In the summer of 2014, DraftKings acquired rival DraftStreet and allegedly increased its user base by 50 percent. The former reported roughly 50,000 daily active users and nearly a million registered players, though neither figure was independently verified.
Within two years, DraftKings was making huge waves in the DFS space, with massive acquisitions and investments during 2014.īy early 2014, DFS was a huge hit with DraftKings and FanDuel leading the way.