During the time we've been running 365FantasySports.com I've come to really appreciate the playoffs. Any playoffs. Any sport. Even NASCAR's "Chase". Hell, even the Little League World Series puts me in a good frame of mind.
Is it the drama? The fact that every pitch, free throw, play, shot and lap count? The intensity? The raw emotion shown through both the elation of victory and the crushing blows of a sudden death loss?
Maybe. It could be any or all of those reasons. But for the past two years I've developed a deeper love of the post season because this is when daily fantasy sports move to the forefront of the fantasy players' minds. Your "traditional, season-long" fantasy basketball or fantasy hockey league have either ended recently or you've been out of contention for weeks or even months. But daily fantasy sports roll on.
Rather than spending the next couple weeks over analyzing the upcoming NFL draft or the spring and summer months sitting around counting the days 'til your first fantasy football draft, you can still get your hoops and pucks fantasy fix by participating in daily fantasy hockey and daily fantasy basketball contests.
Contests? Yes, contests. Not leagues. Leagues imply a set group of participants who you compete against for an entire season. Contests only last a single day. Get in. Select a line-up. Watch your line-up kick the snot out of your opponent's line-up. Collect your cash. Get out. Simple. Good. Fun.
If the idea of making money on a daily basis during the playoffs from your fantasy skills sounds appealing to you, then find a daily fantasy sports site. Stat. Now. Don't wait any longer. Personally, I think you should try 365FantasySports.com. No other site gives you the combination of a huge variety of contests, ease of use and fantastic customer service.
The post season is about to become your favorite time of year too.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Monday, April 5, 2010
All Star Challenge Video
I wanted everyone to be able to see just how quick and easy it is to enter a contest and select a roster at 365FantasySports.com.
Remember, the video you are about to see only shows ONE of the contest types available for play. The contest shown is called the MLB All Star Challenge. It allows you, the player to put 10 absolute fantasy studs on your roster. The choices in each round are tough... but that's the way they should be. The likelihood of you and your competitor each choosing the same player in all 10 rounds is very slim.
Other videos will follow soon for our other contests like: "Positions"; "Hardball"; "Threesome" and our "Points Cap" contests.
We are proud to be the innovator of all of of these contests and the site which provides you, the player, with the widest variety of daily fantasy baseball and all other daily fantasy sports contests.
Enjoy the video and the daily fantasy action!
Remember, the video you are about to see only shows ONE of the contest types available for play. The contest shown is called the MLB All Star Challenge. It allows you, the player to put 10 absolute fantasy studs on your roster. The choices in each round are tough... but that's the way they should be. The likelihood of you and your competitor each choosing the same player in all 10 rounds is very slim.
Other videos will follow soon for our other contests like: "Positions"; "Hardball"; "Threesome" and our "Points Cap" contests.
We are proud to be the innovator of all of of these contests and the site which provides you, the player, with the widest variety of daily fantasy baseball and all other daily fantasy sports contests.
Enjoy the video and the daily fantasy action!
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Baseball is Back! Daily Fantasy Baseball is Better Than Ever!
Spring is in the air and everyone has a chance to win the pennant. Baseball is back and NOBODY does daily fantasy baseball like us! With contests like Hardball, Positions, Threesome, All Star Challenge and our Point Cap games, we clearly have the widest variety of daily fantasy baseball contests on the web.
Want contests with buy-ins less than $6? Just ask... we'll do it. Ready to play for more than $110? Let us know, we'll build those too. Want a private contest just for your fantasy baseball league? We'll do it for you... no problem.
Yep, baseball is back and the BEST place for daily fantasy baseball action is right here at 365FantasySports.com. PLAY BALL!
Want contests with buy-ins less than $6? Just ask... we'll do it. Ready to play for more than $110? Let us know, we'll build those too. Want a private contest just for your fantasy baseball league? We'll do it for you... no problem.
Yep, baseball is back and the BEST place for daily fantasy baseball action is right here at 365FantasySports.com. PLAY BALL!
Monday, March 8, 2010
Bracket Pools are Great but New Contests Make the Madness of March a Real Fantasy
While many college basketball fans will be filling out their brackets in the minutes and hours after the teams and seedings are revealed on Selection Sunday, David Lowitz will be busy creating daily fantasy basketball contests for the opening days of the tournament.
