06-2015, 06:17 PM
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#28
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Chicago
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I'm up over $600 (from a $35 stake) over the last two NFL seasons, plus a bit of hockey at Draftkings. Almost exclusively play 50/50 games, but I did hit a decent payout in one of the bigger ones for about $400 in hockey last winter. So I guess at the end of the day it's mostly a break even proposition for me (just got lucky once) - but provides a lot of entertainment value.
Most people go after the big paydays though, and lose. They're almost like buying lottery tickets
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10-06-2015, 10:29 PM
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#30
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: AB
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Ya I was down almost $200 bucks on DK until they started Esports betting. Now I am back to basically even ($191) and looking for a big day from FW and CLG
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10-06-2015, 11:59 PM
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A Fiddler Crab
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
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These sites are gonna get PokerStar'ed, I'll bet neither of them are still operating by the start of next NFL season.
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10-07-2015, 12:20 AM
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#32
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It still never made sense to me how this isn't gambling.
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10-07-2015, 09:19 AM
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#33
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Calgary, AB
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Originally Posted by corporatejay
It still never made sense to me how this isn't gambling.
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They got an exemption because the government considered sports betting skilled base. Of course online poker is skilled base but it's bunch together with the likes of blackjack, etc.
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10-07-2015, 10:08 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by corporatejay
It still never made sense to me how this isn't gambling.
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Because its more akin to stealing? 
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10-07-2015, 10:19 AM
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#35
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: California
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Likely because of some well placed political donations and lobbyists
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10-07-2015, 01:48 PM
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#36
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Victoria
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10-20-2015, 05:10 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Warning that if a prosecutor decides to go forth with charges against Draftkings or Fanduel, the money in players' accounts could be frozen for years.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ars/?tid=sm_tw
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10-20-2015, 06:19 PM
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#39
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Chicago
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Is it my imagination, or has the list of states that you are ineligible to play from grown since this 'scandal'?
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10-21-2015, 07:06 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
Is it my imagination, or has the list of states that you are ineligible to play from grown since this 'scandal'?
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It has, Nevada of all states has declared it illegal since the scandal started.
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