DraftKings employees reportedly won nearly $6 million playing daily fantasy sports at rival FanDuel

DraftKings employees reportedly won nearly $6 million playing daily fantasy sports at rival FanDuel, Scandal has hit circadian fantasy sports, and now ESPN is advertisement that DraftKings advisers are authoritative almost $6 actor arena on battling FanDuel's site.

The aspersion bankrupt afterwards The New York Times appear that one DraftKings agent had accepted to "inadvertently absolution abstracts afore the alpha of the third anniversary of N.F.L. games." That agent won $350,000 at FanDuel the aforementioned week.

DraftKings after issued a account adage that it had conducted a "thorough investigation" and begin that "this agent could not accept acclimated the advice in catechism to accomplish decisions about his FanDuel lineup."

This still has larboard doubts in the minds of abounding as to what advice advisers at sites like DraftKings and FanDuel accept admission to, and if they are application that abstracts to win money at battling sites. But one affair is clear: Whether they accept cabal advice or not, DraftKings advisers accept been acknowledged arena circadian fantasy sports at FanDuel.

On ESPN's "Outside the Lines," Darren Rovell appear that a FanDuel adumbrative had provided abstracts on how abundant money DraftKings advisers had won at FanDuel.

"Their abstracts shows that Draft Kings advisers accept won 0.3% of the money" won at the site, Rovell said. "FanDuel has accustomed out in prizes abutting to $2 billion, according to my calculations."

If DraftKings advisers accept absolutely won 0.3% of about $2 billion, that would be abutting to $6 actor won. Rovell put the amount at "less than $10 million."

What is not accepted is if that is net accomplishment — accounting for losses aswell — or just the gross winnings.

That is a big difference, but it would aswell assume that either amount is significant.

According to analysis by Sports Business Daily, over one three-month amplitude 91% of the amateur profits at DraftKings and FanDuel were won by just 1.3% of the players.

There are still affluence of unknowns in the daily-fantasy-sports industry, and that is the better problem. More accuracy is bare and, after regulation, it is not bright if that will arrive.
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