DraftKings liked an enormous profit over FanDuel in daily fantasy soccer throughout the fifth week of the NFL season, painting the equivalent picture as a result of the sooner 4.
The best-line figures at DraftKings and FanDuel
In line with a sampling of the publicly viewable NFL contests from Oct. 2-8, DraftKings realized about USD3.6 million in earnings.
The sample included assured prize swimming swimming pools and non-guaranteed contests, nonetheless not head-to-head contests. (The sample does not account for any free entries the placement may need given out, which could not be seen.)
The situation generated larger than USD31 million in entry fees, aka take care of. That decide is down about a million USD for a similar sample from the sooner week. (Earnings was down about USD400,000.) Nevertheless it is nonetheless successfully away from FanDuel.
The No. 2 DFS website online, nonetheless, nearly held common week over week for the third straight week. FanDuel had about USD16 million in take care of and USD2.2 million in earnings.
The above figures do not embrace earnings or take care of from totally different sportsbook actions. As quickly as as soon as extra, there have been larger than eight million entries made all through the two web sites for NFL contests, nonetheless entire entries have been down from Week 4.
Sunday solely
Proper right here is the snapshot for a sample of solely contests that started on Sunday:
- DraftKings: USD23 million take care of, USD2.7 million earnings
- FanDuel USD13 million take care of, USD1.7 million earnings
Like the entire week, numbers at every web sites have been down from the sooner Sunday.
Prior weeks for NFL at DraftKings and FanDuel
| DraftKings take care of | DraftKings earnings | FanDuel take care of | FanDuel earnings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | NA | USD1.3 million | NA | USD700,000 |
| Week 2 | USD25 million | USD2.8 million | USD16 million | USD2.1 million |
| Week 3 | USD29 million | USD3.3 million | USD17 million | USD2.1 million |
| Week 4 | USD32 million | USD4 million | USD16 million | USD2.2 million |
| Week 5 | USD31 million | USD3.6 million | USD16 million | USD2.2 million |
| Week 6 | USD32 million | USD4.1 million | USD18 million | USD2.8 million |
| Week 7 | USD28 million | USD3.2 million | USD16 million | USD2.3 million |
| Week 8 | USD27 million | USD2.9 million | USD15 million | USD2.2 million |
| Week 9 | USD25 million | USD3 million | USD15 million | USD2.3 million |
| Week 10 | USD27 million | USD3.2 million | USD15 million | USD2.4 million |
| Week 11 | USD27 million | USD3.2 million | USD14 million | USD2.2 million |
| Week 12 | USD38 million | USD4.5 million | USD22 million | USD3.2 million |
| Week 13 | USD26 million | USD2.9 million | USD16 million | USD2.4 million |
| Week 14 | USD25 million | USD3 million | USD17 million | USD2.3 million |
Ready for NFL Week 6
DraftKings’ Millionaire Maker will get barely smaller, down USD250,000 to USD4 million assured. FanDuel adopted swimsuit, downsizing the Sunday Million guarantee to USD2 million (down USD200,000).
DraftKings now affords two contests larger than FanDuel’s largest. And the best 5 contests at FanDuel guarantee decrease than the Millionaire Maker. Listed beneath are the 5 largest NFL contests at each:
| DraftKings | FanDuel | |
|---|---|---|
| Contest guarantee (entry value) | USD4 million (USD20) | USD2 million (USD7) |
| Contest guarantee (entry value) | USD2.2 million (USD444) | USD500,000 (USD33) |
| Contest guarantee (entry value) | USD1.5 million (USD3) | USD500,000 (USD150) |
| Contest guarantee (entry value) | USD800,000 (USD5) | USD444,000 (USD333) |
| Contest guarantee (entry value) | USD600,000 (USD1,500) | USD400,000 (USD1,590) |
The NBA season begins subsequent week, and daily fantasy basketball is solely as essential to the web sites in the case of earnings and amount. It’ll be fascinating to see if that added dynamic modifications the transfer of money for soccer on the 2 web sites.
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