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Lawmakers in Colorado to address daily fantasy sports regulation

March 30, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Colorado, Fantasy Sports

Add one more state to the growing list in the daily fantasy sports regulation melee. Currently, Colorado has no specific restrictions regarding fantasy sports and the state’s top lawmakers are concerned with...

DraftKings announces compliance and response to new fantasy sports regulations of Massachusetts

Sadonna Price

March 28, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Massachusetts

After the recent filing of regulations in regards to daily fantasy sports betting by the Attorney General of Massachusetts, Maura Healey, DFS operator DraftKings has responded. The company announced they are pl...

New Indiana law will legalize fantasy sports; smaller online gaming businesses could be hurt

Kim M

March 28, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Fantasy Sports, Indiana

States are making it clear to the fantasy sports industry; if you want to play in our state you have to pay the price. Intended to lend to the legality of the games, new legislation may actually prevent smaller...

Daily Fantasy Sports Regulations Announced by Massachusetts Attorney General

Sadonna Price

March 27, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Fantasy Sports, Massachusetts

Maura Healey, the Attorney General of Massachusetts, has officially filed the regulations she has created to oversee daily fantasy sports operations in the state. The regulations include provisions that will ex...

DraftKings and FanDuel decide to shut down paid contests in New York

Renee Kingsley

March 22, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, New York

DraftKings and FanDuel are two of the biggest Daily Fantasy Sports operators in the United States and have a strong player database in New York. The DFS industry came under fire last year from attorney general ...

Exclusivity promised to Oklahoma tribes threatened by fantasy gaming

Kim M

March 10, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Economy/Finance, Fantasy Sports, Oklahoma

Legislation proposed this year to authorize daily fantasy sports contests could strike a blow to Oklahoma education funding as well as tribal gaming exclusivity. The Oklahoma Fantasy Contests Acts, HB 2278 a...

Virginia first state to enact legal framework for fantasy sports

Sadonna Price

March 8, 2016

Virginia, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Fantasy Sports

On Monday, Terry McAuliffe, the Governor of Virginia, signed the Fantasy Contests Act into law. This new law will establish a legal framework for fantasy sports operators to conduct contests within the state. T...

Nevada legislators hold meeting to discuss daily fantasy sports regulation

Renee Kingsley

March 8, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Fantasy Sports, Nevada

Nevada was one of the first states to raise concerns over the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry over the fact that the DFS games were similar to casino games and hence must be regulated, like the casino indus...

Fanduel to stop DFS operations in Texas; DraftKings to continue

Sadonna Price

March 5, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Texas

The Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton (pictured) has joined the legion of attorneys general across the United States to make the decision that daily fantasy sports sites are illegal based on state code. FanDue...

Virginia establishes first legal framework for Daily Fantasy Sports

Sadonna Price

February 25, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Fantasy Sports

Daily fantasy sports companies FanDuel and DraftKings have been fighting to hold on to the industry as of late, as most states in the US are reviewing the gamin option. As several states such as New York and Ne...

California’s proposed fantasy sports bill comes under pressure from leading casino tribes

Renee Kingsley

February 11, 2016

Tribal Gaming, Online gambling regulation, California, Fantasy Sports

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Most states in America are opposed to the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) industry operating without a license. Nevada and New York are just two states that have decided to take the legal route to oppose companies l...

DraftKings valuation plunges 60% since DFS legal uncertainty began

Alex Lanter

February 10, 2016

Gaming Law & Legislation, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Economy/Finance, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports

Ever since the legal and regulatory uncertainty in the daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry began, DraftKings, a popular DFS operator, has seen its valuation falling down by 3/5. This can be witnessed in the 10-...

Fantasy becomes reality: DraftKings arrives in the UK

Kim M

February 6, 2016

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Mobile gaming, European Casino News, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, Fantasy eSports, United Kingdom

On Friday, daily fantasy sport enthusiasts joined the estimated 8.5 million season-long fantasy football fans in the United Kingdom as the world’s leading daily fantasy sports platform, DraftKings, announced it...

Republican Tyler Vorpagel pushes for Wisconsin to welcome Daily Fantasy Sports

Renee Kingsley

January 26, 2016

Online gambling regulation, Licenses, Taxation, Fantasy Sports, Wisconsin

Wisconsin has gambling laws in place that make it illegal for any sort of betting, lottery or gambling related operations but Republican Tyler Vorpagel believes that this law should not be applied to the Daily ...

New York State assemblyman Gary Pretlow wants online poker to be legalized

Renee Kingsley

January 25, 2016

Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., Licenses, Taxation, Fantasy Sports, New York

New York State assemblyman Gary Pretlow has been pushing for the legalization of online poker in the state for the last couple of years and has continued his efforts in 2016 by reintroducing online poker bill A...

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Lawmakers in Colorado to address daily fantasy sports regulation

DraftKings announces compliance and response to new fantasy sports regulations of Massachusetts

New Indiana law will legalize fantasy sports; smaller online gaming businesses could be hurt

Daily Fantasy Sports Regulations Announced by Massachusetts Attorney General

DraftKings and FanDuel decide to shut down paid contests in New York

Exclusivity promised to Oklahoma tribes threatened by fantasy gaming

Virginia first state to enact legal framework for fantasy sports

Nevada legislators hold meeting to discuss daily fantasy sports regulation

Fanduel to stop DFS operations in Texas; DraftKings to continue

Virginia establishes first legal framework for Daily Fantasy Sports

California’s proposed fantasy sports bill comes under pressure from leading casino tribes

DraftKings valuation plunges 60% since DFS legal uncertainty began

Fantasy becomes reality: DraftKings arrives in the UK

Republican Tyler Vorpagel pushes for Wisconsin to welcome Daily Fantasy Sports

New York State assemblyman Gary Pretlow wants online poker to be legalized

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