DraftKings come to the UK

[JohnCommode]

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/...s-uk-interview Short article with a much longer Q&A. I hate that he attempts to minimize the scandal here in the States.

[Belly Buster]

From that article:

DraftKings has been negatively affected by the recent so-called 'inside trading' scandal. How have you responded to that and how will it affect the UK business, if at all?

JH: In respect of the staff member, it was a complete misunderstanding, and it got blown out of proportion by the US media. We had a staff member who had access to some information and erroneously published it online -- he made an error in his process but he took no advantage of it. Furthermore he was participating in an event on a competitor’s site but he had no access to privileged information when he took these actions of his own in order to play. So it was a misunderstanding in respect to when these triggers occurred.

All just a big misunderstanding.

[YUUP]

I spent 10 years working for paddy power, corals, William hill doing the building work in their new shops....

All anyone cares about is the roulette machines, £100 pound a spin.

Polish, Lithuanians, Indians, depends what part of London you were in.

If they thought they were rigged they would bet the dogs. Quick fix.

DFS in England is a bad proposition right now, but advertising will conquer all I'm guessing

[JohnCommode]

The PBS investigative show Frontline covered daily fantasy sports this week. The more interesting part of the show was it's look into offshore betting sites.http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/