{"id":41196,"date":"2016-10-23T15:00:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T22:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=41196"},"modified":"2016-10-22T15:21:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T22:21:31","slug":"draftkings-clears-millionaire-winner-sibling-collusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-clears-millionaire-winner-sibling-collusion\/","title":{"rendered":"DraftKings Clears Millionaire Winner of Sibling Collusion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Martin Crowley, aka \u201cpapagates,\u201d has been cleared of collusion by DraftKings despite the consistent and suspicious lack of overlaps between he and his brother’s DFS picks. (Image: DraftKings)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DraftKings has cleared professional daily fantasy sports player Martin Crowley of collusion with his brother.\u00a0 <\/span>Crowley, who plays online as \u201cpapagates,\u201d split the $1 million first prize of DraftKing\u2019s flagship Millionaire contest on September 25, 50-50. But within hours of his victory, posters on DFS forums were accusing Crowley and his brother, Tom Crowley, of foul play.<\/p>\n

Tom, who plays under the screenname \u201cchipotleaddict,\u201d is a former Millionaire winner himself and both brothers are high-ranking DFS players in their own rights.<\/p>\n

But in the week prior to Martin Crowley\u2019s win, a poster on DFS<\/a> forum RotoGrinders had already aired suspicions about the brothers\u2019 tactics. The poster, known as Mphst18, noted that the brothers would always pick precisely the same amount entries in each contest with no line-up overlaps.<\/p>\n

No Overlaps <\/b><\/h2>\n

This is significant because DraftKings limits the amount of entries to the Millionaire to 150 per person. But two skilled players in cahoots could quite easily pool their data and share entries in order to gain an unfair edge on their competitors by avoiding any overlaps.<\/p>\n

Winning a contest like Millionaire is not just about picking high-scoring players, it\u2019s about picking high scoring players that no one else does. That\u2019s why there\u2019s a limitation on the number of entries: because the greater range of players you can pick, the better chance you have of winning. It\u2019s like getting dealt four cards in a hold\u2019em game.<\/p>\n

But the fact that the brothers never appeared to overlap on a single line-up is strong evidence of collusion, based merely on its statistical unlikelihood.<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cIf you are sharing lineups for the purpose of, for the lack of a better word, gaming the system, that is unacceptable,\u201d Jennifer Aguiar, DraftKings head of compliance, told the Wall Street Journal last month. Aguair claimed that the site\u2019s system had already flagged up suspicions about the brothers before the accusations appeared on internet forums.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Clarification Needed<\/b><\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, Martin Crowley told WSJ he was \u201cupset\u201d at the allegations, which he completely denied. He added that he and his brother discuss general strategy but never specific lineups.<\/p>\n

This week Crowley confirmed he had been exonerated by the DraftKings<\/a> probe. While the site itself said that it could not comment publicly on specific cases, it confirmed it found no wrongdoing.<\/p>\n

Crowley, who is based in Chicago, said his sibling lives in North Carolina and they are now extra-careful to limit their communications to avoid any future misunderstanding.<\/p>\n

However, he called for further clarification, from an industry that actively promotes discussion among friends, about just what level of communication is permissible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DraftKings has cleared professional daily fantasy sports player Martin Crowley of collusion with his brother.\u00a0 Crowley, who plays online as \u201cpapagates,\u201d split the $1 million first prize of DraftKing\u2019s flagship Millionaire contest on September 25, 50-50. But within hours of his victory, posters on DFS forums were accusing Crowley and his brother, Tom Crowley, of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":41197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19,16],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDraftKings Clears Millionaire Winner of Sibling Collusion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Papagates and chipotleaddict cleared of million-dollar collusion by DraftKings\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-clears-millionaire-winner-sibling-collusion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DraftKings Clears Millionaire Winner of Sibling Collusion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Papagates and chipotleaddict cleared of million-dollar collusion by DraftKings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-clears-millionaire-winner-sibling-collusion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-23T22:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-10-22T22:21:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/635865840912500155-2015-12-24-DraftKings.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-clears-millionaire-winner-sibling-collusion\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-clears-millionaire-winner-sibling-collusion\/\",\"name\":\"DraftKings Clears Millionaire Winner of Sibling Collusion\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-clears-millionaire-winner-sibling-collusion\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-clears-millionaire-winner-sibling-collusion\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/635865840912500155-2015-12-24-DraftKings.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-10-23T22:00:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-10-22T22:21:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c48bf89dc86da77b4d856c7b3b78d77\"},\"description\":\"Papagates and chipotleaddict cleared of million-dollar collusion by DraftKings\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-clears-millionaire-winner-sibling-collusion\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-clears-millionaire-winner-sibling-collusion\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/draftkings-clears-millionaire-winner-sibling-collusion\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/635865840912500155-2015-12-24-DraftKings.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/635865840912500155-2015-12-24-DraftKings.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Martin Crowley, aka \u201cpapagates,\u201d has been cleared of collision by DraftKings despite the consistent and suspicious lack of overlaps between his and his brother\u2019s picks DFS picks. 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