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Fliff, the social sports betting site that recently exited the state, has re-entered the California market with a new peer-to-peer daily fantasy sports game called Fliff Superstars.
DFS has been a key part of the California gambling market as sports betting has yet to be legalized in the state.
Participants compete against each other in Fliff Superstars. Players pick at least two athletes/teams to either overperform or underperform statistical projections. Winnings come from the prize pool of players, rather than the operator itself.
How Fliff Superstars works
Fliff Superstars is a real-money game, and it does involve Fliff Coins or Cash. However, players could redeem Experience Points for real credits on Superstars.
After picking two athletes, players can choose an entry fee, and then decide between a Max Play – an entry that must have all winning selections to win a prize – or a Flex Play – an entry that can have up to 1 losing selection and still win a prize.
Here is an explanation about the Guaranteed Prize Pool (GPP), which isn’t your traditional “house” rules:
“Your entry is now in an active contest competing against entries made by other Fliff users to win a share of the GPP.
“The GPP is the total amount that will be paid out to Winning Entries at the conclusion of the contest.”
Superstars is not a standalone DFS platform. It can be accessed right in the Fliff app.
Just in time
Fliff released a new real-money game just as the sweepstakes ban went into effect at the beginning of the year, causing it to leave briefly.
The Social Gaming Leadership Alliance (SGLA) believes that California cost itself $1 billion in revenue by banning sweeps.
In the meantime, DFS has come under its own controversy in California, too. Underdog, another DFS operator, filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Rob Bonta from issuing an opinion on DFS operators. It read:
“Underdog faces imminent irreparable harm – from fleeing customers, risk-averse banks and payment processors, and the loss of investment and goodwill – if the attorney general issues the opinion as planned.”
Bonta did end up issuing an opinion on DFS operators, and planned to enforce them as illegal. However, no enforcement has come just yet.
Since there hasn’t been enforcement, Fliff re-entered the market as a peer-to-peer operator.
