mehnazrangwala

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All about Fantasy Sports
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What is Fantasy Sports?

• A fantasy sport is a game, where members amass
  nonexistent or virtual groups of genuine players
  of a real professional sport by the usage of
  Internet.
• These teams compete based on the statistical
  performance of those players' in actual games.
  This performance is converted into points that
  are compiled and totaled according to a roster
  selected by each fantasy team's manager.

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History of Fantasy Sports.

• Shortly after the era of World War II the
  concept of picking players and running a contest
  on the basis of year dated stats was risen. One
  of the earliest published accounts involved in
  fantasy sports are Oakland businessman and
  Limited partner of Oakland Raiders Wilfred "Bill"
  Winkenbach. He devised fantasy golf in the last
  piece of the 1950s.
• Toward the beginning of October 1995, a dream
  hockey site was discharged by Molson Breweries.
  It enabled guests to enlist accounts and take an
  interest in hockey groups of nine groups, in
  which the guest would be the senior supervisor
  for one of those groups.

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The Internet Boom

• The growth in fantasy sports revenue attracted
  larger media players. Yahoo.com added fantasy
  sports in 1999 - a new business model for fantasy
  sports. A trade group for the industry, the
  Fantasy Sports Trade Association was formed in
  1998.
• Other entries to the market during this era
  included Fanball.com, launched in 1999 by the
  parent company of Fantasy Football Weekly.
• Fantasy sports continued to grow with a 2003
  Fantasy Sports Trade Association survey showing
  15 million people playing fantasy football and
  spending about 150 a year on average, making it
  a 1.5 billion industry.

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Fantasy Sports in India

• As per the fantasy sports information offered by
  Indian Federation of Sports Gaming (IFSG), two
  out of three sports fans in India know of fantasy
  sports.
• One of the reasons for the popularity of fantasy
  sports in India is the mass availability of
  mobile 4G network, which was initiated by
  Reliance Jio.
• The fantasy India market is expected to reach
  over 5 billion in the next two years. This
  industry is not only attracting customers, but is
  also very popular among Venture Capital and
  Private Equity Investors.

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Indian Global Fantasy League Websites

• Top fantasy sports websites in India. One can
  play seasonal or daily fantasy sports on these
  websites or predict the results of various games
  and leagues.
• Dream11
• Proxy Khel
• Mobile Premier League (MPL),
• Scoring 11
• Fanfight
• Halaplay
• 11Wickets.

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Conclusion

• The fantasy sports India market is expected to
  reach 5 billion in the next two years. By the
  end of 2019, the industry is expected to have
  about 100 million users.
• Popular fantasy sports games in India are
  cricket, football, basketball, hockey,
  kabaddi(Proxy Khel), and badminton.
• Fantasy industry standards in India are
  regulated by Indian Federation of Sports Gaming,
  as there are no set government regulations.

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Bibliography

• Wikipedia
• Websites
• https//money.cnn.com/2015/10/06/news/companies/fa
  ntasy-sports-101/index.html
• https//yourstory.com/2019/04/fantasy-sports-start
  up-dream11-mpl-ipl
• https//glaws.in/2019/07/02/overview-of-india-fant
  asy-sports-industry-its-legality-gst/