DraftKings has a bright future

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DRAFTKINGS INC., $18.32, is a buy. The company (Nasdaq symbol DKNG; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (www.draftkings.com; Shares o/s: 789.3 million; Market cap: $14.7 billion; No dividend) is down, along with tech-oriented/online-platform stocks that are still unprofitable. It has, in fact, fallen considerably since late 2020. Meantime, despite the share-price decline, it reported strong results in the latest quarter. In the three months ended December 31, 2021, DraftKings’ revenue jumped 46.9%, to $473.3 million from $322.2 million a year earlier. The gains were fuelled by a 31.6% surge in monthly unique paying customers to 1.97 million and an 18.5% jump in average revenue per player to $69. The company lost $326.3 million, or $0.80 a share. That’s compared to a loss of $242.7 million, or $0.37. DraftKings continues to invest heavily in marketing and new technology. Those investments, for instance, include the development of DraftKings Social; it’s a social community that lets fans interact with each other within a peer-to-peer environment. Going forward, DraftKings expects its revenue in 2022 to jump…