Topic: Sports betting vs fantasy sports (Read 558 times)

What's important in sports betting is how you can analyze each game so you have a chance to win. With added luck, it will win matches if you know who is playing. And we also have to have a list of information sources as a place to rely on to find accurate information to provide good analysis and choose the right team. And for fantasy sports, it might be more difficult to analyze because I think it will be different from normal sports betting. Maybe there are other things we need to learn to win at fantasy sports games.

something very funny is that in my early days when I got into sports betting I didn't even know that these fantasy or simulation games existed, I didn't pay much attention to it, so I saw barcelona's game against a very weak team and barcelona's odd was very high, as I already know that barcelona is a great team, I bet on barcelona to win the game, but after I bet on the game, I go to google to see the formations and who would play, so I find it strange that google says barcelona I was going to play days later and it wasn't against a weak team, at the time I confess that I was shocked, so I go to the website where I watch the games and I don't see the barcelona game either

I start to get irritated, I enter the casino and go there to see my bet, and to my shock barcelona was already losing, I still didn't understand anything that was happening, then I pay attention and see that it says barcelona SRL, so I stay wondering what the hell was SRL, I confess that it took me hours to understand that it was Simulated Reality League, but I had already lost a bet. then the next day I decided to place bets on Simulated Reality League games for a week, the result was a big disaster, I didn't win anything, and I stopped placing bets on those Simulated Reality League games

there is a big difference between real sports and fantasy sports, in real sports people can get a lot of information, because there are many news channels, so it is easy for people to know which team Z has 6 important players injured and that for that reason they are going to losing against team Y, but you can't get information about fantasy games, in my opinion betting on fantasy games is the same as playing the lottery where no analysis is done

I could see a higher percentage of winning in Sports betting though it is also considered a luck-based game simply because we can make firm decisions on where to bet based on our analytical observation and research regarding the team and their capabilities to win a match. There are also reliable prediction resources that we can find all over the internet which can influence us when it comes to effective betting. I have tried fantasy sports before but I haven't been lucky on it. Well, we all have our comfort betting games but we should always pick our preference based on our interest.

Many of us choose sports betting over fantasy sports because of the challenge of choosing which team or player will win. And we have to be able to choose his team. Otherwise, we will lose. But for fantasy sports it looks like we can manage the game, but I don't know how to bet on fantasy sports.

But both are worth betting on for fun and not to make money because each will have a way to win. And for sports betting, we must have reliable sources that can provide accurate information to analyze in making decisions.

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There is a difference between them.

The latter is similar to the former.
The former betting on sports can happen through the internet. It has been studied as a form of entertainment in sports. However, the main difference that the internet offers is that players that do not gamble will be attracted to sports.

There are no shortcuts to success in sports. You need determination, focus, and a little luck to win in fantasy sports - or at the betting counter. Constructed teams? It's a lot more difficult, but the fans will love it. It's like discovering previously inaccessible knowledge within ourselves, something that can't be gambled away.

But what about sports betting? Certainly a lot less difficult. Still, flip a coin. Let's keep our fingers crossed and expect the best. The choice is yours, folks. Choose the path less traveled, dominate fantasy sports, or stick to safe betting? It's lovely when things can't be predicted. The insanity must be welcomed!

Fantasy sports games are not for me because I am not good at even normal sports bets. However, I try fantasy football games for fun sometimes but they don't make much sense to me. Also, I think they have a mixed plot. I aim to create simpler predictions and have some fun while betting. In conclusion, my answer would be sports betting.

Yeah traditional gambler always look for additional fun and not just purely gambling not generalizing but there are traditional gamblers who will aim for entertainment together with the possibility that they will earn decent amount while enjoying the game, there are aspects that may give them the enjoyment that they are aiming as they are trying to combine gambling with their entertainment.

While in fantasy sports, you are right. There are also gamblers who love to make it simpler and just to combine technology with the sport they love and play a bet with it.

Well, fantasy sports might be fun but it's more challenging and difficult since you compete with other players in an imaginative experience of sports, and players where the ones with the best guesses and abilities will stay on the top and win the prizes. So fantasy sports is apparently more difficult to master than sports betting.

In sports betting, all you do is research and analysis about the teams or individuals competing with each other and choose what you think is the best side, and just wait for the outcome, even if you lose, there isn't much effort you will be making during the match.

fantasy sports are just mimicking the real players. but yes, it can be fun and entertaining. but actual betting will give you more excitement as you have money on the line and that's the actual performance of the players.
but for some who are into some sports like basketball or football, where you can watch them via fantasy games, you will get another angle of watching your favourite players on this virtual game.

