The Millionaire is the most high-profile recurring contest for DraftKings. There were almost 257,000 entries in this week’s contest, at $20 apiece, creating a prize pool of $4,444,444 and a first prize of $1 million. He said that he provided DraftKings with records showing he conducted his own research and didn’t collude with his brother. Crowley’s brother, Tom, plays under the name “chipotleaddict” and won the Millionaire contest in October. DraftKings officials said the site’s internal systems flagged the possible issues in the contest before the issue blew up online.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 28, 2016 19:39 UTC