I bet everyone got those same two emails at 10:18am this morning:

“Today, we are excited to inform you that DraftKings and FanDuel have reached a merger agreement.”

Those crazy bastards finally did it.

I don’t think anybody knows what this means in the long run. A DFS monopoly, for sure. But the merger will most likely not be blocked, since there is a pretty strong argument that daily fantasy is only one tentacle of the greater fantasy beast. This move will mean greater profits for the companies, now that they don’t have to spend billions on advertising against each other. Coming just three months after the big legislative success of having New York opened back up for business, one can’t help but think that they have plans for how to spend all this unaccounted for money.

For the player? I don’t think anything changes. Definitely not this year, anyway. Maybe they run with one platform over the other (it does feel a little redundant to have two sites/apps offering the exact same thing) to save even more money on operational costs. But will eliminating one of these platforms affect the number of active users?

So many questions.

For now let’s just sit back, keep playing, and enjoy the fact that they will soon be removing the feeding tube that kept jamming Uncle Vito down our throats.