Yes, fantasy sports has made its way into college basketball now and both fans of fantasy sports and college hoops alike should rejoice in its emergence. Lowitz, Co-founder and General Manager of http://365FantasySports.com said, "Bracket pools are great, no doubt. But for true college basketball fans our daily fantasy contests will really bring life to the tournament." He added, "Interest will extend beyond just rooting for a team to win as fantasy contestants will now also have a vested interest in the performance of individual players as well."
Daily fantasy sports contests are similar to traditional, season-long fantasy leagues in that participants select individual players to form their rosters and that their scores will be based upon the on-court performance of the players on their rosters.
The biggest difference is simply the length of the contest. True to their name, these daily fantasy contests only last a single day. This means contestants get paid their winnings daily rather than having to wait until the end of the season, or in this case, until the end of the tournament.
"We live in a microwave society", said Lowitz. "Everything these days is quick, quick, quick. Daily fantasy action provides contestants with a fast and easy manner to enter contests, draft their rosters and get paid. In short, we offer immediate gratification."
While bracket pools are enormously popular, there are some drawbacks to them. First, it takes the duration of the tournament (about a month) to determine the winner. Second, if the team that a contestant has chosen to "go all the way" gets defeated early on, that person doesn't have much of a chance to win their pool. Third, bracket pools have a strict entry deadline. Once the tournament begins, it’s too late to participate. Finally, there is a major "luck" factor involved in selecting a winning bracket. Often times the casual fan or even the non-sports fan in the office is the person who emerges victorious.
There are many benefits to daily fantasy contests vs. bracket pools. To begin with, the daily fantasy contests offer a "fresh start" every day. Additionally, contestants are not “shut out” once the tournament begins as there are new contests available to enter on a rolling basis. According to Lowitz, "If you have a bad day today, no worries, there's always tomorrow. Conversely if you win today, you can enter tomorrow’s contests using today's profits." Finally, there is a minimal level of skill involved. While you don't have to be a college basketball junkie to compete or win, it is important to have a good understanding of trends and player match-ups.
The daily fantasy contests offered by http://365FantasySports.com are affordable to enter with contest entry fees starting at just $6. It should also be noted that contestants play against each other in very small groups of 2, 3, 4, or 6 people per contest. Lowitz added, "These are not like the mega contests that can be entered for free and offer a four-, five-, or six-figure payouts. Those are more like lotteries as you are competing against tens or even hundreds of thousands of people. With our small sided contests, everyone has a real chance to win."
http://365FantasySports.com ran daily fantasy college contests throughout the regular season and will continue to do so this week during the conference tournaments leading up to March Madness.
Fans who enter these contests this March and April should find that bracket pools plus daily fantasy contests equal one very intriguing tournament experience.
Yes, fantasy sports has made its way into college basketball now and both fans of fantasy sports and college hoops alike should rejoice in its emergence. Lowitz, Co-founder and General Manager of http://365FantasySports.com said, "Bracket pools are great, no doubt. But for true college basketball fans our daily fantasy contests will really bring life to the tournament." He added, "Interest will extend beyond just rooting for a team to win as fantasy contestants will now also have a vested interest in the performance of individual players as well."
Daily fantasy sports contests are similar to traditional, season-long fantasy leagues in that participants select individual players to form their rosters and that their scores will be based upon the on-court performance of the players on their rosters.
The biggest difference is simply the length of the contest. True to their name, these daily fantasy contests only last a single day. This means contestants get paid their winnings daily rather than having to wait until the end of the season, or in this case, until the end of the tournament.
"We live in a microwave society", said Lowitz. "Everything these days is quick, quick, quick. Daily fantasy action provides contestants with a fast and easy manner to enter contests, draft their rosters and get paid. In short, we offer immediate gratification."
While bracket pools are enormously popular, there are some drawbacks to them. First, it takes the duration of the tournament (about a month) to determine the winner. Second, if the team that a contestant has chosen to "go all the way" gets defeated early on, that person doesn't have much of a chance to win their pool. Third, bracket pools have a strict entry deadline. Once the tournament begins, it’s too late to participate. Finally, there is a major "luck" factor involved in selecting a winning bracket. Often times the casual fan or even the non-sports fan in the office is the person who emerges victorious.
