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 The statement from the online companies, DraftKings and FanDuel,
came after a DraftKings manager admitted last week he inadvertently
released data on National Football League fantasy teams and won
$350,000 on FanDuel the same week, the New York Times reported.
DraftKings and FanDuel said they had policies in place to guarantee
that employees do not misuse information at their disposal. Access
to data is restricted, they said.
"Nothing is more important to DraftKings and FanDuel than the
integrity of the games we offer to our customers," they said.
"Employees with access to this data are vigorously monitored by
internal fraud controls teams, and we have no evidence anyone
misused it."
The companies said they were reviewing their internal controls and
would work with the fantasy sports industry on the issue.
The business has its roots in informal fantasy games between groups
of fans playing against each other for fun over the course of a
season. They assembled fantasy professional sports teams and scored
points on how players did in actual games.
But companies led by DraftKings and FanDuel have set up online games
in which fans pay an entry fee to a website to play dozens or even
hundreds of opponents, with prizes that can reach $2 million, the
New York Times said.
The Times said that the data released by the DraftKings manager,
Ethan Haskell, showed what players were most used in lineups
submitted to the site's Millionaire Maker contests.
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Normally that data is not released until the lineups for all games
are completed. Getting it early is a big advantage, the Times said.
The Times said representatives of both companies had acknowledged
that many employees of daily fantasy companies were players
initially and continued to compete on other sites.
A DraftKings spokeswoman said that Haskell had simply made a
mistake, the Times said. A spokesman for the company did not
immediately respond to a request for comment.
The online site Daily Fantasy Sports Report was the first to report
that the employee had posted the information, the Times said.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Ken Wills)
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