Fantasy Sports

Does Your Daily Fantasy Site Have Money Behind It? Are They Broke?

With ScoreStreak.com abruptly going out of business last week, Daily Fantasy Sports players need to understand that – just because it is legal, doesn’t mean it’s entirely safe. 

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, Jun/03/2015

Cardinals vs. Dodgers Series Starting Pitchers, Betting, DFS Strategies June 4-6

Gambling911.com has your Cardinals vs. Dodgers series starting pitchers betting and Daily Fantasy Sports strategies for the period June 4 through 6.

Team Head-to-Head Synopsis:

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, Jun/03/2015

Top Daily Fantasy Sports MLB Pitchers – June 2 - CJ Wilson: A Home Underdog

Amazingly, despite Angels starting pitcher C.J. Wilson’s solid historic stats against the current Tampa Bay Rays roster, he was coming in as a +107 underdog at home.

Wilson has the best pitching stats against any opposing roster Tuesday, having allowed just 19 hits off of 98 at bats against the current Rays hitters.

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, Jun/02/2015

Top Daily Fantasy Batters June 2: Jason Kipnis: Gambling Against Guthrie

Jason Kipnis is your man today as he has gone 11-for-22 against opposing starting pitcher Jeremy Guthrie with 9 RBIs.  He has two homeruns over that time. 

The Indians 2nd baseman has hit in seven straight games and is 46-for-103 (.447) with four homers, 14 RBI, 28 runs and three steals.

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, Jun/02/2015

DFS Baseball Plays, Betting Picks – San Francisco Giants: June 1-3

Gambling911.com has your DFS Baseball plays and betting picks for the San Francisco Giants for the period June 1 through 3, 2015.

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, Jun/01/2015

eSports Sites Raising Big Money for Fantasy, Betting: Vulcun, Unikrn, AlphaDraft

It’s yet another aspect of the Daily Fantasy Sports phenomenon, eSports, with the three main players announcing additional monies raised over the past few months.

Vulcan, the biggest of the bunch, says it managed to raise $13.4m (£8.6m) and paid out over $1.1m (£713,000) in prize money to over 117,000 fans in its opening three months.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, May/31/2015

Major League Baseball Betting Lines – May 31: Latest Trends, Picks

BetPhoenix has your Major League Baseball betting lines for May 31 appearing below with betting available here.  Live in-play wagering is also available.

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, May/31/2015

Baseball Daily Fantasy Plays - Cubs vs. Marlins Series – June 1-3

Gambling911.com has your Baseball Daily Fantasy plays for the Cubs vs. Marlins series June 1 thru 3. 

Monday – Jason Hammel has permitted 25 hits off of 76 at bats versus the current Marlins roster.

Giancarlo Stanton has gone 5-for-12 against Hammel with one homerun. 

Martin Prado has hit in nine of his last ten games.  He’s 6-for-16 against Hammel with 3 RBIs.

Submitted by Mary Montgomery on, May/31/2015

Daily Fantasy Baseball Plays, Betting Picks – Rockies: June 1-3

Gambling911.com has your Daily Fantasy Baseball plays and betting picks for the Colorado Rockies June 1 through 3.

Submitted by Mary Montgomery on, May/31/2015

Daily Fantasy MLB Picks, Daily Fantasy Plays – St. Louis Cardinals: June 1-7

Gambling911.com has your Daily Fantasy Sports MLB picks and Daily Fantasy plays for the St. Louis Cardinals June 1 through 7.  Our special focus will be on Thursday June 4 with Michael Wacha pitching following his first bad outing of the season on Saturday.

Submitted by Mary Montgomery on, May/31/2015

Daily Fantasy Sports MLB Strategies – Betting Picks – Diamondbacks: June 1-7

Gambling911.com has your Daily Fantasy Sports MLB strategies and betting picks for the Arizona Diamondbacks for the period June 1-3.

Submitted by Mary Montgomery on, May/30/2015

DFS MLB Tips – Betting Picks – Washington Nationals – June 1 Thru 3

Gambling911.com has your Daily Fantasy Sports MLB tips and betting picks for the week of June 1 in regard to the Washington Nationals.

As pointed out by ESPN.com:

Submitted by Mary Montgomery on, May/30/2015

MLB DFS Picks From FantasyHub.com: Michael Wacha, Todd Frazier, Albert Pujols

FantasyHub.com is one of a number of daily fantasy sports sites were will be following and presenting a few of their top MLB DFS picks here and at our sister site DFS911.com.

Submitted by Don Shapiro on, May/30/2015

1-day Fantasy Sports Contests – FantasyFeud.com: MLB, Golf, More…

FantasyFeud.com was offering 1-day fantasy sports contests with payouts reportedly totaling $750,000 during the month of May alone.

According to the Fantasy Feud website, their one-day fantasy MLB contests start as low as $1.00.

Fantasy Feud allows drafts for NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB across many draft variations.

Submitted by Don Shapiro on, May/30/2015

Daily Fantasy Sports Site ScoreStreak.com Suspends Operations: Who’s Next?

Silicon Valley area daily fantasy sports site ScoreStreak.com has closed its doors….for now.

An email was sent out to customers this past week claiming the company has been unable to obtain additional funding after raising $1.2 million last year.

