Paul Rouse: Is this the real life? Or are these leagues just a fantasy?

The Fantasy Sports & Gaming Association says that in these fantasy leagues, there is a market of more than $7bn (€5.95bn).
Paul Rouse: Is this the real life? Or are these leagues just a fantasy?

Fantasy Sports League are now a multi billion dollar global industry

One of the features of the opening of the new soccer season in England is the return of the Fantasy Premier League Game.

This is a competition — “the biggest Fantasy Football Game in the world” — in which over 8m players pick a squad of 15 soccer players from across the 20 teams in the Premier League. This is one person’s dream team.

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