Fantasy sports were followed by users who are unable to watch tge match. They just predict the match based on the players. Here who wins the match isn't an issue. Based on the players selected for our team we'll get the opportunity to win, if the players chosen by us performs well. At times this used to be interesting, when our predicted players perform well. However sports betting is the best, because it gives us the space to enjoy the match along with the varying odds throughout the match.

^ I respect your opinion but I think different people here have a different opinions in choosing the best one.
But yet, both sports betting and fantasy sports involve risk and can be approached with caution. But for me, fantasy sports can be fun games and engaging ways to enjoy sports and compete against others, but it is important to recognize that they are not real-life sports and do not involve betting on the outcome of specific games or events. That is probably the reason why sports betting with real players remains on top of these virtual sports games.

If you are a traditional gambler, you will really enjoy betting in live casinos and love all those thrills and excitements everytime your bet player or team is leading the game. However, these fantasy sports these days are also making its name in gambling as gamblers in these new generation are hyping it and are more fond betting on it compared to sportsbetting that you can actually see in physical casinos. That’s why fantasy sports are still high in demand these days, but still it cannot beat the demand of sportsbetting.

Sports betting is best one to earn more money in a short period of time with your sports knowledge. Fantasy sports are not a real football, it was played with assumption of real players in the Internet. Sports betting is sports based on gambling used to entertain us. Gamblers using the sport bets to play based on the trust on their own players experience. The fantasy sports are based on your experience and based on your play. And some games based on pictorial representation and gaming which had betting based on the online games. Gambling is preferred one by the gamblers as compared to the fantasy sports games. Being a gambler I had preferred the sports bet in some good gambling sites. Because I know it will be right time to win using my experience in the betting. If you are experienced betting guy, use the chance now to win the many games.

Technically, both are gambling. Once there's money at risk for bettors, we can consider that as gambling already regardless of how it was played.

Aside from that, both sports betting and fantasy sports required not just being good at doing analysis (skill-based) but also having good decision-making skills. Although generally, we can't take out the fact that luck also plays a role in both, regardless if the gambling is skill-based or what.

It now depends on the bettor's own preferences on how they define or compared both.

If you do really have the time to be spent then you could really be having some time on doing some fantasy sports but in overall i would really still prefer on having those sports betting which there's nothing that

i would need to do but just to simply bet out on the team which i do see for it to likely to win up the game against other team. Its really that surprising that there are people who do really engage out

of fantasy sports considering that it isnt really that something interesting in the first place.Well, people are different when it comes to likings and interest and  this is why we do
really see different engagement on certain things.

I guess regardless if it’s played online or offline, as long as people bet for it with their money, that is still considered gambling. So both are pure gambling, it’s just that sports betting are more commonly bet by gamblers. But when it comes to fantasy sports, though I haven’t tried betting on it too, but if given a chance maybe I’ll also try on it for fun. However, I believe those young gamblers would really find it more appealing since they are more exposed to internet games than in physical casinos.

In fantasy sports, the result will rely on your gameplay and how capable you are in applying good skills and strategies while in sports betting, the result will rely on the players. You don't have to exert any strategic effort but just guess the players that you think could win. Both are fun to play but sports betting has an edge because there is a basis for picking a player and there are also reliable predictions that can help us decide what to choose.

There’s a big difference with this one since fantasy sports is more about playing the game in order to win while
Sports betting are just waiting for the result of the match, so with this I consider them as different to each other. Traditional bettor might not adopt fantasy sports because of time consuming and the skills that you might need in order for you to win, personally I prefer sports betting more which is easy to gamble with.

OK, from what you said now, what exactly is the difference aside for the fact that one is live, or physical rather, and the other is visual, something not real - but what still make the two the same is that, they both can be placed bets on, and the process of betting on this two type of sports is almost the same, if not actually the same.

Physical sports is  like the real world we live in, and can see the things in it, and can feel or touch them.
While fantasy sports is like the metaverse, it's unreal, but things that happen in the real world can still happen there, the only difference is life - if you understand what I mean.

