If you visit Fanball, you will see the counter (pictured on the left) that tracks how much prize money SnapDraft players have won. As of the writing of this article, that number is right around $1.5M in just about a year. Which means Fanball and its partners have made approximately $150,000 from these games. While this is not an incredibly large number, it is an excellent proof that money can be made with instant fantasy sports, and instant fantasy sports have a potentially huge upside.

With fantasy seasons lasting for months, most fantasy companies are limited to a short time-frame to sell to its customers. If you do not have a good (selling) season, you have to wait a year before you can try again. Instant fantasy sports present an opportunity to sell to fantasy players throughtout the entire fantasy season. Instant fantasy sports are leagues that often feature fewer teams and are played for much shorter durations, usually a day or a weekend. The rise of the instant fantasy sports market has been an interesting one, and this bit of data about SnapDraft’s performance is the most promising I have seen to date.

From a business perspective, instead of getting someone to spend $25 for a team in the beginning of the season, you get them to spend $5 each week throughout the 17 weeks of the fantasy football season. In a dream world, you are able to sell that $25 season-long team, and then keep players spending throughout the season, as they those interest with their original teams. Ultimately, you are bringing in more revenue at a much more constant rate.

The downside of this market is that it really only appeals to the much more hardcore fantasy player. However, these are the customers that spend the most, and even a casual fantasy player can be persuaded to play if a buddy recommends the game. Instant fantasy sports may very well be the biggest growth market in the fantasy market over the next five years.

If you are looking to give some of these instant fantasy sports game, you can check out our instructions on how to play SnapDraft for free, use a free RapidDraft Coupon Code, or check out FanDuel‘s suite of instant fantasy sports games.

Did Robert Meachem’s fantasy touchdown cause you to miss the playoffs? With your fantasy football team officially done for the season and you might want to keep playing fantasy football, you can check out Fanball‘s SnapDraft.

If you go to any of the SnapDraft sites and sign up now, you receive a $5 sign-up bonus. With some leagues starting at just a $0.20 registration fee, you can get a lot of legs out of it. You can currently play SnapDraft on Comcast, Facebook, SB Nation, Yardbarker, and RotoWire. In other words, just about anywhere you probably are already spending a little bit (or a lot) of time.

Last week we gave you a free coupon code for RapidDraft, so I thought it only fair to balance it out by letting you know that you had another option for a free trial of an instant fantasy sports game. In fact,

SnapDraft is simple to play. All you have to do is pick which league you want to join (there are countless you can). Then, when once enough people sign-up to join a particular league, you draft a team. Then, you compete for just that night. Once the league’s games are over, your league is over. It is that simple.

If you have a hankering for some fantasy, snap to it! (pun fully and completely intended)