Daily Fantasy Sports Exceeds ESPN Monthly Revenue Per Use

Fantasy sports are centralized and heavily monopolized by FanDuel and DraftKings holding over 90% of DFS market. High commission rates, lengthy verification process, unfair competition and slow withdrawal of money are problems in DFS.

Approximately 59.3 million users played fantasy sports in North America in 2017 with 39% using smartphones to play. The DFS market was US$3.26B in 2016 and is estimated to reach $5.6 billion by 2021. Average user spending on FanDuel and DraftKings was US$41.70 per month and expected to increase.

At $41.70 per month per subscriber, DFS out performs:

1. mobile game average monthly revenue per user — $9.60
2. ESPN television average subscription rate — $9.00