Department of Economics and Finance, Georgia College & State University, 402 Atkinson Hall, Milledgeville, GA, 31061, USA.
Department of Exercise Science and Sport Management, Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Road, MD 4104, Kennesaw, GA, 30144, USA.
J Gambl Stud. 2018 Sep;34(3):757-771. doi: 10.1007/s10899-018-9766-y.
Using hand-collected data from DraftKings.com, a major daily fantasy sports website, we analyze draft selections of thousands of participants in daily fantasy basketball (DFB). In our study, the first thorough examination of DFB, we show that DFB is a game in which skill is necessary for success. Using econometric analysis, we find that winning participants utilize different strategies than losing participants; for example, winning participants more frequently select NBA rookies and international players. We also find that participants paying to enter more lineups in a given contest earn profits far more often than those entering few lineups, indicating that the number of lineups entered can serve as a proxy for skill. Additionally, we provide a thorough discussion of industry characteristics, prior literature, and gameplay, which should help readers familiarize themselves with this burgeoning fantasy sports variant. This study should further the literature on the contentious activity, which has been outlawed in many U.S. states and continues to elicit controversy.
我们使用 DraftKings.com（一家主要的每日幻想体育网站）收集的人工数据，分析了数千名每日幻想篮球（DFB）参与者的选秀情况。在我们这项针对 DFB 的首次全面研究中，我们表明 DFB 是一项需要技巧才能成功的游戏。通过计量经济学分析，我们发现，获胜参与者使用的策略与输家不同；例如，获胜参与者更频繁地选择 NBA 新秀和国际球员。我们还发现，在给定比赛中支付更多费用以进入更多阵容的参与者比那些只进入少数阵容的参与者更经常获得利润，这表明进入的阵容数量可以作为技巧的代理。此外，我们还对行业特征、先前的文献和游戏玩法进行了深入讨论，这应该有助于读者熟悉这种新兴的幻想体育变体。这项研究应该进一步推动关于这项有争议的活动的文献，该活动已在美国许多州被取缔，并继续引发争议。