There are many benefits to daily fantasy contests vs. bracket pools. To begin with, the daily fantasy contests offer a "fresh start" every day. Additionally, contestants are not “shut out” once the tournament begins as there are new contests available to enter on a rolling basis. According to Lowitz, "If you have a bad day today, no worries, there's always tomorrow. Conversely if you win today, you can enter tomorrow’s contests using today's profits." Finally, there is a minimal level of skill involved. While you don't have to be a college basketball junkie to compete or win, it is important to have a good understanding of trends and player match-ups.
The daily fantasy contests offered by http://365FantasySports.com are affordable to enter with contest entry fees starting at just $6. It should also be noted that contestants play against each other in very small groups of 2, 3, 4, or 6 people per contest. Lowitz added, "These are not like the mega contests that can be entered for free and offer a four-, five-, or six-figure payouts. Those are more like lotteries as you are competing against tens or even hundreds of thousands of people. With our small sided contests, everyone has a real chance to win."
http://365FantasySports.com ran daily fantasy college contests throughout the regular season and will continue to do so this week during the conference tournaments leading up to March Madness.
Fans who enter these contests this March and April should find that bracket pools plus daily fantasy contests equal one very intriguing tournament experience.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
College Football Breaks New Ground In Fantasy Football World
Utter the words "fantasy football" to any passing stranger and they will immediately think of the players who take to the fields across America every Sunday and Monday night.
Orange juice isn't just for breakfast anymore, your father's Oldsmobile is history and now fantasy football isn't just played with NFL players.
For years when sites like CBSSports.com ran college fantasy football contests they were not allowed to use the player's names. Rather you would draft "groups" like "Florida Gator QB's", "USC Running Backs", "Oklahoma Wide Receivers". And yes, while you were covered in case of late scratches or injuries, these contests lacked a "personal feel".
Recently CBS crossed the line and stood up to the NCAA and announced that they would run traditional, season long college fantasy football contests (Ref WSJ article HERE)
This decision, which has gone unchallenged by the NCAA has helped open fantasy football fans' eyes to the fact that now both days of the weekend can be spent pacing between three TV's while simultaneously tracking your line-up's production online.
Why should the NCAA challenge CBS and other college fantasy football leagues? All they do is provide even more exposure for all NCAA teams, including the smaller teams that usually garner nothing more than a box score and small paragraph in the Sunday fish wrapper.
Barely a year old, the next generation of college fantasy football has already morphed into something that A) college fans; B) fantasy football fans and; C) gamblers should all take to very quickly.
Behold, "Weekly college fantasy football". 365FantasySports.com became the first site on the web to offer weekly contests with real cash buy-ins and real cash payouts each and every weekend. "By Saturday night each week, just after the last west coast game has ended, our contests are over and our system is putting cash in the accounts of all of our players who won," quipped Neil Odze, founder of 365FantasySports.com.
Odze continued, "Just like our other daily contests there is no week-to-week point carryover and there's no roster carryover either. The rosters that you select each week are for that weekends' games only. Even within each weekend, many of our contestants can be found in multiple contests. While some contestants use the same roster in each contest, others like to mix it up."
Since so many college football fans are tend to follow just their team and their teams' conference, 365fantasysports.com has created the only games on the web that are conference specific. Every week you will find both "national" contests as well as contests for the Big Ten, Big XII, Big East, ACC, SEC and PAC-10. Odze seemed to beam just a bit when he added, "Nobody else has contests like these. Nobody."
Is this legal? Absolutely. Because of UIEGA (google it if you don't know), fantasy contests of this sort are totally within the bounds of the law. 365fantasysports is US owned and operated. Customers can make deposits and withdrawls quickly & securely with their checking account or any major credit card through Paypal. Contest buy-ins range from $6 to $110. Payouts range from $10 to $600. Your first contest is free upon registration.
Orange juice isn't just for breakfast anymore, your father's Oldsmobile is history and now fantasy football isn't just played with NFL players.
For years when sites like CBSSports.com ran college fantasy football contests they were not allowed to use the player's names. Rather you would draft "groups" like "Florida Gator QB's", "USC Running Backs", "Oklahoma Wide Receivers". And yes, while you were covered in case of late scratches or injuries, these contests lacked a "personal feel".
Recently CBS crossed the line and stood up to the NCAA and announced that they would run traditional, season long college fantasy football contests (Ref WSJ article HERE)
This decision, which has gone unchallenged by the NCAA has helped open fantasy football fans' eyes to the fact that now both days of the weekend can be spent pacing between three TV's while simultaneously tracking your line-up's production online.
