<link href="css/hmh.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:71c94bbb-e18d-4838-a93b-54542a36529d" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body><a id="pPhotographs1"/> <a id="pxinsert1"/> <div class="three-quarter both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-6" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-6.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Nigel Eccles, Rob Jones, and Lesley Eccles at the first FanDuel office at the University of Edinburgh in 2011. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="three-quarter both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-7" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-7.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Daily fantasy founders meet in 2013 at the Fantasy Sports Trade Association in Las Vegas: Jason Robins (DraftKings), Brian Schwartz (DraftStreet), and Tom Griffiths (FanDuel). </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="three-quarter both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-7_1" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-7_1.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Cory Albertson and Ray Coburn—rayofhope—at the 2013 DraftStreet Fantasy Football Championships in Las Vegas. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <a id="pPhotographs2"/> <a id="pxinsert2"/> <div class="third both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-8" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-8.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Mark Nerenberg celebrates after IAC’s investment in DraftStreet in 2013. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="three-quarter both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-9" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-9.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> DraftKings cofounders Matt Kalish, Paul Liberman, and Jason Robins in Boston in 2012. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="full both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-10" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-10.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Cory Albertson and Ray Coburn, with Bo Jackson, at the 2015 FanDuel Fantasy Baseball World Championship in Las Vegas. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <a id="pPhotographs3"/> <a id="pxinsert3"/> <div class="two-third both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-11" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-11.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> FanDuel’s entry fees surpass $1 million in less than twenty-four hours during opening week of the 2015 NFL season. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="full both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-11_1" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-11_1.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Jason Robins and Matt Kalish appear with Jim Cramer on <em>Mad Money</em> in 2015. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <a id="pPhotographs4"/> <a id="pxinsert4"/> <div class="full both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-12" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-12.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Nigel Eccles appears on CNBC to discuss FanDuel’s $1 billion valuation. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="full both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-13" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-13.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> The five FanDuel cofounders at the Amway Center, home of the Orlando Magic. FanDuel partnered with over a dozen NBA teams in 2015. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <a id="pPhotographs5"/> <a id="pxinsert5"/> <div class="three-quarter both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy_183_1" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy_183_1.jpg"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Lesley Eccles speaking at the 2015 EIE conference in Edinburgh. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="three-quarter both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-14_1" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-14_1.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> DraftKings employees in their Boston offices. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="full both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-14" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-14.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> FanDuel employees in New York gather around to watch news coverage of the allegations of “insider trading” at DraftKings. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <a id="pPhotographs6"/> <a id="pxinsert6"/> <div class="full both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-15" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-15.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Protestors outside of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s Manhattan office, in the aftermath of the AG’s decision to shut down daily fantasy operations in New York. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="three-quarter both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-16" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-16.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Fantasy Sports Trade Association chairman Peter Schoenke addresses the media after a hearing at the Massachusetts State House on January 12, 2016. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="three-quarter both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-17" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-17.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Nigel Eccles, Lesley Eccles, and Jason Robins, with Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe, at the 2016 signing of a fantasy sports bill that made Virginia the first state to regulate the daily fantasy sports industry. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <a id="pPhotographs7"/> <a id="pxinsert7"/> <div class="three-quarter both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-18" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-18.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Cory Albertson in the California Redwood Forest, in the winter of 2017. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="three-quarter both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-19" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-19.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> American Wagering CEO Vic Salerno in Las Vegas in 2017. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="three-quarter both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-20" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-20.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Nigel and Lesley Eccles at Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, California. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <div class="three-quarter both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-21" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-21.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> Jason Robins at the opening of the DraftKings Sportsbook in Scarlet Pearl, Mississippi, in 2018. </p> </div> <div class="timebreak "> </div> <a id="pPhotographs8"/> <a id="pxinsert8"/> <div class="full both-space "> <img alt=" " id="fig_BillionDollarFantasy-22" src="images/BillionDollarFantasy-22.png"/> <p class="caption subcaption"> FanDuel and DraftKings ad blitz. </p> </div> </body> </html>