Ask HN: Anyone in Boston Interested in Teaming Up for Daily Fantasy Sports?

[imjk]

I figured I'd give this a try. I'm currently a casual player but my background in analytics-based marketing wants me to take a more systemic approach to DFS and perhaps pursue it more seriously. I'm of the opinion that there's still some low hanging fruit in the industry. I'm looking for someone a little more mathematically inclined who lives near to me in the Boston area; if you're really motivated, I assume we can also make this work from other locations.

Anyway, I'm willing to bankroll this. I think it could be fun and educational. Perhaps we could make some money along the way as well. Let me know if you're interested and mention just a little of your background that would make you a good partner.

[micwawa]

I'm on the west coast and I'm an expert (Ph.D + Ivy postdoc) in mathematics. I've played a little bit recently and my feeling is that the low hanging fruit has been largely harvested - Large variations and playing against mostly experts means it's very hard to beat the 10% rake, without doing a lot of time-consuming tweaking. I'm more interested in doing this for the challenge and to test some data science tools in a tangible way (Kaggle gives a different kind of feedback)

mwfd541 at gmail