# draftkings, fanduel, etc.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draftkings-fanduel-etc/700212>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 2, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draftkings-fanduel-etc/700212 "2014-10-02T21:16:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draftkings-fanduel-etc/700212/1 "2014-10-02T21:16:40Z")

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Anyone playing and/or winning on these fantasy sports sites? It seems pretty legit from what I can tell. I’m kicking around the idea of playing. Draftkings offers payment by check, which gives it a slight edge for me because I dislike paypal. If anyone has any experiences with either (or a 3rd site) I’d be interested to hear about it.

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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/draftkings-fanduel-etc/700212/2 "2014-10-02T23:24:04Z")

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They’re both legit in the sense that they are what they say they are. I give both of them extremely wide berth when it comes to my wallet, though. Fantasy sports that match up by week are already way too chunky and luck-intensive for me as it is; daily just cranks it up that much higher. I find it impossible to convince myself that “perfect play” by me will result in anything very different from a coinflip.

I don’t doubt that there are Haralabos Voulgarises out there who can actually synthesize data enough to have a genuine strategic advantage in that kind of stuff, but I know I’m not one of them.