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Voluntarily? There is a guy up thread who spoke about putting money back in if he needed to. Doesn't sound voluntary to me. Sounds more like an addiction. Your hyperbole also sounds like something an addict would say.
This is a ridiculous comment which has already been trashed in another thread. Why do you keep pounding the drum?
Because anyone who plays decides of his own free will to enter his credit card number. Hence, the action is voluntary.
Except that you're not. As I've pointed out to you before, NFL Red Zone is a premium service. Verizon charges $70 for it. Guess what? Draft Kings ads.
I stopped playing DFS this year because of the level of annoying the ads became. I'm not even kidding.
Hardees commercials with hot chicks, instead of fake grizzley dudes in sweaters saying things we already know to us, like we dont know Draft Kings and Fan Duel exists. I can look at burgers and chicks all day man.
Good point. FanDuel could use some hot chicks in their ads if they want men to appreciate them more. I mean the only chick in any of them is that mountain of a woman that lifts the waiter up with ease after her victory. If instead they had some hot chick in a bikini lounging in a kiddie pool that jumps up and down after her FanDuel victory, all of a sudden their would be far less complaints about that add showing up after every extra point.
I love playing DFS. It effects me in no way, except when I win or lose the few bucks I play with. But it is gambling and needs to be regulated, if you think a company with billions and billions of dollars flowing through it is on the up and up, then you dont live in the same world I do. We have already seen insider issues and know for the fact their is a certain type of player that is able to dominate these week in and week out and escape the luck factor involved if you know where i am going.
2 different arguments. Regulation is welcome, and the industry would benefit from it. Most people agree on needing regulation.
I want it to stay, but your argument poking at those who dislike it for whatever reason isnt valid. Just like those who played poker, you may like it, but peoples dilike for it was valid. It was fixed a lot and had big time cheaters. I think it is proven they are saturating to the point of annoyance and that it is a crooked industry at this point. The numbers and issues right now pretty much prove that.
To answer the first part of your question.
I dont think the industry should be dissolved, believe me I am all for laissez-faire economics. All I'm trying to say is the ads are beyond obnoxious.
He, i find the commercials a bit much too. But i guess im wired differently. Commercials just dont wind me up at all. Wgaf? Its a commercial.
This will never ever happen.
Do people who like it cause problems for people who dislike it? Sounds like it's the other way around.
agree completely. they got too greedy for a huge landgrab of suckers as opposed to a more slow and steady approach. When I'm seeing billboards blanketing entire train stations, on the sides of hot dog carts, and non stop commercials every commercial break on nearly every channel it's going to draw attention of many of the people you don't want to attract the attention of....politicians, gov't officials who have different motivations. They see $$$$$$...if they are spending that kind of money that quickly they have to be making a fortune so how can they get in on it. It's the reality of the world we live in and they should have anticipated it....maybe by making deals with Robert Kraft's of the world they thought that may shield them but they definitely overplayed their hand.
Not when a giant media and entertainment company like Disney got their hands on Draft Kings.....that signaled to me this was going to be huge.......it all started with Draft Kings going global. FanDual needs to keep up so they are having ad wars now.
I live in Washington St and DFS is not allowed. I still have to see the same commercials every 5 seconds.
Regulation is good for some things. Safer medications? Sure. Food safety? Sure. Fantasy sports? Not convinced. Let's have less government and return their focus to ways they can keep society safe.
They brought it on themselves by not self policing their employees and placing them at greater risk for certain bad apples to use inside information to their advantage. It's equivalent to insider trading.
so people on the inside should be able to get information on ownership levels and use that to their advantage? It's no different than insider trading and there's plenty of regulation on that front.
