Draft Kings Spent 25 Million Last 30 Days Advertising

[gauchojake]

Have they already used every word in the Oxford dictionary??

by my calculations they will need to switch to the urban dictionary around week 6

[themike78]

I played one because it was a free $5 entry they gave me. There was like 400,000 people playing in the tournament. Why compete against that many people? It is exactly like playing the lottery. Online poker much easier to make money than this garbage. I woud rather play the fukin poweball. Your odds of winning are about the same I think.

[brooks85]

I'm cashing today plus got julio jones tomorrow to try and crack top 500(optimistic for jones) for the big one plus others. My sleepers were stevie johnson, ameer, kelcee, eifert, palmer and austin sefarian jenkins who was drafted in just .8% of teams but scored 31. These first weeks are the time to make money because of the sleepers and their prices being way off, like austin's, Ameer abdullah's and palmer's price. Just a couple different picks from my other teams and I'd be looking pretty good for a shot at first with julio still to play but just wrong combination. Plus Doug martin shit the bed, should of had kelcee or austin there.

[HotStreak]

Favorite promo code was at start of Dallas/NYG game "trap"

[CanuckG]

The guy who came first in the 10mil today....fluke

[brooks85]

The guy who came first in the 10mil today....fluke

eye of the beholder

if you know who what you're doing there was nothing fluke about the guy currently sitting in first. But, he isn't going to win because still games left.

[jjgold]

Some experts think all the ad money is going to dry up companies and sink them both because winning from $3 to $50 if your lucky will not do it

[TxAaron]

Sitting at 158pts in the $25 millionaire maker with Demarco Murray to go tonight. Should make some good coin.

[shaunovery]

Just shows you fantasy sports big business these days

[mpaschal34]

I'm in a pretty serious football league (12th year together). None of us play DFS. Just don't see this sticking. Maybe the younger crowd likes it though. Better for the short attention span generation.

[jtoler]

Isnt fantasy kinda like a raffle?

[Ra77er]

I cashed out of my Draft Kings account completely yesterday. I lost around 100 bucks and I didn't care for the layout of the site compared to FD. Add in the commercials, the sharks with 300 entries alone in tournaments, I see the vig on the 50/50 stuff (not good). I actually liked the baseball one one, perhaps I am not as far behind the sharks in that sport because I have cashed 4 or 5 times out of 10 entries..yet in the NFL this weekend which I had a total of 10 entries going, I couldn't beat anyone....so I'll probably just use it for golf and MLB when bored.

[jjgold]

I cashed out of my Draft Kings account completely yesterday. I lost around 100 bucks and I didn't care for the layout of the site compared to FD. Add in the commercials, the sharks with 300 entries alone in tournaments, I see the vig on the 50/50 stuff (not good). I actually liked the baseball one one, perhaps I am not as far behind the sharks in that sport because I have cashed 4 or 5 times out of 10 entries..yet in the NFL this weekend which I had a total of 10 entries going, I couldn't beat anyone....so I'll probably just use it for golf and MLB when bored.

good move

its a real waste

sports betting much better shot to win

[Ra77er]

I like to try these new things out though so I can speak on it at least somewhat informed. It is fun but in the end I prefer to buy and sell the teams instead of the players. Plus who doesn't want these commercials to take over in America?

PS thats me in teh glasses and headband

[jjgold]

I like to try these new things out though so I can speak on it at least somewhat informed. It is fun but in the end I prefer to buy and sell the teams instead of the players. Plus who doesn't want these commercials to take over in America?

PS thats me in teh glasses and headband

hard as a rock

[brooks85]

Isnt fantasy kinda like a raffle?

normal, season long fantasy leagues where you have low add/drop total are a raffle. Not the weeklies like draftkings or fanduel.

[Ra77er]

Goldy

[Cross]

Edward Norton hired for their voice too.

[Iwinyourmoney]

Why haven't the fantasy sites tried to drop big $ on the gambling forums?

