Draft Kings/FanDuel scandal

[Unannounced Fart]

Did anyone hear about this? An employee of Draft Kings won $350,000 at Fan Duel, and it is being alleged by some people that he used inside info from Draft Kings that only he has access to, and used that info to win at Fan Duel.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/sports/fanduel-draftkings-fantasy-employees-bet-rivals.html

 

[bamainatlanta]

OT: Draft Kings Scandal

Anyone else paying attention to this? Draft Kings employee uses insider information to win $350k

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/06/sports/fanduel-draftkings-fantasy-employees-bet-rivals.html?_r=0

 

[SlipScreen]

NFL - were are against Gambling

every other commercial on the NFL network is about fantasy football gambling

 

[CRM 114]

There's already a thread on this.

 

[bamainatlanta]

There's already a thread on this.

oops, please merge. Didn't search adequately enough

 

[Urblock]

How dare he. 10

 

[CRM 114]

oops, please merge. Didn't search adequately enough

I can't blame you, though. The Fantasy board is tucked away at the bottom of the screen.

 

[Urblock]

Thread is closed. I need to go to bed. Back to 12.

 

[truthbedamned]

I hate both these commercials. May they rot in hell

 

[Ares]

I love the "I deposited 35$ on FanDuel and I have won over 2mil" guy... as if that is a common experience lol

 

[Unannounced Fart]

I love the "I deposited 35$ on FanDuel and I have won over 2mil" guy... as if that is a common experience lol

I thought it was kinda funny that they have all these big winners ($2 million, $1 million, $700,000, etc.) give testimonials, then they have a testimonial from this really passionate guy who won $300.

 

[Ares]

The commercials where they have these dudes watching and its like "This is what it looks like, when someone wins 1 million dollars...."... I find those hilarious as well... in large part because the demographic of the Fan Duel players is so stereotypical it is hard not to laugh at.

 

[Scoot26]

So will the ads cease on TV?

 

[xer0h0ur]

Nerp!

 

[KittiesKorner]

I love the "I deposited 35$ on FanDuel and I have won over 2mil" guy... as if that is a common experience lol

He also looks like the dandruff guy from shallow hal

 

[ShiftyDevil]

Lost in all this is that Disney/ESPN have stakes in draft kings and someone else has big shares of fan duel. If I weren't lazy I'd look it up.

 

[Warden of the Northeast]

Why are employees even allowed to play?

 

[truthbedamned]

Why are employees even allowed to play?

They aren't at their own company. They play on the competition site with insider information.

 

[Warden of the Northeast]

They aren't at their own company. They play on the competition site with insider information.

Oooooh, I didn't catch that.

 

[Unannounced Fart]

Lost in all this is that Disney/ESPN have stakes in draft kings and someone else has big shares of fan duel. If I weren't lazy I'd look it up.

Robert Kraft has a stake in DraftKings.