Sharpening Your Edges: The Role of Analytics in Sports Betting and Fantasy Sports

Dejan Mitkovski - VP of Data Analytics, FanDuel
Grant Cloud - Senior Director of Data Strategy, PrizePicks
Meghan Chayka - Co-Founder and CEO, Stathletes
André Snellings - Senior Writer, ESPN
Lisa Kerney (moderator) - FanDuel TV Talent and Events Host, FanDuel

As sports betting and fantasy sports continue to expand throughout the US, sports gaming enthusiasts, sportsbooks, and fantasy operators will push each other to become more statistically sophisticated. While not all bettors are leveraging advanced analytics in their strategies, the common consumer now has access to more data and analytical tools than ever before. Therefore, this panel will discuss how consumers are receiving and utilizing this new mass of data, as well as the successful strategies that sportsbooks and fantasy operators are seeing from statistically savvy market participants. Senior data scientists from FanDuel and PrizePicks will provide insights into the modeling that goes into setting lines, while perspectives from ESPN and Stathletes will share how the underlying data is collected and translated to fans and clients. Panelists will also discuss the analytics and real-time decision making that go into new and popular betting and gaming formats, such as live odds (FanDuel), player projections (PrizePicks), and many more.