Over 40 million people in the U.S. play fantasy sports(Miller). Could this be considered gambling? No. With the rise of fantasy websites like Draftkings and FanDuel, where players pay to play, many people have been wondering if fantasy sports are gambling. On these fantasy websites, competitors create a team to compete against other fantasy owners’ teams. Two teams go head-to-head, and the game is based on chosen players performances in the contest. Each player gets points when they do things good or they lose points when they do things bad. The sites add up the points of all the players and whichever team ends up with the most points wins. Fantasy sports should not be considered gambling because it is a game of skill, daily fantasy is …show more content…
They found that 1.7 percent of players win 91.7 percent of the profits (Stinson). So, the top players are winning a majority of the prizes. This means that the skilled players perform better than people who know less about the game. The researchers explanation for this is that the best players use algorithms to help them locate players who are cheap to draft but produce solid performances (Stinson). FanDuel and Draftkings’ officials claim that a skilled and experienced player will beat the non-skilled player consistently in fantasy contests(Schrotenboer). Players must take into account what team they are playing against, whether the game is home or away, and the player’s recent success or lack of it. This shows that fantasy games are sheer …show more content…
This is not the case. They are both skill. Critics say that players do not have much of a chance of winning when you are playing against thousands of people. I argue while many will not win, the ones that do win are the ones who study the sport they are competing in. They did not get lucky, they just knew who to draft. Everyone has the same pool of players to draft from, so is it not just luck when some perform better than others? Yes, they do have the same pool, but no it is not luck. Players are not able to draft the top players at every position and virtually have a team of all-stars and just call it good. This is because of a salary cap limit. Each player costs a certain amount. The elite players cost the most while lousy players cost the least. The players must stay under the salary limit by drafting players who they think will do well that week but are not among the elite players. This is where the skill and knowledge of the game comes