Fantasy is a game where consumers roster their teams using players from the competition. Depending on the performance of the athletes, fans score points, following technical criteria previously stipulated.
In the case of Paulistas’s Fantasy, the game will be made in partnership with the website "Rei do Pitaco". The startup uses formulas to score points of players similar to Cartola, as described on its website.
But there will be differences: the Fantasy of Paulistao will allow the user to bet a value in a kind of pool of the round. In the end, whoever got the most results will have the total collected among the fans. It is, therefore, a model similar to the one made in the traditional "bolão" in championships and in the World Cup.
In addition, matches will be played round-by-round, not the entire championship. Thus, winners are defined for each set of games.
It is the first fantasy made by the competition itself, as Cartola is organized by Globo after having purchased the rights to the clubs. LiveMode, responsible for selling Paulista, made a partnership with local leading fantasy developer Rei do Pitaco.
Sports betting in Brazil is legal, although not regulated. It is allowed in the country to bet on sports competitions on websites abroad. Most elite teams in Brazilian football are sponsored by bookmakers.
Source: UOL Esporte
