UFC 194 Fantasy Betting Preview and Lineup Picks
If you don’t have plans to drop everything and watch this weekend’s fight card, it’s time to get your mind right. This is not just another Dana hype job, either. UFC 194 is stacked with killers from...
View ArticleNFL Week 14: Best Fantasy Contests and Value Plays
Another week of NFL greatness is upon us once again. This time, it is Week 14 and it all begins with a Thursday night showdown between the Minnesota Vikings and Arizona Cardinals. Both teams are backed...
View ArticleDaily Fantasy May Not Be Doomed in New York After All
The troubles FanDuel and DraftKings have been facing in New York recently are well documented. For a while there, it was just bad news followed by more bad news. Well, things are starting to look a...
View ArticleGood and Bad News for Daily Fantasy Sites in New York
I’ve got good news and bad news for daily fantasy players in New York. First, the good news: DraftKings and FanDuel will continue to operate in New York through January and possibly the rest of the NFL...
View ArticleDFS Roundup: Fate of NY Remains Unclear; Mass DFS Educational Forum; $3 Milly...
It was an interesting (albeit blood pressure raising) week for the daily fantasy sports industry, as Judge Manuel Mendez finally made his decision on whether or not to grant NY Attorney General Eric...
View ArticleNFL Week 15 Fantasy Considerations and Value Picks
The last week in the NFL gave us an equal mix of surprises and expected outcomes. The Panthers continued their dominance with a 38-0 win over the Falcons to keep Carolina on track for a perfect regular...
View ArticleIllinois Latest State to Declare Daily Fantasy Illegal
Merry Christmas, Illinois! On Wednesday afternoon, your Attorney General issued an opinion that daily fantasy sports are a form of gambling and therefore illegal within the state. DraftKings and...
View ArticleNFL Fantasy Roundup: Week 17 Preview and Picks
As we enter the final week of NFL regular season play, the big fantasy football sites are gearing up for one more big push. We’ll get a few more weeks of fantasy NFL action with the postseason...
View ArticleDaily Fantasy Updates: Missouri and Illinois
After months of near continuous bad news for the fantasy sports industry, I’m happy to report on a couple of bright spots today. First, a Missouri lawmaker recently introduced a bill seeking to...
View ArticleNY Attorney General Wants Fantasy Sites to Refund All Customers
That rascally New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is at it again. Just hours before New Years Eve celebrations commenced at Times Square, he amended the state’s claim against FanDuel and...
View ArticleBest NFL Postseason Fantasy Contests for the 2015/16 Wild Cards
The 2015-2016 regular season finally came to a conclusive end yesterday. No more uncertainty remains in seeding, the Wild Card schedule is official and we know which teams get to rest before taking to...
View ArticleQuick – Name One Thing Mark Cuban and Wisconsin Have in Common
They both like daily fantasy sports. A couple news pieces in recent days show some promise for the industry thanks to moves made by Mark Cuban and a new piece of legislation being drafted by a state...
View ArticleDaily Fantasy One Step Closer to Regulation in California
At least one group of California lawmakers is intent on protect daily fantasy sports in the Golden State. Last Wednesday, the California Assembly Committee on Governmental Organization passed the...
View ArticleFanDuel and DraftKings Cleared to Operate in New York – For Now
The beleaguered FanDuel/DraftKings duo finally got a break in New York earlier today. An appeals court confirmed that both sites may continue operating in New York until the showdown between state...
View ArticleBest NFL Postseason Divisional Round Fantasy Contests
Wild Card weekend was an equal mix of awesomeness and head-scratching mediocrity. With only four games and eight teams to choose from, fantasy players were relegated to a fairly small pool of players...
View ArticleDaily Fantasy Updates: Florida, Massachusetts and Indiana
In continuing a months-long trend in which an increasing number of states are looking into daily fantasy sports, we have news out of three states. Lawmakers in each state are either considering new...
View ArticleDFS Continues to Be a Hot Topic in 2016
We’re only two weeks into 2016, and thus far the gaming headlines around the country have been almost entirely focused daily fantasy sports. If the first two weeks of the year are any indication, daily...
View ArticleFantasy Sports Illegal in Vermont According to Attorney General
This past Friday, a lawyer for the Vermont Attorney General’s office made the claim that fantasy sports are a form of illegal gambling according to state law. The statement was proffered during a...
View ArticleWashington State and Maryland Taking Up Daily Fantasy Issue
Lawmakers in two more states are looking to tackle the daily fantasy issue once and for all. In Washington, three different completely proposals have been put forth in recent weeks. The Washington...
View ArticleFantasy Outlook for the 2016 NFL Conference Championship Games
The NFL Conference Championships are upon us. Four teams and three games are all that remain in the 2015-16 season. Last night saw the final games of the Divisional Round come to a conclusion and the...
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