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Boom Fantasy raises $2M, betting that fans want a simpler version of fantasy sports

Daily fantasy sports are too complicated for the average fan. Or at least that’s the thesis behind Boom Fantasy, a daily fantasy sports experience designed for the everyday sports fan.

Instead of sorting through thousands of players to craft lineups from scratch, Boom Fantasy players answer a series of simple questions – like “who will score more points tonight, Lebron James or Steph Curry?” Each answer is assigned a point value – so if you get that question right you’ll get a certain number of points.

Users pay cash to enter contests, and whoever gets the most points (i.