tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post2923328734925917633..comments2024-03-24T00:19:53.054+00:00Comments on Green All Over: The USA's Big SecretCassinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879449876804295094noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4528393111359731672.post-44036798990595339372015-01-14T14:04:00.495+00:002015-01-14T14:04:00.495+00:00There is also a rapid increase in the 1-day Fantas...There is also a rapid increase in the 1-day Fantasy Sports business in the US with individual sites now doing upwards of $10m a week and rising fast.<br /><br />The Fantasy sports market has been well established over the last 25-30 years and a large number of people will play at some level, either in a free or paid league. (Fantasy sports in the US is different to what you see in the UK where salary cap style games with thousands of players compete in one league as in say the Daily Telegraph. In the US It tends to be 12-15 player leagues played over a season or a shorter period).<br /><br />Fantasy Sports are seen as a game of skill and all the big sports sites such as cbssports and ESPN operate and also host paid leagues.<br /><br />The emergence of 1-day sites that include leagues and even 1-to-1 contests is based on the principle that Fantasy Sports is skill based. All entries in these contests must be made up of players drawn from a minimum of two sporting events.<br /><br />These sites play within the "rules of skill" but they are much closer to the gambling market than the season long fantasy games. When you look at the skill involved in picking which basketball players will play well tonight versus will the Hawks beat the spread, its hard to know which needs more skill or luck.<br /><br />fizzer555https://www.blogger.com/profile/08039129722970635303noreply@blogger.com