Nigel Eccles:
Thanks everyone for the comments.
Regarding the ‘How is this different from X’ questions:
OneSeason – We are big fans of OneSeason and the team behind it. I think it is a pretty revolutionary idea however it is completely different from Fanduel. OneSeason is a stock exchange for sports stars. Fanduel is daily draft fantasy sports game.
Citizen Sports – Again some great products (particularly ProTrade) but as far as I am aware all of them are free, ad supported products. Our own experience is that it is very hard to offer significant prizes to users when your only revenue stream is advertising.
DraftMix – DraftMix is similar in that it is a daily draft game. The key difference is that DraftMix required all players to be online at the same time to complete a live synchronous draft. FanDuel is asynchronous (like most successful social Facebook games) so users can draft at any time they want.
On the legal side, FanDuel is structured the same as any other premium online fantasy sports game (for example CBS who offer $500 to enter games). We have taken significant legal advice and are comfortable that it is legal in the 44 States where we offer paid for games. And no, you can’t draft all the players from the same team… 
Previously: HubDub launches FanDuel exclusively thru TechCrunch UK, which is, of course, upbeat on its future. Here’s a more critical take.
Nigel Eccles addresses all the TechCrunch UK comments about FanDuel —except mine, of course.
Nigel Eccles:
Thanks everyone for the comments.
Regarding the ‘How is this different from X’ questions:
OneSeason – We are big fans of OneSeason and the team behind it. I think it is a pretty revolutionary idea however it is completely different from Fanduel. OneSeason is a stock exchange for sports stars. Fanduel is daily draft fantasy sports game.
Citizen Sports – Again some great products (particularly ProTrade) but as far as I am aware all of them are free, ad supported products. Our own experience is that it is very hard to offer significant prizes to users when your only revenue stream is advertising.
DraftMix – DraftMix is similar in that it is a daily draft game. The key difference is that DraftMix required all players to be online at the same time to complete a live synchronous draft. FanDuel is asynchronous (like most successful social Facebook games) so users can draft at any time they want.
On the legal side, FanDuel is structured the same as any other premium online fantasy sports game (for example CBS who offer $500 to enter games). We have taken significant legal advice and are comfortable that it is legal in the 44 States where we offer paid for games. And no, you can’t draft all the players from the same team…
Previously: HubDub launches FanDuel exclusively thru TechCrunch UK, which is, of course, upbeat on its future. Here’s a more critical take.