{"id":5779,"date":"2015-11-27T13:31:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T21:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/fantasy-sports-as-day-job-meet-one-of-the-industrys-top-winners\/"},"modified":"2015-11-27T13:31:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-27T21:31:25","slug":"fantasy-sports-as-day-job-meet-one-of-the-industrys-top-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/fantasy-sports-as-day-job-meet-one-of-the-industrys-top-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy Sports As Day Job: Meet One Of The Industry's Top Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Curt Nickisch<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Is daily fantasy sports a game of skill or one of chance? Just ask one of the industry’s top winners, a Bostonian who treats daily fantasy sports as his day job.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old math and econ grad says he puts more than $100,000 at stake each day, and that he’s up a cool three million so far this year. On a morning ahead of a day full of sports competitions, he analyzes his fantasy rosters, assesses his risk and submits multiple entries in a bid to beat everyone else who thinks they can put together a better fantasy team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/strong> 3:58<\/strong><\/div>\n

Download<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Is daily fantasy sports a game of skill or one of chance? Just ask one of the industry’s top winners, a Bostonian who treats daily fantasy sports as his day job.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old math and econ grad says he puts more than $100,000 at stake each day, and that he’s up a cool three million so far this year. On a morning ahead of a day full of sports competitions, he analyzes his fantasy rosters, assesses his risk and submits multiple entries in a bid to beat everyone else who thinks they can put together a better fantasy team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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