Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) is a subset of fantasy sports games where players compete against others by building a team of professional athletes from a particular league. Unlike season-long fantasy sports, DFS offers the opportunity to start fresh every day with DFS tournaments and cash games being held across several sports. DFS contests typically utilize a salary cap format, in which players are allotted a maximum budget to spend on athletes for their team, represented as either play money or points. Each athlete has their own cost, with elite athletes costing more than others.
DFS tournaments involve playing against large fields that require extremely high scores to win, while 50-50s and cash games involve playing against a smaller number of players. DFS contests can range from a day to a week depending on the sport, and competitors draft a player roster and those athletes earn points based on their in-game performance. DFS has become popular due to its convenience in comparison to season-length games, as well as the focus on major cash prizes in the promotion of these services.
