About us
Daily fantasy sports games for fans
FanDuel was conceived and founded in Austin, Texas on March 15th, 2009. Here is a baby snap of FanDuel at less than one hour old:
FanDuel.com lets you play and win at fantasy sports in a day or a week instead waiting the whole season. Players can draft a new team at any time, and pitch it head-to-head against an opponent - a friend, or another FanDuel player - for real money. The player whose team has the most fantasy points after the games have completed wins the cash prize. We currently have - daily MLB games, NBA games, and NHL games and weekly NFL game. We've found developing FanDuel an exciting experience and we hope you find playing it to be exciting as well. Be sure to let us know what you think.
Is FanDuel legal in the US?
Yes. Fantasy sports is considered a game of skill and received a specific exemption from the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). FanDuel uses exactly same rules as any other season long fantasy sports game, the only difference is that our games last only a day (for baseball) or a week (for football). Thanks to fantasy sports being specifically excluded from the UIGEA, FanDuel is not illegal in any way.
What else can you tell us:
The FanDuel team previously launched Hubdub.com which now has a quarter of a million users and partnerships with Huffington Post and Reuters. Hubdub was covered in Washington Post, Fox News and TechCrunch. In January 2009, the team raised a Series A round of investment from PenTech Ventures which was covered by TechCrunch .
The team behind FanDuel:
Nigel Eccles (Founder and CEO)
Nigel has over 10 years experience in the technology and media industries, and was recently a consultant with McKinsey & Co. This is his third start-up.
You can follow Nigel on Twitter here
Tom Griffths (Founder and Product Director)
Tom is an experienced product developer and web entrepreneur. This is his third start-up. Like many successful entrepreneurs, Tom dropped out of his Phd program to set up his first company.
You can follow Tom on Twitter here
Rob Jones (Founder and Designer)
A former semi-professional footballer, Rob turned professional designer 6 years ago.
You can follow Rob on Twitter here
Lesley Eccles (Founder and Marketing Director)
Lesley is a social media queen, and former sales & marketing executive with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. But she sucks at Fantasy Baseball.
You can follow Lesley on Twitter here
Chris Stafford (Founder and Technical Lead)
Chris is an experienced developer and technical lead having previously worked for international banking group HBOS Plc. Chris doesn't do Twitter.
Business contact details
FanDuel is owned and operated by Hubdub Ltd. Company Number 333797.
United States
FanDuel.com
PO Box 7775 # 34590
San Francisco
CA 94120-7775
United Kingdom
Hubdub Ltd
8.09 Appleton Tower
11 Crichton Street
Edinburgh
EH8 9LE
For all business enquiries and other communications please use our contact form.
