JESUS MOTHER OF LOVE I hate the draft kings Propaganda

[tatehill2000]

it just pissed me off. they fkn COMMERCIALIZE the BRO HUGS,, bullshit about gambling.

they are the worst thing since
check cashing stores... fukkkk.... SATANS...

God I want to punch all those Diks in the face

 

[RunMaker]

I won $400,000 last week in my league off a $1 deposit.

You should try it, too. It will work wonders for you!

 

[RenoChazz]

I don't get the whole thing with fantasy either. To me it's like playing the lottery or that proline shit they have in Canada. The take is way too high.

 

[PatsFan1283]

I don't get the whole thing with fantasy either. To me it's like playing the lottery or that proline shit they have in Canada. The take is way too high.

10% is too high playing against your avg sports fan but 5% is ok when betting against the best gamblers and linesmakers in the world?

Avg sports fan is hyperbole but you get the idea. Think of it that way.

 

[tanner12oz]

They are lotto tix imo

 

[tatehill2000]

It's pathetic,,, and it's worse than normal degenerates. .. it GLORIFIES degenerates. ..

it's disgusting and they should be punched in the Dik

 

[terps1313]

10% is too high playing against your avg sports fan but 5% is ok when betting against the best gamblers and linesmakers in the world?

Avg sports fan is hyperbole but you get the idea. Think of it that way.

Wait who gets 5 percent lines on sports betting?

 

[KingofNicotine]

Never tried this but does anyone win in this crap?

 

[HarryCaray]

Never tried this but does anyone win in this crap?

I have a friend that does very well.

 

[PatsFan1283]

Wait who gets 5 percent lines on sports betting?

At -110, 4.54% is the house edge. That is what you have to overcome to break even and ultimately be profitable.

 

[RenoChazz]

At -110, 4.54% is the house edge. That is what you have to overcome to break even and ultimately be profitable.

And some of us are getting reduced juice.

So how does the daily work? Do you go heads up against someone, or is like 10 guys with top three like a sit n go?

 

[PatsFan1283]

And some of us are getting reduced juice.

So how does the daily work? Do you go heads up against someone, or is like 10 guys with top three like a sit n go?

Various game types. Those are two of them. Then 50/50s where half the field gets paid and half doesn't.

Then similar to poker there is the GPP. This is what drives the growth. The big tournaments with the big payouts to first.

 

[RenoChazz]

Do different players have different values? How does the picking your team work, do you have to draft, or does everyone just pick who they want.

 

[PatsFan1283]

The players have pre-determined values via an algorithm with minor editing by people that work for the company.

I.e Aaron Rodgers is 9700 week 1, Blake Bortles is 6200

The prices are static, not fluid. They then change for week 2, etc...

 

[stale]

Never tried this but does anyone win in this crap?

My view, it's easier to win against a book, than 30k people, certainly, lower investment with much great potential payout.

I would call it lottery

 

[HarryCaray]

The GPP's are more similar to giant poker multi-table tournaments than they are to a lottery.

Any one given GPP takes an incredible amount of luck to win (or take top 10 or whatever), but players who know what they are doing have an edge as far as cashing more consistently and putting themselves in a position to cash bigger.

 

[PatsFan1283]

The GPP's are more similar to giant poker multi-table tournaments than they are to a lottery.

Any one given GPP takes an incredible amount of luck to win (or take top 10 or whatever), but players who know what they are doing have an edge as far as cashing more consistently and putting themselves in a position to cash bigger.

This is true, bu the GPP as most people know it is actually getting pretty closely to a lottery. This is what most people know DFS as if they don't play it or just heard about it on the radio or whatever...

DraftKings week 1 10million GPP for $20 buyin has 572k people (will likely overlay)

This is what people refer to as lottery. There can still be an edge in something like this, even if it likely won't be realized, but that is where the comparison comes from I believe...

 

[stale]

The GPP's are more similar to giant poker multi-table tournaments than they are to a lottery.

Any one given GPP takes an incredible amount of luck to win (or take top 10 or whatever), but players who know what they are doing have an edge as far as cashing more consistently and putting themselves in a position to cash bigger.

Right, so you have to make 8/9 selections, people who have more insight will have better odds of winning, but you get into a dk/fanduel big contest, there will be over 50k players, that's a crapshoot for me....a lot of people cash out.... you're better off spending your time capping a couple games,than going over every nfl line up

 

[terps1313]

At -110, 4.54% is the house edge. That is what you have to overcome to break even and ultimately be profitable.

I see... I was viewing it as 10 percent vig.

 

[Murphy8276]

My view, it's easier to win against a book, than 30k people, certainly, lower investment with much great potential payout.

I would call it lottery

I think some people view it as playing at a cash game in poker vs playing ultimate texas holdem vs the house. They prefer their skill matched up against others and not the house. In the case of fantasy play though it is vs a mass amount of people so its virtually a lottery as you and others have said. I am sure some "skilled" fantasy players do well, but its impossible to tell how these players will perform week to week and when a big game will overshadow many bad ones. If that could be predicted you would win every week.

-murph