Will Daily Fantasy Sports Be Regulated Out of Existence?
October 31st, 2015
Via Mens Journal, a report on fantasy sports: Every day for the entirety of the 162-game baseball season, Teddy McDermott* wagers up to $10,000 betting on the surprise ascendancy of pro athletes. His career has made him more than $1.5 million during the last two years. This is the power of Draft Kings, Fan Duel, […]
Read more »The Rise Of e-Sports, Tournament Videogaming And The League Of Legends
October 31st, 2015
Courtesy of The Conversation, an interesting look at rise of e-Sports, tournament videogaming and the League of Legends: The final of the 2015 World Championship of League of Legends, a fantasy-themed, real-time strategy videogame, is being streamed worldwide by the BBC. Like the most popular of sporting occasions such as football tournaments and the Olympic Games, […]
Read more »Daily Fantasy Sports And The Hidden Cost Of America’s Weird Gambling Laws
September 27th, 2015
Courtesy of the New York Times, an interesting look at daily fantasy sports: Sports leagues in the United States, and the networks that broadcast their games, prefer to pretend that everyone watching their games does so for the pure love of competition, the occasional nonchalant reference to the gambling point spread by a football announcer […]
Read more »Daily Fantasy-Sports Operators Facing The Curse of Too Much Skill
September 4th, 2015
Via McKinsey, an interesting look at the world of fantasy sports where leagues are red hot in popularity, but faced with the challenge of ensuring recreational players stay involved: Daily fantasy sports (DFS) is red hot. In 2014, 1.5 million Americans paid more than $1 billion in tournament entry fees, and FanDuel grew 300 percent in active […]
Read more »Varsity Gamers: Making The Grade
July 22nd, 2015
Via CNN, an interesting article on one American university’s eSports program: They go by monikers like BoomBoom, xshockwave27x and ClydeBot. They calculate click speeds and work to build up their APM, or actions per minute. They don jerseys emblazoned with sponsorship logos while sitting in $400 top-of-the-line gaming chairs. In a custom-built, tricked out room on […]
Read more »eSports: Massive … And Growing
July 16th, 2015
Via ESPN, a very interesting look at the rise of eSports: THERE’S A FORMULA for stories like this one: Open with a stadium full of screaming fans. Zoom in on the contestants, sweating from the intensity of the competition. Then comes the incredulous reveal: This isn’t basketball or boxing or even billiards. It’s eSports-and the “athletes” […]
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