I have never seen a traditional sports betting same thing as fantasy betting because they are both generally very different because most times in traditional sport betting we have to simply to place a bet on the outcome of a match while on the other hand in fantasy sports, we have to pick and imaginary sport team and also bet on the performance of the players and also at some time, the general performance of the club we choose..
Most times I don't see fantasy sports as an interesting one or even en enjoyable one and I prefer getting on our traditional sports .

Who says that fantasy sports are less stressful? I think it's easier to predict the outcome of a match directly than having to pick players and create your fantasy team to gain points and climb up the leaderboard in order to win rewards. I find fantasy leagues to be more challenging and difficult since most of the players competing are experienced.

In sports betting, there is no competition, you just pick a winner, if you are knowledgeable and experienced, you will know you placed your bet right, but when you are in a fantasy league, you are competing with the best, and it's really difficult to beat them to become the winner.

but for me fantasy sports like CS.GO, LoL and even Dota 2 can also be predicted but only differ in the pattern of how to predict it.
I have also bet on Dota 2 several times, it is almost similar to LoL and in my opinion the predictions are also as easy as betting on real sports or football.
related to fantasy sports betting for me it's a little interesting to make a profit because like Dota 2 there is no draw option and there are only 2 choices for teams to win or lose and predicting when the broadcast is in progress seeing the performance of the players is also quite easy to make predictions.
so when say about prediction both easy to make prediction.

I see your friends are good at it but why not approach them about this matter? I am sure they won't hesitate to help you out. If your friends wins every match then they must be ultra-rich now? But if it's an algo-based game, same like in casino games then I am not sure we can be able to win that often. If its skill-based, there are still times that we will lose.

Fantasy sports are still gambling so it has a risk involved therefore you must only stake small amounts or amounts that you are willing to lose. It's not only about predicting if who will win and making a profit but the game might still allow you to enjoy and have fun. This is what truly matters here.

Yes, they are very similar types of bets, but I still think that games based on real (not virtual) sports are much more predictable.

When betting on a European league football match, for example, there is much more information and predictions that can be used to base a betting scenario than when trying to get some information from a game like CS:GO or LoL

I've never bet on fantasy games, but I've followed it on some sites and in fact I see that this is a niche of bets that is growing more and more... my bets based on football sports games.

There's a competitive scene for the NBA2K game but they're under esports though so no. You might mistake them for Simulated Reality or SRL that's based on AI but that's not it as well and they've become less popular now.

Fantasy sports in a way is still similar to sports betting specifically player prop betting because they're still based on the official matches the only difference is that you'll be rooting for the specific players you pick and hope they do well in each of their matches because it's all about the stats they get during that match as it would be converted into fantasy points later on and the more fantasy points you'll get means a higher chance of winning.

Quite confused as well, is it like NBA2K game? 'coz if it is, then definitely there would be a huge difference with the gambling experience right? Things won't be running as is and manipulation would be a factor. I'd enjoy sportsbetting more for sure not only with winning or outcomes but the experiences as well.
How will it be fun if the only thing you would do is to wait for the outcome given that computation with the overall stats of players you have picked, is the bottomline? It would be more like a Yu-Gi-Oh card game (building your own deck and battling others), if I don't miss a point here? Fantasy sports would be more of a pure luck based game unlike with sportsbetting wherein rallies would matter.

You need to perhaps define fantasy sports, because some people define it differently and even casinos try to blur the lines in order to get more money in. You are probably talking about virtual teams that people have put together and you take the statistics from different players to calculate who would have constructed the best team based on key metrics they perform throughout the season? As opposed to the garbage games that casinos create which are meant to replicate sporting activity, like virtual horses or even virtual football games, which just run to some predefined algorithm that squeezes reasonable profitability out for them. Sports betting certainly feels like it has more charm and relies on analyzing what's relevant on the day.

Moba games such as Dota & LoL and FPS games like Counter strike are called E-Sports but fantasy sports are different from them. Here is its definition to be exact. If we are familiar with the teams that are playing on a regular sports game, we can pick easily but it does not mean that winning is now secured. It is still possible for us to lose if our luck is terrible or we missed something when analyzing.

In a fantasy sport, we are the ones that will pick our teams. I never tried this yet but it seems fun according to its description and we can ensure that the game is still fair because results are said to be based on the players' statistics.

And what is the difference in the level of excitement or emotion if in both cases we are watching the same match, only you bet on one team to win (maybe on a certain score) or on a draw, and I bet on a certain player to make 4 shots on goal or that your goalkeeper will miss 3 goals?

Fantasy sports offer more betting possibilities, that's all.

