Billion dollar fantasy : the high-stakes game between FanDuel & DraftKings that upended sports in America / Albert Chen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chen, Albert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fantasy sports--Economic aspects.

Fantasy sports.

FanDuel.

DraftKings.

Physical Description:

xxii, 281 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019.

Summary:

Billion Dollar Fantasy has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.

Contents:

Part I The War / 2008-2015

1 Betting on Brett Favre with Bar Mitzvah Money (And Other Hidden Origin Stories) / 2008-2013 p. 3

2 Tale of the Unicorn / Boston / Summer 2013-Summer 2014 p. 30

3 Lesley's Promise / Edinburgh / Summer 2014 p. 47

4 Where Are All the Grown-ups? / Las Vegas / Summer 2015 p. 64

5 The Output Is Insanity / Orlando / Spring-Fall 2015 p. 82

Part II The Fall / 2015-2016

6 Friends and Foes / New York / Fall 2015 p. 99

7 Open and Notorious / Edinburgh / Fall 2015 p. 115

8 Nightmare at 35,000 Feet / San Francisco / Fall 2015 p. 129

9 Crowning the King / Boston / Fall 2015-Early 2016 p. 141

10 The Circus / Dallas / Spring-Fall 2016 p. 155

11 The Most Miserable Man at the Super Bowl / San Francisco / Winter-Spring 2016 p. 169

Part III The New World / 2016-2019

12 A Line in the Sand / Las Vegas / Spring-Summer 2016 p. 189

13 Jason's Delusion / Boston / Summer 2016 p. 201

14 Nigel's Delusion / New York / Fall 2016-Summer 2017 p. 216

15 The Last Sweat / San Francisco / Winter 2017 p. 230

16 The Speed of the Game / 2018-2019 p. 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-263) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Chen, Albert, author Billion dollar fantasy.

ISBN:

9780544911147

0544911148

OCLC:

1099543837

Publisher Number:

40029387458