Chris Prince, a postal worker from Canton, Michigan has won the biggest prize in daily fantasy sports history by placing first in the FanDuel Fantasy Football Championship. Prince pocketed $75,000 from FanDuel by defeating 11 other finalists in a one-day fantasy football contest on Dec. 11 in Las Vegas.
Prince, 34, who has been playing daily fantasy sports on FanDuel.com for two years now, was the last to qualify for the Championship final and is still overwhelmed by the result.
“It feels truly amazing. I’m still in shock to be honest. I can’t even express how excited I was when I realized it was finally over. All the time and energy put into daily fantasy has now paid off tenfold,” Prince said. “It was the best ten bucks I ever spent!”
Unfortunately, Prince was unable to attend the Las Vegas live final of the Championship as his wife was about to give birth – and his daughter was born the very next day!
Coming in second place – and winning $25,000 – was Charles Bell from Wichita, Kansas. The only female finalist, Maura Wilder, from Boston, finished in third, winning $15,000.
This marks the second year that the FanDuel Fantasy Football Championship has taken place. For 12 straight weeks, tens of thousands of fantasy football players square off to win a FanDuel Fantasy Football Championship weekly qualifier. Each entry costs only $10. Each week’s winner earns an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas to compete in the Championship final. In 2010, FanDuel awarded $50,000 to players during the duration of the contest. In 2011, that increased to $200,000 in total being paid out.
So what does the future hold for the FanDuel Fantasy Football Championship? Prince shared his thoughts:
“I keep hearing the words “one million dollars” and I truly believe that the way this is growing, that is a definite possibility for the Championship in the next few years.”
All I can say about this story is “Wow!”. Turning $10 in $75,000 and adding a baby girl into your family on the same week? It doesn’t get much better than that. If you want to get in on some of this Daily Fantasy Sports action then we have just the thing for you. Our friends at FanDuel are offering you the opportunity to try out FanDuel for FREE with the chance to win a share of a cool $200.
1. Simply CLICK HERE to pick you team within the $60k salary cap. Consisting of QB, 2xRB, 3xWR, TE, K and D.
2. Complete your registration and sign up for your FanDuel account
3. Watch the live scoring on FanDuel during the games and see how your picks perform.
Here is a picture of my team, try to beat it:
