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Fantasy Sports: Inside the captivating online world of betting, statistics and camaraderie

by Alexandra Nicholson, Peter Brand, Miguel Ibe and Daniel Khavkin April 4, 2019September 4, 2020

Fantasy Sports Culture is an investigative multimedia project focusing on the explosion of a new online fantasy betting culture that has taken North America by storm. Reporters spoke to people involved directly in different online fantasy leagues as well as looking at expert sources. This project is plump with all the information needed to understand and explore fantasy sports.

Graphic by Alexandra Nicholson
Read more about the history, the economics, and the addiction and gambling side to the story.

Editor: Megan Atkins-Baker | matkins-baker@cjournal.ca

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Fantasy Sports: Inside the captivating online world of betting, statistics and camaraderie

by Alexandra Nicholson, Peter Brand, Miguel Ibe and Daniel Khavkin, Calgary Journal
April 4, 2019

<h1>Fantasy Sports: Inside the captivating online world of betting, statistics and camaraderie</h1>
<p class="byline">by Alexandra Nicholson, Peter Brand, Miguel Ibe and Daniel Khavkin, Calgary Journal <br />April 4, 2019</p>
 <br />
<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/calgaryjournal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CC_Classic_Photo_2_1_copy.jpg?resize=900%2C600" alt="" class="wp-image-14893" title="Players can spend thousands of dollars investing in their league. Photo by Peter Brand" height="600" width="900" /></figure>
<p>Fantasy sports has exploded the world of online betting over the last 10 years, but did you know it actually began in the early 1960s?</p>
<p><a href="https://anich986.wixsite.com/fantasysports">Fantasy Sports Culture</a> is an investigative multimedia project focusing on the explosion of a new online fantasy betting culture that has taken North America by storm. Reporters spoke to people involved directly in different online fantasy leagues as well as looking at expert sources. This project is plump with all the information needed to understand and explore fantasy sports.</p>
<p><span class=" wf_caption" style="margin: 5px;max-width: 900px;width: 100%"><a href="https://anich986.wixsite.com/fantasysports"><img class=" size-full wp-image-14894" src="https://i2.wp.com/calgaryjournal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/sportsinfograph-01.png?w=900" alt="sportsinfograph 01" style="margin: initial;width: 100%;float: none" data-recalc-dims="1"></a><span>Graphic by Alexandra Nicholson</span></span><br /><a href="https://anich986.wixsite.com/fantasysports">Read more about the history, the economics, and the addiction and gambling side to the story</a>.</p>
<p>Editor: Megan Atkins-Baker | matkins-baker@cjournal.ca</p>


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