rotokevin's Daily Fantasy Profile
| Post Count: | 2,727 |
| Member Since: | April 23rd, 2011 |
| Last Visit: | October 5th, 2020 |
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Most Recent Activity
| Site | Sport | Date | Buy In | Rank | Points |
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| DraftKings | MLB | Apr 12th, 2021 | $12.00 | 45 / 3431 | 15.33 |
| DraftKings | MLB | Apr 12th, 2021 | $0.50 | 145 / 28537 | 2.92 |
| DraftKings | MLB | Apr 12th, 2021 | $0.25 | 146 / 23781 | 1.59 |
| DraftKings | MLB | Apr 12th, 2021 | $5.00 | 39 / 4756 | 11.7 |
| DraftKings | MLB | Apr 12th, 2021 | $8.00 | 2908 / 14705 | 5.24 |
| DraftKings | MLB | Apr 12th, 2021 | $1.00 | 268 / 47562 | 4 |
| DraftKings | MLB | Apr 12th, 2021 | $0.50 | 5697 / 28537 | 1 |
| DraftKings | MLB | Apr 12th, 2021 | $0.25 | 146 / 23781 | 1.59 |
Biggest Scores
| Site | Sport | Date | Buy In | Rank | Points |
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| DraftKings | ESPORTS | Jul 24th, 2020 | $15.00 | 1 / 7608 | 854.99 |
| FanDuel | MLB | May 17th, 2014 | $25.00 | 1 / 1462 | 546.68 (*) |
| FanDuel | MLB | Aug 15th, 2014 | $5552.86 | 67 / 350 | 475.89 (*) |
| FanDuel | NFL | Sep 17th, 2016 | $25.00 | 117 / 83258 | 354.90 (*) |
| DraftStreet | NFL | Nov 24th, 2013 | $215.00 | 4 / 300 | 334.58 (*) |
| FanDuel | MLB | May 17th, 2014 | $25.00 | 1 / 1462 | 330.19 |
| FanDuel | NFL | Sep 17th, 2016 | $10.00 | 6 / 8670 | 313.27 (*) |
| FanDuel | NCAAF | Sep 2nd, 2015 | $300.00 | 4 / 325 | 292.40 |
- *Contests held before we were able to collect prize amount won use our old rankings formula based on prize pool and place finished. This allows these contests to still appear in historic biggest scores, but they are not directly comparable to scores after Jan 2017.
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rotokevin's Blog: rotokevin's world
The Problem With Recent DFS Media Coverage
Tax guru RotoKevin discusses some issues he has with the latest media coverage of DFS. Read More
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In Defense of Nick Blackburn
"Nick Blackburn(player-profile)":/players/Nick_Blackburn-11020 currently owns one of the Majors' worst ERA. It's over 7...and that's no... Read More
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Corroborating Evidence
When you and I sit down to create lineups for the day, we slice and... Read More
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Multi-Site Pitcher Selection
If you are anything like me, you play daily fantasy baseball on several sites. You've... Read More
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The Other Guys
When you sit down to breakdown the batters and pitchers for the day's upcoming games,... Read More
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Recent Forum Posts
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RotoGrinders Official DFS Accounting Tax Q&A Thread
This is just wrong. If there was tax withheld, they owe you an official form reporting to you and the IRS that withholding was made and remitted to the Treasury on your behalf. Without that, it's a he said/she said problem. It may not be a 1099-MISC, bu... Read More
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RotoGrinders Official DFS Accounting Tax Q&A Thread
This is mostly incorrect. Please refer to the many helpful articles across the site and other posts in this thread. Read More
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RotoGrinders Official DFS Accounting Tax Q&A Thread
As with many parts of the tax code, there's what makes logical sense and there's the law. What makes the most sense would be to simply net all of the activity and pay tax on the amount you actually profited from an activity. What the law says is that you... Read More
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RotoGrinders Official DFS Accounting Tax Q&A Thread
I know that the DFS Accounting team has weighed in that this is a no-go. I used to hold that belief firmly, too, and keeping the two activities separate is still the "most correct" answer. That said, to my knowledge, the IRS hasn't issued any guidance sp... Read More
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Here we Coors again. Should we be given an option?
I agree with this one. I'm not sure what sport is being played in Coors, but it ain't the same one being played in the other 29 ballyards. No sense penalizing pitchers for having to spend a portion of their season playing in antigravity. Read More
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RG Season Long MLB Sign-Up Part 1: ROOGSLAMMLE 2017
In. !https://media3.giphy.com/media/11ISwbgCxEzMyY/200w.gif! Read More
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Official 2016 DFS Tax Thread
Click on "My Contests" On the right side of the page is a "download contest history" button. Produces everything in a CSV. Read More
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Official FantasyAces Discussion Thread
Yup, this is all true. Everyone jumping on the dude that first brought it up should apologize. !http://media3.giphy.com/media/LJ1XTfxW60Luw/200w.gif! Read More
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You can now use GIPHY in the forums!!
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Screen Names
| Site | Screen Name |
| FanDuel | rotokevin |
| DraftKings | rotokevin |
Rankings Summary
| Rank | Points | |
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| Overall Ranking | 5,432 / 50,370 | 2,778 |
| TPOY Ranking | 12,773 / 39,063 | 188 |
| Monthly Ranking | 4,007 / 23,503 | 128 |
| Middleweight Ranking | 1,344 / 6,506 | 2,630 |
| NFL Leaderboard | 11,071 / 45,498 | 332 |
| MLB Leaderboard | 1,687 / 13,952 | 119 |
| NBA Leaderboard | 16,304 / 30,560 | 64 |
| PGA Leaderboard | 14,670 / 18,773 | 6 |
| NCAAF Leaderboard | 1,592 / 6,013 | 68 |
| ESPORTS Leaderboard | 1,038 / 1,571 | 22 |
Results Summary
| Top 20% Scores | Average Entrants | Average Buy-In | Average Tiered Buy-In | |
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| Last 365 Days | 237 | 115,717.12 | $9.25 | $11.32 |
| Last 30 Days | 21 | 31,582.48 | $5.04 | |
| Last 7 Days | 9 | 21,088.33 | $3.94 |
Articles Written by rotokevin
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NHL Daily Plays: February 26, 2013
NHL Tuesday offers an intriguing 9-game slate for us to decipher. There is going to... Read More
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NHL Daily Plays: February 19, 2013
Welcome to the show, puck grinders. Wasn't it nice having some NBA dead money in... Read More
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NHL Daily Plays: February 5, 2013
Happy Pucks Tuesday, Grinder. We get a scintillating 10-pack of action on the rink tonight... Read More
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NHL Daily Plays: January 29, 2013
For those new to the Grinders on Ice scene, welcome to the NHL's answer to... Read More
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NHL Daily Plays: January 22, 2013
Howdy Puckheads, how was your opening weekend? While this compressed schedule is likely to yield... Read More