The author reveals the story of the rise of daily fantasy Sports and the brilliant entrepreneurs disrupting the way fans consume sports.
It\'s a story of ideas and dreams, about a world of risk, luck, hubris, greed and redemption--a story for our High-Stakes times..
In a character-driven narrative with excursions into the strange and unexpected, Chen takes us from casinos to board rooms, from Edinburgh to Wall Street to the Vegas Strip, to tell a sprawling and intimate tale of the new world That this group of accidental disruptors helped to create.
A mother of three in Scotland.
A conflicted poker player.
A fantasy geek who felt it was his destiny to change the way fellow nerds watched the games they loved.
Chen tells the story of the improbable individuals behind the saga: An Irishman who knew nothing about American sports.
From Sports Illustrated \'s Albert Chen comes the story of two companies whose battle unleashed a carpet bombing of advertising as they sought supremacy in an exploding fantasy Sports and gambling market: In a time of gushing venture capital money, Fanduel and Draftkings turned into billion-Dollar companies seemingly overnight -- then, just as quickly, found themselves the target of FBI and Department of Justice investigations, and facing likely destruction.
Here is the untold story behind the clash of Billion Dollar companies That unleashed an unprecedented advertising war. -- Apple Books, Best of the Month selection Fans of financial thrillers such as Barbarians at the Gate will be excited by this insider account of the dizzying rise of fantasy Sports websites -- Publishers Weekly You\'ve seen the commercials.
Gamers will find this book impossible to put down, as will anyone who loves a good origin story.
Chen flips the script with a character-driven narrative, exposing the people who fueled the industry (not necessarily the folks you\'d expect) and what motivated them (not necessarily unadulterated greed). ...
APPLE BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH SELECTION We devoured this] engrossing account of the battle for supremacy Between three fantasy gaming sites.
The author reveals the story of the rise of daily fantasy Sports and the brilliant entrepreneurs disrupting the way fans consume sports
