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FanDuel is a web-based fantasy sports game and the largest daily fantasy sports company (as measured by money wagered) in the daily fantasy sports industry. The model consists of traditional season-long fantasy sports leagues being compressed into a daily, and occasionally weekly, game of skill. As of November 2015 most U.S. states consider fantasy sports (including daily fantasy sports) a game of skill and not gambling. The company hosts an average of over 600,000 lineup entries per week into its daily games. ==Background== FanDuel was launched by Hubdub, a web-based prediction market game company, on July 21, 2009, after taking in $1.2 million in venture capital funding from Pentech Ventures and Scottish Enterprise. In 2010, FanDuel held their first "FanDuel Fantasy Football Championship (FFFC)." The event consisted of 10 users who won entry into the event by winning a qualifying league throughout the NFL season. First place was awarded $25,000 and the total prize pool was $40,000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2010 FFFC Final Standings & Winning Lineup )〕 On January 30, 2013, FanDuel announced that it had closed an $11 million Series C funding round. The round included new investor Comcast Ventures (the venture capital affiliate of Comcast Corporation), along with previous investors Piton Capital, Pentech Ventures, Bullpen Capital and serial investor Richard Koch. In September 2014, the company announced $70 million in Series D funding. The round was led by Shamrock Capital Advisors with participation from NBC Sports Ventures and KKR. Previous investors Bullpen Capital, Pentech Ventures and Comcast Ventures also participated. In July, 2015 FanDuel announced a Series E funding round of $275 million leading the company to be valued at over a billion dollars. Shortly after announcing the fund raise, FanDuel acquired sports analytics company numberFire. On November 12, 2014, FanDuel announced a strategic partnership agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA). As part of the deal the NBA gained an equity stake in FanDuel and will be promoting FanDuel as the “Official One-Day Fantasy Basketball Game.”〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NBA Partners with FanDuel - DFS Report )〕 As of 2015 FanDuel has partnered with 16 NFL teams and 14 NBA teams.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FanDuel Announces Exclusive Partnerships with 13 NBA Franchises )〕 As of May 2014, the company employs a total 80 people,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About - FanDuel )〕 with the staff being split evenly between the Edinburgh and New York City offices. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「FanDuel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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