THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DAILY FANTASY SPORTS (DFS) FREQUENCY AND GAMBLING PROBLEMS AMONG A SAMPLE OF COLLEGE STUDENT DFS PLAYERS

Abstract

Fantasy sports has been an increasingly popular form of entertainment over the last decade. It involves picking players from a specific sport and those players performance being compared to the performance of players on competing fantasy teams. The fantasy sport participant whose players perform the best is the winner. While some leagues are free to enter, fantasy sports leagues can be set up to have entry fees. While some may be low-stakes, such as $20 a person, there are many leagues where the stakes are much higher and can get into the thousands of dollars to enter. The premise behind the entry fees is players can win back their fee and everyone else’s as a form of prize money for winning the fantasy sports league. This form of wagering on fantasy sports is a form of gambling (Martin, Nelson, & Gallucci, 2016).