Vishal Modi vmmodi March 23, 2016
Vishal Modivmmodi
March 23, 2016
Products
Financials
• Raised $445M in 7 rounds• Funding from MLB, NHL, MLS, Fox
• Estimated $1.2B of entry fees collected in 2015
• 3 year $250M advertising contract with ESPN
History
DraftKings launches with daily fantasy for MLB
2012
History
Reaches 50,000 active, 1M registered users
2012
Feb2014
History
“Official Daily Fantasy Game” for MLB, NHL
2012
Feb201
4
Apr2015
History
Signs exclusive 3 year marketing contract with ESPN
2012
Feb201
4
Apr2015
July2015
History
2012
Feb201
4
Apr2015
July2015
NY Supreme Court rules DraftKings is gambling, bans operation
Dec2015
Secret Sauce
• Massive advertising
campaign
• Daily games,
multitude of options
• Not “technically”
gambling
Competition
Prediction
• DraftKings forced to stop operating in NY• DFS’ 2nd largest market - $267M in entry fees
• Illinois, Texas, Nevada Attorney Generals condemn DFS
• Will likely be considered gambling nationally
Questions