Daily Fantasy Sports Gambling

Daily fantasy sports is most definitely gambling. This type of gambling is at a more specific level in contrast to just placing bets to see which team will win the game. Daily fantasy sports have recently leaked out on the political stage. The debate over whether daily fantasy sports are gambling or not arose from its growing popularity. Gambling is highly regulated in the U.S. because someone actually earns money from all the people who go to casinos and play a game of poker or blackjack. People began to examine how some daily fantasy sports companies operate and soon found that the companies operate within a sort of legal gray area. Fantasy sports in general are groups of friends who get together to form a league and put a certain amount of money into a pot, and the champion of the league wins the pot after a two to three month long season. Daily fantasy sports have changed all of that, so now you make a new team every day with a higher chance of winning money.
Both companies are proud to say that they have millions of daily users, although I did find out by going to their website that Fan Duel does not offer as many sports as Draft Kings. Daily fantasy sports are fantasy sports games that rely on the results of everything that happens in a real life sports game. You as the player earn fantasy points when one of your player scores in real life, whoever has the most points at the end of the game wins the money. Television commercials and sports teams advertising deals are one of the big reasons why daily fantasy sports has exploded over the past year. In 2015 alone, Draft Kings and Fan Duel both spent over 100 million on television commercials, which is one of the reasons why everybody has at least heard of Fan Duel or Draft Kings at some point. I can honestly say that all of my roommates participate in daily fantasy