I am pretty sure that everyone here knows the difference between sports betting and fantasy sports, but it seems that OP confused something when he says that the first is gambling while the latter is not. Fantasy sports is at least as much gambling as sports betting. The only way a decent fantasy sports betting platform could operate would be based on an RNG, which naturally implies gambling. Now when you put together a team there is of course some effort, but that's the same when you know how players in real life are in shape, whether they have issues right now or are not confident because of a recent injury etc. There are many factors that would probably make real sports betting more predictable than fantasy sports, unless fantasy sports is real-time updated and uses highest level AI to introduce any real life factors into the simulation.

Nothing beats the rush of blood and excitement that comes with betting on live games. It's just different that way. Fantasy sports could be exciting too, given the fact that for most of them you are given the power to choose which player you'd be picking, but the fact that you're in there, witnessing every single moment unfold in front of you is what makes live betting games more exhilarating and a better enjoyable experience, if you're a gambler that's in it for the thrill and enjoyment. Otherwise of course you'd pick the less stressful one which is fantasy sports.

thanks for clarifying this, for the longest time I thought the way you bet on fantasy sports is the same way you bet on Esports like LoL, Dota, CS:GO, etc... that's why I said what I said in my previous post that I was confused. now understand(at least I think so) what the OP meant when he said the "former is considered sheer gambling while later is not"

That's why I asked OP for samples if he does have it because many of us here have not tried this type of game yet. And I think I never saw a thread too that focuses on this type of gambling. I've heard about this a lot of times from friends in the US and I still have a difficult time understanding it.
Maybe, once we tried the applications that focus on this kind of game then we will have an idea of how it goes. The only problem is, you will need to be in the US to make the application work for it's restricted to other countries. I see that's the other reason why it was not discussed much in the forum.
Websites that define them or explain them are not heavily detailed too. It must be like a "try it" first before you can understand how it works.

You do same thing in fantasy sports as well.


I don't know if you understand what fantasy sports is or may be you just tried fantasy sports on some scummy platform and judging solely on that.



Depends on platform, where I play, winnings are split in such case.


Mind explaining? How is fantasy sports controlled/tampered?


Wdym with that?

They are different from each other as sports betting is a real sport where you can watch live. However, I get your point, and the main issue here is not the difference between the two, but the word "gambling".

Regardless of what type of gambling you are doing, it will always raise eyebrows of some. But be smart and don't get affected by that, as gambling is not really bad. It's only bad when a gambler is not gambling responsibly.

Fantasy sports leagues are also fun to play, to be honest, though I've never seen betting on them, I know there are apps and websites that allow you to play fantasy sports as a game where you get together your team, manage it and win games and beat other players that are competing with you online, I remember playing such a game on my android phone which was really fun.

About sports betting, real sports, It's probably going to be the pick of everyone when it comes to betting since it is better and more predictable than a fantasy game, of course. You can barely predict the correct outcome in a fantasy match in my opinion.

Of course they are different, the fantasy sports can be tampered or can be controlled and there are some possibility that the skills of the players will depends on the bets on the team. I would still consider placing bets on sports betting than the fantasy sports as there is no way we can make sure that the game is fair.

I think I've tried placing bets on those simulated matches that don't happen in real life but account for what's supposed to happen if certain teams consisting of certain players are competing against each other. If the op is referring to what Kakmakr explained in the thread, then no, I haven't tried fantasy betting.
To be honest, I feel more comfortable betting on actual sports. Sure, sometimes there's a risk of match fixing, but it still feels better to bet on something that will actually play out, something real people will take part in. And perhaps there's a decent amount of skill in sports betting, so some can consistently win, but to me, it's more of a way to spend free time, a type of entertainment to bet and see how it goes.

Thanks for explanation. Never though people would bet on imaginary teams. For me Fantasy sports betting was a total mix of a computer games and a bets like "who would win King Kong vs Godzilla" (at first I did not even where those two could compete...). Turns out this is like a football manager pc game with gambling option. Then I have even more questions - what if a person creates a team that has same players as other team. Sort of a copy/paste. How can a winner be found in such case? An algorithm will select the winner randomly? Like jrrsparkles told, that looks scammy and not transparent at all.

I consider fantasy sports betting is selective scamming technique and they brand it as skill game not as gambling which itself is a wrong statement its more risky and perfect definition of gamble than choosing which team will win either this or that in sport betting. Also the rewards are not transparent so it's a big question mark whether you can trust it for big amount.

If the OP means about fantasy games like DOTA2 or LOL then I guess at the very beginning of the game you will already see who has the upperhand considering both teams need to be more careful in drafting their in-game characters to play, but in most cases specially nowadays that it is quiet challenging enough to predict the outcome since there are not only one or 2 strategies you can play on a game. There is also this thing you consider like power spikes during early, mid, until late game. Unlike sports betting in which you will have to see the line-ups and first people who will play inside the court, their offensive and defensive strategies, and mostly a player's respective stats, but there are also tendencies on a team game that during in the middle of the game their plays become slow or fast paced depending on the situation. So still nothing is guaranteed on the end but everyone can still gamble on it.

I never liked fantasy sports. To me, it is a meaningless thing. Sports betting though, it is the real thing. Why would someone spend his time on the fake stuff while the real thing exists? You can study teams, coaches, referees and come up with an educated guess when you bet on sports. That is a very valuable thing to have which you don't with the purely luck based games. Studying teams don't always work though it is still better than having nothing. I'd rather bet on sports than betting on a luck based game.

I see that there are a lot of people on here that does not know what fantasy Sport betting is, so here is a small explanation :

"Fantasy sports betting is a different concept from traditional sports betting, as you don't bet directly on the outcome of any sporting events. Instead you create a fantasy sports team and compete against opponents to try and win money." - Source : https://www.gamblingsites.com/sports-betting/types/fantasy/

People will criticize something when they do not know what it is about, so it is your task to educate them. Just take Bitcoin as an example.... people criticize it, because the concept is not clear to them. 

I wonder whether you have accidentally confused the sequence here? You mean sports betting is pure gambling but simulated sports are not? I would put those terms the other way around. Betting on simulated sports is as much luck as it can get unless the games are rigged anyway. That's the biggest contra for me personally. It is essentially impossible to verify whether games have been rigged or not if they are simulated. I have no idea but probably there could even be bugs. You can at least watch the real games and develop an opinion yourself whether the game went correctly or not. Simulated sports don't allow for any realistic assessment at all.

Looks like posters in this thread was very confused although fantasy sports is some type of sports gambling. It involves real life results. But instead of you are betting on teams, scores etc you bet on players! You try to find best performing ones that week (best scorer, most assists, one without yellow/red cards - also you try to find "clean sheet" goalkeepers or defenders with their teams conceding the least goals). Both are skill based but in fantasy one there are leaderboards that you try to compete with other people.
My father once become weekly leader, with a bit of luck and perfect guesses. We received nice reward.

Way different.  That's like saying poker and slots are the same.  One you are playing against the house with Odds skewd in their favor, the other you are playing against other people.  If you are better at something than other people over time you will win more than they will.  It's the whole against the house or against other people that separate the 2.

You select players who you think will play well, select captains and vice captains who will earn you bonus points. Thereon, you compete with other players, top scorer wins the game. Everyone has same access to create 'ridiculous strong' team, may be your friends just have good knowledge of football.

Both are gambling, as long there is betting and some platform make it possible to bet. Yet, they are different. Although i dont have experience in fantasy one, but sports betting are more popular and looks like its are more accepted in most countries than the other traditional form of gambling either in physical or online casinos.

Sports betting is Prediction about the individual team's outcome of the match. This means we were able to see odds on different things starting from match winner, top scorer, number of goals, best performer, and the choice varies based on different sports.

When it comes to fantasy sports betting, it is all about the combined outcome of the match. Here we will be making a team and make it win. This means we pick the best players and if the players have performed well in the match we'll be winners based on the points each player add. So, this can be fun but the excitement is always with sports betting.

I'm not sure where you're from, but here in the United States sports betting has become a much more legalized thing as well as something that isn't looked down upon as much as it once was.  Sure some people still look down on others for sports betting, but that's changing very quickly here.  Once upon a time playing fantasy sports and doing NCAA march madness tournatment pools at work was frowned upon..now it's something companies are actively doing as a team bonding type thing.

Also, sports betting is certainly not sheer luck/game of chance. There is absolutely a skill and knowledge aspect!  Fantasy certainly takes skill as well.  I always say Fantasy Football is 1/3 skill , 1/3 luck, 1/3 dedication.

They are basically the same as I understand, and gambling is gambling, whether you are doing it on visual sports or physical sports, I personally have never placed bets on fantasy sports, and I honestly do not see the need to, since there is more than enough games to bet on on normal Sports..