Submitted by Aaron Goldstein on, May/30/2015

Marlins vs. Mets Series Betting Line, DFS Picks – May 30

The Marlins vs. Mets series betting line for Saturday had Florida at +118 and New York -128.  The total is set at 7.5.

Pitching Matchup: Tom Koehler (3-3) vs. Jonathon Niese (3-5)

Submitted by Mary Montgomery on, May/29/2015

Rockies vs. Phillies Series Betting Line, DFS Picks – May 29

The Rockies vs. Phillies series betting line for Friday’s game had Philadelphia as a -160 favorite despite their 19-30 record while Colorado was coming in as a +145 underdog.  The total is set at 7.  The pitching matchup has everything to do with these numbers.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Rockies RH Chad Bettis (1-0, 4.19 ERA) vs. Phillies LH Cole Hamels (5-3, 2.98) 

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, May/29/2015

Daily Fantasy Sports Marries Poker at the WSOP in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS -- Two of the most popular forms of wagering in America--poker and daily fantasy sports--for the first time ever are being combined into one event at the World Series of Poker.

According to a WSOP spokesman, a daily fantasy sports-themed poker tournament will be one of the events at the 46th annual WSOP, which got underway this week in Sin City.

Submitted by Thomas Somach on, May/28/2015

Pirates vs. Padres Series Betting Line – May 28

Gambling911.com has your Pirates vs. Padres series betting line for Thursday night’s late games.

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Submitted by Ean Lamb on, May/28/2015

Nori Aoki Daily Fantasy Sports Profile – Just $2900

Norichika “Nori” Aoki has some very decent daily fantasy value these days at $2900.

Aoki was perfect at the plate Monday, going 4-for-4 with a home run and a stolen base in the win over Milwaukee. (Tue May 26)

He is 7-for-18 against Shelby Miller with one homerun during that time, therefore an excellent play Thursday evening for DFS players.

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, May/28/2015

Jason Ader: Fantasy Sports Will Replace Slot Machines as Way Americans Gamble

Appearing on CNBC’s “Fast Money” Wednesday, SpringOwl Asset Management founder Jason Ader stated that daily fantasy sports will soon replace slot machines as the primary way in which Americans gamble.

Ader, an activist investor who has had influence on the boards of gaming giants Bwin.party and IGT in recent years, is the latest to jump on the daily fantasy bandwagon.  

Submitted by C Costigan on, May/28/2015

Rangers vs. Indians Series Betting Pick, Line, DFS Plays – May 27

Gambling911.com has your Rangers vs. Indians series betting pick for May 27.  We also have some decent DFS plays.

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Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, May/27/2015

Phillies vs. Nationals Series Betting Line, DFS Plays – May 24

Gambling911.com has your Phillies vs. Nationals series betting line plays for Sunday May 24 along with some daily fantasy Baseball plays.

Washington was coming in as a -170 home favorite while the Phillies were listed at +155.  The total on this game was set at 7.5.  Seven of the last ten games in this series have gone UNDER that current total.

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, May/24/2015

Padres vs. Dodgers Series Betting Line, DFS Plays – May 24

Gambling911.com has your Padres vs. Dodgers series betting line and some daily fantasy sports plays for Sunday May 24.

The Dodgers had a line of -126, Padres a line of +116 and a total of 7.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Padres RH James Shields (5-0, 3.74 ERA) vs. Dodgers RH Carlos Frias (3-1, 2.55)

San Diego is 10-25 in the last 35 meetings.  The Dodgers have actually won 8 of the last 10 in this series.

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, May/24/2015

Phillies vs. Nationals Series Betting Pick, Line, DFS Play – May 23

Gambling911.com has your Phillies vs. Nationals series betting line for Saturday afternoon.

Washington is a -135 home favorite while the Phillies were coming in at +130.  The total for this game was set at 6.5. 

PITCHING MATCHUP: Phillies LH Cole Hamels (4-3, 3.24 ERA) vs. Nationals RH Stephen Strasburg (3-4, 5.98)

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, May/23/2015

Mariners vs. Blue Jays Series Betting Line, DFS Pick – May 23

Gambling911.com has your Mariners vs. Blue Jays series betting line for May 23 with odds courtesy of our friends at AceSportsbook.com.

Toronto was at -140.  Seattle was +135.  The total was coming in at 8.5.

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mariners LH James Paxton (2-2, 3.59 ERA) vs. Blue Jays LH Mark Buehrle (5-3, 5.36)

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, May/23/2015

Kansas Governor Signs Bill Legalizing Fantasy Sports

TOPEKA, Kansas (Associated Press) – Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill clarifying the legality of fantasy leagues.

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Brownback’s office announced he signed the bill into law Tuesday, along with seven other measures.

Submitted by Associated Press on, May/19/2015

Cardinals vs. Mets Series Betting Pick, Odds, DFS Plays – May 20

Gambling911.com has your Cardinals vs. Mets betting odds for May 20.

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Submitted by Ean Lamb on, May/19/2015

Cardinals vs. Mets Series Betting Line, DFS Picks – May 19: Under is 11-1-1

The Cardinals vs. Mets series betting line for Tuesday had St. Louis at -114, New York at +106 and the total at 7.5. 

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, May/19/2015

Twins vs. Pirates Series Betting Pick, Line and DFS Picks – May 19

Gambling911.com has your Twins vs. Pirates series betting line for May 19.

Submitted by Dan Shapiro on, May/19/2015

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