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Thread started 09/19/16 1:34pm

RodeoSchro

Once again, DraftKings and FanDuel are controlled by pros

You have little to no chance to win anything in these games. They are stacked against you. Unless you're a professional mathematician or a full-time bookie, forget about it. Here's the latest proof:

http://deadspin.com/a-dra...1786808224

A DraftKings Contractor W... Yesterday



Stefon Diggs had a fantastic game last night, torching the Green Bay Packers and helping his team win in the first game at their new stadium. His nine catches and 182 yards with a touchdown also played a key role in securing Al Zeidenfeld first place in DraftKings’ biggest contest of the weekend, the NFL $5M Fantasy Football Millionaire. That’s a $1 million prize, even before his other Week 2 entries.

Zeidenfeld is a professional Daily Fantasy Sports player who’s become famous enough to get profiled by Maxim, but he’d never won the big one before, according to a rather subdued Periscope stream he put up after the game ended.

Zeidenfeld is also a regular DFS contributor to ESPN and, in his words, a “sponsored professional Daily Fantasy Sports player at DraftKings.com. On air personality and content provider for DraftKingsTV and Brand Ambassador/endorser.” It’s at least curious that the winner of DraftKings’ flagship contest is someone paid to give advice to his ostensible competitors, but a Draftkings contractor raking in a big prize is an unwelcome callback to last year’s controversies.

Zeidenfeld did recommend several players he won with in his ESPN column this week, but mass entry DFS contests are won and lost with sleepers that vastly exceed their expected production, the way Diggs and Corey Coleman did for Zeidenfeld this week. If you are aware of lineup data before you pick your team, you have advance knowledge of which players will give you a higher relative advantage should they score.

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