FanDuel turns fantasy sports betting into a social game
By: uk.techcrunch.com
The people that brought you HubDub, the prediction site that effectively turns news content into a game, have had a new idea. FanDuel is a premium, paid-for game focused on fantasy sports. Running in private beta for the last month, the game opens up today. The site is totally focused on U.S. sports (baseball, NFL).
Although the competitive space for daily fantasy sports is fairly new, there’s clearly an opportunity there - some 20m people play fantasy games, making it a $2bn industry. Currently big players such as Yahoo, CBS and ESPN dominate the market……….[read entire story]

