Policy Of Fan Duel And Draftkings

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In the world of daily fantasy-sports where the odd of winning is as thin as a thread, having access to a piece of internal data information, which might seem insignificant to the final result, still increases the chance of winning in a significant way. The new policy of Fan Duel and DraftKings has been stated as “The companies essentially banned their own and rival-company employees from playing daily games for money on their sites” (Needlemen, 2015). This recent implementation of the two companies’ policy has been likely to be motivated by the scandal of one DraftKings’ employee releasing company’s data and winning $350,000 in an online contest from its rival company, Fan Duel. For such a billion-dollar industry like fantasy sport sites,