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I wanted to hear about people s experience with these sites and how user friendly and easy they are to use. Positive or Negative Experiences?
 

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I know quite a few that like DK and highly recommend it. Fan duel is good also but DK has the best competition.
 

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very easy to get $ in and out. i dot see any way to win, just luck like a lottery.
 

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They all offer freerolls every day...give it a try It is a crapshoot like any fantasy contest
 

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Patsfan has much info on various daily fantasy sites.

I've been playing at Draftkings all season.

I have to kindly disagree with Akillies & betmonkey above (no offense guys), and I know Pats will agree with me, when I say that you can really rake in the $ if you follow fantasy & players closely, and even more so in NBA games than NFL.
Luck obviously comes into play, but I'm willing to say there is more skill to these daily/weekly games than there is in sports-betting.

It's not like a year-long league in which you're stuck with the same players for the year.

You draft your lineups weekly with a salary cap.

I don't usually speak of my winnings or losings, but I can tell you that I'm way up and have won about 75% of my matchups this year, which are primarily head2head against an opponent. Sometimes I play in a 3 man group, and even placed first in a group of 275 and top 5 in a group of 400+.

The only think I don't like or agree with is the % of rake they keep and that wit winners rake-price isn't returned when you win.

As the guys said above, very easy to get money in and out with pay-pal...
 

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Agree with Hache. The guys I know that are the worst at the fantasy sites are gamblers. They pick based on the market and try to fade other players.
 

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Patsfan has much info on various daily fantasy sites.

I've been playing at Draftkings all season.

I have to kindly disagree with Akillies & betmonkey above (no offense guys), and I know Pats will agree with me, when I say that you can really rake in the $ if you follow fantasy & players closely, and even more so in NBA games than NFL.
Luck obviously comes into play, but I'm willing to say there is more skill to these daily/weekly games than there is in sports-betting.

It's not like a year-long league in which you're stuck with the same players for the year.

You draft your lineups weekly with a salary cap.

I don't usually speak of my winnings or losings, but I can tell you that I'm way up and have won about 75% of my matchups this year, which are primarily head2head against an opponent. Sometimes I play in a 3 man group, and even placed first in a group of 275 and top 5 in a group of 400+.

The only think I don't like or agree with is the % of rake they keep and that wit winners rake-price isn't returned when you win.

As the guys said above, very easy to get money in and out with pay-pal...

the rake sucks hache but think of it as a necessary evil. If it was lower then smart $ would flood in and make the games a lot less beatable...I actually see that happening sooner than later as is but the rake slows that process some...

Glad to hear you are doing well. A little busy right now but maybe we'll do like a best 4 out of 7 NBA and play for a buck on the site and then just settle w/ each other for a few hundred or w/e RAKE FREE

I wish they had variable pricing based on opponents because Philly is just a joke this year. Every game they play is 115-110, they play like it is a pickup game. Usually a team like this would get killed every night but the East is so bad this year that they are actually competitive playing this way. When they play it is almost impossible not to stack their game unless you think they are going to get blown out.
 

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the rake sucks hache but think of it as a necessary evil. If it was lower then smart $ would flood in and make the games a lot less beatable...I actually see that happening sooner than later as is but the rake slows that process some...

Glad to hear you are doing well. A little busy right now but maybe we'll do like a best 4 out of 7 NBA and play for a buck on the site and then just settle w/ each other for a few hundred or w/e RAKE FREE

I wish they had variable pricing based on opponents because Philly is just a joke this year. Every game they play is 115-110, they play like it is a pickup game. Usually a team like this would get killed every night but the East is so bad this year that they are actually competitive playing this way. When they play it is almost impossible not to stack their game unless you think they are going to get blown out.

Also I'd add this sounds great just stack Philly and vs Philly and you are set. Unfortunately that inefficiency has largely been snuffed out now that we're 35 days into the season.
 

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dont think you will have to worry about smart money showing up anytime soon, unless some drastic change in rake is made
 

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Do all of the sites hold the same rake or are some cheaper?
 

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I am in an illegal state. All the tos for every site clearly states my state is not allowed. But I found one site that let me deposit a small sum without getting blocked.

if I build this up to a decent sum of money what do you guys think will happen?
 

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I am in an illegal state. All the tos for every site clearly states my state is not allowed. But I found one site that let me deposit a small sum without getting blocked.

if I build this up to a decent sum of money what do you guys think will happen?

What is the site? i can look into it.

If you win less than $600 my guess is nothing will happen. However, if you win more than $600 then they gotta issue a 1099 and they will see you are in an illegal state.

A site with that little regard for laws may not be secure but not sure until you let me know the site.
 

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