Daily fantasy sports (DFS) fans are less than impressed with statements by DraftKings and FanDuel regarding allegations that company employees are using insider data to play on rival DFS sites.
The DFS community erupted over the weekend after word spread that DraftKings’ written content manager Ethan Haskell had inadvertently published a list of Week 3 NFL player ownership percentages while some of that week’s DFS contests were still open.
The incident raised questions as to how many DraftKings staffers had access to such information and news that Haskell had gone on to win $350k on FanDuel that same weekend further ratcheted up the controversy.
With the exception of a brief preamble in FanDuel’s version, the two statements issued on Monday are identical. Below is FanDuel’s version: