# Fantasy Sports **Domain:** Wagering and simulation **Doc Type:** Developed Practice Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition **Fantasy sports** are contests in which participants assemble virtual rosters of real athletes and score according to those athletes' recorded performances. Season-long and daily formats transform games into portfolio selection, prediction, and comparative ranking. ## Significance Fantasy sports add a second game above the game. Participants do not control athletes directly; they optimize a model fed by real-world performance data. This makes fantasy play a clear example of simulation, scoring, and financialization layered over tournament infrastructure. ## Sources - Congressional Research Service, [Sports Betting and Daily Fantasy Sports](https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/LSB/LSB10191) ## Routes [[wiki/Sports Betting|Sports Betting]] · [[wiki/Scoring Systems|Scoring Systems]] · [[wiki/Partially Observable Stochastic Game|Partially Observable Stochastic Game]]