[Ra77er]

I would think gamblers would find these kinds of things naturally though without all the fake bs commercials or some poster on a forum. I could be wrong though and paying a forum or a poster to advertise would probably be a reasonable tactic. Personally I don't really care I just try it and if I like it... I like it.

DK has a nice logo and branding but the interface needs work, basically I like 5Dimes bland layout compared to fancy GUI of Bovada. It is supposed to be business oriented on these websites, not a party. it reminds me why I like CBS over ESPN as well.

The commercials with the fake chicks, sweating out a million bucks (which doesn't happen IRL/ or to the casual degen -x middle aged punting white guy), and the guys that are in some fantasy keeper league for the last decade. I am exactly 0 for 3 on those, and the commercials are targeting me?

[Auto Donk]

they sit there and grin, while the money rolls in............

[Ra77er]

Don't get me wrong it is awesome winning, winning a dollar on a hail mary is sweet...but that is behind closed doors or with your friends....excluding vegas people here. No one completely acts a fools at buffalo wild wings over winning 75 bucks because witten caught another td.

[mr. leisure]

So tired of all their crappy commercials

[TheMoneyShot]

govt will find a way to shut him down. matter of time now

[Kermit]

govt will find a way to shut him down. matter of time now

I don't understand how it is legal?

[Ghenghis Kahn]

i thought fan duel couldn't advertise on espn since draftkings had exclusive deal with them?

every other fukking commercial was about these fukking two sites. i fukking hate them.

i will never deposit a cent to these fukking sites.

[Sledge187]

I love Fanduel...so addicting. Surprised you guys don't like this stuff. Easy money.

[agendaman]

as JJGOLD says they use advanced algorithms and eventually sharp lawyers will sue everyone from day1 and yes tread lightly as a poster stated some sites may fold with the players money

[jtoler]

normal, season long fantasy leagues where you have low add/drop total are a raffle. Not the weeklies like draftkings or fanduel.

Just because its shorter how is it still not a raffle? Does one person win the pot, is it split like say top 5 get a certain percentage or what. Maybe I'm just totally thinking wrong.

[El Nino]

Edward Norton hired for their voice too.

He had to cost some big $$$

[jjgold]

I laugh at all the suckers playing

[Snowball]

Just because its shorter how is it still not a raffle? Does one person win the pot, is it split like say top 5 get a certain percentage or what. Maybe I'm just totally thinking wrong.

there are different variations on the pay scale.
it looks pretty good to me. took the dive and made a deposit on FD.
Rookie Contests if you finish top 50 of 100 you net 80%.

i have to spend time on this. purely secondary to capping but
my strat will be to focus on individual game contingencies
and not star players.
like anything else i'm sure you got to apply yourself to win.
with all these commercials i am sure there are happy hunting
grounds of casual participants to win money from.

[jjgold]

they are getting way too much exposure

You know whats going to happen?

Leagues are going to want to get rid of it

[stealthyburrito]

they are getting way too much exposure

You know whats going to happen?

Leagues are going to want to get rid of it

Why would they? They are in bed with DFS

[brooks85]

Just because its shorter how is it still not a raffle? Does one person win the pot, is it split like say top 5 get a certain percentage or what. Maybe I'm just totally thinking wrong.

well, it is not a raffle mainly because raffles a PURE luck. Weekly fantasy actually takes skill to win.

Like I said, regular season long fantasy leagues are raffle because you're drafting before week 1 and can't read the future. With weeklies you have no excuse not to excel other than poor handicapping.

And yes, more than the top 5 generally get paid unless you do smaller contest. But for the majority of the big contest, like this weekends, it was top 125700 out of 520k; last place got $25 for $20 entry. If you can't cash in that, the honest truth is you're not very good at handicapping either unless you just solely follow line movement and don't even watch the games like I do in MLB. If someone even pretends they know football and can't cash on these fantasy leagues, they have shown their hand.

It is really no different than anything else, when people lose they must find an excuse instead of being critical on why they are losing. Much easier to say "its a scam, I'm done there."





Julio jones killed it last night 38.1