Fantasy Sports Fumble

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 8, 2015

As any football fan knows from the constant ads, fantasy sports sites like FanDuel and DraftKings are getting more popular by the day.

Joshua Brustein, tech writer for Bloomberg Businessweek, talks about the industry, how the house always wins and the scandal both companies have been engulfed in this week.

Nice ad placement on piece that @iboudway and I wrote about daily fantasy sharks http://t.co/ndUZ6nAJNE pic.twitter.com/2N9zXSmZZ0
— Joshua Brustein (@joshuabrustein) September 10, 2015

@BrianLehrer sounds like pee wee version of deregulated wall st. Hedge fund whiz kids are into football too, we bet.
— NYersAgainstBratton (@AGAINSTBRATTON) October 8, 2015

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