{"product_id":"billion-dollar-fantasy-the-high-stakes-game-between-fanduel-and-draftkings-that-upended-sports-in-america-9780544911147","title":"Billion Dollar Fantasy: The High-Stakes Game Between Fanduel and Draftkings That Upended Sports in America","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAPPLE BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH SELECTION \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"We devoured [this] engrossing account of the battle for supremacy between three fantasy gaming sites. ... Chen flips the script with a character-driven narrative, exposing the people who fueled the industry (not necessarily the folks you'd expect) and what motivated them (not necessarily unadulterated greed). Gamers will find this book impossible to put down, as will anyone who loves a good origin story.\"\u003cem\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003eApple Books, Best of the Month selection\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Fans of financial thrillers such as \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBarbarians at the Gate \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewill be excited by this insider account of the dizzying rise of fantasy sports websites\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou've seen the commercials. Here is the untold story behind the clash of billion dollar companies that unleashed an unprecedented advertising war. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From \u003cem\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e's Albert Chen comes the story of two companies whose battle unleashed a carpet bombing of advertising as they sought supremacy in an exploding fantasy sports and gambling market: In a time of gushing venture capital money, FanDuel and DraftKings turned into billion-dollar companies seemingly overnight -- then, just as quickly, found themselves the target of FBI and Department of Justice investigations, and facing likely destruction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chen tells the story of the improbable individuals behind the saga: An Irishman who knew nothing about American sports. A fantasy geek who felt it was his destiny to change the way fellow nerds watched the games they loved. A conflicted poker player. A mother of three in Scotland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a character-driven narrative with excursions into the strange and unexpected, Chen takes us from casinos to board rooms, from Edinburgh to Wall Street to the Vegas Strip, to tell a sprawling and intimate tale of the new world that this group of accidental disruptors helped to create. It's a story of ideas and dreams, about a world of risk, luck, hubris, greed and redemption--a story for our high-stakes times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544911147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2019 pg. 37\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Albert Chen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45169444061365,"sku":"9780544911147","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_30d2a55e-5227-49eb-9e2a-d706bd27ce30.jpg?v=1741703118","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/billion-dollar-fantasy-the-high-stakes-game-between-fanduel-and-draftkings-that-upended-sports-in-america-9780544911147","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}