Fantasy Sports

November 13, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, New York

On Tuesday, November 10, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman threw down the proverbial gauntlet and instructed daily fantasy sports (DFS) giants DraftKings and FanDuel to cease-and-desist operations in ...

Daily fantasy sports payment processors pressure operators to shut down New York state action

November 12, 2015

Gaming Law & Legislation, Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, New York

Daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators rarely handle the banking aspects of player deposits and withdrawals in-house. Instead, DFS businesses contract with payment gateways as a financial go-between, and without ...

Professional sports leagues’ involvement with daily fantasy sports called out for federal review

November 12, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, World Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Fantasy Sports, Indepth / Featured Articles, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, New Jersey, New York

After clarifying the distinction between daily fantasy sports (DFS) and the more traditional, season-long fantasy sports leagues, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that daily fantasy sports ...

MiGS 2015 iGaming conference set for November 16-19

November 9, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Conferences / Trade Shows, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Malta

Hundreds of delegates will be attending the 2015 Malta iGaming Seminar (MiGS), considered one of the top gaming conferences in the industry. It is scheduled to begin Monday night, November 16, at The Corinthia ...

NFL player files lawsuit against FanDuel citing exploitation of name and likeness

November 2, 2015

U.S.A., Latest Casino and Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

NFL player Pierre Garcon filed a lawsuit against FanDuel on Friday in the state of Maryland, accusing the daily fantasy sports site of misappropriation of his name and likeness as well as other NFL players. The...

Regulating DraftKings like a casino considered by Mass. Gaming Commission

November 1, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, North America Casino News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Massachusetts

Regulation of daily fantasy sports (DFS) is not within the scope of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, according to Chairman Steve Crosby who said that daily fantasy sports companies such as Boston-based Draf...

Lottery and casino spend impacted by Daily Fantasy Sports

October 30, 2015

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

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The casino and lottery industries could be slowly being threatened by Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS), according to a new poll conducted by Leger, The Research Intelligence Group, pdf. The online survey that was ...

DFS operators create new self-regulatory agency

October 28, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Fantasy Sports

In what appears to be an effort to ward off strict oversight from the governments of individual states and federal agencies, operators of daily fantasy sports have created a new self-regulatory body. Seth Harr...

“Black Friday” Attorney opens DFS investigation in New York

October 22, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, North America Casino News, Online gambling regulation, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, New York

Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York who brought the poker industry to its knees and permanently altered the landscape of the online gambling industry in what has now become kno...

Amaya’s StarsDraft pulls out of all but 4 states

Lars Jones

October 20, 2015

U.S.A., Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Illegal Bookmaking, Fantasy Sports

StarsDraft, the "new kid on the block" in daily fantasy sports (DFS) has scaled back its offering to only include players physically present in Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, and New Jersey. Parent company, A...

Reports: DOJ orders FBI to investigate DraftKings, FanDuel

Lars Jones

October 16, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., Las Vegas, Illegal Bookmaking, Unlicensed Operation, Fantasy Sports, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey

The daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry is under siege from all quarters. Wednesday the Wall Street Journal, quoting anonymous sources, reported that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI are investigati...

Nevada Gaming Control Board rules daily fantasy sports must be licensed

October 16, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Las Vegas, Casino News, Unlicensed Operation, Sports betting, Fantasy Sports, Nevada

On Thursday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board ( NGCB) decided to rule that daily fantasy sports will require a license if companies are going to operate in the state. The board ruled the activity a form of gambl...

UIGEA author steaming at DFS

October 14, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino News, World Casino News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Mobile gaming, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Fantasy Sports, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

Fantasy sites FanDuel and DraftKings' use of 2006 federal money processing legislation as the lone validation for their legitimacy is “sheer chutzpah” according a former U.S. congressman who co-sponsored the l...

DraftKings advertising suspension lifted by ESPN