The fantasy sports competitions are all based upon the real-world performance of players in actual matches. What you&#x27;re thinking of is something called virtual betting, popular (for some damn reason) in legal betting jurisdictions where bookies offer odds on entirely computer-generated horse races, motor races, football matches and so on.<p>The vague (non-existant?) boundary between fantasy sports and &#x27;real&#x27; betting is that fantasy sports are never directly based on one match, so you can&#x27;t directly bet on one team beating another. The competitions (i.e. betting) is on the performance of player-selected team members across a range of teams.<p>It is basically betting under a different name, but because the events are more abstract, they have succeeded for now from being categorised as betting.