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The History of Fantasy Sports

A baseball fan called Daniel Okrent from New York is recognised as creating the first fantasy sports league.

At the beginning of the baseball season, Daniel, with a few friends who followed baseball very closely, organised a league where they each took on the role of a team owner. Having picked their players, they calculated a winner based on real player statistics during the season.

The group of friends met in a New York restaurant called La Rotisserie Francaise and they named their league after the restaurant - The Rotisserie Baseball League. Many American leagues today are called rotisserie leagues.