Both are skill based yet former is considered sheer gambling while later is not. Fantasy sports has become norm, while on the other hand if people come to know that you bet on sports you'll be met with eyebrow raise.
^ that's my opinion. What's yours? Do you consider both of them same or different?
I never liked fantasy sports. To me, it is a meaningless thing. Sports betting though, it is the real thing. Why would someone spend his time on the fake stuff while the real thing exists?
You can study teams, coaches, referees and come up with an educated guess when you bet on sports. That is a very valuable thing to have which you don't with the purely luck based games. Studying teams don't always work though it is still better than having nothing. I'd rather bet on sports than betting on a luck based game.
You do exact thing in fantasy sports as well.
[/quote]I consider fantasy sports betting is selective scamming technique and they brand it as skill game not as gambling which itself is a wrong statement its more risky and perfect definition of gamble than choosing which team will win either this or that in sport betting. Also the rewards are not transparent so it's a big question mark whether you can trust it for big amount.
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I don't know if you understand what fantasy sports is or may be you just tried fantasy sports on some scummy platform and judging solely on that.
There are plenty nonsense comments here, which honestly baffles me.