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Article: Fantasy football a financial draw
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- University Wire
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- December 7, 2004
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Alex Saunders
University Wire
12-07-2004
(Kentucky Kernel) (U-WIRE) LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Fantasy football isn't always played for glory and bragging rights among your friends -- sometimes thousands of dollars may hang in the balance.
In September, both the National and World Fantasy Football championships in Las Vegas offered a grand prize of $200,000, according to Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Kevin Iole.
Still, to some, fantasy football may seem like a childish game. But to the number of fans that religiously check stat sheets every Sunday, it's much more than a game.
"More than 15 million people in the United States played fantasy sports last year, including 12 million in fantasy ...