Losing isn't the only thing that sucks...

Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:06 pm

So does all of these fanduel and fantasykings ads that bombard my TV every weekend. It's illegal to play both of these in Arizona. Just out of curosity, has anyone of you ever won money on these sites?

Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:22 pm

phxpoke wrote:So does all of these fanduel and fantasykings ads that bombard my TV every weekend. It's illegal to play both of these in Arizona. Just out of curosity, has anyone of you ever won money on these sites?

I don't play it but I have a friend who won $10,000 playing it last year.

Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:29 pm

The ads are everywhere and obnoxious beyond measure. I wish there was a way to skip them on both TV and radio.

Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:38 pm

Illegal in Montana.. most annoying thing in the world right now.

Sun Oct 04, 2015 6:53 pm

MrTitleist wrote:Illegal in Montana.. most annoying thing in the world right now.

More than the Kardashians?!

Now there's a shocker.

Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:25 pm

I don't really pay attention to pop culture.

Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:25 pm

Wyokie wrote:
MrTitleist wrote:Illegal in Montana.. most annoying thing in the world right now.
More than the Kardashians?! Now there's a shocker.

I think you have a secret crush on the Kardashians

Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:30 pm

LanderPoke wrote:
Wyokie wrote:
MrTitleist wrote:Illegal in Montana.. most annoying thing in the world right now.
More than the Kardashians?! Now there's a shocker.
I think you have a secret crush on the Kardashians

Oh, give me a break. I wouldn't dear touch any of them.

Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:35 pm

It just feels like it has scam written all over it!

Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:28 pm

phxpoke wrote:It just feels like it has scam written all over it!

I don't know if it is a scam. I think it's kinda legit.

I think it's essentially Fantasy Football and gambling combined.

Not sure but I think it works like this:

Pay X amount of dollars. Let's say 20.
Draft your team with that 20.
Aaron Rodgers costs 5 bucks or something. Obviously more than Tyrod Taylor or Ryan Tannehill.
Buy your WR's. Demaryius Thomas and Calvin Johnson would cost more than Robert Herron or somebody else low level.
Same thing with your RBs and TE's etc.

Each player earns you money with their fantasy points.

All your players have a good day, you spent 20 bucks drafting, win 50 bucks via their production, and have a net gain of 30 bucks.

I don't know if that is how it actually works, just what I have gathered from the sports radio guys here in Oregon.

The radio guys (both local and national) talk about it. The local guys talk about how they did over the weekend.

Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:05 pm

BeaverPoke wrote:
phxpoke wrote:It just feels like it has scam written all over it!

I don't know if it is a scam. I think it's kinda legit.

I think it's essentially Fantasy Football and gambling combined.

Not sure but I think it works like this:

Pay X amount of dollars. Let's say 20.
Draft your team with that 20.
Aaron Rodgers costs 5 bucks or something. Obviously more than Tyrod Taylor or Ryan Tannehill.
Buy your WR's. Demaryius Thomas and Calvin Johnson would cost more than Robert Herron or somebody else low level.
Same thing with your RBs and TE's etc.

Each player earns you money with their fantasy points.

All your players have a good day, you spent 20 bucks drafting, win 50 bucks via their production, and have a net gain of 30 bucks.

I don't know if that is how it actually works, just what I have gathered from the sports radio guys here in Oregon.

The radio guys (both local and national) talk about it. The local guys talk about how they did over the weekend.

I've looked into DraftKings, it seems like the money you buy in with is just for how much you get back. Everyone then has the same "salary cap" and all the players are worth different amounts. Adrian Peterson might be $7500 where someone like Luke McCown is $500. Then it seems like you're right about basically so many fantasy points gets you a dollar. And DraftKings has games down to $3 buy in. Up to hundreds.

Mon Oct 05, 2015 11:35 pm

Watch out for these:

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Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:14 am

The thing with all of these sites is that they take a pretty hefty percentage of every buy-in right off the top.

Typically they take 10-20% off the top of every tournament, so you have to win at a pretty spectacular rate just to beat the vig.

WW

Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:36 am

Pretty much only hardcore gamblers win big. People that spend thousands on buy ins every week and submit hundreds of roster combos. You could get lucky, but not likely with degenerate gamblers trying to make a living off of Fanduel or Draftkings.

Tue Oct 06, 2015 8:44 am

Made 100 bucks last week on Draaftkings. I decided to give it a try this year. put 100 dollars in and play that for the season. I now have 130 dollars so I was down quite a bit before I won this week. Its fun to mess around with but your chances of winning big money are slim(obviously). We'll see if its something I continue to do after this year but so far I've had fun with it.

Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:08 am

Never been the betting type personally.

Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:41 am

WilyWapiti wrote:The thing with all of these sites is that they take a pretty hefty percentage of every buy-in right off the top.

Typically they take 10-20% off the top of every tournament, so you have to win at a pretty spectacular rate just to beat the vig.

WW

Want a tip, little known Yahoo Daily Fantasy has had a payout of $1 million and a combined pay-in of around $750,000 for the first 4 weeks of the season. Yes, that means the average player should make money. I did pretty decent the first 4 weeks.

...although the executives at Yahoo! must have discovered this ridiculously generous payout and have lowered it to $750,000 for this week.

Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:41 am

Wyokie wrote:
LanderPoke wrote:
Wyokie wrote:
MrTitleist wrote:Illegal in Montana.. most annoying thing in the world right now.
More than the Kardashians?! Now there's a shocker.
I think you have a secret crush on the Kardashians
Oh, give me a break. I wouldn't dear touch any of them.

Kendall Jenner's a Kardashian sister... and she's pretty hot:

Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:57 am

i agree she's smokin, Fan Duel and Draft Kings, enough already, please.....but i guess when you prey on the weakminded with nothing but a get rich quick scheme it's working somehow for them.....this is why I watch ESPN Goal Line and NFL Redzone NO COMMERCIALS!!!!!!

Tue Oct 06, 2015 11:47 am

Asmodeanreborn wrote:
Wyokie wrote:
LanderPoke wrote:
Wyokie wrote:
MrTitleist wrote:Illegal in Montana.. most annoying thing in the world right now.
More than the Kardashians?! Now there's a shocker.
I think you have a secret crush on the Kardashians
Oh, give me a break. I wouldn't dear touch any of them.
Kendall Jenner's a Kardashian sister... and she's pretty hot:

Nice. But she needs bigger boobs. She'll end up getting a boobjob within 2-3 years. Safest bet ever, in my opinion.