This guide is going to give you an insight into one of the most popular online pastimes in Canada for anyone who does have a very keep interested in sports, and that is a concept known as Daily Fantasy Sports, and it is a way for you to use your skill and your judgement to put together your own fantasy team of players in one of many different sporting categories in the hope you win some cash for doing so.

What you need to do is to pick a player for each position in any team you are putting together and depending on how your chosen players or teams do play in any up and coming real life matches players in your team will be allocated points based solely on their performance, and to cut a very long story short it will be the entrant or entrants who pick the highest scoring teams that will pick up one of the cash prizes attached to any Daily Fantasy Sports contest or tournament.

How to Place Daily Fantasy Sports Bets

In its most basic form a Daily Fantasy Sports contest is going to see you first being able to pick a team of players to form your fantasy team, however there will be one important thing you do need to be aware of and that is all of the possible players you can choose to have in your team have a value on them.

You will, when you either enter one of these contests for free or pay to enter them, be allowed to pick a team of players up to a certain value to form your team and as such you must keep that in mind when selecting just which players to select and pick to have in your team as their combined value must not exceed the value of your team as per the rules of the contest you are entering.

Once you have picked you team then you may also at some point in the future, depending on just how long the contest is line and in play for, will be able to swap and transfer players out of and into your team.

Ultimate it will be just how well each player performs in the real world when they are taking part in any sporting events or sporting fixtures that will determine just how many points are awarded to your team collectively.

The way in which the cash prizes are divided out on any daily, weekly or even monthly Fantasy Sports contests will be such that it is the entrants in each contest that have been lucky enough to accumulate the highest number of point during the time the contest is running that will then win one of the cash prizes on offer, the value of the prizes however can and will vary depending on just which contest your choose to enter.

Legality of Daily Fantasy Sports in Canada

Due to the way that many countries deem Fantasy Sports contents and tournaments to be skill base you should have no difficulties what so ever being able to find a site at which to place your entries, even if you currency live and reside in Canada. With that in mind then that is something that you may be interested in doing.

However, what we have discovered is that some other countries of the world do have a licensing and regulatory system in place whereby any site that does offer Daily Fantasy Sports contests and tournaments require a license to operate, and it does of course therefore go without saying that as those sites are going to be highly regulated then those are the ones that you should be seeking out and signing up to for the added protection offered by their regulator.

History of Daily Fantasy Sports

It is only in the last decade or so that online and mobile daily fantasy sports sites have opened up, however it has always been the case that different countries of the world have taken a completely different view as to whether they need licensing or not.

Due to some countries of the world and their respective governments believing that such contests are completely skill based and therefore are not game of chance you will find that you can perfectly legally place entries into those contested without any problems or resections.

However there are of course some countries of the world that have decided that these types of contests are games of skill and as such for them to be able to be available in those countries the operators of those sites do need to apply for and be granted with a license to operate before they can offer those contests to any citizens based in those countries.

You will also find it is possible to enter these types of contests on any type of computer, however thanks to the advancement of mobile device you will also find you can now download and make due of a daily fantasy sports app too!

Learn How to Place Daily Fantasy Sports Wagers

If you want to learn how to place daily fantasy sports bets then you will find that any site or app that does offer daily fantasy sports games will have help files attached to their sites, and by making use of those betting help files you will get an understanding of how to place them.

Keep in mind that as someone placing daily fantasy sports online or on any mobile device you are going to be able to pick and choose your own stake levels, and it is important that you only use money to place sports bets with that you can afford to lose.

Also do consider making use of some of the many daily fantasy sports site bonus offers that are available to both new customers and regularly customers of any betting sites, for those bonuses, if they come with a fair set of terms and conditions are always going to ensure that you get plenty of value and with some luck in using them you could win some very high amount of cash, as long as you do always adhere to the terms and conditions attached to claiming and then using your bonus credits of course!

Who Invented Daily Fantasy Sports?

You may be interested to learn that the person who has been credited with inventing Fantasy Sports is a chop named Daniel Okrent, and what out may be surprised to learn that is was only around 25 years or so ago that he invented the first fantasy sports contests!

Who Offers Daily Fantasy Sports Site Licenses

Daily Fantasy Sports sites can and are licensed in many different countries and jurisdictions, and as someone who intends to use such a site we would strongly advise you to select a Fantasy Sports site that does hold a full and valid gambling license.

Licensed and regulated Fantasy Sports sites are going to operate to the very best and highest of industry standards and that above all else will ensure the games and leagues you do enter are fair and you will never experience any problems getting paid out any winning you achieve either, and will of course be paid out all of your winnings in a timely fashion too.

Therefore make a point of checking the website of any Fantasy Sports site you are thinking of signing up to and checking to see which, if any, licensing authority of gaming commission has issued that site with a license, and always avoid signing up to any site or app that does not have a full and much more importantly valid gaming license too.