Top 5 Players for the week:

John Wall 294
Reggie Jackson 261
Steph Curry 251
James Harden 251
Anthony Davis 229

Lovin this moneyball trip.
No payday yet but refining my team structures each day.
Today im going with no 9k plus players. Spreading the love a bit more instead of hoping for a prayer out of a 3.5k player.

Hey Anthak think you will catch up to me today will make for an interesting last day in our matchup!!

PS. Is anyone still playing in the keepers league??

Wasl Lookin good today in moneyball until Teague and Porzingas put up quite healthy spud efforts.
Back to the drawing board.

I have played in 49 comps and only cashed in 7 (about 15%), although I am only about $7 down overall. Helps that I had a $100+ win in there.

I am a bit like Ant - think I am starting to work it out, just have to try and get in the right contests. Doesn't help when Rad E Cool plays like he did today - smashed it!

been interesting reading all the Moneyball anecdotes.

Heard that DFS was outlawed in New York State after the judge ruled that it was 'gambling'. And need a gambling licence to operate in NY (like other states in the US). DFS sites have appealed but it's been causing a little chaos.

Essentially, the issue is whether it's a game of skill or chance? Going by your experiences ('there's a lot of luck involved', etc), sounds like it's more a game of chance = gambling??

If you do thorough research and look at spreads, status updates, value plays etc you can do okay in it...

Or go for the double ups where you have 50% chance of winning?
Otherwise tournaments is <15% of a return.

Ideally you should bankroll 90% cash games vs 10% GPPs....

As someone that started with an opening balance of $50 and has a current balance of $399.90, of course I'd say it was completely a skill game! But seriously, what Heaver is saying could be correct although I look at it more in terms of pinball being outlawed in the US up until the '70s due to it being a 'game of chance' rather than skill until it was proven by a gun pinball player who honed his skill on illegal games. So I wouldn't look too much into the USA's gambling laws and definitions of skill and chance.

I have found my DFS success has been in betting on the 'late' leagues where it's just a few games rather than the full suite. Firstly because there's less competition but also the restricted range of players gives a better chance of optimising your squad than the multitude of choices you could make for a full slate of games.

Also, I won my two $200+ prizes in games the morning after my Rostered Day Off - I had a bit more time to think about the matchups and look at the pace and offensive/defensive team stats. Doing homework helps for sure in picking undervalued players (bench guys starting due to injury/suspension or guys a couple of games after returning from an injury).

I definitely concur here on having more success on days when there is less games, or by playing in contests where there are less games involved. I would say the majority of my wins have been in contests where they are only 4 or so games to choose from. Looking OK again today but still a couple of players still playing.