DraftKings and the Future of Fantasy Sports

Founded in 2012, DraftKings helped change the fantasy sports landscape by popularizing daily fantasy sports (DFS), or short-term fantasy sports tournaments that offered big cash prizes to winners. The company's valuation exceeded $1 billion by 2015, but DraftKings soon faced intense scrutiny from government agencies about whether its business model violated federal laws preventing sports betting and online gambling. Then, in May 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a federal law that had prohibited states from legalizing sports betting. Now that states could legalize sports betting, what should DraftKings' next steps be?

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Case

Geographic Setting: Massachusetts;United States
Industry Setting: Arts, entertainment & sports;Sports
Number of Employees: Mid-size
Gross Revenue: 50-500 million

Année de la problématique : 2018

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Nombre de pages : 22