But then, if you are betting on fantasy sports, or doing traditional sports betting, both are basically the same, and that is gambling.

If the fantasy sports you mean are CS or the like, I've never played them. I've only ever bet on sports which is football because that's what attracts me. But just a minute, what norms are you referring to?

Sports betting and fantasy sports have their respective fans and we know the two games are different. And I think people would be fine if they found out that there are people who play fantasy sports because it's their choice.

How can you say fantasy sports have become a norm? We already know the difference between the two.
I may have been old a bit but I don't see fantasy sports to be really a sport that the school will even promote for the kids to play. This kind of sport doesn't promote social interaction and no physical activity. 

Gambling is always frowned upon by the public but which one do they dislike more, you playing cards in casinos or betting on sports?

I've never played fantasy sports and I'm sticking to typical sports betting. I did a quick search about it if there's a difference between the two and this is what it says.


Still quite confused but most of descriptions that I've searched are also telling a little bit difference of these two.

If fantasy sports is likely to be manipulated than sports betting, then why would you persist betting on it. What I would do is take a betting to which makes more sense to me and stick with it. I don't need to get involve to every kind of gambling. I just need to stick in which I can make money.
Also if you take betting to business, it won't be gambling anymore because rule probabilities in making money will take in place.


Because every one of us sees things through different lenses. For me, when money is involved and you can absolutely earn money. Regardless if it is gambling or other means, if you put the right system into play, any person could turn it into a profitable money making business and income.

I read that a fantasy game is creating a virtual team and its performance depends on the actual sports performance.  So to be able to perform better on fantasy sports needs skills or knowledge on the skills and performance of every individual players.  The result or fantasy points is not produce through simulation but rather through the performance of each fantasy team players in real life matches.  If the member of your fantasy team had better performance in their real life matches, you might accumulate a good amount of fantasy points defeating other managers or gamblers. A clearer explanation can be found here: https://fanarena.com/fantasy-sports/

So basically, @OP is correct that both gambling games are skill-based.

I was shown how to bet on fantasy sports by my friends, there were several fantasy sports shown to me such as Fantasy Premier League, Baseball, Auto Racing, Basketball, Cricket and many types of fantasy sports that my friends taught me, unfortunately all of that didn't enter my brain, I thought it was easy but complicated to do, fantasy really made me confused and stressed, even though my friend did fantasy sports easily, but for me fantasy betting is really annoying, in contrast to sports betting in general that we often bet on online casinos.

For me personally the two types of sports betting are completely different, the way to make bets is also different, To be honest until recently i didn't want to get involved in fantasy sports preferring normal sports betting in general which is what i do, bored i have to raise eyebrows for teams and players that are unclear and confuse me.

I have no real clue how fantasy sports exactly works and how you could bet large sums of money on it. A few friends of mine played fantasy football in the past and where building ridiculous strong teams with the best players all around the world and would be winning every match. I never really understood how the results were generated, there must be some algorithm behind it. And when there is an algorithm determining results, can't there be players figuring it out and using it for their advantage? My main concern is to not fully understand the risks involved and not being able to make correct predictions to bet on. I would expect only gamblers who have an advantage to bet on fantasy league games.

Isn't it the other way around? Heck, I hardly hear about fantasy sports even, I don't think you can call it the "norm" really. In the first place the hell does an eyebrow raise in sports betting mean? It's not even bad,  heck, it's far from that, plus without the statistics from sports, where the hell would fantasy sports get their data from? If we were to talk about match-fixing, I don't think fantasy sports can get out of that as well either? Nor do I think sports can, but at least, it's a lot easier to prevent it nowadays (or to find it when it happens).

Fantasy sports are not like real life, and fantasy sports have nothing to do with participating in competitive sports. Fantasy sports consist of a manager (i.e. yourself) putting together their team with real life players strategizing and so on, this is similar to fantasy sports instead of creating fantasy teams for sports like football and basketball or others. It seems complicated and must really have very supportive skills and mastery.

So I prefer real sports betting, because here I get a lot of sports knowledge, especially in pursuits, like football and I also like playing football, so it's better to bet on what we like, can and understand because we will feel entertained while watch.

The OP didn't say fantasy sports betting is not gambling. It still is but there's a difference in level if I understand what libert is trying to say correctly. It's not as simple as the game happening virtually but you get to pick or assemble a team to compete. We can look up on the other mechanics but the bottom line is that it's as if you're the manager so you have more control on the outcome of the match and that's not possible in pure sportsbetting.

