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Fastest Growing Segment In Sports Industry

Fastest Growing Segment In Sports Industry (Bloomberg)

According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, $3.38 billion were spent last year on daily-play fantasy sports – making it the fastest growing segment in sports fantasy.  The association’s president, Paul Charchian, said, “It’s growing so fast by the time we get research back, it’s already out of date.  It’s gotten more investment in the past two years than in the history of fantasy sports combined.”  In fact, just last November, DraftKings Inc., a Boston-based organization of daily fantasy players, just completed a November fundraising that stuffed its coffers with an additional $24 million.  Even Comcast Ventures – the venture capital affiliate of NBC’s Compcast Corp. was part of a group that helped fund FanDuel Inc., to a $11 million stake.  So what’s the timeframe on publicly traded fantasy sports?

Wayne Ellis

Wayne Ellis has been involved in the financial publishing industry for more than 15 years. During that time, he has helped to edit, to market and to launch products and services for Ernst & Young, LLC, Fidelity Investments, Agora, LLC, and Eagle Financial Publications. He currently puts his broad-based experience and industry expertise to use as a contributing writer for Eagle Financial Publications. He also is a graduate of Arizona State University.

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