| Description |
xxii, 281 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-263) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. The War, 2008-2015: Betting on Brett Favre with Bar Mitzvah Money (And Other Hidden Origin Stories) / 2008-2013 - Tale of the Unicorn / Boston / Summer 2014-Summer 2014 - Lesley's Promise / Edinburgh / Summer 2014 - Where Are All the Grown-ups? / Las Vegas / Summer 2015 - The Output is Insanity / Orlando / Spring-Fall 2015 - Part II. The Fall, 2015-2016: Friends and Foes / New York / Fall 2015 - Open and Notorious / Edinburgh / Fall 2015 - Nightmare at 35,000 feet / San Francisco / Fall 2015 - Crowning the King / Boston / Fall 2015-Early 2016 - The Circus / Dallas / Spring-Fall 2016 - The Most Miserable Man at the Super Bowl / San Francisco / Winter-Spring 2016 - Part III. The New World, 2016-2019: A Line in the Sand / Las Vegas / Spring-Summer 2016 - Jason's Delusion / Boston / Summer 2016 - Nigel's Delusion / New York / Fall 2016-Summer 2017 - The Last Sweat / San Francisco / Winter 2017 - The Speed of the Game / 2018-2019 |
| Summary |
"The inside story of the rise, fall, and rise of FanDuel and DraftKings--two companies that began as obscure start-ups and, seemingly overnight, became billion dollar companies, and just as quickly found themselves the target of the FBI and Department of Justice and the center of a national scandal. Veteran sportswriter Albert Chen draws on candid, unprecedented interviews with every key player in tech, sports, gambling, and the fantasy leagues to create a breakneck narrative around a group of entrepreneurs, players, and gamblers. [This book] recounts the origins of modern gambling and fantasy sports in America, and follows the unlikely rise of the fantasy sports world through the lens of the two startups at the center of the story." |
| Subject |
Fantasy sports -- Economic aspects.
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Fantasy sports.
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FanDuel.
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DraftKings.
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Fantasy sports. (OCoLC)fst01741880
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Chen, Albert, author Billion dollar fantasy. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. 9780544911185 (DLC) 2019981282 |
| ISBN |
9780544911147 (hardcover) |
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0544911148 (hardcover) |
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9780544911185 electronic book |
| Standard No. |
40029387458 |
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