Daily Fantasy Sports of Little Interest to Online Poker Operators Daily Fantasy Sports of Little Interest to Online Poker Operators
Jeanne Menjoulet & Cie, Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License
Key Takeaways
  • With Rational Group’s recent diversification into online casino games, most of the biggest online poker operators now offer an online gambling alternative to poker, but none of them have entered the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) market.
  • However, the success of operators such as FanDuel and DraftKings suggests that they may be missing an opportunity.
  • Revenue projections for DFS produced by Eilers Research and published at OnlinePokerReport show that DFS are on track to generate a lot more cash in the US than online poker does in the three currently regulated state markets.

With Rational Group’s recent diversification into online casino games, most of the biggest online poker operators now offer an online gambling alternative to poker, but none of them have entered the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) market. However, the success of operators such as FanDuel and DraftKings suggests that they may be missing an opportunity.

Revenue projections for DFS produced by Eilers Research and published at OnlinePokerReport show that DFS are on track to generate a lot more cash in the US than online poker does in the three currently regulated state markets.