Fantasy sports firm FanDuel creates new department with Zynga’s laid-off employees

The Zynga Sports 365 game-development crew just relocated — en masse — across town to join a one-day fantasy sports league company.

FanDuel spokeswoman Justine Sacco confirmed this morning that the company had hired 38 former employees of the Zynga sporting franchise branch in Orlando, creating a new department within FanDuel under Mike Taramykin, the executive vice president of products and former vice president at Zynga. FanDuel is a fantasy sports site specializing in one-day leagues.