California Tribes Gearing up for Fight against Daily Fantasy Bill
It looks like two California tribes gearing up for a fight. The Sacramento Bee reported earlier today that the Morongo Band of Mission Indians and the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians have sent...
View Article3 Key Takeaways From the Frontline DFS Episode
On Tuesday evening, while many were glued to their television watching the results pore in from the New Hampshire primary, PBS’s FRONTLINE, with the help of the New York Times, aired an hour long...
View ArticleDraftKings Acquires Kountermove
Kountermove customers received an e-mail this morning announcing that DraftKings has acquired the fantasy MMA site. The e-mail explained that current Kountermove customers can set up an account at...
View ArticleMaryland Lawmakers Introduce DFS Bills
Last week, lawmakers in Maryland introduced a pair of bills to the house and senate seeking to legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports in the Old Line State. The move comes about a month after...
View ArticleFantasy Sites Spending Big on Lobbyists
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, there’s no denying lobbyists can get things done. The fantasy sports industry seems to have figured that out based on a report from the Wall Street Journal. The report indicates...
View ArticleDFS Roundup: Wins in 3 States, Loss in Mississippi
The fantasy sports movement gained a little ground this week in three states. In Georgia, Senator Renee Unterman has introduced legislation to regulate fantasy sports and set licensing fees for...
View ArticleDFS Players Should Just Say No to Self-Regulation
In the very same week that iovation, a company with strong ties to the now defunct and utterly reviled Ultimate Bet online poker site, was approved by Nevada regulators, a daily fantasy sports website,...
View ArticleDFS News Roundup: Bills in the Virginias and Mark Cuban Says “Good Luck” to...
This week’s daily fantasy sports roundup brings only good news for DFS fans. Legalization bills made progress in both Virginia and West Virginia, and Mark Cuban penned an interesting column in which he...
View ArticleExamining the Impact DFS Legislation Has Had On Online Gaming Efforts
Over the past several years, legislatures from California to Massachusetts have looked into online gambling legalization, and while progress has been slow, there has been progress. But there is a...
View ArticleFanDuel to Exit Texas; DraftKings Will Fight
FanDuel announced yesterday that it will stop accepting real money customers from Texas on May 2nd, 2016. The announcement comes about two weeks after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Sites, How a Failed Site Unwinds in a Regulated and an...
Over the past week two well-respected voices within the daily fantasy sports community, Chris Grove, the editor of LegalSportsReport.com, and Seth Young, the VP and COO of Star Fantasy Leagues, went on...
View ArticleDFS Industry Continues to Overestimate the Strength of Their Argument
The daily fantasy sports is currently fighting for its life in statehouses across the country, but if you were to only listen to the DFS crowd you’d think it was the other way around, and it was the...
View ArticleDraftKings Launches UEFA Europa League and Liga MX Contests
Under increasing legal pressure at home, DraftKings is expanding its reach in its “rest of the world” markets. Just last week, DraftKings added two new leagues to its soccer lineups. In addition to...
View ArticleBest Fantasy Sites for March Madness 2016
Selection Sunday has come and gone, the bracket is official and coaches around the country are studying their opponents. College basketball is about to hit peak excitement, and what a wonderful thing...
View ArticleOpening Day 2016: Fantasy Baseball is Back
The 2016 baseball season is just around the corner. Spring training was enough to whet the appetite, but now we’re finally back in action with actual MLB games. Opening Day happens on Sunday, April 3rd...
View ArticleMay DFS News Roundup: Part 1
News is constantly breaking in the DFS industry and now it’s time for a two-part news roundup to get us all caught up on the latest developments. Part one will cover three general news topics related...
View ArticleMay DFS News Roundup: Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of our May daily fantasy sports news roundup. Part one discussed DraftKings and FanDuel leaving Idaho, fantasy sites being restricted from advertising on NBA uniforms and an overview...
View ArticleFantasy Sports Bill Progresses in Illinois
An effort to legalize and regulate fantasy sports in Illinois saw some progress yesterday although the future of the bill remains uncertain. A state senate panel approved regulations found in HB 3655...
View ArticleJune DFS News Roundup
Daily fantasy news continues its frenetic pace in June with regular developments as usual. So far this month, two bills have made progress in New York State, one other bill has made progress in...
View ArticleReports: FanDuel and DraftKings in Merger Talks
Multiple news sources are reporting that FanDuel and DraftKings are in merger talks. Bloomberg first reported yesterday that “people familiar with the situation” said investors in both companies have...
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