Boston-based daily fantasy sports contest provider, DraftKings, Inc., recently announced that it has embarked upon an aggressive hiring campaign that the company expects will increase its size by 75 percent within the next 18 months.

According to a company news release, DraftKings is planning to grow its current employee pool from its current 425 to upwards of 700 by the idle of next year, with a minimum of 600 of those positions to be Boston-based. In order to accommodate this significant workforce growth, DraftKings has also revealed that it has plans for a new state-of-the-art hea…