Fantasy Betting (Fan Duel vs. Draft Kings)

Mags FTW · Post #1 » by **Mags FTW** » Sat Sep 5, 2015 11:59 pm

So I'm thinking about jumping into the fantasy betting scene. Any tips, advice, suggestions? Is one service better than another?

Badgerlander · Post #2 » by **Badgerlander** » Sun Sep 6, 2015 12:40 pm

Jeff Fogle ‏@JeffFogle 2m2 minutes ago
Jeff Fogle retweeted Ed Miller
In first half of 2015 MLB, "91% of Daily Fantasy player profits were won by just 1.3% of players." ht @DavidPurdum

Good luck

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Kerb Hohl · Post #3 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Sun Sep 6, 2015 2:43 pm

I would say DraftKings but I wouldn't touch football personally. Of course there is strategy but only having ~17 weeks to play makes me worry about it being too fluky in the small sample.

I have won in baseball the handful of times I've jumped in but I normally burn out when I realize winning a few hundred bucks in an up month is not worth the 15+ hours/week (good players put in way more) that I put in to win said money.

Post #4 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Sep 6, 2015 3:26 pm

I have dabbled in this the last month or so. Signed up for Draft Kings. Did some baseball and PGA. It's fun to do for a couple bucks here and there. Not easy to win of course.

M-C-G · Post #5 » by **M-C-G** » Sun Sep 6, 2015 6:27 pm

Badgerlander wrote:
Jeff Fogle ‏@JeffFogle 2m2 minutes ago
Jeff Fogle retweeted Ed Miller
In first half of 2015 MLB, "91% of Daily Fantasy player profits were won by just 1.3% of players." ht @DavidPurdum

Good luck

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Probably skewed by the big tournament winners, which is almost always guys that do this kind of thing professionally. If you do a $5 50/50 type games, it's not that ultra competitive.

Mags FTW · Post #6 » by **Mags FTW** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 4:08 am

I signed up for Draft Kings. Found a promo code that matched your first deposit up to $600, but I only put down $250.

RiotPunch · Post #7 » by **RiotPunch** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 7:07 am

I had great luck on Skyllzone last year. I think a lot of people did, which is why they now require paid memberships to play. I'm still gonna give it a shot. It's straight up weekly snake drafts, you versus 9 computer teams. There were serious flaws in the CPU drafting patterns that I exploited, hope I can do so again. Easy money.

I also do Fanduel. I love doing small stakes head-to-head matchups. They are not hard to win and they add up after awhile--plus it gets the competitive juices flowing and it is a lot of fun. Also, small buy-ins with large payouts you can usually at least get your money back if you don't suck.

crkone · Post #8 » by **crkone** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 12:26 pm

Draft Kings is considering an IPO, and buying Fan Duel.

Kerb Hohl · Post #9 » by **Kerb Hohl** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 12:31 pm

Mags FTW wrote:I signed up for Draft Kings. Found a promo code that matched your first deposit up to $600, but I only put down $250.

You'll get that back in 4 months if you're skilled enough to play that long.

Actually, I got it back somewhat quickly in baseball playing 10 or so leagues/day when I was in it, but I'd have to think in football you pretty much won't unless you get in a lot.