Here is a link to an interesting NY Times article titled “How The Daily Fantasy Sports Industry Turns Fans Into Suckers.” Amongst other things, it delves into the connection of the fantasy sports world to the poker world: how many of the best fantasy draft players are former poker players; how many of the sites were started by people from the poker world, and how winning fantasy sports bettors rely on ‘bum-hunting’ (i.e., seeking out weak opponents) for most of their profits.
The article mentions a couple somewhat well-known poker players, including: Jonathan Aguiar (aka, FatalError), and TwoShae (a poker player who posts on 2+2 poker forums regularly), as well as a couple other poker pros I was not familiar with.
My only viewpoint on the article is that if the writer feels that something should be done to put a stop to an activity that is inherently negative -EV for your average participant, then he must feel the same way about short-term trading in stock markets. Stock markets (at least with regards to frequent trading) are similar to fantasy sports betting and to poker; almost all profit comes from the large mass of uneducated participants who overestimate their edge or knowledge.