The concept is the same but sports betting is real while fantasy sports are just virtual and computer-based type. I don't consider them to be the same as they're entirely different. What I am saying is the concept is the same you get to bet on certain sports but the actual players are different. But whichever makes you win the most, get to stay there and keep on winning until you ran out of luck. The most important part here is we get to enjoy and also win at the same time. Don't think of others' preferences but put the center of your attraction where you're enjoying and like the most.

Both are different and not the same. Sports betting is based on the match between the two parties competing directly, while fantasy sports is a match that purely depends on your skills. If you understand the game's characteristics and the people, you can beat your opponent.

But in sports betting, your chances of winning will be small if you don't have skills in collecting data or information. But it's okay if some people think the two types of gambling games are the same.

Sports betting are composed of real players playing in actual field which people bet on. It's either composed of a team or a one man with an opponent of the same expertise of course. Meanwhile, fantasy sports is played in the internet which is composed of teams that are virtually simulated with real players to play the role of a team member. I think it's almost similar to online games nowadays, but with a twist of betting on the side. Personally, I haven't been able to see fantasy sport just yet in a gambling platform, but it will be exciting to see and try for fun in the future.

To be honest, I don't really understand fantasy sports so I've never bet on this type of bet and after trying to understand more by reading articles on the internet, in my opinion it's the same as sports betting because it requires knowledge to be good in the analysis of the team and the sport to make the odds of winning a bet big enough, although other factors can greatly change the outcome and it is this factor that we as bettors often neglect to consider, because often it only depends on who is the favorite or which team we like when we see the odds on bookmakers.

I haven't had that about receiving eyebrow raises. What's so "eye-brow raising" with betting on regular sports and not on fantasy sports? Fantasy sports are more complicated than usual if you know the sport a little. That would be different for everyone, for sure.

Well, probably these gamblers in this current generation can more relate to fantasy sports as these games are often played in the internet and are played by imaginary participants. So it’s still gambling but I think I have higher urge to gamble with these real sports betting games. Maybe because I am used in betting traditional games that’s why these new set of fantasy games don’t really excite me that much.

The newer generation probably can relate to that fantasy sports, they are likely the ones playing NBA games on PlayStation. It's not a real sport but definitely, someone with a good analysis in picking which athlete to put in a team has good skills.

The real sports where people buy a ticket are the real thing. It's something that people talk about online and are on the news.

I barely tried fantasy sports but I have to say both of them are somewhat similar when it comes to sheer gambling because no matter how good some teams can be there are still random factors like unexpected injuries, illness, etc that can hinder the player during the game and even ruin your chances of winning. I nearly wanted to put fantasy sports on the skill-based side, but luck is still involved as players can sometimes perform better and hit a career-high.

OP is likely referring to fantasy sports where you'll have to form your own team by picking several players from different teams and the participants will get a score based on how well the player's performance would be during that week or match.

Honestly, I have not tried this fantasy sports betting yet. This kind of gambling is big in US and Canada, especially by using known applications such as DraftKings and Fanduel. I have heard it a lot of times but have not dipped my foot into it yet.
Have you tried it? Maybe you could provide some samples so we could see what it looks like before the battle against another gambler will happen.

It would be biased if I would pick sports gambling even if I have not tried the other one first. But I do like predicting the outcome, especially in NBA, and also betting on player props which I think is the nearest comparison in fantasy sports when building a team.

@OP
Relating fantasy sports, did you mean simulated sports, or games related gaming platforms (like CS:GO or LoL?)
Because regarding "simulated sports" I think that these are 2 completely kind of gambling type vs real sport bet. If you have enough experience, real sport bet can have a certain degree of prediction and the same could apply with online games as mentioned before.
Simulated sports are randomly without anything "predictable" unless a certain degree of uncertainty. 

I'm confused, how do people think sports betting is pure gambling and fantasy sports betting is not? they are basically the same thing and the only difference is that the match on fantasy sports happen virtually and while the match on sports betting is not. anyway, I do view both of them as gambling.

Both are skill based yet former is considered sheer gambling while later is not. Fantasy sports has become norm, while on the other hand if people come to know that you bet on sports you'll be met with eyebrow raise.

^ that's my opinion. What's yours? Do you consider both of them same or different?