Amaya Gaming Calls for Regulation of the DFS Industry
Following the #DKLeaks kerfuffle that has blown up over the past week, the DFS industry will be hard-pressed to avoid regulation, which has long been a touchy subject in the DFS industry for several...
View ArticleFantasy NFL Week 6 Preview, Promos and Contests
We head into fantasy NFL Week 6 with tomorrow’s Thursday night matchup between the Falcons and Saints. The latest word on Julio Jones is that he will play but the Falcons say they will keep his...
View ArticleNevada Classifies Daily Fantasy Sports as Gambling
DFS players in Nevada just received a gut-punch piece of news. Earlier today, the Nevada Gaming Control Board issued a statement explaining that it considers daily fantasy sports to be gambling, that...
View ArticleDFS Roundup: DFS Fallout Continues; StarsDraft Takes Bold Action; And More
It’s been a rough month for the daily fantasy sports industry. What started with a seemingly innocent mistake by a DraftKings employee has snowballed and now appears unstoppable. Lawsuits,...
View ArticleRecapping These Last Few Weeks of Bad DFS News
The vultures are starting to circle. These particular vultures don’t want the flesh of the dead; they want something even more valuable: money and power. It happens every time a disruptive industry...
View ArticleFantasy NFL Week 7: Best Contests and Value Picks
Welcome back to another edition of our prestigious, lucrative and regularly-scheduled NFL weekly roundup post. This time, we’re back for NFL Week 7 in anticipation for tomorrow’s Thursday night game...
View ArticleDFS Requires Regulation According Massachusetts Gaming Commission
It looks like the roadmap for daily fantasy sports regulation may be drafted in Massachusetts. During a public hearing on Thursday, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission discussed daily fantasy sports,...
View ArticleFantasy NBA Returns for the 2015-16 Season
One of the great things about sports is how nicely we transition from one sport to the next all year round. We wrapped up the baseball season last night with a thrilling World Series final (Royals took...
View ArticleFantasy Football Roundup: NFL Week 9
NFL Week 9 kicks off with a Thursday night game that has the 2-6 Cleveland Browns paying the 7-0 Cincinnati Bengals a visit at Paul Brown Stadium. It looks like a lopsided affair and with betting lines...
View ArticleNew York Latest State to Put the Kibosh on Daily Fantasy
Daily fantasy players in New York received some disturbing news this afternoon. New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued a cease-and-desist order to FanDuel and DraftKings ordering both...
View ArticleNFL Week 10 Value Picks and Promotions
It’s that time of the week again. Last week’s NFL games are all wrapped up and now we look forward to a full slate of weekend football action in anticipation of NFL Week 10. I’d like to welcome back...
View ArticleFanDuel and DraftKings Take a Stand in New York
You may have heard the news. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman issued cease-and-desist letters demanding FanDuel and DraftKings to stop doing business in New York. The Tuesday action gave...
View ArticleBest UFC 193 Fantasy Sites and Lineup
Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm headline UFC 193 this Saturday in Melbourne, Australia. Here in the United States, UFC 193 starts at the usual 10 PM ET / 7 PM ET schedule. The Main Event is dominating the...
View ArticleUpdates: Fantasy Sites File Suits in New York – No More Deposits
The night before last, I published a post about FanDuel and DraftKings planning to take a stand in New York. Details were scarce at the time with just a couple of cryptic statements from both companies...
View ArticleDFS Roundup: NY AG Drops the Mic on DFS; Hearings in PA and NJ; Mass Confusion
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman commandeered the headlines with his pronouncement that DFS is gambling and DraftKings and FanDuel must cease and desist operations in New York immediately,...
View ArticleFantasy Football Roundup: NFL Week 11
Welcome back to your regularly scheduled fantasy football roundup. NFL Week 11 fantasy begins in a few hours with tonight’s game between the 2-7 Titans and 3-6 Jaguars. No matter what happens tonight,...
View ArticleNFL Week 12 Fantasy Roundup: Thanksgiving Edition
The NFL season is giving all of us something to be grateful for this year. With two teams holding on to incredible 10-0 records and a whole host of others hovering close to the .500 mark, almost all of...
View ArticleThe DFS Industry Should Stop Treating All Criticism the Same
If you’re following the current situation unfolding in the world of daily fantasy sports you’re probably astutely aware of the battle lines being drawn. On one side are the DFS operators and industry...
View ArticleBest Value Picks and Fantasy Contests for NFL Week 13
NFL Week 13 begins tonight with the Green Bay Packers paying the Detroit Lions a visit at Ford Field. Tonight’s game consists of two teams moving in opposite directions. Back at the start of October,...
View ArticleTry the DraftKings Beginner Contests to Avoid the Sharks
If you’re a complete newbie to daily fantasy sports, you have your work cut out for you. Sure, the basic idea is simple enough. It only takes a few minutes to read through the rules and draft your...
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