Both Fanduel and
Draft Kings are apps where people are offered the opportunity to compete in
daily and weekly fantasy sports contests for cash prizes in all of the six
major sports (MLB, NHL, NFL, NBA, PGA, and MMA) as well as college basketball
and football. These applications allow you to gamble online legally based on
conducting a lineup of your favorite athletes with a specific salary with
friends or random users through the app. The writer of the blog, Darren Heitner
stated, “There are at least 20
million of us playing fantasy sports every year and yet in recent years it has
seen very little innovation. For many, one of the major problems with
fantasy sports is the huge time-commitment involved – when you play fantasy,
you have to play for the whole season – no breaks, no holidays, no excuses.
However, in this era of Facebook and Twitter people want instant gratification.” The beauty
of both of these apps allow you to gamble money against online competitors and
once the contest is terminated, the winner receives their cash deposited into
their account. To be able to have the convenience of receiving money where it’s
due, with no wait, is every online user’s dream.
One emphasized point from
this article would be that no matter which application strives for supremacy;
this type of online betting has taken gambling to the next level. Both have raised
hundreds of millions of dollars as well as taking sponsorships to greater heights.
Most places you look, affiliated to sports, contain the logo of these apps and
they are only getting more popular. They both have plenty of TV advertisements,
partnerships with professional sports teams, and on top of all that, they have
large deals with media companies, including ESPN and FOX sports. As more start-ups
begin to express their ideas of online gambling, Fanduel and Draft Kings are at
the top of the charts and can now be recognized worldwide.
This article contained a lot
of useful information following up with the background history of both Fanduel
and Draft Kings. Both profitable companies who have made great successes internally
and externally that are now known worldwide. As both these apps compete to gain
supremacy of online fantasy sports gambling, one will have to come out on top
with a more innovative strategy as we reach the end of 2015. As it says in the
title of this article it is an “abbreviated history” of both these
applications. I feel that the article overlooked the negative downsides that
both these apps bring to the table. They are gambling apps and could lead to
some serious problems that jeopardize people’s lives dramatically. I am a user
of Draft Kings and have came out profitable sometimes, but other times I have
lost a significant amount of money. There is only so much technology that can
be done between the two apps (and start ups) but could these apps work together
to stop gambling problems? Maybe link them together to show the inconsistency
to win money and stop them from betting more money. It sounds unlikely to be
done, but if such an issue, can it be done?
Heitner, Darren. "An Abbreviated History of Fanduel and Draft Kings."Forbes. Forbes Magazine, 20 Sept. 2015. Web. 20 Sept. 2015.
Draft Kings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMLNxLpKd-4
Fanduel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ziAGGFet3g
