The demand for online fantasy sports has increased by seven times over 2016-2018, whereas the number of users has grown by over 25 times from June 2016 to February 2019. Easy availability of affordable smartphones, high-speed internet and falling data prices are currently driving the market for fantasy games in India. This segment has already turned quite profitable globally. In India, league tournaments such as Indian Premier League, English Premier League, UEFA Champions League and ICC events are driving the growth. In a fantasy game, participants create their own imaginary teams using real players from different teams scheduled to play in a league or a match. The result of the fantasy match depends on the real performance of the players in their fantasy team.
The concept of Fantasy sports is pretty simple. You go online, choose your favourite sport, and create very your own imaginary team based on the real players that would be featuring in upcoming matches or a tournament. The game is more realistic with the inclusion of practical rules like the salary cap, statistics, selection parameters including the exact number of foreign players in one squad. The contestants win or lose depending on the selected player’s on-field performances. As a result of this, fantasy sports leads to an increase in fan engagement as contestants want to know how their selected players are performing on the field.
It is thought that fantasy sports are bit of gambling but story is not show many research shows that it requires skills rather than dominant luck to play this game.Future of fantasy sports looks very bright but its should not be missued by any means for extortion of money . Effective laws and with educating people about this game play is needed for effective run.
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