Why should the NCAA challenge CBS and other college fantasy football leagues? All they do is provide even more exposure for all NCAA teams, including the smaller teams that usually garner nothing more than a box score and small paragraph in the Sunday fish wrapper.
Barely a year old, the next generation of college fantasy football has already morphed into something that A) college fans; B) fantasy football fans and; C) gamblers should all take to very quickly.
Behold, "Weekly college fantasy football". 365FantasySports.com became the first site on the web to offer weekly contests with real cash buy-ins and real cash payouts each and every weekend. "By Saturday night each week, just after the last west coast game has ended, our contests are over and our system is putting cash in the accounts of all of our players who won," quipped Neil Odze, founder of 365FantasySports.com.
Odze continued, "Just like our other daily contests there is no week-to-week point carryover and there's no roster carryover either. The rosters that you select each week are for that weekends' games only. Even within each weekend, many of our contestants can be found in multiple contests. While some contestants use the same roster in each contest, others like to mix it up."
Since so many college football fans are tend to follow just their team and their teams' conference, 365fantasysports.com has created the only games on the web that are conference specific. Every week you will find both "national" contests as well as contests for the Big Ten, Big XII, Big East, ACC, SEC and PAC-10. Odze seemed to beam just a bit when he added, "Nobody else has contests like these. Nobody."
Is this legal? Absolutely. Because of UIEGA (google it if you don't know), fantasy contests of this sort are totally within the bounds of the law. 365fantasysports is US owned and operated. Customers can make deposits and withdrawls quickly & securely with their checking account or any major credit card through Paypal. Contest buy-ins range from $6 to $110. Payouts range from $10 to $600. Your first contest is free upon registration.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Where Fantasy Football Meets Sports Betting?
Don't let the headline fool you. It's not really sports betting. By definition it's still fantasy sports and according to the US Government, it's 100% legal.
Intrigued? You should be. The fantasy football industry has spawned several niches including fantasy player insurance (http://fantasysportsinsurance.com), fantasy arbitrators (http://www.sportsjudge.com) and, of course, for the league winners fantasy trophies (http://theultimatetrophy.com).
When UIEGA was passed in September '06 it was clear that the US government saw fantasy sports as contests (or games) of skill not luck. As long as fantasy contests stay within the clearly marked parameters they are 100% legal even when played with cash entry fees and awarding cash prizes to winners.
It's at sites like 365fantasysports.com where the 'sports betting' collides head-on with the fantasy world, if only on the surface. Every day contests are made available for players to enter with a set buy-in and a pre-determined payout. For example, a player may select a 2 team contest where the buy in is $22. The winner would collect $40. The same 10% "commission" or "fee" that sports bettors are oh so familiar with is mirrored in these contests as well.
You may be scratching your head at this point as you ponder how you can possibly get everyone together every day to draft a roster and wouldn't that get just a little bit tedious after a while? Sure, draft night is undoubtedly one of the best nights of the year and having a couple of them every late summer is fun but I wouldn't want to do it every night.
Fear not having to wait for everyone to get together to select your roster. At 365fantasysports.com you can draft your team whenever you wish. Once you select a contest you may begin choosing your players immediately. It's possible that you and your competitors may have some players in common, but, the likelihood of having identical rosters is very slim.
Founder of 365FantasySports.com Neil Odze had this to say, "We wanted to build a site with contests that would require very little time for our players to enter and select their rosters. One of the only complaints about traditional fantasy sports is that it takes up too much time. You can be in and done with one of our contests in just a few minutes."
The other factor that is very appealing about "daily" fantasy vs traditional fantasy is the payouts. Odze added, "Winnings get transferred to our contestants accounts every day as opposed to at the end of the season. That's why it looks and feels like sports betting even though by legal definition its not."
Daily fantasy contests will appeal to a very wide range of participants from fantasy experts and newbies to the gambling type who enjoy hitting the sports books in Vegas. "We even have a decent number of poker players on the site", said Odze, "I think they find our contest lobby to be very similar to what they see on many of the online poker sites."
With 30 million people in the US participating in some form of fantasy sports combined with the "microwave", "I-want-it-now" lifestyle that we've all grown to love, there's little doubt that the daily fantasy marketplace will be thriving sooner rather than later.
Odze concluded with the fact that, "Most traditional fantasy participants don't know that daily fantasy contests even exist. But from what we've seen from the contestants that have found us so far, once they discover it, they really like it."
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