It’s not even a speck in the context of the whole economy, so having its own regulatory regime seems crazy. Folding it within the existing gambling regime seems most sensible (though apparently impossible under current sports gambling laws) - given it is basically gambling - but I’m really not convinced that this will…

It’s a separate issue but I think there’s a compelling antitrust case against DK and FD.

I guess it depends on if you think DFS counts as “large scale”. I just don’t, I’m afraid.

Not knowing how the deck was stacked against you can be grounds for action. Depends what’s in the DFS terms and conditions, but there’s a startpoint.

Except they’ve already started filing lawsuits. That’s surely not “literally nothing”.

I say one particular industry doesn’t need regulating, and you extrapolate that to assume I think all industries don’t need regulating.

Why do we do that? Because places like Nevada know that their state’s fortunes are tied up with the gambling/tourism industry.

Are you guys having a superbowl party this year?

Ultimately, DraftKings’s own decisions are a powerful argument for regulating daily fantasy.

I’m confused.

The issue is if you can determine what your “best shot” is, and the downside to getting it wrong. In the regular season, if you get it wrong, you have 15 other games to repair the damage. If you get it wrong in the post-season, it’s goodnight.

The whole point about it being a defensible call is that there are a ton of other factors that could be included in any model. How could they affect the probabilities? I got no idea. No-one does.

Can we agree that the 538 model does not capture all relevant information? It only bases its calculation on historic results. It does not include data points such as the Cardinals goal-line defense, Packers short-yardage efficiency, 2-point success in the play-offs, 2-pt success in the 4th quarter etc... stuff which…

I’m an amateur quantdouche, so I don’t think everything the nerds have brought to the table is useless.

According to 538: “Since 2001, the away team has won in overtime 45.5 percent of the time (110 of 242 overtimes that produced a winner).”

If anything, the odds are worse.

Let’s say open voting would have resulted in a 20-12 Chargers/Raiders win. The secret ballot however resulted in a 30-2 Rams win.

Still waiting for proof that Tsonga is not related to Muhammed Ali...

THE BRAWNCAHS AH JUST JELLISS THAT WE HAVE AN AHFINS.

Pedantic pedantry - union and league are separate codes of the same sport.